Hi, this is Spencer. There will not be an episode of the Recovery Show this week.

Yesterday I was washing the deck attached to my house and this morning I am dealing with a lot of back pain so I'm taking care of myself and part

of taking care of myself is not recording the podcast this week.

And what that means for you is that it gives you another week to think about our next upcoming topic.

What does it mean to work the steps?

This was a question it was posed by a listener and it's a really good question. It's one that I hear a lot from people who are

new to the program, sometimes people who've been in the program for a while. So if you have

thoughts about how to work the steps, let us know. You can send email to

feedback at the recovery show.com. You can call our voicemail number at 734 78795 or you can use the voicemail button on the website.

And here's some questions to maybe help you think about how you might answer this question. What does it mean to work the steps?

When you first heard that phrase work the steps, what did you think it meant? Were you as confused as I was?

Have you yourself worked the steps? Have you worked them once? Have you worked them more than once?

And if you have worked them more than once, how did your understanding of working the steps change as you worked them?

Maybe you worked the steps first in another program and then you came to Al-Anon and you worked them in Al-Anon.

What were the differences in that experience

between the two programs? How did you work the steps? Did you work them from a book? Did you work them with a sponsor? Maybe you did them as part of a small group like I did.

Some of the steps have clear actions stated in them, such as took an inventory or made a list and others don't

really they say things like came to believe and became entirely ready.

So would you say that some steps are action steps and some are not?

Or do you believe that all the steps have actions in them and maybe think about what those might be. If you're a

sponsor how do you guide your sponties in working the steps? Do you have one way of

doing it or does the way in which you work with your

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