E216: Beyond Belief- Navigating Higher Powers and Personal Spirituality in 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

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Send us a text In this thought-provoking episode of Sober Friends, Matt and Steve engage in a candid conversation about spirituality in recovery following their experience at a Joe and Charlie Big Book study. They thoughtfully examine the suggestion that atheists cannot truly work the AA program, offering nuanced perspectives on what constitutes a "higher power." The discussion explores several important dimensions of recovery: Alternatives to traditional religious concepts of God in sobriety...

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0:00.0	If you bring me to the beach, my higher power is there.
0:07.0	I can't do what the waves do at East Matunuch Beach in Rhode Island, these huge waves.
0:14.0	And there's no wave machine that can do it because if I go now to the Connecticut Sound in Connecticut, the waves are shit.
0:20.0	I don't have any power over that and I don't have any power over that,
0:21.7	and I don't have any power handling those waves that are nasty and awesome at East Matunuch.
0:27.2	But I will tell you that that sand being warm and the waves and the air and the smells and the wind,
0:35.8	there is something there where I feel at peace,
0:38.5	and many times it is the only place I feel at peace.
0:45.4	I'm Matt.
0:46.5	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:47.5	Hey, I'm John.
0:48.7	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:51.4	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:55.5	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day,
1:01.0	and we overcame those struggles.
1:03.0	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
1:06.0	You're not alone.
1:08.0	This is the sober friends podcast.
1:10.0	Last night, Steve and I were at our Joe and Charlie.
1:14.1	A reminder what a Joe and Charlie is if you don't know.
1:16.8	It's usually at somebody's home where we play these tapes of a big book study done by Joe in Charlie many years ago where they talk about the big book and kind of bring it to life.
1:27.7	I think there's actually, I think it was called the big book comes alive.
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