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Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) - Recovered 813

Recovered Podcast

Release Date: 05/03/2017

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Recovered Podcast

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Recovered Podcast

Summary In this episode of the Recovered Podcast, the hosts delve into Step 11 of the recovery process, focusing on the transition from making amends to cultivating spiritual awareness through prayer and meditation. They discuss the importance of improving conscious contact with a higher power, the challenges of distractions, and the significance of living the program in all aspects of life. The conversation emphasizes the need for stillness, surrendering outcomes, and recognizing the strength provided by a higher power to carry out God's will. Listeners are encouraged to remain open-minded...

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We are a self-supporting community.  Join us in the following ways:   - Join by making monthly donations for one year.  You will receive recovered podcast merchandise, like tee shirts, coffee mugs, and water bottles.  Your name will also be announced each month you donate.  Join by making a one-time donation. Your name will be announced as an episode sponsor each time you donate.  - You can sponsor our show by donating your vital experience, strength, and hope.  Add content to the show.  Call in and donate your valuable time.

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Recovered Podcast

We are a self-supporting community.  Join us in the following ways:   - Join by making monthly donations for one year.  You will receive recovered podcast merchandise, like tee shirts, coffee mugs, and water bottles.  Your name will also be announced each month you donate.  Join by making a one-time donation. Your name will be announced as an episode sponsor each time you donate.  - You can sponsor our show by donating your vital experience, strength, and hope.  Add content to the show.  Call in and donate your valuable time.

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Recovered Podcast

Chapters   00:00 Introduction to Step 10 02:53 The Importance of Staying Present 06:06 Practicing Rigorous Honesty 09:05 The Role of Support in Recovery 12:11 Step 10 as a Spiritual Barometer 15:05 The Impact of Prompt Action 18:05 Navigating Complex Emotions 20:57 Tools for Maintaining Emotional Sobriety 24:00 Long-term Sobriety and Step 10 27:08 Advice for Newcomers 29:57 Listener Feedback and Community Engagement   We are a self-supporting community.  Join us in the following ways:   - Join by making monthly donations for one year.  You will receive...

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We are a self-supporting community.  Join us in the following ways:   - Join by making monthly donations for one year.  You will receive recovered podcast merchandise, like tee shirts, coffee mugs, and water bottles.  Your name will also be announced each month you donate.  Join by making a one-time donation. Your name will be announced as an episode sponsor each time you donate.  - You can sponsor our show by donating your vital experience, strength, and hope.  Add content to the show.  Call in and donate your valuable time.

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Chapters 00:00  Introduction to Step 9: The Transformative Process 03:00  The Courage to Make Amends 05:59  Navigating Complex Emotions in Step 9 08:47  The Importance of Rigorous Honesty 12:02  Facing the Past: Personal Stories of Amends 14:51  The Role of Fear and Shame in Recovery 17:52  Setting Things Right: Taking Responsibility 21:00  The Exception Clause in Step 9 24:11  The Impact of Amends on Relationships 27:01  The Spiritual Experience of Making Amends 30:04  Final Thoughts on Step 9 and Recovery   We are a self-supporting...

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Recovered Podcast

We are a self-supporting community.  Join us in the following ways:   - Join by making monthly donations for one year.  You will receive recovered podcast merchandise, like tee shirts, coffee mugs, and water bottles.  Your name will also be announced each month you donate.  Join by making a one-time donation. Your name will be announced as an episode sponsor each time you donate.  - You can sponsor our show by donating your vital experience, strength, and hope.  Add content to the show.  Call in and donate your valuable time.

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We are a self-supporting community.  Join us in the following ways:   - Join by making monthly donations for one year.  You will receive recovered podcast merchandise, like tee shirts, coffee mugs, and water bottles.  Your name will also be announced each month you donate.  Join by making a one-time donation. Your name will be announced as an episode sponsor each time you donate.  - You can sponsor our show by donating your vital experience, strength, and hope.  Add content to the show.  Call in and donate your valuable time.

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Recovered Podcast

We are a self-supporting community.  Join us in the following ways:   - Join by making monthly donations for one year.  You will receive recovered podcast merchandise, like tee shirts, coffee mugs, and water bottles.  Your name will also be announced each month you donate.  Join by making a one-time donation. Your name will be announced as an episode sponsor each time you donate.  - You can sponsor our show by donating your vital experience, strength, and hope.  Add content to the show.  Call in and donate your valuable time.

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The Recovered Podcast Community is not a glum lot.  They contribute to the show and what they share is exactly what someone else needs to hear.  The new guy needs to hear your story.  So honor your 12th step obligation by calling in and help the guy who has not yet gone to his first meeting, you may make the difference in his life.  There are two ways to add to the show:

  1. Speakpipe Use your mobile or computer and leave a message.  This is the preferred method because the sound quality is excellent.
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Whether you have parents who were alcoholic or if you had children while you were drinking, you experienced an alcoholic family which produced an Adult Children of Alcoholics.

What is ACOA?
How is it different from Al-Anon?
Can you bring ACOA issues to an AA table?
Why? Why not?

What was your experience of growing up in an alcoholic family?
What survival skills did you learn?
How have these coping skills affected you as an adult?
What are some traits you developed as a person growing up in an alcoholic family?

What are typical characteristics of the alcoholic family?

In an alcoholic family, rigidity, silence, denial, and isolation are typical. What Is your experience?
In the alcoholic family, anger, fear, betrayal, poverty/scarcity, lack of safety, etc. are common. What is your experience?

Every alcoholic family experiences abandonment.
What was your experience?
Physical
Emotional

How is dealing with ACOA issues good for AA recovery?

Most of our listeners have probably created an ACOA.
Anyone in denial of this fact? Everybody agree?

Here is some controversy
Even if you weren’t drinking, we still create ACOAs

How should someone approach the subject with their adult child?
Has anybody recommended ACOA for their adult child?
When should an AA recommend ACOA for their adult child?

We Have Calls

Brock
https://www.google.com/voice/fm/00557165274674955804/AHwOX_B24Hs2pCac_rkK81uy1Oz4odmujLDb6L3WyNJ1VBGxSlB9jLxMaKhgP7Mw2R6_lHebVezNDSkCB1Q8rT6bfMti8JyLNVlb0bHvAwigx_4dr8b1RDlXtitKDsouQg986FbrIzp66ECfvT82EyXW-pTG5VhdAg

Brock from Kansas
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Carrie B
https://www.speakpipe.com/messages

What would you say to the new guy??
Final Thoughts?