E129: AA or Not AA: Tim Phillips on Why He Left the Program and How He Stayed 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

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Tim Phillips, the host of the Sober and Happy podcast, about his journey from alcohol addiction to sobriety. Tim shares how he drank differently than his friends in college, how he tried to fit in with AA, and how he left AA and found his own path to recovery. He also talks about how he makes his podcast episodes that are short, sweet, and helpful for anyone who wants to be sober and happy. We also discuss the phenomenon of people who don’t drink at...

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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	The Wingman today on the Sober Friends podcast is Tim Phillips.
0:28.6	Tim Phillips is the host of the Sober and Happy Podcast.
0:33.6	We try to be open-minded with a growth mindset here.
0:44.8	Tim has a lot of similarities to my story, and he forks off at a certain place.
0:46.7	Tim, welcome to the Sober Friends podcast.
0:48.6	Thank you, Matt, for having me on.
0:50.5	I look forward to catching up with you.
0:51.1	Absolutely.
0:53.0	I was looking forward to this.
0:55.5	I was doing a lot of binging today on your podcast as I was, I try and when I have somebody on, one of my character defects is I over process
1:01.5	and overthink and feel like I have to be over prepared and think of everything. And sometimes
1:07.1	that takes me away from just having a conversation with somebody.
1:11.3	But I listen to a lot because your podcast is incredibly, I think you said it before we came on.
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