I'll come to episode 172 of the Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by

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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.

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 that you will find something in our

sharing that speaks to your life. My name is Spencer, and I'm your host today.

September 30th is International Podcast Day, which, which quote is dedicated to promoting

podcasting worldwide through education and public engagement and quote I

listen to several podcasts about podcasting and they've been talking about

International Podcast Day and about promoting podcasting about things we can do to promote

podcasting but it really got me thinking about why I do this.

Why do I keep on doing this? Why have I, with the help of many other people created 172 episodes now of the

recovery show over the past three and a half plus years I thought it might be

appropriate to talk about this particularly as it relates to my recovery and to

Al-Anon recovery in general.

The first reason that I wrote down about why I podcast is, well, I can. It's something I can do.

And I think about this in many contexts, you know, there are a lot of things that I feel like need doing in the world.

And there are some of them that I can do that I have the ability to do, that I have the skill to do, that I have the ability to do that I have the skill to do that I have the aptitude and also maybe the desire and the energy to do.

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