Say what you mean, you say, and don't be mean when you say it.

Welcome to episode 179 of the Recovery Show.

This episode is brought to you by Michelle, Megan, Tony, Roberta, Carolyn, Leslie, Lonnie, and

Hannah.

They used the donation button on our website.

Thank you.

Michelle, Megan, Tony, Robert, Carolyn, Leslie, Lonnie, and Hannah for your generous contributions.

This episode is for you.

We are friends and family members of Alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness.

We who live or have lived with a seemingly hopeless problem of addiction, understand as perhaps

a few others can.

So much depends on our own attitudes, and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

Before we begin, we would like to state that though we at the Recovery Show may be in a 12-step

program we represent ourselves rather than the program. During this show we will share our own

experiences. The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them.

Take what you like and leave the rest. We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life.

My name is Spencer and I'm your host today. I'm your host today. I'm

I'm going to start with a reading. This is from our daily reader,

Courage to Change. It's from July 25th. After years of letting people take advantage of me, I had built up quite a store of anger, resentment

and guilt by the time I found Alanon.

So many times I wanted to bite off my tongue after saying yes when I really wanted to say no.

Why did I continue to deny my own feelings just to gain someone's approval?

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