E249 Looks Fine on the Outside, Falling Apart on the Inside

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

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Send us a text ver tell yourself, “I can’t be an alcoholic — I still have a job, a house, and a family”? This week, Matt and Steve dive into the myth of the high-functioning drinker — the person who looks like they have it all together, but is quietly falling apart on the inside. We talk about how easy it is to compare our messy insides to other people’s polished outsides, why you don’t have to hit “rock bottom” to have a problem, and how the slow decline of high-functioning drinking erodes...

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0:00.0	Hey, before we jump in, if you like what you hear on the podcast, check out our free
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0:22.1	That's sober friendspod.
0:23.7	Substack.com.
0:25.3	All right.
0:25.7	Let's get into the show.
0:29.6	Welcome to the sober friends podcast here for the new guy or gal.
0:35.5	Anybody who's thinking of getting on that sober road and even
0:39.1	for that person who has put a
0:41.2	couple days
0:42.1	of recovery
0:44.0	I guess I'm trying to say they have a couple of days.
0:49.0	My name is Matt Jay over there on the other side of the
0:51.3	screen is Steve.
0:53.2	What's shaken, Steve?
0:55.9	Not much, Matt.
0:57.5	Just enjoying this crisp weather here in New England.
1:03.8	It's better that the sun is out now.
1:05.9	Yeah, I don't know.
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