E230: Staying Sober All Summer Long

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

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Send us a text Summer’s here—and with it comes road trips, cookouts, sports tournaments, and beach vacations. For those of us in recovery, that can mean a lot of triggers packed into a short season. In this episode, we dive into the real-life challenges of staying sober during summer travel, from boozy parents at soccer games to the loneliness of hotel rooms. We share personal stories of what’s worked, what hasn’t, and why having a plan (and a backup plan) can make all the difference. Whether...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.7	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:02.7	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.9	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:06.6	We're here for The Sober Curious, the New Guy, and the Old Timer.
0:11.1	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day to day.
0:16.3	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:18.1	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:22.0	You're not alone. This is the sober friends podcast. Steve, last week, because it was Memorial Day
0:28.1	weekend, which was what we call it, fall in New England, we talked about going into the summer,
0:35.7	staying sober when you have all this fun stuff.
0:39.2	And this week, we're going to talk about that next level of you're going on the road.
0:44.7	You're going away from home.
0:46.0	How do you stay sober there?
0:48.3	Before we do that, I want to shout out Mitsy Y, who contributes to this show month after month after month on
0:57.6	Buy Me a Coffee.com slash sober friends pod. It is people like Mitsy who not only contribute,
1:06.8	but contribute ideas and honest feedback to us that helps this show get better.
1:14.5	And if you want to be like Mitzi and help the show, you can go to Sober Friends Pod slash
1:22.1	sober, man, I'm out of it.
1:27.8	Buy Meacoffee.com slash SoberF uh, man, I, I'm out of it. Buy Me a Coffee.com slash sober friends pod.
1:32.6	And the more you donate, the more coherent I will be.
1:36.5	Not coherent thinking about all the travel I got to do.
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