E253: Acceptance Is Not Giving Up

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

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Send us a text What do you do when your body forces you to slow down — and your mind wants to fight it? In this week’s episode, Matt and Steve dive into the real-life struggle of acceptance after Matt was sidelined by Lyme disease. No gym, no long walks, barely enough energy to get through the grocery store. It felt like life was slipping by… and the only way forward was accepting what is. Acceptance is one of the core tools of recovery. But it’s also one of the hardest. It can feel like surr...

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0:25.3	All right.
0:25.7	Let's get into the show.
0:28.4	It's like you.
0:29.3	Like if I can't do physical stuff like walk and stuff like that, I get really antsy.
0:34.1	I get really antsy.
0:35.4	And mentally I get antsy.
0:37.3	I mean, it's not a good place. So I really have to work
0:40.1	on acceptance of those types of things. I really have to figure out how to deal with that because
0:47.3	acceptance breeds frustration for me and frustration breeds anger. And so that's what happened. That's the, that's the connection.
0:57.5	Like it's a domino effect, right? And then I get angry and then I lash out. And, you know,
1:03.3	early on when my wife was struggling with some of her health stuff, that was happening to me.
1:07.7	Right. Every once in a while, I would lash out. So yeah, acceptance is always
1:10.8	a good topic because it's a building block of our, of our sobriety.
1:19.0	Welcome to the sober friends podcast where if you're on the path to sobriety or you're
1:24.6	sober curious, you're in the right place. My name is Matt over there is Steve.
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