E200: Recovery Retreats - Finding Your Tribe Away from the World

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

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Send us a text Looking for deeper connections in recovery? Join Steve and Matt as they explore the transformative power of recovery retreats. From intimate 35-person gatherings to step-focused weekends, discover how these getaways offer more than just a break from daily life. Learn why investing in a retreat might be exactly what your recovery needs, whether you're newly sober or years into your journey. Steve shares his recent retreat experience, including a powerful revelation about anger a...

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0:00.0	When you go to a retreat, you're not dealing for the most part with half-assed people in their recovery.
0:05.8	By the definition that somebody's willing to spend over $200 and drive somewhere and be away from their family for a weekend,
0:13.3	these are people who are very serious.
0:15.5	Right.
0:15.7	So if you are new and you do want to get sober, there's nothing to be afraid of with a retreat because
0:23.1	the people who go there are by definition going to be interested in helping you. If you go to
0:29.1	a retreat and you're helping somebody else, you're doing step 12. It gives them an opportunity
0:32.8	to practice that step of carrying the message. So a retreat is a great place to go because you don't
0:38.4	have to be worried, oh, they're not going to take this seriously. Anybody who's in that retreat
0:42.4	is there to take their recovery very seriously and will make time for you. I'm Matt. Hey, I'm Steve.
0:50.9	Hey, I'm John. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:54.8	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:59.3	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day to day.
1:04.5	Now we overcame those struggles.
1:06.3	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
1:10.1	You're not alone.
1:11.2	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
1:14.0	Steve, I forgot while we were chatting in the green room before this to ask you a question.
1:19.9	How many episodes do you think we've done?
1:23.6	Oh, man.
1:27.1	How many episodes have we done since beginning?
1:30.9	Yep.
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