E113: We Still Go to Meetings. Here's Why

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

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail At three months sober, Matt's wife asked, "So how long are you going to keep going to these meetings?" "Uh-Oh." There is no cure for alcoholism. There is only a daily reprieve. We need to find ways to continually treat our illness. For people like Steve and Matt, that's 12 step meetings. For you, it might be something else as no one has a monopoly on sobriety. So why do we keep going? In this podcast, we talk about the need to stay connected t...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.3	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:02.2	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.5	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:06.1	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:10.6	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day.
0:15.8	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:17.6	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous. You're not alone.
0:22.6	This is the sober Friends podcast. When I was sober for about three or four months, my wife rolled over
0:28.6	in bed one night and said, so how long do you have to keep going to these meetings?
0:34.5	And I knew that was going to be a lot of trouble Steve how you doing hey Matt I'm
0:40.9	doing great I'm doing great I was just wondering where John might be like maybe out in the woods
0:44.9	like trying to kill something and cook it for dinner or what what do you think or getting killed
0:50.2	by one of those things I was thinking about him because when this drops, he will have 23 years sober.
0:56.2	Yeah, you're absolutely right.
0:58.4	Valentine's Day.
0:59.3	Congratulations, John.
1:00.7	23 years.
1:01.8	No, he was going to have 33 years.
1:04.4	Is it?
1:04.7	Oh, is it?
1:05.1	Okay, yeah, you're right.
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