The Recovery Show » Finding serenity through 12 step recovery in Al-Anon – a podcast

This episode discusses how Al-Anon groups choose their names, focusing on whether names are welcoming and descriptive while exploring Al-Anon World Service policies on naming.

This episode explores how individuals in recovery can overcome traditional religious concepts of God to create a personal higher power that aligns with their understanding, specifically in relation to Al-Anon Step 3.

This episode explores how recovery principles can help navigate retirement challenges, featuring a discussion between host Spencer and guest Mary about applying tools like detachment and sponsorship.

This episode explores Step Four of recovery programs, focusing on taking a searching and fearless moral inventory of oneself, as discussed by host Spencer and guest Eric from The Recovery Show.

This episode explores the journey of self-love and recovery for friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts, featuring a personal reading about overcoming self-consciousness through Al-Anon principles.

This episode of The Recovery Show features a discussion about addiction recovery, focusing on a reading from the Naranon Blue Book and sharing experiences as friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts.

This episode explores Step 7 of the 12-step program, focusing on humbly asking a higher power to remove shortcomings and discussing the distinction between humility and humiliation in the context of self-acceptance and recovery for families and friends of addicts.

This solo-hosted episode of The Recovery Show features reflections on the past year, focusing on personal growth, recovery progress, and lessons learned from living with addiction.

This episode explores Step Nine of the 12-step program, focusing on making direct amends for healing in recovery from addiction, as discussed by hosts sharing personal experiences and insights from the Al-Anon literature.

This episode explores Step 9 of the recovery process, focusing on making direct amends through a discussion of the book 'How Al-Anon Works' and personal experiences from hosts and guests.

This episode discusses Step 10 of Al-Anon, focusing on continuing personal inventory and promptly admitting errors to aid recovery for family members of alcoholics and addicts.

This episode explores how to practically implement Step 10 from recovery programs, focusing on promptly admitting when wrong to embrace humanity and support serenity in dealing with addiction.

This episode discusses Step 11 of the 12-step program, focusing on using prayer and meditation to enhance spiritual growth and conscious contact with a higher power in the context of recovery from addiction.

This episode explores how individuals in recovery from addiction transform their dating patterns to focus on compatibility and shared values.

This episode features a conversation with Adrienne, who has over 53 years of continuous 12-step recovery, discussing how to apply the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous to various life challenges and pass on experience to others.

This episode explores how unity supports personal progress in recovery by discussing Al-Anon's 12 Traditions, specifically Tradition 1, through readings and personal reflections.

This episode explores how individuals in recovery from addiction navigate uncertainty in their lives, drawing on personal experiences and resources like Al-Anon literature.

This episode explores how patience and acceptance can aid recovery for friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts, featuring a discussion with Kathy about her journey and readings from Melody Beattie.

Host Spencer and guest Eric explore the balance between inaction and reaction in Al-Anon recovery, using personal stories, listener shares, and program tools like the Serenity Prayer and step work.

This episode explores how recovery tools and principles can aid in navigating grief, featuring a discussion based on Al-Anon literature and personal experiences.

This episode explores whether Al-Anon is truly accessible and beneficial for men, featuring a conversation between two male members discussing gender disparities in participation and the impact of alcoholism on all genders.

This episode explores the challenges of estrangement within families affected by addiction, offering personal experiences and insights on finding strength and hope in recovery.

This episode explores Step 6 of a 12-step recovery program, discussing readiness to have God remove character defects and sharing personal experiences from hosts and guests.

This episode explores Al-Anon's Step 8, focusing on making a list of people harmed and becoming willing to make amends, with insights from hosts sharing personal experiences in recovery.

This episode explores workaholism and recovery through personal experiences and readings, focusing on how perfectionism and procrastination hinder progress in addiction recovery.

This episode explores how healthy boundaries create internal safety, featuring a boundaries coach discussing recovery insights and personal experiences related to addiction.

This episode explores how couples can recover from addiction-related issues using the 12th step from Recovering Couples Anonymous, featuring a guest sharing her personal journey from Al-Anon to RCA.

This episode discusses the concept of 'dropping the rock' from a book referenced in AA, exploring how letting go of burdens aids recovery for families and friends of addicts.

