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Tradition 2 – Episode 60
10 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer and Adrienne discuss Tradition 2, which says “For our group purpose, there is but one authority – a loving god as He may express Himse...
Relapse – Episode 59
03 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Has your loved one relapsed? Did you expect it? How did you react? Today, Spencer and Jessyca talk about Relapse. We structured our discussion around ...
Interview with Michele – Relapse preview – Episode 58
27 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Michele wrote to us last week suggesting that we talk about relapse. She also offered to share her experience with us. I called her to interview her, ...
Face to face meetings, why are they important? – Episode 57
21 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered, “Why do I need to go to meetings? Can’t I just read the literature?” Today, Spencer and Wendy talk about Face to Face me...
Communication – Episode 56
13 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have trouble communicating your needs and feelings to your loved ones? Do your attempts to ask for what you want always degenerate into an argu...
Tradition 1 – Episode 55
07 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer and Maria are joined by special guest Ruth to discuss Tradition 1, which says “Our common welfare should come first; personal progress ...
Family of our Dreams – Episode 54
30 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
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 d...
Step 12 – Episode 53
20 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Are you wondering whether you’ve had a spiritual awakening, or even what a spiritual awakening might be? How can you practice these principles in al...
My Story – Episode 52
09 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
For our 1 year anniversary podcast, we asked you, our listeners, to send us your story. Several of you did, and two are featured in this episode. Unfo...
First Things First – Episode 51
25 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Are you often unsure what to do next? Do you struggle with indecision? Do you have too many choices? Do you feel you have no choices? Today, we talk a...
Step 11 – Episode 50
18 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Have you established a routine of prayer and meditation? Do you struggle with them? Are you not sure how to know God’s will? Yes! Today, we’re goi...
Getting Started in Al-Anon – Episode 49
12 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Are you new to Al-Anon? Do you wonder what to expect? What you should do immediately? What are the challenges we face early on? Does Al-Anon have its ...
Step 10 – Inventory – Episode 48
06 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you struggle to admit that you are “wrong” in the moment? Have you found an effective way to take a daily inventory? How do you feel about ad...
Changes – Episode 47
28 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you wish that things would just stay the same? Does change freak you out? Maybe you get depressed when live today isn’t the same as yesterday. If...
Days of Wine and Roses roundtable – Episode 46
21 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We watched the movie Days of Wine and Roses with our friends Mark and Anna from the Recovered podcast. And then we sat down around a table and talke...
Chaos – Episode 45
13 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we (codependents) create chaos? Why do addicts create chaos? How do we find islands of serenity within chaos? You guessed it — today, we’re...
Setting Boundaries without Controlling – Episode 44
07 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you struggle with setting boundaries? Does it feel like you are trying to control someone else when you set a boundary? Does your loved one accuse ...
The 3 A’s – Awareness, Acceptance, Action – Episode 43
01 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you think you have to fix something as soon as you become aware of it? Do you find yourself springing into action even before you know what the pro...
Living Rich, Full Lives in Recovery – Episode 42
23 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Does a life in recovery sound limiting? Are you unsure what activities, events, etc from your previous life will fit into your new life of recovery? D...
Vulnerability – Episode 41
16 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you fear that being vulnerable with your loved ones will be perceived as a sign of weakness? Do you tend to avoid discussing your own feelings? Do ...
Step 9, Amends – Episode 40
10 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we discuss the power and potential of Step 9, which states “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so...
Self Care – Episode 39
01 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you find yourself often running low on sleep? Do you miss meals because you’re too busy? Do you ever neglect your own basic needs in order to tak...
Sibling round table – Episode 38
26 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re doing another roundtable episode with siblings of alcoholics and addicts. Jane and Rick share their experience growing up with alcoholi...
Juggling vs. Balance – Episode 37
19 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you sometimes feel that you’re trying to keep too many balls in the air at once? Do you hear people talk about a balanced life and wonder what th...
Self Acceptance and Self Esteem – Episode 36
13 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you often judge yourself? Do you internalize the criticism of others? Are you afraid they are right? Are you unable to like yourself? Then listen...
Step 8 – Episode 35
05 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
If you are struggling with guilt and resentment over your actions in the past… If you aren’t ready to make amends to someone… If you think that ...
One Day at a Time – Episode 34
28 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you find yourself spending too much time worrying? Do you fear the future or resent the past? How can you take care of yourself by living “One Da...
Compassion – Episode 33
21 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do you find yourself getting easily impatient with others? Do you feel judgemental towards someone no matter how hard you try to let go? Having troubl...
Sponsorship Round Table – Episode 32
16 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
If you just want to do recovery all by yourself… If having a sponsor sounds frightening… If you’d like to have a sponsor, but you don’t know h...
