E122: Dying Sober

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

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Send us a text What is the end goal of recovery? Is it to die sober? Our friend Scott L recently passed after a fight with lung cancer. Scott died sober with 5 years of recovery. It did not come easy for Scott but when he got it, he got it. Steve and I talk about what dying sober means, is it the end goal and how recovery folks feel when we see an obit that says, "They died sober." I know I want that to be in my obit. What do you think? Is passing with a sober life...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.0	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:01.9	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.1	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:05.8	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:10.4	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	In our time where we're taping this, Steve, we're always about a week, at least a week behind when this actually drops on all the pod catchers.
0:33.6	Yesterday, our time, our friend Scott L passed away.
0:36.6	I'm going to give you a little bit of the background on Scott L.
0:40.4	He went to our Monday night meeting, a very quiet guy.
0:45.0	Scott was somebody who went with his wife who was also in the program.
0:49.2	And he was sober? What was he sober?
0:51.1	Five, six years?
0:52.4	Five years.
0:53.0	Just had five years this past December. Now, he was in
0:56.8	the program longer than five years. When he came in, his wife kind of grabbed him by the life
1:04.7	guard hold to drag him in and drag him in again and again and again.
1:17.7	And this was the type of guy who walks into AA who is sober for a little bit of time, maybe days, maybe weeks, and then goes out.
1:20.9	And he was, as my mother would say, in and out like a fiddler's elbow.
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