E277: The Voice Didn’t Go Away When I Got Sober

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

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Getting sober does not automatically make the voice in your head disappear. In this episode, Matt and Steve talk about the part of the mind that used to minimize drinking — you’re not that bad, other people drink more, you’re overreacting — and how that same voice can show up later in sobriety as doubt, fear, or the feeling that you don’t deserve what you have. Matt shares how anxiety led his brain to start filling in the blanks with stories: that his work did not matter, tha...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sober Friends podcast.
0:08.2	If you're looking for a place for recovery, it could be brand new.
0:13.4	You could be old.
0:14.7	You just have a desire to stop drinking.
0:16.6	You have come to the right place.
0:18.6	My name is Matt Jay over there.
0:20.0	Steve, Steve, what's going on in this rainy day?
0:23.8	Not much, Matt.
0:24.8	Good morning.
0:26.5	Good morning out there for those who are listening.
0:29.5	Rainy Day here in Connecticut.
0:31.9	Yeah, rainy Memorial Day weekend.
0:34.1	Hopefully it'll be better tomorrow.
0:36.0	Love to cut the lawn.
0:36.9	Love to do some gardening and stuff.
0:39.3	But we accept
0:41.3	that we can't change it.
0:42.9	That's it.
0:45.5	Maybe.
0:46.3	So I wanted to talk a little bit about
0:48.6	that fraud feeling.
0:51.3	I've had that a lot. I'm going to give you
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