E82: Staying Sober on Vacation

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 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Vacation is a dangerous time for those of us with problem drinking. Vacation is a great time to suspend all the rules and drink as much as we want. Hey, it's 5pm somewhere! Am I right? Or am I right! On this episode of the Sober Friends podcast, Matt, Steve and John talk about the trap that vacation can cause for us. It's a risky time because we have time on our hands. We talk about how to overcome the temptation on vacation and have a pl...

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0:00.0	Today's Sober Friends podcast is brought to you by Rob G. Rob G bought us five coffees.
0:06.3	Rob G went to buy me a coffee.com backslash sober friends, and he bought us five coffees.
0:13.3	Rob G said, love you guys. You help keep me sober one day at a time.
0:19.3	Now, if you think it's important to spread the word to the newcomer
0:22.0	that recovery is possible, consider buying us a coffee like Rob did at buy me a coffee.com
0:27.4	backslash sober friends. I'm Matt. Hey, I'm Steve. Hey, I'm John. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:34.8	We're here for the sober curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:39.3	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day,
0:44.5	and we overcame those struggles. We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:50.2	You're not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:55.8	If you're listening in the future and I've died of COVID, I want to have a great tribute
1:02.1	for me because that's part of my character defect.
1:05.7	I want you feel sorry about me.
1:07.9	I have COVID.
1:08.9	I'm doing this podcast with COVID.
1:13.6	And I'll probably die. I'll probably have, be on a ventilator by the time you hear this and I want you to feel sorry for me, damn it.
1:18.3	You're such a prima don't know. At least that's what my inside voice tells me. What's that?
1:21.6	I am. I am. I wouldn't say that, but that's always what's going on in the inside of like,
1:28.6	I need you all to feel sorry for me and value me.
1:31.9	Hey, I had the COVID.
1:33.2	Yeah, and you did fine.
1:34.2	Yeah, it's not fun.
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