E22: Steps 4 and 5

Sober Friends

Matt J

12 Steps, Spirituality, Personal Journals, Mental Health, Sober, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Addiction, Religion & Spirituality, Alcohol Free, Sober Curious, Alcoholics Anonymous, Dry January, Society & Culture, Sobriety

4.3 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Steps 4 and 5 go together, much like Steps 8 and 9. One step is the inventory of our wrongs and the other is when we actually speak them out loud. They separate the men from boys and can derail someone in early sobriety. Much like Steps 8 and 9, they cause anxiety in the new person in recovery but can be the path to moving past things that tripped us before. They are the steps to unload what is no longer necessary and the journey to a new way of life. ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to You Are Not Alone, a Recovery podcast.
0:07.2	My name is Matt Jay, and on this show, we're here to share our experience, strength, and hope, recovering from addiction.
0:14.8	You can check us out on the worldwide web, the interwebs on alone recovery.com.
0:21.9	We don't speak for any 12-step group.
0:24.4	We speak for ourselves, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:29.0	Some meaty steps tonight that we're going to do.
0:32.7	But I got some questions for you guys before we get going with that Steve C and John I are we all
0:41.4	vaccinated now all three of us fully transitioned I'm not fully transitioned but I'm vaccinated
0:48.5	yeah what was your experience mine was absolutely. I was thinking about you.
0:54.7	I mean, I had absolutely nothing.
0:56.7	I sore arm.
0:57.3	That's what I had, right?
0:58.9	I had a totally fine day yesterday.
1:01.0	I worked, John texted me at one point.
1:02.4	He's like, how are you feeling like?
1:03.2	I'm working out right now.
1:04.4	So, yeah, my, I had no issues at all.
1:08.5	It's just weird how it affects different people differently.
1:12.9	My, yeah, go ahead, John.
1:15.2	Yeah, I had, first shot was just soreness in the injection site.
1:21.4	And then after the second one, 24 hours afterwards is when I started to get lots of muscle ache and joint ache.
1:30.0	The next day, I went to the gym to work out.
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