Per usual, this went some places- but would you expect anything less of me? 613 days sober is a pretty good start, but I'm hoping this is still just the warm up stretch. I basically found my sobering up by almost by accident nearing two years ago. I had already been off of other substances for a few years, but we'l save the details of that for another time. When I moved out to Utah, I hadn't quite expected to feel so disconnected from the local recovery community, but I'm doing my best to bridge the gap one baby step at a time.

In this blab session you'll hear me touch on the three lies about the church that irk me the most. You'll also hear me vent just a smidge about how unwelcoming/off-putting being LDS can be in some circles. You'll also hear me to start to explain the traditions, get distracted trying to explain the steps and completely forget to circle back to explaining the traditions. In essence, traditions mostly help regulate how we interact with our fellow members and carry ourselves regarding our individual groups.

So for right now, given the fact that I have elected to severely limit my attendance at meetings, let's start by simply asking: Would You Believe Me if I Told You I'm Still Sober? And maybe at some point later we can chat about whether or not you'd believe me if I told you about my active addiction(s). Yes, plural. As always, thanks for listening and please reach out for anything and everything!