E87: Jen Saw Her Bottom was the Floor of a Cliff

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

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail One of the Sober Instagram accounts we find the most inspiring is @jenmovesforward. Jen joins us this week to talk about her story, overcoming relapse, making recovery her career and how fitness is part of how she stays sober. In this Sober Friends Episode Jen tells us: How she started using in her teensKnowing in her 20's that she had a problemLosing relationships over drugs and alcoholAlmost losing her current husbandOvercoming relapse and finding a career in the rec...

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0:00.0	I was immersed in drinking culture. The people that I surrounded myself with, we all loved to go out.
0:05.0	And it was really just hard to get away from until I hit enough rock bottoms.
0:09.0	And I knew that the next rock bottom was just going to be a sheer cliff.
0:14.0	Like if you can just imagine looking over a club and seeing clouds and being like,
0:18.0	oh, I don't know if I'll come back from this one.
0:20.0	I was finally like, okay, I got to surrender and let go.
0:25.0	I'm Matt.
0:26.0	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:27.0	Hey, I'm John.
0:28.2	This is the sober friends podcast.
0:30.9	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:35.4	Here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free
0:38.7	has to face day to day, now we overcame those struggles. We speak for no 12-step group,
0:44.3	but we do try to remain anonymous. You're not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:50.5	Changing it up today with a guest from Instagram. We're going to hear a story of somebody who got sober, got sober a little bit differently than we did, and also a little bit of an inspiration workout-wise.
1:04.0	And I have to tell you, I've been lifting weights, getting pumped, getting pumped this month with my son.
1:10.0	It's going to be awesome.
1:12.1	John, Steve, welcome to the show.
1:14.4	Our guest today is from Instagram.
1:16.7	Jen moves forward.
1:17.7	Jen, welcome to the Sober Friends podcast.
1:20.8	Hi.
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