E199: "High Bottom" Doesn't Mean No Bottom- Redefining Rock Bottom in Modern 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

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Send us a text Are you questioning your relationship with alcohol but thinking "I haven't lost everything yet"? In this raw and revealing episode, we dive into what it really means to be a "high bottom" alcoholic in today's world. Matt shares his personal struggle with Step One, challenging the traditional "rock bottom" narrative from the 1930s Big Book. From the exhausting mental gymnastics of "just one drink" to the profound revelation that unmanageability isn't always about losing homes or...

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0:00.0	I'm Matt.
0:00.8	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.
0:10.2	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day,
0:15.4	and how we overcame those struggles.
0:17.4	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous. And not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:24.6	I wanted to talk a little bit about my experience with the steps. I'm going to do this as a little bit of a series.
0:33.7	May not do it every single week for 12 weeks, may break it up a bit.
0:38.4	But I thought it would be helpful to talk a little bit about my experience with the steps
0:44.0	as you can identify with my experience.
0:49.2	Specifically, I wanted to talk a little bit about the high bottom drunk because I always considered myself
0:55.7	to have a higher bottom than other people. I'm sure there are a lot of people out there
1:01.7	like you who may or you may not. Either way, there's something for you to identify with.
1:08.8	Why am I interested with the high bottom drinker?
1:13.1	Well, back in the 1930s, the big book of AA talked a lot about the low bottom drunk.
1:20.3	People like Bill, people like Bob.
1:23.0	If you read those stories, if you read especially the first people who came into AA, you will see a very
1:31.0	low bottom experience. They have lost it all. But do you have to lose it all to get sober? Do you have to
1:39.2	lose it all to find some recovery? I think we can bring the bottom up to you. Why not? And this was something I
1:48.1	really struggled with for a long time when I came into the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. I really
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