More voices – your sharing – 319

Sharing experience, strength, and hope in your voices.

* Thoughts on apologies and amends.* A mother wants to help her adult son who drinks too much.* A survivor muses on the possible benefits of trauma.* What is this detachment thing, anyway?* Learning to talk, trust, and feel when the family “training” was “don't talk, don't trust, don't feel.”* Thoughts and experience inspired by episode 318, A Walk in the Woods on a Snowy Day — the healing force of nature, how our higher power speaks to us, and the power of memory.* Recovery from anger and loss.* Compassion – finding it.* Loved one in rehab / coming home from rehab. How to deal?* Sharing on changes, Steps 10 and 11, and “First things first.”* 3 acronyms for FEAR.

Readings and Links

Listener shares brought up so many past episodes:

* Parents Roundtable – 22* Compassion – 33* Step 9, Amends – 40* Chaos – 45* Changes – 47* Step 10 – 48* Step 11 – 50* First things First – 51* Relapse – 59* Detachment – 64* Living with Alcoholism or Addiction – 70* Powerlessness and Power – 160* My Codependency, My Body – 204* Mary Pearl T on Step 1 – 259* Marc and Michele’s son is in prison – 287* Jennifer – Free from Obsession – 302* Being Heard – 313

Upcoming topics

Our topic for next week is “surrender”. What does surrender mean to you? How has surrendering given you power? Please call us at 734-707-8795 or email [email protected] with your questions or experience, strength and hope. Or just leave a comment right here.

Music from the Show

blink-182 – Not Now