E213: Finding Peace in What We Can't Control- A Recovery Discussion on Anxiety, Work Stress, and Joy

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

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Send us a text In this intimate conversation, the Sober Friends hosts dive deep into one of recovery's most challenging aspects: dealing with things beyond our control. Through personal stories about workplace anxiety, childhood trauma, and finding unexpected joy, they explore how fellowship, therapy, and individual solutions help navigate life's uncertainties. Whether you're wrestling with imposter syndrome, anxiety about the future, or searching for peace in sobriety, this episode offers pr...

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0:00.0	One of the things we have to figure out is what works for us as individuals, right?
0:10.0	If you go into a room and you throw this topic in a meeting and a topic discussion meeting,
0:14.9	you'll get, and this is the beauty of it.
0:16.7	For me, this is the beauty of it.
0:18.6	If I throw this topic out, matter of fact, I'm chairing my men's meeting.
0:23.2	Might be a great topic for my men's meeting Friday night.
0:25.6	And you'll get a slew of different solutions.
0:28.9	Somebody's going to say they're going to pray.
0:30.7	Somebody's going to say they're going to meditate.
0:32.3	Somebody's going to say whatever.
0:34.2	So you're going to get a whole litany of different ways that different people
0:38.9	handle it and then you have to figure out what it is for you that works because not you know
0:44.9	what works for other people may not work for you i'm at hey i'm steve hey i'm john this is the sober
0:53.4	friends podcast we're here for the sober curious the new guy and the Hey, I'm Steve. Hey, I'm John. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:54.8	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:59.3	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day.
1:04.5	Now we overcame those struggles.
1:06.3	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
1:10.2	You're not alone.
1:11.3	This is the sober friends podcast.
1:13.9	How about those things we can't control?
1:17.2	I'll tell you, Steve, the things I can't control are the things that make me nuts for a bunch of different reasons.
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