E238: Oops, Was That Alcohol?

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

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Send us a text You’re out to celebrate—a birthday dinner at the hibachi grill, maybe a wedding, or just a backyard barbecue. Then it happens. Someone hands you a drink, squirts sake at your face, or serves food soaked in booze… and you didn’t even realize it until it was too late. In this episode, Matt and Steve share their real-life stories of accidentally consuming alcohol in social situations and how those moments impacted their sobriety. They dive deep into the difference between intent a...

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0:25.3	All right.
0:25.7	Let's get into the show.
0:30.9	You mentioned weddings.
0:32.5	Weddings are another place where it is expected to drink.
0:36.0	This is the normalization of alcohol in a social setting and specifically certain social settings.
0:43.3	And I think a place like Habachi where you're celebrating and they're doing their thing,
0:47.8	that alcohol is something that is expected.
0:50.8	Public experiences, drinking games, celebrations.
0:54.0	These are places where there's the
0:56.0	perception where everybody is drinking. And if I'm not drinking, I'm missing out. I'm not
1:01.8	participating the way I should be. And after you get sober, you still have to navigate that.
1:07.9	That's not going away. Society will not change for you. You have to change
1:11.8	how you interact with society. Welcome to the sober friends podcast. My name is Matt Jay.
1:21.5	With me is Steve. Oh, we're going to talk a little bit about that unexpected moment.
1:27.8	Last night, Steve, was my daughter's 13th birthday, and she wanted to go to Habachi.
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