E116: Replacing One Addiction With Another

Sober Friends

Matt J

Alcohol Free, Alcoholics Anonymous, Recovery, Dry January, Spirituality, Sober, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Sobriety, Sober Curious, Addiction, Religion & Spirituality, 12 Steps

4.2 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Send us a text Those of us with alcohol use disorder can shift from one addiction to another. We are very obsessive. GardeningEatingSexWorkSo many other things to ease our emotions. It becomes a problem when it takes you away from your family, impacts finances and health. Steven and Matt talk a bit of their experience with those addictions that pop up that replace the drink. Support the show 📫 Get more honest conversations about sobriety delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to The ...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.0	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:01.9	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.
0:10.3	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has-to-face day-to-day.
0:15.5	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:17.3	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	Steve, I got a subscription to 11labs.io.
0:28.6	It is a voice synthesis program.
0:33.6	I could find a way to put John back into the show.
0:36.6	Oh, nice. I could just go over old shows and just
0:39.3	clone them. Yeah. We'll just make them say whatever we want them to say. Yeah, that could be fun.
0:43.8	Yeah, just firing off guns and arrows and killing, killing small mammals. Plus you could turn
0:49.5	them into a liberal, right? We could. You know, like a Biden supporter and stuff like that.
0:54.3	A Bernie bro.
0:55.1	Yeah, a Bernie bro, even better.
0:57.4	I can clone him to say about single payer.
1:00.6	Right.
1:01.4	He really wants that single payer and he's been repressing those feelings for years now.
1:07.7	Oh, man, that would be fun.
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