Summary: <a href="http://therecoveryshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_1125.jpg"></a><br> Do we have choices in our lives? What kinds of choices do we have? How have we found choices in recovery? <br> Choice Before Recovery<br> <br> * Did you feel you had choices in your life?<br> * Did it seem like, when you had a choice, it was either/or, with no 3rd possibility?<br> * Were you “allowed” to change your mind?<br> * How did you make decisions?<br> <br> * Little ones? (What to have for dinner, what movie to see.)<br> * Big ones? (Which job to take, where to live.)<br> <br> <br> <br> Choice in early recovery<br> <br> * What messages about choice did you hear when you started attending Al-Anon?<br> * Was it a surprise to hear that you had choices? That you had more than 2 alternatives?<br> * What did you hear about making choices to take care of yourself?<br> * What if you didn’t know which answer was the “right” one?<br> <br> Choice now<br> <br> * What tools of the program can you use to help you make a choice?<br> * Which slogans are helpful?<br> * How do you use prayer and meditation in making decisions?<br> * How can taking inventory help?<br> * Have you found that you can choose your attitude? Acceptance? Gratitude?<br> <br> Upcoming topics include sadness. Please call us at 734-707-8795 or email <a title="Send us mail" href="mailto:feedback@therecoveryshow.com">feedback@therecoveryshow.com</a> with your questions or experience, strength and hope. Or just leave a comment right here.<br> <br> Links<br> Eric recommended the <a href="https://insighttimer.com/">Insight Timer</a> meditation app.<br> Music from the show<br> Gomez: Options<br> <br> Natasha Bedingfield: Unwritten<br> <br> George Harrison: Any Road<br> <br> <br>
