E273: A 13-Year-Old Knew He’d Been Drinking

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

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail A 13-year-old goes to Six Flags and comes back with a story—she could tell right away that another parent had been drinking. No one told her. She just knew. That moment turns into a bigger conversation about what kids actually pick up on, how early they figure things out, and what it means when you think you’re hiding your drinking—but you’re not. Matt and Steve talk about being that parent, how relationships with kids quietly slip over time, and what changes when you’re fina...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sober Friends podcast.
0:05.0	Here for the newcomer, here for the old guy, here for anybody who has a desire to stop drinking.
0:12.5	My name is Matt Jay.
0:13.7	Steve is over there.
0:15.2	What's going on, Steve?
0:16.3	I actually bought the mixer closer to me.
0:19.0	That's stretching.
0:19.8	Not much, Matt.
0:21.0	How are you doing today?
0:22.2	I'm good.
0:24.9	I'm going to tell a little story about something my daughter told me today, and I just felt
0:30.8	sorrow hearing this story.
0:34.1	She went to Six Flags on Friday. And she went with some family friends.
0:41.7	One of the girls that she went with, she has known all of her life.
0:45.7	This little girl is like family.
0:48.2	Mom was there.
0:49.2	Mom has primary custody.
0:51.3	Dad also went, but dad is not primary. And mom was there because dad was there.
0:57.5	Because he needs a, he needs an adult chaperone with his daughter. And this guy has both drug and alcohol problems.
1:07.8	And he, he goes to six flags a lot. And I think he's one of these guys that part of his
1:13.0	going to Six Flags is getting drunk. And my daughter said he reeked. So a 13 year old,
1:21.1	noon, doesn't smell alcohol at home. Right. And is, I think she was maybe a year or so, may not even two years old when I stopped.
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