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This is the sober friends podcast. Hey, Steve, we're going to talk today about the next right action.

That is one of those topics that you hear in AA meetings all the time. What the hell does that

mean and how do you take the next right action? You also told me it was in AA meetings all the time. What the hell does that mean?

And how do you take the next right action?

You also told me it was some of your week this week.

Yeah, good morning, Matt.

Good morning.

It's, yeah, it's always, you know, that's always a good topic in meetings.

And it's always a good topic for me because, you know, just like

everybody else will get frustrated in life and I get, you know, resentment. Sometimes they're big

and sometimes they're minor. And it's in that moment of confusion. It's in that moment of really

I'm feeling, whatever I'm feeling at the time,

that I need to take a step back and ask myself what the next right thing is. Because in the past, my go-to has been to act badly in those times, right? And I still can. Trust me, I'm far

from perfect in that. But the program has taught me that I need to stop when I can and sort of think about it. And I had that experience. As a matter of fact, I shared about this. I shared about an event Friday night at my men's meeting on that exact topic. So when you brought it up,

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