E146: Do You Have to Hit Bottom? How to Know If You Have a Problem with Alcohol and What to Do About It

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

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Send us a text In this episode of the Sober Power Podcast, Matt and Steve have a discussion on sober curiosity, and how it can help people who are not sure if they have a problem with alcohol. They also talk about the difference between high bottom and low bottom drunks, and how their own experiences of hitting bottom led them to seek recovery. They share their insights on how to explain alcoholism to someone who doesn’t understand it, and how to deal with the cravings and trigg...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:01.0	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:02.0	Hey, I'm John.
0:03.2	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:05.9	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.
0:15.6	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:17.4	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:21.3	You're not alone.
0:22.3	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:25.1	Steve, what do you know about sober curiosity or the sober curious movement?
0:30.7	The high bottom versus the low bottom drunk.
0:34.6	It is a buzz phrase nowadays, and I got lots of thoughts about it. What do you know
0:40.9	about sober curiosity? Oh, you know, it's been in the news, right? So you can't pick up a newspaper or go
0:46.7	online, especially these days in January without seeing something about dry January, right? And when you
0:53.7	talk to me about that kind of stuff, sober curious, that's exactly what I think.
0:57.9	Oh, dry January.
0:59.4	And then, you know, if you go, if you're on social media at all, people talk about dry June.
1:04.7	Like, they're going to do a dry June or something.
1:06.6	Dry July.
1:07.6	Dry July, right.
1:09.4	So that's what I think about is people who, you know, are questioning where alcohol fits in their life.
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