E221: Celebrating Sobriety- Anniversaries, Milestones, and Different Paths to 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

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Send us a text In this episode, Matt celebrates 11 years of sobriety coinciding with his daughter's birthday, while Steve shares his perspective on marking recovery milestones. The hosts discuss how anniversaries serve as powerful symbols of hope for newcomers while acknowledging that everyone commemorates their sobriety journey differently. They explore the importance of service in recovery, whether through sponsorship, offering rides to meetings, or simply being available to others who are ...

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0:00.0	I don't think our commonality should be our program.
0:04.0	Our program is the process.
0:06.0	It should be the end result, which is sobriety.
0:08.0	If we're sober, then that's the thing that unites us, not the path there.
0:13.0	And I know the high percent, I don't know what the percentage of people who listen to this is that are AA people.
0:19.0	I would imagine it's extraordinarily high. But there's a lot of people who find to this is that are AA people, I would imagine it's extraordinarily high.
0:22.5	But there's a lot of people who find a different path, and I have seen those people be very
0:26.9	happy and have good sobriety. I am glad that multiple things.
0:31.7	You put it perfectly, right? We can have the commonality of sobriety and understands there's
0:36.6	different pathways to get there, right?
0:38.3	Again, I'm all for that kind of stuff.
0:40.2	I'm all for that kind of stuff.
0:41.0	You want to be doing a different program and pop into one of my meetings every once in
0:44.1	while, I'll check in because a little bit of AA works for you.
0:47.2	God bless you.
0:48.9	I'm Matt.
0:49.8	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:50.8	Hey, I'm John.
0:52.0	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:58.7	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
1:03.9	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day to day.
1:05.6	Now we overcame those struggles.
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