When you're talking about that, you know, just immediately, I think, isn't that why we drink

because we can't cope? I mean it like that. For many of us, probably most of us, and me especially,

and I'll talk about me, is that I drank because there were things I couldn't cope with.

And when people say things like, because I resisted it

for a while too, alcohol was in my problem, it was my solution, right? Absolutely. When I first heard

that, I thought, oh, that's bullshit. Alcohol was my problem. I drank too much, right? I couldn't stop

drinking. Like, until I really, really did a lot of work and understood my alcoholism,

again, it's different for other people,

but my alcoholism, I realized that, oh, no, alcohol was absolutely my solution. It was my

coping mechanism, all right? This is the Sober Friends podcast.

My name is Matt Jay.

Steve is here helping me out.

What's going on, Steve?

Good morning, Matt.

Here's what we're here for.

People who are sober curious, people already on that,

half people who have just gotten this sent to them, I don't know, because they think they,

their friends think they have a problem or a joke or whatever, but you're here for whatever reason.

I read, I went down a rabbit hole this week.

This is an old Sports Illustrated article I read i read in 2021 see do you remember the sports

writer and sportscaster pete axelm uh vaguely yeah he was uh he was a sports writer 70s 80s he was an mbc he

later joined esPN when they started their NFL coverage.

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