E170: Am I Doing Enough For My 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

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Send us a text Join us in this insightful episode as we delve into the common question that many in recovery face: "Am I doing enough?" Matt shares a recent conversation with a friend who questioned his efforts in recovery, sparking a deep exploration into what it means to truly be "doing enough." With personal anecdotes and reflections, we navigate the complexities of self-doubt and comparison within the recovery journey. In this candid conversation, we explore the fundamental question: What...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:06.7	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:07.7	Hey, I'm John.
0:08.9	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:11.6	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:16.1	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, free has to face day to day now we
0:21.6	overcame those struggles we speak for no 12-step group but we do try to remain anonymous
0:26.4	you're not alone this is the sober friends podcast Steve I have a friend who reached
0:32.2	out to me recently and we're talking about this podcast and he said to me know, I don't know if I'm doing enough in recovery or was questioning that.
0:43.1	And I have questioned that myself.
0:45.8	And my immediate response was, are you sober?
0:49.6	And he said yes.
0:51.3	My immediate response is, you're doing enough.
0:55.5	But with the, without ending the podcast now 54 seconds in, I think there's more to a topic
1:03.5	than that.
1:04.0	Because I have felt that way, and I am sure you listening feel that way.
1:09.6	And if I were to poll people in an AA meeting, I would
1:14.4	mention, probably 90% of people are going to say, well, I don't feel like I'm doing enough,
1:18.5	unless you're going to seven meetings a week twice a day. So what does that look like?
1:23.8	Can you identify with that feeling? Am I doing enough in recovery? Oh, I definitely
1:28.5	identify with it. And I think most people in our program of recovery would feel that way.
1:35.4	And again, it's really a strange question because our primary purpose is to keep ourselves. So,
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