E89: Why Some Sober People Don't Go to AA

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

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Oh boy. I bet we get everyone upset with this episode. People who go to AA. People who don't go to AA. We go through it all with what we feel are very realistic views on why some people don't go to AA and how 12 step programs are not perfect and how there can be some things that legit turn people off. Credit where credit is due. This episode was inspired by Episode 36 of the Sober Powered Podcast, "Your Sober Pal Tells us What AA is Like." In t...

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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.
0:05.9	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 how we overcame those struggles.
0:17.4	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:21.9	You're not alone.
0:28.9	This is the sober friends podcast. If you hear munching, if you hear barking, the dogs are down here with me in the studio. So they may make an appearance on the program. One person who's not
0:35.9	going to make an appearance on the program is John. He's
0:38.1	screwing off again. Where the hell is he today? I have no idea. I have no. Who knows where he's doing?
0:45.2	Well, he's not here, but Steve is. So this is what's called quality over quantity. Steve,
0:51.0	welcome to the program. How are you? Hey, I'm great, Matt. I'm great. So it's a good night. It's a good day. It's always a good day.
0:58.0	So we're going to talk a little bit about why people are a little weary of AA.
1:03.0	There's a whole community and Instagram that I've found that it's gotten sober a million different ways.
1:09.0	A.A. does not have the monopoly on this. We have said that multiple
1:14.0	times. And I was kind of inspired listening to one of Jill Teets's podcast, the Sober Power
1:20.0	podcast, episode 36, way in the back catalog, where she was talking to your sober pal,
1:27.0	who's Laura on Instagram, and I'm borrowing this
1:30.6	episode because at the time, Jill had never been to an AA meeting.
1:35.5	She's only been to like a couple, but it's not her thing.
1:38.5	Laura is somebody who comes from the 12-step tradition like we do, and they talked a little
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