Embracing Self-Love: A Recovery Journey – 422
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🗓️ 11 December 2024
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Today, Shannon and Spencer dig deep into the question, how do we learn and grow to love ourselves? In the pursuit of learning to love ourselves, we may have faced emotional challenges and societal pressures that obscure our self-worth. We might begin by reflecting on childhood experiences that shaped our perceptions and beliefs about ourselves....
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| 0:00.0 | You have always been allowed to love yourself, but maybe nobody's ever told you that before, and maybe that's uncomfortable. |
| 0:08.3 | But just keep coming back. |
| 0:11.4 | Welcome to episode 422 of The Recovery Show. |
| 0:15.0 | This episode is brought to you by Talcott, Gina, Carolyn, Marcy, Linda, Raquel, and Tony. |
| 0:38.1 | They use the donation button on our website. Thank you. Talcott, Gina, Carolyn, Marcy, Linda, Raquel, and Tony. They use the donation button on our website. Thank you. Talcott, Gina, Carolyn, Marcy, Linda, Raquel, and Tony for your generous contributions. This episode is for you. We are friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand as |
| 0:42.1 | perhaps few others can. So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe the change to |
| 0:47.3 | attitudes can aid recovery. Before we begin, we would like to state that in this show, we represent |
| 0:53.5 | ourselves rather than any 12-step program. During the show, we will share our own experiences. The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you like and leave the rest. We hope that you find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. |
| 1:10.6 | My name is Spencer. |
| 1:11.7 | I am your host today. |
| 1:12.7 | And joining me today is Shannon. |
| 1:14.4 | Welcome to the recovery show, Shosh. |
| 1:17.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:17.8 | Great to be here. |
| 1:19.0 | You brought a reading to open our conversation today. |
| 1:22.3 | What is it? |
| 1:23.3 | I was thumbing through my readers and found something that really spoke to me from Hope for |
| 1:28.3 | Today, the Al-Anon Daily Reader, page 34, February 3rd. |
| 1:34.3 | When I was a baby, my grandfather gave me a plush toy chimpanzee. |
| 1:39.6 | As I grew up, my parents often told me that my grandfather had given me the chimpanzee because he thought it looked just like me. |
| 1:46.5 | I became self-conscious about my looks, especially my long, upper lip and big ears. |
| 1:51.9 | I believe myself to be as ugly as that stuffed chimp. |
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