E86: Working on Our Character Defects

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 July 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail The root of our alcoholism and our alcoholic thinking is our character defects. The 12 Steps are instrumental in getting through our character defects, especially with Steps 4 and 5. Many of our character defects are associated with fear and ego. Character defects have a root in selfishness and doing for others is a way to bust them. Here are ways to work on a character defect: Acknowledgement of the defectPrayerTalk to another alcoholicJoin Steve and ...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.0	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:02.0	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.2	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:05.8	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:10.4	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has-to-face day-to-day, and we overcame those struggles.
0:17.4	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:21.6	You're not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:24.6	When I was early in sobriety, I called John about something that was bothering me, and he referred to whatever I was talking to him about as a character defect.
0:35.6	And I was so offended to say something about me was defective.
0:40.6	Because I didn't know what a character defect was.
0:43.0	This is a technical 12-step term.
0:47.0	So this is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:48.8	You got me, you got Steve, and I think John over slept his nap.
0:53.6	So he's not with us today. Steve, how you doing?
0:56.8	Well, you know, he needs the naps because he's an old guy. He's a very old guy.
1:01.0	And he works a full-time job.
1:03.9	Yep.
1:04.5	And yeah, so he needs his nap. So I'm glad he overslept a little bit.
1:09.0	So we'll give him a break here.
1:12.0	Oh, character defects.
1:14.3	This is one of my favorite things.
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