Instead of continually wishing and hoping for this sort of reuniting,

or uniting really for the first time with my family and being seen and lobbed and cared for with them,

I have over time and through Alonon come to a place where I can do that within myself.

Welcome to episode 397 of The Recovery Show.

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We are friends of family members of Alcoholics and Attics who have found a path to serenity and happiness.

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So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

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My name is Spencer. I am your host today and joining me today is Misty. Welcome to The Recovery Show Misty.

Thanks so much for having me. It's a real gift to be here.

You sent me some of your earlier writings and it opened with a quote from Mark Nippo about forgiveness.

Would you like to read that for us?

I would love to read that. Mark Nippo, it's the book that I actually chose to read from today as well.

It is useful to realize that the word forgive originally meant both to give and receive.

Give for and keeping with the original meaning that we can see the inner reward for forgiveness is the exchange of life.

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