E156: What Does It Mean to be in Service 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

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Send us a text How does service affect sobriety? Why do I have to make coffee, or return the tables and chairs? What difference does it make? Service in sobriety is important because it helps spread the message that recovery is possible and there are all kinds of things big and small you can do to help the next sick and suffering alcholic. It's something as small as greeting someone at the door to volunteering to handle the books at an area level. We talk on this podcast about ...

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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.
0:05.8	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.
0:15.5	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	If we could have gotten sober alone, we probably would have.
0:29.6	Which means once we get sober, there are things that we still need to do to help somebody else.
0:36.6	And that's where service comes in.
0:39.4	Steve, how you doing?
0:40.7	Hey, I'm great, Matt.
0:41.9	I'm great.
0:42.8	Like I said, a little busy right now.
0:44.7	We're recording this a couple days before Thanksgiving.
0:48.2	And, yeah, so it's a busy time.
0:52.5	It's a busy time.
0:52.8	Yeah, it is for me.
0:53.4	I think the busyness is starting to wind down.
0:55.7	Thank God. Yeah. So writing reviews and doing stuff. But I was thinking about the last time we
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