Just for Today - December 20th, 2025 with Barb R. - Overcoming self-obsession
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What is the episode introduction and purpose of the Just for Today podcast?
Welcome to the anonymous podcast, 2025 just for today series. I'm Douglas L your host, whether you've been rocking with us for a while, you're a new listener, please reach out, interact with us. We have a Facebook page, a podcast number that comes directly to me. And we're always looking for readers and or folks who share on just for today episodes. So let's connect. All right, here we go. This podcast is a commentary and discussion of narcotics, anonymous literature, aiming to enrich the recovery experience of those who are on this beautiful journey. This podcast should not replace contact with your sponsor, your involvement with step work, or participation in the fellowship. Please use this podcast as an additional resource toward our collective growth as addicts in recovery.
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My name is Darren. I'm an addict. My clean date is July 1st, 2011. I attend meetings in the Contra Costa area of Northern California, and my home group is Good Timers. We meet on Friday evenings at 7.30. Just for today, December 20th, overcoming self-obsession. In living the steps, we begin to let go of our self-obsession. Basic text, page 97. Many of us came to the program convinced that our feelings, our wants and our needs were of the utmost importance to everyone. We had practiced a lifetime of self-seeking, self-centered behavior and believed it was the only way to live. That self-centeredness doesn't cease just because we stop using drugs. Perhaps we attend our first NA function and are positive that everyone in the room is watching us, judging us and condemning us.
We may demand that our sponsor be on call to listen to us whenever we want, and they in turn may suggest that the world does not revolve around us. The more we insist on being the center of the universe, the less satisfied we will be with our friends, our sponsor, and everything else. Freedom from self-obsession can be found through concentrating more on the needs of others and less on our own. When others have problems, we can offer help. When newcomers need rides to meetings, we can pick them up. When friends are lonely, we can spend time with them. When we find ourselves feeling unloved or ignored, we can offer the love and attention we need to someone else. In giving, we receive much more in return, and that's a promise we can trust.
Just for today, I will share the world with others, knowing that they are just as important as I am. I will nourish my spirit by giving of myself.
Welcome back, everyone. This is December 20th, Overcoming Self-Obsession, hanging out with Barb R. Barb, if the folks don't listen to the basic tech study, but they ought to on Tuesday night, can you remind everyone your clean date, where you attend meetings, give your home group a shout out?
I'm Barb R., an addict, and my clean date is October 4th, 1995, and my home group is Open Mind.
Are you ready to jump into it?
Yeah.
Yeah. What do you think? Overcoming self-obsession.
I think I think this is very fitting for me. And I'm glad to know I'm not the only one because it's a gist for today, you know. And, you know, I think there was a philosopher that said that addicts are selfish by nature, you know, that humans are selfish by nature. And I was like, oh, it's not just addicts, you know. And this self-obsession, I've always been self-obsessed. Even in recovery, I can be, I can jump into that. You know, sometimes people tell me, don't make this about you, Barb. My son was going to Quodge, him and his wife. And they got a contracting job. The first thought when he came over and told me my first thought was, what about me? And I realized that I shared it at a meeting. And then my second thought was how exciting, how cool for him, you know, but that that's just a little snapshot of that.
of how my thinking, you know, goes. My first sponsor told me, literally, you're a selfish, self-centered bitch.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the episode introduction and purpose of the Just for Today podcast?
0:11–6:16
2
Who is the reader and what is the Just for Today meditation for December 20th?
6:16–7:58
3
How does the Basic Text describe self-obsession in recovery?
7:58–16:20
4
What personal examples illustrate ongoing self-centered thinking in recovery?
16:20–19:55