Start where you are. Bring your angry self. Bring your despairing self. Bring your

resentful and frustrated self. Bring your confused self. Start where you are and we will meet you there.

Welcome to episode 173 of the recovery show.

This episode is brought to you by Rachel, Michelle, and Lisa.

They used the donation button on our website.

Thank you, Rachel, Michelle, and Lisa

for your generous contributions.

This episode is for you.

We are

who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction

understand as perhaps 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 had the Recovery Show may be an

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.

I 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 want to start with a reading. This is from the book How Al-Anon works.

It's in chapter 3 which is titled Finding Help. Some of us know from the moment we walk into an Al-Anon

meeting that we are exactly where we belong. Others come to our first Al-Anon meeting,

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