Summary: <a href="http://therecoveryshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DSC_5860.jpg"></a>What is this podcast about? We’re not Al-Anon, exactly. What are we?<br> I got a letter from a listener who asked some questions. It made me think that maybe it's time (again?) to talk about what The Recovery Show is, and what it isn't.<br> <br> * Why did we create The Recovery Show?<br> <br> * We had been sharing Al-Anon ESH on Recovered podcast.<br> * We wanted to bring Al-Anon message “full time”.<br> <br> <br> * What is our intent?<br> <br> * Share our and others’ experiences in recovery.<br> * Illustrate how Al-Anon recovery works in *our* lives.<br> * Explore recovery concepts.<br> * Explain the Al-Anon program.<br> <br> <br> * Some questions and observations from the email:<br> <br> * “do you ever worry that your seemingly more “relaxed” discussions might lead to confusion among the listeners and to inadvertent undermining of normal operations of meetings?”<br> * “Service and “The Rules” is not a ratings winner, but maybe there is some way to explore it that gives it the proper context and proportion.”<br> * “when I encountered The Recovery Show I was struck by the ways it more closely tracked the familiar 12-Step meeting format, but also the ways in which it appeared to depart from that model.”<br> * “my program-monitor-radar-alarm went off, particularly about what I perceived as cross-talk.”<br> * “The Recovery Show is decidedly NOT holding itself out as an Al-Anon Family Group”<br> <br> <br> * What we do here is very much like the conversations we might have when we go out for coffee after a meeting, or when meeting with a sponsor, or (in my case) in at least one of the AWOL groups I have been a part of.<br> * I have attended a few “cross talk” meetings in my time in the program, and what we do here is similar to the best of those.<br> <br> 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> Calexico: Gift X-Change<br> <br> Paul Kelly: To Her Door<br> <br> <br>
