E130: No One to Share a Drink With: The Hidden Risks of Drinking Alone

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

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Send us a text I loved drinking alone. And man did it annoy me to hear that drinking alone would be the sign of a problem. In my mind, if I didn't drink alone, how would I otherwise drink? I did not have people around me who wanted to regularly drink the way I did. When I drink alone, I could be sure no one would criticize me and I would not get a DUI. I never left the house. Plus, I could "control" my drinking out and then drink the way I wanted at home. ...

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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.
0:10.4	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has-to-face day-to-day.
0:15.5	And 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	I drink alone.
0:26.6	Yeah, with nobody else.
0:31.6	I don't see the problem.
0:33.6	I drink alone.
0:36.6	It's not like he wrote multiple songs.
0:42.4	That's one of the things that George Thurgood.
0:47.4	I'll continue in a second.
0:49.6	I prefer to be by myself.
0:52.1	Oh, I sure is hell preferred to be by myself when I was drinking.
0:55.8	Somebody asked him, don't you think it's kind of a problem that you've sung all these
1:00.1	songs about alcohol?
1:02.3	And his response was, I only did three.
1:05.2	Only did three.
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