<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/792347/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>You ever wonder why the old timer with 30 years of sobriety still reads the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous over and over and over again?  Didn't they have reading comprehension and could get it the first time?  We talk about it this week and discuss how we treat the Big Book of AA as a text book and something to aways learn from.  And we discuss how re-reading helps the new guy or gal. <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberfriendspod">Support the show</a>📫 Get more honest conversations about sobriety delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to <a href='https://soberfriendspod.substack.com/'>The Sober Friends Dispatch</a>, our weekly newsletter where we go beyond the podcast to share real strategies for alcohol-free living. Join our community by clicking <a href='https://soberfriendspod.substack.com/'>here.</a>

Send us Fan Mail You ever wonder why the old timer with 30 years of sobriety still reads the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous over and over and over again? Didn't they have reading comprehension and could get it the first time? We talk about it this week and discuss how we treat the Big Book of AA as a text book and something to aways learn from. And we discuss how re-reading helps the new guy or gal. Support the show 📫 Get more honest conversations about sobriety delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to The Sober Friends Dispatch, our weekly newsletter where we go beyond the podcast to share real strategies for alcohol-free living. Join our community by clicking here.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/792347/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>You ever wonder why the old timer with 30 years of sobriety still reads the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous over and over and over again?&nbsp; Didn't they have reading comprehension and could get it the first time?&nbsp; We talk about it this week and discuss how we treat the Big Book of AA as a text book and something to aways learn from.&nbsp; And we discuss how re-reading helps the new guy or gal.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberfriendspod" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>📫 Get more honest conversations about sobriety delivered to your inbox! Subscribe to <a href="https://soberfriendspod.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Sober Friends Dispatch</a>, our weekly newsletter where we go beyond the podcast to share real strategies for alcohol-free living. Join our community by clicking <a href="https://soberfriendspod.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">here.</a>

E177: Why Do We Still Read the Big Book?

The Sober Friends Podcast: Two Guys Talking RecoveryMatt and Steve have been sober for over a decade each. They still don't have it all figured out.This is a podcast about recovery - AA recovery specifically - but it's not your sponsor's recovery podcast. It's two friends talking through the stuff that actually matters:What do you DO when you're not drinking? How do you handle control issues 15 years in? Why does calling someone in recovery feel so goddamn hard? What happens when you remove alcohol but don't replace it with anything? And seriously, do you miss drinking or do you just miss the relief?Every week Matt and Steve work through these questions together - sometimes they have answers, sometimes they're figuring it out in real time, and sometimes they just need to talk it out like you do with a friend who gets it.If you're in recovery, thinking about recovery, or just trying to figure out how to live without alcohol as your coping mechanism - welcome. Grab some coffee. Let's talk. Topics: Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step recovery, sobriety, addiction, relapse, service work, early recovery, staying sober, and everything in between.Matt and Steve work AA programs but speak only for themselves. This show isn't affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous. New episodes weekly at soberfriendspod.com

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The Sober Friends Podcast: Two Guys Talking Recovery Matt and Steve have been sober for over a decade each. They still don't have it all figured out. This is a podcast about recovery - AA recovery specifically - but it's not your sponsor's recovery podcast. It's two friends talking through the stuff that actually matters: What do you DO when you're not drinking? How do you handle control issues 15 years in? Why does calling someone in recovery feel so goddamn hard? What happens when you remove alcohol but don't replace it with anything? And seriously, do you miss drinking or do you just miss the relief? Every week Matt and Steve work through these questions together - sometimes they have answers, sometimes they're figuring it out in real time, and sometimes they just need to talk it out like you do with a friend who gets it. If you're in recovery, thinking about recovery, or just trying to figure out how to live without alcohol as your coping mechanism - welcome. Grab some coffee. Let's talk. Topics: Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step recovery, sobriety, addiction, relapse, service work, early recovery, staying sober, and everything in between. Matt and Steve work AA programs but speak only for themselves. This show isn't affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous. New episodes weekly at soberfriendspod.com

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