What does it mean to be powerless? How can admitting powerlessness give you power over

the unmanageability of your life? Doesn't that seem contradictory somehow? Welcome to episode 160 of the recovery show.

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Thank you Tony, Lucy, Elaine, and Michelle 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 the 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 you will find something in our sharing that

speaks to your life. My name is Spencer and I'm your host today. Joining me

today is Tom. Welcome Tom. Hey Spencer. So I thought I would start with the reading from the book How Al-Anon works.

This is a description of step one from that book.

It's one that we use in one of my regular meetings when we have a first step table.

That is to say when there's somebody new to Al-Anon who comes into the meeting.

Step one says, we admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable.

Each of our lives has been devastated by someone else's drinking.

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