Swetha, Spencer, and Kelli talk about enabling. We start by defining our understanding of the term, enabling. Early on, Swetha wondered whether anything nice she did for someone was enabling. Her sponsor helped her by giving her this definition: “getting between someone and the consequences of their choices or actions.” Kelli also had this confusion….
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Dear listeners: We plan to record two episodes this Sunday (February 17), because a couple of us are traveling next weekend so we won’t be able record the show then. We want to give y’all a chance to send us your thoughts on the topic of the second show, which will be Detachment. If you have…
Read MoreIt is not how much we do but how much love we put into the doing. — Mother Teresa Last year, I made a commitment to myself that I would mean Thank You when I said it. This is quite different for me from saying thank you when I mean it. I used…
Read MoreSpencer, Swetha, and Kelli talk about their experience with Al-Anon, attempting to address the question “What is Al-Anon?” We start by talking about what brought us to the program. Swetha’s boyfriend suggested the program to her, but she didn’t think at first that she qualified. Kelli’s boyfriend’s sponsor told her that if she was going…
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Mary Pearl is open and honest, with a wonderful sense of humor. This is part of a longer talk, so it starts in the middle of an anecdote. She talks here about Steps 6, “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character”, 7, “Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings”, 8, “Made…
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