Summary: <a href="http://therecoveryshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/DSC_4706.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2762"></a>What did you learn from your family of origin? How have you found new ways to relate to your family in recovery?<br> Spencer and Mara talk about family, guided by these questions.<br> <br> Describe, generally, what kind of family you grew up in.<br> <br> Was there (active) alcoholism or addiction?<br> Was there codepenency?<br> <br> <br> What did you learn in your family of origin?<br> <br> About relating to other people?<br> About keeping secrets?<br> About love?<br> <br> <br> How did these affect your life before recovery?<br> <br> Your relationships?<br> Your ability to take life on life’s terms?<br> Your desire/need to control others and your environment?<br> If you are a parent, what patterns from your parents did you bring into your new family?<br> etc?<br> <br> <br> Alcoholism is described in our literature as a “family illness”. In what ways do you now understand this description?<br> How has alcoholism or addiction affected you and your family (current or family of origin)? How has your perception of this changed in recovery?<br> How has recovery helped you to develop / discover new ways of being in family?<br> How has recovery helped you to be with your family of origin?<br> How do you use the principles of the program (including traditions and concepts) in your family or other relationships today?<br> <br> <br> Upcoming topics include “We”, and the “<a href="http://alanon.activeboard.com/t52247626/the-giftspromises-of-alanon/">gifts of Al-Anon</a>.” 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> Music from the show<br> Pink: Family Portrait<br> <br> Pearl Jam: My Father's Son<br> <br> <br> <br>
