E272: Why You Know What to Do… But Still Don’t Do It

Sober Friends

Matt J

12 Steps, Spirituality, Personal Journals, Mental Health, Sober, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Addiction, Religion & Spirituality, Alcohol Free, Sober Curious, Alcoholics Anonymous, Dry January, Society & Culture, Sobriety

4.3 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Ever know exactly what you should do… and still can’t make yourself do it? That’s what this episode is about. This week, Matt and Steve talk about the kind of overwhelm that doesn’t show up as a crisis — it just builds quietly until everything feels heavy. The to-do list grows, your brain won’t shut off, and even simple things start to feel harder than they should. They get into: Why there’s a gap between knowing and doingHow “keep it simple” can help — or become a trapWhat i...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the sober friends podcast.
0:05.9	This is a show for the newcomer.
0:08.1	It's a show for the old-timer.
0:10.5	Anybody who's interested in sobriety, staying sober, keeping sober, you know,
0:16.9	the like, kind of like a meeting in your pocket.
0:19.5	Over there is Steve.
0:21.4	What's going on, Steve?
0:23.0	Good morning, Matt.
0:24.9	Same old, same old here.
0:27.0	All right.
0:27.5	Sam old, same old is pretty good.
0:29.8	Yeah.
0:30.3	I want to talk about keep it simple.
0:32.6	This popped up in my head because I have not been keeping it simple lately or my whole life and thinking about all
0:40.1	the things I want to get done. And yesterday as I was walking the dogs, I was thinking I need to do
0:46.0	a brain dump and just write down everything going on because I just don't feel like I can
0:53.4	keep it straight.
0:55.1	Now, I'm going to preface.
0:56.3	I'm neurodivergent, level one autism, ADHD,
1:00.7	and those two things just pull on me.
1:03.5	And it can feel like I've done a bunch of things
1:05.5	and I haven't done enough or I have a whole bunch of these things
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