E162: So You Think Your Sobriety Date Matters? Think Again!

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

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Send us a text Is AA all about following the straight and narrow, or is there room for nuance in recovery? This week, Steve and I break free from the black and white thinking that can trap us in sobriety. We tackle the "one drink = start over" dogma, explore the beauty of personal choice, and celebrate the power of tools over rigid rules. Buckle up for a thought-provoking discussion about finding your own path and making recovery work for you, not the other way around. Highlights: Black &...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.0	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:01.9	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.
0:15.6	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, I've seen some stuff on social media around sobriety dates.
0:29.6	Do you keep your sobriety date because you have relapsed?
0:33.6	Do you not?
0:34.6	And any time there are things like that that pop up on social media,
0:39.1	man, the comments become World War III. So I figured we talk a little bit about sobriety dates
0:46.2	and the importance of it or maybe not the importance and the impediment. Tell me a little
0:52.2	bit about it from an AA perspective,
0:55.2	why do we do sobriety dates?
0:56.7	Well, I just think it's that line of demarcation, right?
0:59.4	Of when you, you know, when we talk about an AA, you know,
1:04.3	what it was like, what happened and what is like now.
1:07.1	So that date is sort of like, you know, that what it was like,
1:10.8	that before you came in and
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