E123: Why is Spirituality Important in Recovery?

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

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Send us a text One of the biggest turn offs for people considering a 12 step group or even those already in, is the topic of God, religion and spirituality. But what exactly is spirituality and why does it go hand in hand with self knowledge of alcoholism? Both Matt and Steve have some challenges with the view of the religious higher power. This topic was brought up by a friend in the rooms, who came into recovery as an atheist and now finds himself agnostic with a view that his ...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:02.5	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:03.5	Hey, I'm John.
0:04.7	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:07.4	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:11.9	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day to day.
0:17.0	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:18.9	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:22.7	You're not alone.
0:23.8	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:26.2	Before we went on the air, Steve, we were talking a little bit about spirituality, self-knowledge,
0:31.8	and what I thought was a really excellent Monday night Big Book meeting last night.
0:37.1	We had a few, we have some people in the meeting who haven't been regulars in
0:43.0	the past, but have shown up.
0:45.2	I found that the meeting has turned over a bit and we have some people have been around,
0:50.2	but not, not in our meeting.
0:52.3	Right.
0:52.8	And one of the guys talked a lot about first, how I heard it was didn't have a belief in God,
1:00.4	now considers himself an atheist, not an atheist, an agnostic, but has strong spirituality.
1:08.0	And it really resonated.
1:09.8	He apologized for rambling. It didn't feel like a ramble to me.
1:14.8	It was good to hear a different perspective. And it was based on the topic, there is a solution where we
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