E107: Peter Thought His Drinking Was Under Control But Secretly Harbored Self Doubt

Sober Friends

Matt J

12 Steps, Spirituality, Personal Journals, Mental Health, Sober, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Addiction, Religion & Spirituality, Alcohol Free, Sober Curious, Alcoholics Anonymous, Dry January, Society & Culture, Sobriety

4.3 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Peter L is one of the many people in recovery to get sober during the pandemic and have is first experience with a 12 step group be over Zoom. Podcasts like Sober Friends and Recovered Cast helped enhance his sobriety, during a time when getting together in person was not happening. Peter L’s sobriety date is December 3, 2020. Peter was the kind of guy who thought he could drink responsibly but at the same time, wondered if he had a problem. Peter got drunk ...

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0:00.0	My sponsor said this to me, you know, very bright and early.
0:05.0	If you put as much energy into recovery as you did when you were during an active addiction, then you'll be just fine.
0:12.0	And so that stuck with me and I just went with it.
0:16.0	I'd go to like two, three meetings a day when I could.
0:19.0	And I would listen to you guys and I would listen to March Recover cast and, you know,
0:23.2	slowly but surely, you know, everything started coming together.
0:30.6	I'm Matt.
0:31.5	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:32.5	Hey, I'm John.
0:33.7	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:36.4	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:41.0	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day.
0:46.1	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:47.9	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:51.8	You're not alone.
0:52.9	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:55.2	Happy New Year, everybody.
0:56.9	It's 2023.
0:58.7	We got this thing started in late 2020.
1:01.8	So I guess if a math's correct, and I got into the business that I did originally because I didn't need to do math.
1:08.3	This is the fourth year that we're on this podcast.
1:14.3	John, you're looking at me really strange.
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