Step Five: A Journey Towards Personal Freedom – 421
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🗓️ 29 November 2024
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In our shared journey through the twelve steps, Step Five is an essential turning point towards self-awareness and personal freedom. This step—admitting to God, ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs—offers us an opportunity to break free from the self-imposed chains of shame and secrecy. As we work this Step, we...
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| 0:00.0 | Step five asks us to share the exact nature of our wrongs with God, ourselves, and another person. |
| 0:06.0 | How does this support our recovery? |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to episode 421 of The Recovery Show. |
| 0:12.0 | This episode is brought to you by Susan, Linda, Steve, Jennifer, Alba, Renee, and Christina. |
| 0:18.0 | They used the donation button on our website. |
| 0:21.3 | Thank you, Susan, Linda, Steve, Jennifer, Alba, Renee, and Christina. |
| 0:26.3 | For your generous contributions, this episode is for you. |
| 0:30.3 | We are friends of family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. |
| 0:36.2 | We who live or have lived with the seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand |
| 0:39.8 | as perhaps a few others can. |
| 0:42.1 | So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. |
| 0:47.6 | Before we begin, we would like to state that in this show, we represent ourselves |
| 0:51.7 | rather than any 12-step program. |
| 0:54.5 | During this show, we will share our own experiences. |
| 0:58.0 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 1:01.7 | Take what you like and leave the rest. |
| 1:03.9 | We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. |
| 1:08.3 | My name is Spencer. |
| 1:09.5 | I am your host today. |
| 1:13.2 | And joining me today is Heather. Welcome back to the recovery show, Heather. Thanks, Spencer. I love it here. We're talking about step five, |
| 1:19.6 | which says we admitted to God to ourselves and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs. |
| 1:27.3 | We're going to be reading from the |
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