E153: Vulnerability In Recovery

Sober Friends

Matt J

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

4.2 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Send us a text Vulnerability involves trust. If you are going to be vulnerable with your emotions, you have to trust someone won't take advantage of them. I've always found it important to be honest with my own emotions and share them with someone else. This is the way I keep my own emotions in check and keep them in balance so I ward off the first drink. In today's episode, I share a lot about my own personal situation at work and at home and my deadly fear associated...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.0	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:02.0	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.2	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.
0:21.6	You're not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:24.6	I get inspired when I go to meetings, Steve, and I hope people don't mind that I'm taking
0:31.6	content when I hear things in meetings, but I hear some really good stuff and some good behaviors.
0:36.6	And the thing I think was worth talking about is vulnerability. and meetings, but I hear some really good stuff and some good behaviors.
0:40.6	And the thing I think was worth talking about is vulnerability.
0:43.7	How do you be vulnerable when you're in recovery?
0:45.7	I'll give you a little bit of background.
0:51.0	There is somebody we know who became very emotional in a meeting and then is saying,
0:52.4	I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
0:55.8	And I thought it was powerful that they had enough trust to really let out a lot of emotion. And I have to imagine this person has had
1:02.5	incredible emotion over the past few months. And I think it's worth talking about how to get
1:09.1	yourself to a place where you're vulnerable in
1:11.6	your recovery, you're vulnerable with things going on so that you can get better.
1:17.4	Yeah, it was a powerful evening.
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