The Recovery Show

Tradition 1 – Episode 55

Spencer and Maria are joined by special guest Ruth to discuss Tradition 1, which says “Our common welfare should come first; personal progress for the greatest number depends upon unity.” We are guided by these questions: What does “common welfare” mean to you? What does “unity” mean to / for you? How do you think that…

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Recording Episode 55 Live

We will be recording Episode 55 – Tradition 1, “Our common welfare should come first; personal progress for the greatest number depends upon unity,” live on Sunday, January 5 starting at 2PM EST (which is 1900 GMT). Please join us using this “listen live” link (also in the right sidebar). If you are on an iPhone, iPad…

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Family of our Dreams – Episode 54

In the book, How Al-Anon Works, in the discussion of Step 1, it says, “We may never have the family of our dreams…” What is the family of your dreams? How does your family fall short of your dreams? What have you tried to do about it? How has recovery helped you to relate to…

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Waking – a meditation

  In the grey cocoon of light the mind finds metamorphosis, makes from the wreck of what she was the wings of what she is.   Ursula K. LeGuin — Waking   I have been thinking about “spiritual awakening”. I heard a speaker, who said, that “spiritual awakening” is just what it says: that we “wake…

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Recording Episode 54 Live

We will be recording Episode 54 – Family of our Dreams, live on Sunday, December 29 starting at 2PM EDT (which is 1900 GMT). Please join us using this “listen live” link (also in the right sidebar). If you are on an iPhone, iPad or iPod, you will need to install the Mixlr app, then search…

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