E67: Sponsorship - Your Recovery Tour Guide

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

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Everything I ever wanted to know when I got in my 12 program, I learned from my sponsor. The greatest gift to your own sobriety you could ever give yourself, is reaching out the helping hand to someone else sick and suffering. They may not stay sober, but you sure will. In this episode, John, Matt and Steve talk about Sponsorship. That first meeting can be scary and you can be paralyzed with fear. Where do I sit?What do I say to the other people at the meet...

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0:00.0	Today's Sober Friends podcast is brought to you by the following people.
0:04.5	Tom S. Chris B.
0:06.5	and Danny.
0:07.5	Tom bought six coffees.
0:09.5	Chris bought one.
0:11.0	Danny bought three.
0:12.3	They went to Buy Me a Coffee.com backslash sober friends.
0:16.0	They bought us a coffee.
0:17.8	We're self-supporting through our own contributions.
0:20.2	And if you think it's
0:21.1	important to spread the word to the newcomer, that recovery is possible, consider buying us a coffee
0:26.8	at buy me a coffee.com backslash sober friends. I'm Matt. Hey, I'm Steve. Hey, I'm John. This is the
0:34.9	Sober Friends podcast. We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the
0:40.1	old timer. We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day to day,
0:46.2	now we overcame those struggles. We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:51.9	You're not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:55.5	Tom sent me a nice note.
0:57.3	And in the note, he said, you know, you should look into?
0:59.8	You know who's a real unsung hero?
1:03.1	Roland Hazard.
1:04.6	Have you looked into Roland Hazard?
1:06.1	I'm like, yeah, we have.
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