Welcome to episode 162 of the recovery show.

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 few others can. Because I was

traveling this week I'm posting part three of the steppingpping Stones to Serenity Workshop as presented by

Ellen C and part three talks about steps six through nine.

Phone off this is what it sounds like when they call.

A, a, a, a,

a, a,

a, a,

and that's just to remind me that however bad they think it is, it's not that bad.

It really isn't.

So anyway, where were we? Oh, I remember. Step 7, humbly ask him to remove our shortcomings.

Based on my willingness at sex at 6, or at 6.

That's X.

Been so long. My life begins to change. With any kind of luck my focus clears and my rebellion diminishes. I don't know about you, but I tend to be a fairly rebellious you can't make me.

Kind of a girl. I lived my life at people and they don't know I'm doing it, but that's what I'm doing

and I don't know who it is that can't make me, but that's what I say to myself. And the condition, the principle of step seven becomes something to embrace rather than an impossible burden.

The principle is humility, which A.A. 12 and 12 defines is a clear recognition of what and who we are followed by a sincere attempt

to become what we could be.

That's what humility is. I read that and didn't reference it at a workshop I did a last year or so at a place that didn't want to hear about any big book literature and they thought that was about the wisest thing they heard all day.

I didn't have the courage to tell them where it came from.

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