Steps 3 and 10 – Chance for Change Workshop – Part 3 of 6 – 2004 – Scott R.

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Chance for Change Workshop - 2004

A career in show business and a penchant for ego led Scott R. into a spiral of humiliation and weight gain eventually landing him in a catering truck serving burritos to the very people he once directed. He treats his recovery as a 'piece of business,' refusing to let his alcoholism slip below the horizon where it becomes a hidden danger. Through a series of brutal 10th Step inventories he navigates the wreckage of a marriage the terror of his son Micah M. volunteering with Zapatista revolutionaries in Mexico and a volatile separation from a lifelong sponsor. Scott R. rejects the idea of a 'narrow road,' instead embracing a 'broad highway' of spiritual curiosity moving from a personal deity to a mystery that allows him to be a father who actually shows up at the Little League games.

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• 0:00 Scott R. opens with reflections on the mystics and the paradox of knowing a Higher Power.
• 4:15 Story about the 'rotten b*tch' at Smokers Anonymous and the realization that smoking isn't part of the central miracle.
• 8:20 Discussion on the 10th Step and the cycle of 'write it, read it, repeat it' regarding his weight gain.
• 12:40 Laughter: The story of being 'fired' as a sponsor by a blowhard in the group.
• 16:10 The fear surrounding his son Micah M.'s time in Chiapas, Mexico, and applying the first three Steps.
• 24:30 The 'show business Higher Power' and the transition to working on a catering truck.
• 32:10 The 'broad highway' of recovery versus the 'narrow road' mentality.
• 38:45 The painful separation from his long-term sponsor and the process of forgiveness.
• 45:20 Reflection on the 'fatal illness' of alcoholism and the joy of recovery.
• 51:10 Closing story about 'aliens' and the invitation for newcomers to welcome home.