What was last year like for you? What worked or didn't work? What did you learn? What changed? How do you feel? How did your recovery grow?

Welcome to episode 426 of The Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by Susan, Sarah, Heather, Lauren, and Jay. They used the donation button on our website. Thank you, Susan, Sarah, Heather, Lauren, and Jay. They used the donation button on our website.

Thank you, Susan, Sarah, Heather, Lauren, and Jay 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 perhaps few others can.

So much depends on our own attitudes,

and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

Before we begin, we would like to state that in this show,

we represent ourselves rather than any 12-step program.

During this 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 will find something in our sharing that speaks to your

life. My name is Spencer. I am your solo host today. At the end of an old year, beginning of a new year,

I always like to do an episode of reflection and possibly looking ahead. I cribbed a prompt

from another email group that I'm part of about reflecting on the past year. The questions that

it asked were what worked, what didn't work,

what did I learn, how did I change, what is left unresolved or incomplete, and how does that feel?

I sent this prompt out to the Google Group email list, and I got a couple of responses. We'll start with

those. Deborah wrote, Hi, Spencer, wishing you a happy new year. I've had a very interesting year

in sending this response helped me reflect on the progress I've made and work I still need to do.

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