E234: Planes, Panic, and Staying Sober

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

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Send us a text Getting out of your comfort zone is hard — especially in sobriety. In this episode, Matt and Steve dive into the real-life anxiety of leaving the safe routines of recovery to go on vacation. From travel stress to the fear of asking for help, they unpack how discomfort shows up, how to plan ahead, and why pushing through it can actually strengthen your sobriety. Matt’s heading to Orlando with his family, and spoiler alert: he really doesn’t want to go — but he’s doing it sober. ...

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0:00.0	It is outside of my comfort zone to accept help.
0:05.8	So accepting help is part of your recovery.
0:10.5	I have to remember to accept help from people
0:13.1	because it's in my comfort zone just to do the task all by myself.
0:17.7	Me too.
0:18.4	I can do it the right way and you might screw it up.
0:22.2	But it is, like your guy said, he could, you could be helping him by allowing him to help you.
0:28.3	Right.
0:28.6	No question about it.
0:29.4	And me too.
0:30.3	Like a lot of guys have said to me, hey, even Frank, Frank said to me when he came over last night,
0:34.2	you want me to mow your lawn?
0:35.2	You want me toow your lawn? You want me roll your lawn? And I'm like, and again, my thing is like, no, I like, I said, you know something, Frank? Sometimes me going outside to
0:41.3	mow my lawn for 45 minutes is a good thing, right? Like, it gives me something to do outside.
0:51.6	Hi there, and welcome to the Sober Friends podcast.
0:55.0	I'm Matt Jay.
0:56.0	This is Steve here.
0:57.5	And we're going to talk today about the comfort zone.
1:01.8	I'm getting outside of my comfort zone, Steve.
1:03.9	And family is going on a over-week vacation.
1:08.7	And I just said to my wife, I don't even want to go.
1:13.8	I don't want to go because it's not that I don't want to go, but the feeling is I don't want to go.
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