E158: Identifying, Not Comparing: How to Find Your Own Path to 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

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Send us a text In this episode, Matt and Steve share their personal stories of how they struggled with comparing themselves to other alcoholics, both in and out of the program. They discuss how this comparison can keep you from accepting your reality and your potential, and how to overcome it by identifying with your own journey of recovery. They also talk about the importance of finding support groups that can help you work through your challenges and celebrate your successes. Whether you ar...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:00.8	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:01.9	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.2	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:06.0	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:10.6	Here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day to day,
0:15.4	and we overcame those struggles.
0:17.5	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous. You're not alone.
0:21.6	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:24.6	Here's what's really difficult when you first come into a recovery group.
0:28.6	However you find recovery, and for me and Steve, it was a 12-step group,
0:34.6	is you finally get over that hump and decide, I've got a problem,
0:38.5	I got to quit drinking, and then you walk in and see people, and you're like, you're not like
0:44.0	me. So how do you find recovery? And immediately it is comparison, not identifying. What's the risk
0:51.9	there, Steve? It's tough. It's tough. I think a lot of us come in and
0:56.1	it's the only thing we can do, right? We talk about, you know, how we, you know, I've talked about
1:01.4	many people in this program. If you have, if you have an addiction problem in your family, either
1:07.5	with siblings or parents, it's easy to compare yourself, which is what I did.
1:11.5	I had a brother who had struggled long before I started to struggle,
1:16.3	and he struggled with a more variety of substances.
1:19.6	Lived in the woods, right?
1:20.7	He was your typical really bad, you know,
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