The Recovery Show » Finding serenity through 12 step recovery in Al-Anon – a podcast
12-step recovery for those of us who love alcoholics or addicts. We share our experience, strength, and hope as we use the principles of the Al-Anon program in our lives. We talk openly and honestly about the problems and challenges as we face alcoholism and addiction in our friends and relatives. We share the tools and solutions we have found that let us live a life that is serene, happy, and free, even when the alcoholic or addict is still drinking or using.
Step Five: A Journey Towards Personal Freedom – 421
Path to Recovery: Embracing Step Four – 420
Secular Healing: Working Step Three – 419
Navigating Retirement with Recovery – 418
Creating a Personal Higher Power in Recovery – 417
Letting Go and Trusting: Exploring Step Three – 416
Finding Hope and Sanity: Exploring Step Two – 415
Surviving Alex: A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction – 414
Step One: Finding Strength in Surrender – 413
Breaking Through Denial: Honesty is Essential – 412
Growth and Challenges in Al-Anon Service – 411
Walking the Path to Recovery – Working the 12 Steps – 410
Finding Strength in Mutual Aid: Insights from Al-Anon’s Third Tradition – 409
A Deep Dive into Sharing in Meetings – 408
Spencer T talk at 71st Greeley AA Stampede
Listening to you – 406
Working the Steps – 405
Experience, Strength and Hope from the 2023 Al-Anon International Convention – 404
Inaction and Reaction: Navigating the Path to Meaningful Action – 403
Finding Freedom from Gossip and Creating Positive Relationships in Recovery – 402
What is my Motive? – 401
Milestones – 400
Finding Al-Anon Lessons in Classic Novels — 399
What we learned in 2022 — 398
From Wounded to Empowered: Misti B’s Path to Forgiveness — 397
Boundaries Revisited – 396
The Relationship between Mother and Son – 395
People of Color in Recovery – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging – 394
Take What You Like and Leave the Rest — 393
Step 12 – 392
The power of stories – 391
Gratitude 2022 – 390
Four Primary Ideas – 389
Recovery in the TV/Film Industry – 388
Co-Crazy – 387
Loss and Grief – 386
Worry Less — 385
Leaning into Faith – 384
Laurel S — Alcoholism Ended her Marriage — 383
Remembrance — 382
Acceptance is a Gift of Recovery – 381
Awareness and Acceptance – 380
Letting Go – 379
Fireflies – Recovery of a Marriage – 378
Whether the Alcoholic is Still Drinking or Not – 377
My Husband – 376
Feeling new in recovery – 375
My Recovery is not Conditional on Yours – 374
Gratitude 2021 – 373
Embracing Risk – 372
Reflection on a loss, December 19, 2021
A Teacher in Recovery – 371
Gentleness with Myself – 370
Healing through Writing – 369
A Disease of Relationships – 368
The Gift of Pain – 367
Honesty – 366
In All Our Affairs – 365
Fear of Abandonment – 364
Finding Compassion for the Alcoholic – 363
Avoidance (running away from scary feelings) – 362
Sympathy, Empathy, and Compassion – 361
Music in Recovery – 360
The Effects of Recovery – 359
Al-Anon after Divorce – 358
CODA saved her life – Geraldine – 357
Domestic Violence and Other Unacceptable Behavior – 356
A Son’s Addiction – 355
Making Decisions – 354
Voices – 353
Inner Child – 352
Feeling my feelings – 351
My Life was Unmanageable – 350
Service in Al-Anon – 349
Teen Depression and Self-harm – 348
If I am not the Problem, there is no Solution – 347
Gratitude 2020 – 346
Slow Recovery – 345
Calming the Anxiety — 344
There are no experts in Al-Anon — 343
Co-parenting with an Alcoholic – 342
Activism and Recovery – Your Voices – 341
Married to an Alcoholic Minister – Barbara K – 340
It’s Not Your Fault – 339
Wisdom to Know the Difference – 338
Activism and Recovery with Amanda and Becky – 337
Irritable and Unreasonable – 336
