Sober Not Mature

This week we have Alex "King Roach" Montañez @ImKingRoach

Alex approached us a few months ago to be on and after a few adjustments and date changes, we were able to have a great conversation with him. He gave us a brief background about what happened and why he got sober, and then we got right into the fun stuff... what he is up to now.

He started his company www.dominatetheglobe.com in 2020, had some ups and downs and then got sober on 3/01/22. Drinking had become a daily thing for him and it was part of his life and his music. He shares how getting sober has given him back his life, allowed him to accomplish things he always dreamed of and as the title says, he is now grateful to be in the room.

Alex has a lot of positive things going on these days and we go through all of them in this conversation.

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Yep, it's Mike and Bill again. Fresh off a weekend of bikers, Jetts, Foos and a bad "hotel" experience. But, it was a great weekend.

We started off with Mike's weekly reading and it was a good one. All about service and we got into a conversation about what we do for service. Is it enough? Will it ever be enough? Listen and find out.

Then we recapped the weekend and we have some stories, but the bottom line is that we had a great time, listened to some great rock 'n' roll and we did it all sober.

We talked about a few items from our weekly readings, maintenance drinking (or not), trouble sleeping (yes more on that) and we got a very nice email from a listener, who is also an upcoming guest. What else? Garbage and nonsense.

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Just us two knuckleheads this week, both in Indiana and we are going to the 120th Harley Reunion in Milwaukee! Bikers, Joan Jett and the Foo Fighters!

First of all, the reading from Mike and it was about not regretting the past, facing people that we hurt and we had a pretty nice conversation. That led into another reading that we came across this week about facing walls in our lives.

Mike has his radio gig coming up again! We talked about that briefly, but stay tuned for all of the details.

We have a new friend that we will be collaborating with, we received a very nice message from a listener, we talked about favorite concerts, drunken concerts, feeling down, then feeling great (and grateful) and we revisited the topic of relapse. We have some fairly strong opinions about that subject, but they are also very simple.

And then some nonsense. Enjoy the episode.

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This week we talked with Dr. Sarah Michaud (Author "Co - Crazy") Website ⁠www.DrSarahmichaud.com⁠ YouTube - Leaving CrazyTown

"Co - Crazy begins with a chronicle of growing up in a family with alcoholism that eventually led to a harrowing journey and downward spiral into drug and alcohol addiction. Her inspiring recovery is deeply authentic, and Michaud’s vivid descriptions are both heartbreaking and illuminating."

We talked about her book, about her YouTube channel and about her 40 years of sobriety and then we talked about everything else.

She was a wonderful guest, we had a great time, a very engaging conversation and we will have her back again. Seriously, you just need to listen.

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Well... we had some challenges with this episode, but we made it through. As always, you will hear the challenges!

Mike had a great reading this week and it talked about building character through good habits. It also talked about values, morals and ethics, which are all things that we DID NOT have before we got sober. And Mike had a story from this week to go along with that whole concept.

We received a nice message from a listener with a request and we also received an email from a guy that contacted us over a year ago. Remember the guy that said that 90% of all podcasts fail in the first year? It was him and Bill emailed him back. It was fun.

Then on to The Absolutes again, sleeping issues (or not), indulgences after we got sober, work conferences and perfectionism. And then we were just done.

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Well... we had a couple of technical issues, but it's our "rule" not to edit out the failures (haha), so you get to hear them.

Mike started out with a reading and it talked about "acting as if," which we have talked about before. It also talked about hurting people and the shame that we all usually feel when we first get sober. It brought about a pretty good conversation between us.

Then we talked about the wrap up of Bill's job last week, opening up on social media and we did a recap of our trip to Founder's Day.

What is our purpose today, nice things people say about us since we have been sober and setting boundaries.

Oh yeah, and Mike got some new equipment. No, that's not a euphemism. He got some new podcast equipment and we got to test that out.

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This week it's Coach David! He's a business coach and has been a sober member of this thing we do, for over 14 years.

Instagram - @coachdjgreer

He started off with the fact that he's adopted (and that becomes part of his story later) but had a relatively normal childhood. A decent student, played sports and partied on the weekends. Same thing when he went on to college.

He has a wonderful story and we had a great conversation. Enjoy the episode.

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Founders Day Weekend!

We started off with the reading for the week and it was about doing the next right thing, the "we" of the program and positive thinking.

Then on to Step 6, which also played into the reading, and we had a nice discussion around that. And a technical difficulty. Throbbing and buzzing.

Some employment announcements and we talked about treating people well. We wrapped up with solving problems and pissing in drawers. Yes, that's where the title came from.

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This week, Matt From Sober Friends Podcast joined us. ( Instagram - @soberfriendspod )

Matt has a fairly normal back story, where his family drank, he never wanted to be like that and he actually had a plan on how NOT to be an alcoholic. But we know how that goes.

That was maybe 15 minutes of the episode, and then we just shot the breeze for the rest of the time. We talked about the podcasts and why we do them, what recovery really means and what we do with our time. We talked about the path, different ways to stay sober, anonymity and other things that I can't even recall.

It was literally just 3 guys that have been doing this thing for a bit, having a candid conversation about sobriety. Enjoy the episode.

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Mike and I again this week!

We started out with Mike's reading and it had to do with the "we" of the program and the fact that we can't do this alone. That led into a conversation about a funeral that Mike went to this week. It was a fairly deep conversation about why "we" need help and we can't do this by ourselves.

Then some messages from a couple of our followers. One in particular that sent us a clip for Mike to listen to. (it's a fun one)

What makes us special, I Love Lucy, hiding drinking, reversing the why (Mike told me I didn't make sense with this one), nighttime drinking and going back in time.

What else? You will have to listen for yourself and see. Enjoy the episode.

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