E94: Coping with Stress in Sobriety

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

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Stress is difficult to handle before getting sober. We used to drink to handle how we felt about stress. When alcohol is removed, we have to find another way of dealing with stress so it does not overwhelm us and cause us to shut down. A friend reached out to Matt, venting and for advice on how to handle stress. It helped Matt to hear his friend's issue and made him think too. What causes us stress and what is a healthy way of dealing with it? On thi...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.1	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.
0:15.6	Now 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.
0:28.0	This is the sober friends podcast. I think the only thing that sucks worse than dealing with stress when you're drinking is dealing with stress when you're not drinking and you get sober.
0:33.4	Because then you don't have an outlet and you have to actually figure out a tool to deal with it.
0:39.7	Steve, what's going on?
0:41.1	Hey, Matt.
0:42.2	Beautiful day here in Connecticut.
0:44.7	Absolutely.
0:45.9	Nice rain.
0:46.9	We needed some rain.
0:48.8	We didn't need rain, but we need rain in general just to get rid of this drought situation.
0:55.4	Yeah, in the Northeast we have had one hell of a drought to the point that all of our lawns were brown,
1:01.0	and now they're growing like crazy.
1:03.6	I went out in the back tonight and picked pumpkins.
1:06.4	The one thing that actually went well in the garden were these giant jack-o-lantern-style pumpkins.
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