E155: When a Friend Needs Help

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

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Send us a text In this compelling episode, we unravel the complexities of addressing a friend's potential drinking problem. Matt's friend reached out recently to ask what to do when you think you have a friend with a problem. Steve and Matt discuss this situation and their own personal experience with this topic and 12 step calls. If you have a loved one with a problem and are not sure what to do, this is the show for you. Support the show 📫 Get more honest conversations about s...

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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.
0:17.3	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	Steve, my friend Darren reached out to me yesterday, and he sent me a text.
0:29.6	He knows I don't drink.
0:31.6	We talk about sobriety all the time.
0:33.6	And he said, if I think a friend has a drinking problem, what should I do?
0:39.0	And I'm like, oh, this is a good one.
0:43.1	This is a good one.
0:44.9	Great question.
0:47.1	He's not in the program.
0:48.9	So I can't give him the whole what we would do 12 stepwise for this person.
0:53.5	But I thought this would be a great one
0:57.0	for the audience because i think everybody has encountered this you get some sobriety however you do it
1:04.1	and you notice those people who may have a drinking problem and And how do you approach it?
1:13.4	Because you don't want to piss the person off.
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