What's on your mind today? Welcome to episode 353 of The Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by

Sharon, James, Jennifer, Kristen, Stephen, and Joy. They used the donation button on our website. Thank you, Sharon,

James, Jennifer, Kristen, Stephen, and Joy 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 in this show, we represent ourselves rather than any

12-step 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 that

you will find something in our sharing that speaks your life. My name is Spencer and I am your

virtual host today. I realized recently that the pandemic and other things going on in my life

had sapped a lot of my energy and I wasn't even keeping up with all of your emails and voicemails.

So what I want to do today is to share your voices, your questions, your experience, strength, and hope.

With very little commentary from me, if you ask a question, I will try to answer it. I believe I

have cleared my email backlog now as of March 21st when I'm recording it. There's always more

and I love your emails. Don't stop. If I didn't read your email or respond to you directly,

I apologize. I tried to do my best. I want to start with a little bit of my life and recovery recently.

Big major event in my life. A few days ago, we held a memorial service for my father who died on

February 10th, 2021. This was a Zoom service because it was better not together in person at this

time, especially given all of the elderly people with various health issues involved. It also meant

that we could bring in friends and family from all over the world to the service who otherwise

would not have been there. And it's funny. I knew my father for 65 years from when I was born until

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