E186: Sober Socializing: Having Fun Without Alcohol

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

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Send us a text Summer is a time we get out of the house and start socializing. For those of us without the alcohol crutch, how do you survive? We talk about it on this week's episode. Having a 12 step group is helpful because you have a group of people you know. Even if you don't belong to a fellowship, you can learn some tricks to stay sober and happy! Have a planLeave if you have toTake two carsBring your own drinksWe talk about how to survive socializing without boo...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:00.9	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:01.9	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.1	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:05.8	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:10.3	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.
0:21.8	You're not alone.
0:24.2	This is the sober friends podcast.
0:26.0	Hey, Steve.
0:27.2	Morning, Matt.
0:28.4	Good morning.
0:34.0	You told me that you went over to Timmy's last night.
0:39.6	Timmy was one of our guests early on in the show where he talked about as weepy.
0:42.8	It's been, I don't know, five, four years.
0:52.2	Four years since he's been doing a Saturday meeting outside under a teepee that he built and he had a barbecue.
0:52.9	I was invited.
0:56.5	Of course, I don't leave my house for a number of different reasons.
1:07.0	And it reminded me around a great topic around being sober and socializing, having fun, being sober.
1:12.7	And that can really be a big challenge for people thinking about giving up alcohol.
1:19.6	Well, this for me, I thought that would be a great topic to talk about today, to help people who are thinking about getting sober, but thinking, I can't do it because how am I going to
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