This episode explores Step 12 of the 12-step program, focusing on spiritual awakening and how to carry recovery messages, based on readings from the Al-Anon book.

This episode discusses the challenges of living with addiction, focusing on detachment and personal recovery for family members and friends of alcoholics and addicts.

This episode explores how recovery principles can help find relief from grief, featuring a discussion on loss and a study group using the book 'Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses'.

This episode explores how and why people share in recovery meetings, focusing on the importance of being heard and understood in Al-Anon settings.

This episode explores the meaning and personal experiences of Step One in 12-step recovery programs, focusing on admitting powerlessness over alcohol and unmanageable lives.

This episode explores Step Five of the 12-step program, focusing on sharing personal wrongs with God, oneself, and another person to support recovery from addiction.

This episode of The Recovery Show explores finding serenity and changing attitudes while living with addiction, featuring a host and guest discussing personal experiences and readings.

This episode explores how recovery from addiction influences creativity, featuring personal experiences from Katie and Karen in a supportive discussion.

This episode explores how honesty and overcoming denial are essential for recovery from addiction, featuring a reading from the Al-Anon Family Groups Service Manual.

This episode explores how participation fosters harmony in recovery from addiction, focusing on Concept Four from Al-Anon literature.

This episode explores the Mar-Anon program, which provides support for family and friends of cannabis addicts, featuring a reading on self-nurturing from 'The Language of Letting Go'.

This episode explores Step Two of recovery programs, focusing on how believing in a higher power can restore sanity for those affected by addiction in their families.

A mother shares her personal story of losing her son Alex to addiction and mental illness, exploring her experiences and reflections on treatment approaches.

Spencer shares his personal recovery journey and talk from the Greeley AA Stampede, focusing on finding serenity and happiness while living with addiction in the family.

This episode explores Al-Anon's Third Tradition on mutual aid for relatives of alcoholics, sharing personal stories of recovery and resilience.

This episode explores Al-Anon's third step about turning one's will and life over to God as understood, focusing on recovery for friends and family of alcoholics and addicts.

This episode explores Step Three of recovery, focusing on letting go of control and allowing care from others, through personal experiences and readings.

This episode of The Recovery Show features personal stories and voicemails from individuals in recovery, focusing on experiences with addiction, setting boundaries, and finding serenity.

This episode features Heather C.

In this episode of The Recovery Show, host Spencer and guest Karen discuss the process of working the 12 steps in Al-Anon, sharing insights on how mistakes can lead to growth and emphasizing the importance of taking steps in order for personal recovery.

A discussion on emotional sobriety in Al-Anon recovery, featuring a reading on serenity from an ACA meditation book.

This episode discusses estrangement from loved ones and how the Al-Anon 12-step program helps in recovery.

A discussion about the challenges of doing service in Al-Anon, based on a daily reading about group traditions.

Host Spencer and guest Ashley discuss working the 12 steps in Al-Anon, reading from 'How Al-Anon Works' and sharing personal experiences.

Al-Anon members Spencer and Laurel use episode 402 of The Recovery Show to examine gossip, starting from Laurel's fourth step inventory, in which she saw that a workplace "managing and meddling and manipulating" episode began with a gossipy relationship.

The Recovery Show episode 401 centers on Step 11's request for knowledge of God's will and the question, "What is my motive?" Solo host Spencer applies that question to an acquaintance's crisis, workplace Slack answers, church volunteering, and a 50th high school reunion.

The host and a guest discuss milestones in recovery, reading from Al-Anon literature and sharing personal experiences.

A discussion on practicing gentleness and self-love as part of 12-step recovery for those affected by a loved one's addiction.

Shannon recalls chasing her father down the driveway whenever he said, "I'm leaving and I'm never coming back."

A discussion about healing the inner child using 12-step principles and a reading from Brene Brown.

A personal story about attending an Al-Anon meeting and beginning recovery from the effects of a loved one's drinking.

Lynn and Lindsay describe co-parenting with alcoholic ex-husbands while raising children in separate households.

The Recovery Show episode 304 examines “take it or leave it” through Al-Anon readings, personal inventories, and recovery choices.