Step 7 – Episode 31
09 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
What is humility? How do we ask God to remove our shortcomings? Are they really defects? Listen as Spencer, Swetha, and Kelli, back together at last, ...
Program in the workplace – Episode 30
01 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How do you use your program in the workplace? Do you have a hard time setting boundaries at work? Do you find yourself staying late even though it aff...
Progress, not Perfection – Episode 29
24 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re going to talk about progress, not perfection. Ever feel like no matter how much you try, you fall short? Ever just want to give up beca...
Step 6 – Episode 28
16 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Step 6 says “[We] were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” What are “defects of character.” What does “entire...
Anonymity – Episode 27
09 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Our 12th Tradition says “Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions…” Why is anonymity important? What does it mean to be anony...
Our First Meetings – Episode 26
03 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
What it was like when we first came to Al-Anon? What do we remember about our first meeting? Did it “click” right away or did it take some time? W...
Sponsorship – Episode 25
27 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
At my Home group meeting, we say “in this program, we encourage sponsorship.” What does that mean? What is a sponsor? Why would you want o...
This Too Shall Pass – Episode 24
21 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been caught up in a situation? Have you ever found yourself easily dismissing happy situations? Have you ever found yourself feeling hop...
Step 5 – Confession? – Episode 23
13 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Step 5 says that we “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs”. Why is this important? What were o...
Parents roundtable – Episode 22
03 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are talking with parents who have found support and recovery. Some have children who are still actively drinking or drugging, whil...
Easy Does It – Episode 21
29 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
“Easy does it.” What does this slogan say to you? Can you use it to make your life easier? Swetha, Spencer, and special guest Dayana talk about th...
Forcing Solutions – Episode 20
22 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
“… our thinking becomes distorted by trying to force solutions.” What does it mean to force a solution? When do we try to force solutions? How d...
Gratitude – Episode 19
15 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How do we feel gratitude? Can gratitude help get you through a hard time? Is it something you can choose? Does finding gratitude make your problems go...
Step 4 – doing the inventory – Episode 18
07 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Step 4 states “[We] took a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” What were our first impressions? What did we fear? What did we fi...
Trusting the process – Episode 17
31 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to “trust the process?” What is “the process?” Is it meetings? The Steps? Working with a sponsor? Reading the literature? Sw...
Blame – Episode 16
25 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about blame — how we blame others, how we take blame on ourselves and how we can move past blaming. We have learned that blaming is ofte...
Asking for Help – Episode 15
18 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about asking for help. When we came in, we did not have experience asking for help in a healthy way. We didn’t want to impose on people we b...
Step 3: turning it over – Episode 14
11 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Step 3, Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God. How do we understand and use it in our lives? The...
Shame – Episode 13
03 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer, Swetha, and guest host Nic talk about shame – what it is, how we feel it, how we used to deal with it, and how we deal with it in recovery....
Detachment – Episode 12
24 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Kelli hosts Swetha and Spencer as they share their experience, strength, and hope about detachment. Kelli opens with a reading that links detachment t...
Enabling – Episode 11
18 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Swetha, Spencer, and Kelli talk about enabling. We start by defining our understanding of the term, enabling. Early on, Swetha wondered whether anythi...
What is Al-Anon? – Episode 10
11 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer, Swetha, and Kelli talk about their experience with Al-Anon, attempting to address the question “What is Al-Anon?” We start by talking abo...
Step 2 – A power greater than ourselves – Episode 9
04 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Kelli, Swetha, and Spencer discuss Step 2: “Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Spencer talks about t...
Resentment – Episode 8
28 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss resentment. How do we understand it? How does it affect us? How do we recognize resentment? What tools have we learned to deal with it? The...
Letting Go – Episode 7
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Spencer, Mark, and Swetha discuss letting go as a path to serenity and happiness. But if we do, to whom are we letting go? The post L...
Expectations – Episode 6
14 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about expectations, how they can lead to resentment and disappointment, how we recognize them, and let go of them. The post Expectations – E...
Choices – Episode 5
06 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Do we have choices in our lives? What kinds of choices do we have? How have we found choices in recovery? Kelli, Swetha, and Spencer discuss our exper...
Denial – Pilot Episode 4
30 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
What is denial? How did we experience denial in our lives? What tools have we found to combat it? How is our life better when we accept reality on its...
Acceptance – Pilot episode 3
23 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Kelli leads a discussion with Swetha and Spencer about acceptance. Kelli opened with a reading that begins “It is said that pain is inevitable b...
Powerlessness – Pilot episode 2
16 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Swetha leads a discussion of powerlessness. We talk about how we understood it (or didn't) before coming to the program and how we understand it now. ...
Boundaries – Pilot episode 1
10 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer, Kelli, and Swetha discuss boundaries. We all agreed that before coming into the program that we pretty much did not set boundaries, for fear ...