Shutting down as a defense – Episode 152
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🗓️ 3 May 2016
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Do you retreat into yourself when problems arise? Do you prefer not to hear bad news? Maybe you are shutting down as a defense. Here's our outline: Which of these statements do I connect with about shutting down? “When I am stressed, I retreat into myself.” “If I don’t think about a problem, it will...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 152 of the Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by Lucy, |
| 0:06.7 | to Linda Michelle, and Solange. They used the donation button on our website. |
| 0:11.1 | Thank you, Lucy, to Linda, Michelle, and Solange for your generous |
| 0:13.9 | contributions. This episode is for you. |
| 0:17.5 | We are friends of family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and |
| 0:21.6 | happiness. We who live or have lived |
| 0:23.7 | lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction |
| 0:25.7 | understand as perhaps few others can. |
| 0:28.1 | So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes |
| 0:31.4 | can aid recovery. |
| 0:33.3 | Before we begin, we would like to state that though we at the recovery show |
| 0:37.1 | may be in a 12-step program, we represent ourselves rather than the program. |
| 0:41.9 | During this show, we will share our own experiences. |
| 0:44.6 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those with a person who gave them. |
| 0:48.9 | Take what you like and leave the rest. We hope that you will find something in our sharing that |
| 0:53.6 | speaks to your life. My name is Spencer and I will be your host today joining me |
| 0:58.0 | are Tom, Maria, and Grace. Welcome to the studio. Thanks. The first segment of today's episode of the recovery show will be our |
| 1:05.1 | discussion of the topic shutting down as a defense. Following a short |
| 1:09.0 | break we will talk about our lives in recovery about how we practice these |
| 1:11.8 | principles in all our affairs. |
| 1:14.3 | We will follow that with your email and voice contributions and some brief news about the |
| 1:18.3 | podcast before closing. |
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