The Impact of Isolation — 335
Many Voices – 334
Patience and Tolerance – 333
Steps 1, 2 and 3 – 332
Choosing Love Over Fear One Day at a Time – Julie L – 331
Boundaries Today – 330
The God Word – 329
Hope means possibility – 328
Fear – 327
Dual Program Members – 326
Recovery in a time of Isolation – 325
Fear and Anxiety – 324
Josh R – Recovery Dharma – 323
Online meetings
Deborah C – Hands Off Pays Off – 322
Diana H – Born Into Crazy – 321
Surrender to Win – 320
More voices – your sharing – 319
A Walk in the Woods on a Snowy Day — 318
Peggy G – Speaker – 317
Men in Al-Anon – 316
Belonging — 315
Integrity – 314
Being Heard – 313
Bill W with Lois W, Ebby T, Sister Ignatius and Mort J — 312
Holiday Toolkit – 311
Your voices — 310
Gratitude 2019 – 309
Our Program Tools – 308
Aaron J — It’s not about me — 307
Karen B – Living the Traditions – 306
A Respite – 305
Take it or Leave it – 304
Michele B – My Solutions were my Problems – 303
Jennifer – Free from Obsession – 302
Geneviève – Together we can make it – 301
What you found here – 300
How to Sabotage a Relationship – 299
Saying No — No is a complete sentence – 298
Mary Pearl T on Step 12 – Episode 297
Spiritual Awakenings and Experiences – 296
Kerri K – Speaker talk – 295
Spencer and Amy — a couple in recovery — 294
Lynne – Grief can be a wonderful thing – 293
Sayings, Quotes, Proverbs, and Parables – 292
Step 11 with Mary Pearl T – 291
But One Purpose – 290
Applying the Serenity Prayer – 289
Mary Pearl T on Step 10 – 288
Marc and Michele’s son is in prison – 287
Mary Pearl T on Steps 8 and 9 – 286
Contentment and even Happiness – 285
Acronyms and Alliterations – Episode 284
March Roundup 2019 – Episode 283
Mary Pearl T on Step 7 – Episode 282
How do you trust? – Episode 281
S-Anon – Episode 280
Do you like yourself? – Episode 279
What do we do here? – Episode 278
Bob S Jr Talk – Episode 277
Would you rather be right or happy? – Episode 276
Kate C grew up with alcoholism – Episode 275
Mary Pearl T on Step 6 – Episode 274
The Year in Recovery 2018 – Episode 273
Peace in the Darkness – Episode 272
Mary Pearl T on Step 5 – Episode 271
Do you Believe? – Episode 270
Gratitude 2018 – Episode 269
Mary Pearl T on Step 4 – Episode 268
What about Gratitude – Episode 267
Singleness of Purpose – Episode 266
In all our affairs: Step 1 plus dementia – Episode 265
Mary Pearl T on Step 3 – Episode 264
Mary Pearl T on Step 2 – Episode 263
Karen B – Third time is the charm – Episode 262
Enabling or Empowering? – Episode 261
Meditation on September – Episode 260
Mary Pearl T, Step 1 – Episode 259
Perspective – Episode 258
I am Powerless – Episode 257
Tom – His sister needed Al-Anon – Episode 256
Speaker: Ann Marie R – Episode 255
Parents of teen alcoholics and addicts – Episode 254
Denial and Acceptance – Episode 253
Spencer on Sober Speak – Episode 252
Spirit in Action Interview – Episode 251
Tom W talk – Episode 250
Force and Power – Episode 249
Love, Relationships, and Step 6 – Episode 248
Negative into Positive– Episode 247
Why do a Moral Inventory? – Episode 246
Consequences – Episode 245
Carl H Open Talk – Episode 244
Recovery with Young Children – Episode 243
Don’t React – Episode 242
Freedom – Episode 241
Linda L Open Talk – Episode 240
March Roundup 2018 – Episode 239
Myrtle A. Open Talk – Episode 238
Healing the Trauma of Alcoholism – Episode 237
Fear of Financial Insecurity – Episode 236
Slogans part 2 – Episode 235
Carol S open talk – Episode 234
Making a Decision – Episode 233
The Sober Parent – Episode 232
Begin in Stillness – Episode 231
The Family in Recovery – Episode 230
Holiday Expectations – Episode 229
Trust and Trustworthy – Episode 228
Five Years of Recovery – Episode 227
Your Gratitude 2017 – Episode 226
