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Welcome to today\\u2019s show!

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WHAT WE\\u2019LL LEARN:

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• How David\\u2019s earliest roots brought up feelings of isolation and sadness. Learn why being one of only a few Catholics from East Tennessee had a huge impact on David.
• How David\\u2019s first drink as an altar boy sipping the Priests wine gave him a feeling that \\u201ceverything\\u2019s going to be okay.\\u201d
• David recalls a real hatred to be himself and a hatred for everyone else that \\u201cwasn\\u2019t like me.\\u201d\\xa0
• David said he went to treatment 5 times in the 80\\u2019s for \\u201cback problems.\\u201d I went to get my family off my back, to get my friends off my back etc\\u2026
• When David\\u2019s sister \\u201ccut him off\\u201d that was the \\u201cstraw that broke the camel\\u2019s back.\\u201d And he was ready to seek help.
• How David now realized the God of his understanding in his youth was not a nice god. Recovery introduced David to a higher power that was different than anything he was ever raised with.\\xa0
• How Covid and the isolation involved with living during a pandemic prompted David to increase his Zoom recovery meetings
• Where and how David identified his Higher Power (and it continues to develop)
• David\\u2019s message to the A.I.R. community

RESOURCES MENTIONED

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• Augustinerecovery.com
• David@augustinerecovery.com (email)

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