Sober Not Mature

Just Mike and I this week and at about the 51 minute mark, we had a technical difficulty... but we started up a new session and powered through!

We started off with Mike's reading and it was about new ideas and how our brains tend to reject those ideas. Change. Fear. We don't like those things.

It's the middle of the month, but we hadn't talked about the 5th Step yet, so we dove into that. Speaking of change and fear, it's a scary Step, but as you will hear, we came out on the other side a little lighter and with some direction.

On to the summer drinking season, what to do and how to handle it. We have some thoughts and some ideas. Then we talked about cravings, topping other people's stories and finally we talked about whether wounds heal or do we just learn to manage them?

And some other stuff. Enjoy the episode.

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This week it's all Shay! (Follow her on Instagram @shaysnotdrinking)

Born and raised in Utah, she talked a little bit about her childhood and some of the challenges that she faced. She also shared that she didn't even touch alcohol until she was 19 and married.

When alcohol entered her life, so did the problems. A failed marriage, the rehabs, hiding her drinking and winding up in a facility on a 72 hour hold.

Then she found sobriety. Now 3 years sober, she is happily married, a mom of 2 girls, she has a community on social media and a life that she is proud of. Most importantly though, she has the ability to help people and cause "positive ripples." (hence the episode title)

There's more, but you'll have to listen to hear the rest. Enjoy the episode.

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This week it's all Angel! One of our close friends from Cleveland, with over 10 years of sobriety, and we had a lot of fun with her.

She talked about her childhood, about being spoiled and said words that many of us are familiar with... "It was all about me."

The party kicked off at 18, and slowly changed over the years. She met her future husband (Tony from Episode 49) and she walked us through their progression from weekend partying, to losing it all.

Today she has a very different life and you'll have to listen to hear that wonderful story. Enjoy the episode.

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This week we have one of our good friends returning for a second run at this thing. Ashley from Healing With A Sober Girl Podcast.

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The focus was on grief and gratitude, but we also got into a few other topics and had some laughs.

We talked about why we do our podcasts, what we do to stay active and "sane," how we find gratitude in the losses that we have had and we talked a little bit about our anniversaries.

Mainly it was just 3 sober people, sitting around and shooting the breeze for a bit and that is always a great way to spend an evening.

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Our Anniversary Spectacular! Or... just the same old stuff, on a different day?

Mike did his reading for the week and it talked about "acting as if," and "faking it, til you make it." We agree with both of those sayings, and we had a good conversation about it.

Listener message! Yep, we got a message from one of our listeners and it's a fun one.

We expressed a little bit of that good old fashioned gratitude for the past 13 years, talked about upcoming guests, "future wreckage," seeing booze everywhere, deep conversations with our parents and a random question about musicians.

What else? You'll have to listen and find out. Enjoy the episode.

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This week it's all Melissa! Well... and Hercules too.

As we have mentioned, she is a friend of ours from Cleveland, she's been sober for over 10 years and she has a hell of a story.

She took us through her normal childhood, talked about her normal friends and her normal life. And like many of us, things stayed normal; until they weren't.

One of the biggest things that she was taught was, "listen and do." She still does that to this day, along with many other things that she was taught in the beginning.

We had a lot of fun with this one and you don't want to miss it. Enjoy the episode.

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I think we set a new record with the "F" word. It was said 113 times in this episode.

We started out with Mike's reading and it talked about not being the center of attention, the fact that we can't have everything, and doing the next right thing.

Then an Action item from a reading this week about resentments, that turned into a decent conversation.

On to anxiety, depression, getting early morning texts, someone messing with the word sober and we even got off on a tangent about our mom.

And apparently this little thing we do is spreading around a bit. Mike was approached last weekend by some listeners, who seem to enjoy the podcast.

Finally, we wrapped up with a thing that Bill's dad used to say. We think it's worth the wait. Enjoy the episode

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We started off with Mike's reading and it was a good one again. It was about giving this thing away to others and not laying our anger on others. That led into a "mood" that Bill has been in and he shared that.

Then we jumped into the 4th Step, since it's the beginning of the 4th month.

We mention this on the episode, but even if you aren't a 12 Step person, take the time to listen. We feel that we put these things in real life terms and whether you are a 12 stepper or not, we think you'll get something out of it.

On to a couple of Action items from recent readings, then a conversation about one of our favorite podcasters and a guest that he had on a few years ago. They talked about why they do things like this and how it may fill people's holes. And yes, the episode title was born.

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Just Mike and I this week, since we had a guest that cancelled... But we did just fine on our own.

Mike started off with a great reading that talked about responsibility, facing things head on and being confident rather than arrogant. We also talked about one of the actions from a different reading and we both had a wonderful revelation.

Then we talked about the guest that cancelled and had some fun with that. Thanks Little Dickie. You helped us fill up a chunk of the episode and you weren't even there.

Last weekend was The Keating Center event and the grandson's birthday party, so we recapped both of those events. We also touched on dating apps, memories of drunken events of the past and coming across pictures from those times. (That's where the episode picture came from and yes. That's drunk Mike)

What else? Listen in to find out. Enjoy the episode.

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The St. Patrick's Day, weekend extravaganza episode! Not really an extravaganza, but we do talk about the day of green.

We started out with Mike's reading and a discussion about one of the actions that we read about. That led into the charity event that is going on this weekend for The Keating Center and events of the past.

Some stories were told about our shenanigans on St. Paddy's Day in the past, and we are both grateful that we are not doing that today.

We received a complaint on a meme that was posted and we have a surprise new follower, listener and coffee customer.

Then we dove into people disappearing, "continuous sobriety," and what we've learned about ourselves since we have been sober. What else? I guess you will just have to listen.

Enjoy the episode.

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