E109: How Do You Balance Having A Family In Recovery?

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

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Ugh! You need to stop drinking! How do you handle going to meetings or whatever your sobriety method is and handle the responsibilities of being a parent and partner? This week, we got you covered! Matt and Steve both had to deal with this issue when they got sober. We tell our experiences and how to balance family and recovery. Support the show 📫 Get more honest conversations about sobriety delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to The Sober Friends Dispa...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.1	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:02.0	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.3	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:05.9	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:10.4	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has-to-face day-to-day.
0:15.6	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:17.4	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:22.7	You're not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast. A little bit of a programming note for the next few weeks or so.
0:29.7	We're doing a Joe and Charlie big book study group, which for Steve and I have been a big
0:36.6	part of our recovery, John, too.
0:38.4	And because John is hosting this and doing it on the night we typically tape it,
0:42.4	John is a little overwhelmed.
0:43.9	So he won't hear John for a little bit of time, but he'll be back when Joe and Charlie is done.
0:50.3	And maybe I can rope him in for something.
0:52.4	And I'm hoping maybe we could rope in some
0:54.9	people to sit in that third seat from time to time but tonight just Steve and I Steve what's
1:02.3	shaking how's the recovery going staying sober one day at a time hey Matt recovery is a beautiful
1:08.0	thing it's better than where I came from.
1:11.3	So every day I wake up, I'm thankful that I'm sober.
1:15.6	I'm thankful for the life that my program and my sobriety has given me.
1:20.0	And, you know, part of that was last night.
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