E244: Finding Peace When the World Feels Unsafe

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

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Send us a text Some weeks, the world feels like too much. Shocking news, painful anniversaries, and even everyday moments can stir up old fears and anxieties. For those of us in recovery, those feelings used to send us straight to a drink or a destructive behavior. In this episode, Matt and Steve talk honestly about what it’s like when the news cycle, memories of 9/11, and even walking into a school can trigger fear, stress, and overwhelm. We explore how Steps 6 and 7 — and other tools from r...

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0:25.3	All right.
0:25.7	Let's get into the show.
0:29.6	For those of us who suffer from addiction in addictive type behaviors, those are triggers, right?
0:36.6	I mean, those are things that we drank over, right?
0:38.6	That's what happened.
0:39.7	When I felt like you felt last week, alcohol wasn't my problem.
0:44.1	It was my solution to feeling how you felt last week.
0:48.0	Before I found recovery and I found a path that didn't include substances or behaviors, right?
0:54.6	Because there's other behaviors that you can fall into that won't be, that aren't productive.
0:59.8	But before I was able to find this recovery and start making some changes in my life, that's
1:04.2	where I would go.
1:04.9	For me, it was mostly alcohol.
1:06.9	At times, it could be sex and it could be all these different things for me.
1:10.5	But I would fall into
1:12.1	these things to try to make myself feel better hey welcome to the sober friends podcast my
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