E147: Breaking Free from Fear: Embracing Risks, Learning from Failure

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

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Send us a text Join Steve and Matt in this candid episode where they share personal stories of overcoming fear, embracing risks, and breaking free from the shackles of survival. They reflect on their past decisions driven by fear of failure, missed opportunities, and the impact of alcohol on their lives. From navigating challenging academic experiences to pursuing unexpected career paths, they discuss how false confidence often led to setbacks. Matt talks about sticking with broadcasting desp...

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0:00.0	The Sober Friends podcast is sponsored by Christopher D who joined as a member at buy me a coffee.com
0:08.4	slash sober friends pod.
0:10.3	Christopher D has given to us before.
0:12.8	And it's important that Christopher D gives to us because he wants to keep this show in the ears of the new guy or the new girl.
0:21.9	If you find value in what we do, you can help us pay the bills.
0:26.9	You can keep us in your ears by going to buy me a coffee.com slash sober friends pod.
0:33.4	I'm Matt.
0:34.1	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:35.1	Hey, I'm John.
0:36.3	This is the sober friends podcast. We're here for The Sober Curious, I'm Steve. Hey, I'm John. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:39.0	We're here for The Sober Curious, the New Guy, and the Old Timer.
0:43.5	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day to day.
0:48.7	Now we overcame those struggles.
0:50.5	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:54.4	You're not alone.
0:55.5	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:57.8	It can be so easy, Steve, to think that you don't have a problem because you haven't had a D-E-Y,
1:04.0	you haven't lost your job, haven't got divorced, haven't gone to jail.
1:07.3	Because if you go to meetings, you're going to find a lot of people like that who have lost
1:11.8	all but what if your life just isn't getting started at all is that as much of a bottom and is
1:20.5	that as much of a reason to quit drinking you know what i'm getting at when i'm saying life's not
1:25.4	going at all sort of like that old pot commercial where what happened because you smoke pot, nothing.
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