Parenting as an Adult Child of Alcoholics – Episode 225
Gratitude – Episode 224
Sally C. open talk
(In)sanity and (Un)manageability – Episode 222
Fran G Open Talk – Episode 221
Courage – Episode 220
3 P’s: Perfection, Procrastination, Paralysis – Episode 219
Charlotte I Open Talk – Episode 218
Spencer T Open Talk – Episode 217
Willingness – Episode 216
Welcome – Episode 215
Sadness and Loneliness – Episode 214
Cynthia C Open Talk – Episode 213
I didn’t get sober for this shit – Episode 212
Kindness and Courtesy – Episode 211
Living with death – Episode 210
Mary Pearl T on Steps 6-9 – Episode 209
Humility – Episode 208
Controlling Behavior – Episode 207
It’s the Journey – Episode 206
Corrie L. Open Talk – Episode 205
My Body, My Codependency – Episode 204
Adult Children of Alcoholics – Episode 203
Letting go of the Process – Episode 105 replay
Sam V. Open Talk – Episode 202
In All Our Affairs – Episode 201
Daddy’s Medicine – Brinn Black – Episode 200
Roll Away the Stone – Episode 199
Father Tom W Open Talk – Episode 198
Obsessive Thinking – Episode 197
Resentment – Episode 196
What is Al-Anon – Episode 195 – Episode 10 redux
March Roundup 2017 – Episode 194
Buck N Open Talk – Episode 193
Feelings, Recovery, Compassion, and Forgiveness – Episode 192
Al-Anon Slips – Episode 191
Sherry S. Open Talk – Episode 190
Being Ready – Episode 189
Detachment with love – Episode 188
Fear, Faith, and Surrender – Episode 187
Expectations – Episode 186
Maria – Beyond Recovery – Episode 185
Recovery 2016 – Episode 184
Christmas 2016 wishes
Kathy C Open Talk – Episode 183
Anger – Episode 182
Keep it Simple – Episode 181
Being Thankful – Episode 180
Say what you mean and mean what you say – Episode 179
178 – Boundaries “Best of” episode
Knowing myself – Episode 177
A Recovery Story – Laura – Episode 176
Honesty – a workshop – Episode 175
Forgiveness is critical to recovery – Episode 174
Start where you are – Episode 173
Why The Recovery Show – Episode 172
Dawn C – Open talk – Episode 171
Year of Yes – Episode 170
Feelings – Episode 169
Spencer’s Open Talk – Episode 168
Serenity – Episode 167
Confession, Redemption, and Forgiveness – Episode 166
Stepping Stones to Serenity Part 4 – Episode 165
Choices – Episode 164
Rediscovering Myself – Episode 163
Stepping Stones to Serenity Part 3 – Episode 162
Dancing with Dementia – Episode 161
Step 1: Powerlessness and Power – Episode 160
Stepping Stones to Serenity Part 2 – Episode 159
Stepping Stones to Serenity – 1 – Episode 158
Seeing Clearly – Episode 157
Life on Purpose – Episode 156
Say Yes! to Life – Episode 155
Mothers Day – Episode 154
Ajit S Open Talk – Episode 153
Shutting down as a defense – Episode 152
Meditation – Episode 151
Your Voice – Episode 150
Fourth Step Inventory – Episode 149
Worthy of Love – Episode 148
Roll Away the Stone – Episode 147
Emotional Safety – Episode 146
So, You Love an Alcoholic – Episode 145
The 4 M’s – Episode 84 redux
Joy, Fulfillment and Wonder – Episode 144
God of our Understanding – Episode 143
Love and Alcoholism – Episode 142
Intimacy – Episode 141
Sponsorship: a prompt – Episode 140
It’s a We program – Episode 139
Families – Episode 138
Family – Episode 137
Old Year New Year – Episode 136
Cooperation and balance – Episode 135
Holiday Survival Kit – Episode 134
The 4 L’s – Episode 133
Living with Lies – Episode 132
Slogans part 1 – Episode 131
Clearing a Path – Episode 130
Gratitude – Episode 129
Leadership – Episode 128
Step 2 – Higher Power – Episode 127
Clearing a Path – A Lead – Episode 126
Conferences and conventions – Episode 125
Randy K Open Talk – Episode 124
Al-Anon Dreams – Episode 123
Imperfection – Episode 122
Laughter – Episode 121
Best of: Our first meetings
Authority and Responsibility – Episode 120
Worry – Episode 119
