Welcome to You Are Not Alone a Recovery podcast. My name is Matt Jane on this show. We're here to share our experience, strength, and hope recovering from addiction. You can reach out to the show via our website, not alone recovery.com.

We do not speak for any 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.

And I brought back the boy, Steve and John, into the show,

because we're going to attempt to do a little waltzing tonight.

A little one, two, three, one, two, three.

And I know a lot of people who come into the room's Alcoholics Anonymous that do a lot of waltzing.

They waltz in and they waltz right on out.

Don't we know?

Yeah, they get the step free.

They just hit a roadblock and they just can't get past it for whatever reason.

Yeah, I was there at one point in my career.

So, yeah, I can't knock it.

But yeah, it's a common issue.

I mean, you know, listen, we know that most of us don't make it.

Most of us don't get sober.

So, you know, true alcoholics.

I'm not good with that.

I'm still not good with that.

I look around at the people in the room who are getting monthly chips.

I wince when somebody asks anybody coming back.

I do.

I wince.

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