E69: Ego - I Need to Tell You How Great I Am

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

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Mr Know it all It's a common refrain for not only the active alcoholic, but for some of us in recovery. We overcompensate for our insecurities by puffing out our chests so you won't see our insides. There are lots of people who are egomaniacs. We in recovery are fortunate enough to have a program of action that walks us through how to get this under control. It's one of the reasons we have a higher power in our lives, to remind us we are not God and that the mo...

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0:00.0	You know, I've used this analogy before many times.
0:02.7	You know, this old crotchety old guy named the chicken, I was the problem, I am the problem,
0:07.0	I always will be the problem.
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0:22.3	through our own contributions and if you think it's important to spread the word to the
0:26.5	newcomer that recovery is possible, consider buying us a coffee at buy me a coffee.com backslash
0:32.5	sober friends. I'm Matt. Hey, I'm Steve. Hey, I'm John. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:39.3	We're here for The Sober Curious, the New Guy, and the Old Timer.
0:43.8	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day.
0:49.0	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:50.8	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:55.3	You're not alone.
1:02.2	This is the sober friends podcast. Making a little money for this podcast strokes my ego.
1:09.5	Makes me feel like I'm greater. It feels like the three of us are on the greatest podcast ever.
1:16.4	Watch out Joe Rogan. Nip it at his heels. That's right. That's the topic tonight. Ego. What a problem for alcoholics. Too little ego, too much ego. Man, we have all types of problems. What do we want
1:23.0	to talk about when it comes to ego? What what are the challenges there what does the big
1:27.7	books say about it where can people identify well one thing I'll tell you is I don't
1:32.0	run into a lot of too little ego and this in this and this affliction it's all
1:37.7	over our literature right it's a problem within the within this it's not just a
1:41.6	problem for alcoholics it's a problem for a lot of people, but
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