Unity and Healing in Al-Anon Traditions – 444
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🗓️ 1 January 2026
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Summary
Spencer and Patrick explore Al-Anon’s 12 Traditions through reading and discussion. We reflect on how these guidelines support personal growth and unity within the meetings. We read from the beginning of Chapter 16 from the book “How Al-Anon Works”, looking at the Traditions in general, and Tradition One in particular. Understanding the Twelve Traditions The...
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| 0:00.0 | How does unity support personal progress? |
| 0:04.2 | Welcome to episode 444 of the Recovery Show, episode 444. |
| 0:10.0 | This episode is brought to you by Allison, Ann, and Chris. |
| 0:13.6 | They use the donation button on our website. |
| 0:16.1 | Thank you, Allison, Ann, and Chris for your generous contributions. |
| 0:20.4 | This episode is for you. We are friends |
| 0:23.3 | and family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who |
| 0:28.9 | live or have lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand as perhaps few others can. |
| 0:34.6 | So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can |
| 0:38.6 | aid recovery. Before we begin, we would like to state that in this show, we represent ourselves |
| 0:45.6 | rather than any 12-set program. During this show, we will share our own experiences. The opinions |
| 0:52.1 | expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them, take |
| 0:55.4 | what you like, and leave the rest. We hope that you will find something in our sharing that |
| 1:00.0 | speaks to your life. My name is Spencer. I am your host today. And joining me today is Patrick. Welcome |
| 1:06.8 | back to the recovery show, Patrick. We're doing this in a more normal for the show fashion than the last one we did on our cruise ship. |
| 1:14.7 | Welcome. |
| 1:15.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:16.4 | Thank you, Spencer. |
| 1:17.3 | Thank you for having me back. |
| 1:19.4 | Well, it was your idea, so here we go. |
| 1:22.2 | He said to me, well, you did the steps. |
| 1:24.6 | Now we should do the traditions. |
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