Life on Life’s Terms – Episode 118
Fathers – Episode 117
Gather your chairs in a circle – Episode 116
Public outreach – Episode 115
Participation, harmony, and being heard – Episode 114
Fun – Episode 113
Do you drink? – Episode 112
Prayer – Episode 111
Right of Decision – Episode 110
Dry Drunk – Episode 109
Criticism and Self-Compassion – Episode 108
Chaos – Encore – Episode 107
In the Moment – Episode 106
Letting go of the process – Episode 105
Relapse – a “best of” episode
Judgement – Episode 104
Boundaries – Episode 103
Responsibility and Authority – Episode 102
Looking Back, Looking Ahead – Episode 101
Guest Host Experiences – Episode 100
2 Years – Episode 99
Tradition 12 – Anonymity – Episode 98
Gratitude 2014 – Episode 97
Isolation – Episode 96
Tradition 11 – Episode 95
Spiritual Practice – Episode 94
Not God – Episode 93
Triggers – Episode 92
Trust – Episode 91
Tradition 10 – Episode 90
Taking Care of Myself – Episode 89
Intimacy – Episode 88
Unmanageability – Episode 87
Tradition 9 – no organization – Episode 86
Alcoholism – a Personal Journey – Episode 85
The 4 Ms – Manipulation Managing Mothering Martyrdom – Episode 84
Tradition 8 – Episode 83
Suffering is Optional – Episode 82
Cause, Cure, Control – The 3 Cs – Episode 81
What does it mean to work the steps? – Episode 80
Tradition 7 – Episode 79
What does it mean to “work” the steps?
Stay or Go? – Episode 78
Why I came to Al-Anon. Why I stay? – Episode 77
Loss – Episode 76
Tradition 6 – Episode 75
Faith over Fear – Episode 74
Tradition 5 – Episode 73
We claim spiritual progress … – Episode 72
Recovery on the Road interview with Mara – Episode 71
Living with alcoholism or addiction – Episode 70
Tradition 4 – autonomy – Episode 69
Forgiveness – Episode 68
Made a Decision – Episode 67
Codependency – Episode 66
Hope – Episode 65
Detachment – a “best of” episode – Episode 64
Tradition 3 – Episode 63
Changed Attitudes – Episode 62
Intuition or God’s Will? – Episode 61
Tradition 2 – Episode 60
Relapse – Episode 59
Interview with Michele – Relapse preview – Episode 58
Face to face meetings, why are they important? – Episode 57
Communication – Episode 56
Tradition 1 – Episode 55
Family of our Dreams – Episode 54
Step 12 – Episode 53
My Story – Episode 52
First Things First – Episode 51
Step 11 – Episode 50
Getting Started in Al-Anon – Episode 49
Step 10 – Inventory – Episode 48
Changes – Episode 47
Days of Wine and Roses roundtable – Episode 46
Chaos – Episode 45
Setting Boundaries without Controlling – Episode 44
The 3 A’s – Awareness, Acceptance, Action – Episode 43
Living Rich, Full Lives in Recovery – Episode 42
Vulnerability – Episode 41
Step 9, Amends – Episode 40
Self Care – Episode 39
Sibling round table – Episode 38
Juggling vs. Balance – Episode 37
Self Acceptance and Self Esteem – Episode 36
Step 8 – Episode 35
One Day at a Time – Episode 34
Compassion – Episode 33
Sponsorship Round Table – Episode 32
Step 7 – Episode 31
Program in the workplace – Episode 30
Progress, not Perfection – Episode 29
Step 6 – Episode 28
Anonymity – Episode 27
Our First Meetings – Episode 26
Sponsorship – Episode 25
This Too Shall Pass – Episode 24
Step 5 – Confession? – Episode 23
Parents roundtable – Episode 22
Easy Does It – Episode 21
Forcing Solutions – Episode 20
Gratitude – Episode 19
Step 4 – doing the inventory – Episode 18
Trusting the process – Episode 17
Blame – Episode 16
Asking for Help – Episode 15
Step 3: turning it over – Episode 14
Shame – Episode 13
Detachment – Episode 12
Enabling – Episode 11
What is Al-Anon? – Episode 10
Step 2 – A power greater than ourselves – Episode 9
Resentment – Episode 8
Letting Go – Episode 7
Expectations – Episode 6
Choices – Episode 5
Denial – Pilot Episode 4
Acceptance – Pilot episode 3
Powerlessness – Pilot episode 2