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Death, Sex & Money - What Rockstars And Sober People Already Know About Quarantine

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4.2 • 2K Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 25 March 2020

ā±ļø 26 minutes

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Summary

"It'sĀ bringing me back to early recovery....I have to think about the things that keep me sober for right now,Ā because we have no idea what tomorrow is going to look like."Ā 

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And here's thatĀ Spotify playlistĀ we promised you in the episode, with some of the songs JasonĀ mentioned that he and Amanda are listening to during their self-quarantine.Ā 


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0:00.0

My calculation is moving more and more towards staying home, because I don't know what the right thing to do is.

0:08.4

This is death, sex, and money from WNYC. I'm Anna Sale.

0:12.3

And this is a listener who emailed us last week.

0:15.0

She's 32 and lives alone in Virginia.

0:17.6

And she's been sober for a little less than a year and a half.

0:21.0

One of our, like, cliche slogans that you hear people say, and was one of the songs in Frozen

0:26.6

too, is like, do the next right thing, right?

0:29.6

I love that song.

0:31.2

It's so good.

0:32.4

And, you know, Kristen Bell's husband is in recovery, and I was like, they totally stole.

0:39.2

One of our things.

0:40.9

So I'll walk through this night, stumbling blindly toward the light, and do the next right thing.

0:54.3

I'm not kidding, I really do love this song.

0:56.6

And after two weeks at home with my daughters, I have been hearing a lot of it.

1:00.7

Anyway, we've been hearing a lot from you about some of the challenges of being forced to stay at home,

1:06.8

particularly for those of you who are in recovery, or are sober.

1:10.5

So I wanted to talk to this listener about that.

1:13.6

Her job is in social services, and she didn't want to use her real name.

1:17.4

We can do Chloe.

1:18.5

It's the name I used to give guys I didn't want to talk to at bars when I was still drinking.

1:25.0

Regular 12-step meetings helped Chloe stop drinking.

1:28.3

But that routine, along with everything else, is in flux.

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