Sober Not Mature

This time, it's all Kathy.  (And the crinkling sound that you hear WILL be explained and it goes away...)

For those that don't know, she is our normie sister and a hell of a good sport for putting up with "these knuckleheads."  

She has some great questions and we get into some deep conversations.  One of those has to do with how Bill was for the last 6 months that he was drinking. We also have some fun, but if this wasn't fun, we wouldn't do it. 

Oh yeah. And she refers to Mike as a marshmallow.  

Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

Our first ever Bonus Clip!  Our sister helped me test things out a couple of weeks ago with the new software and I had some fun with it.

You've all heard her name and heard our stories with her and now you get to hear her voice. This is Kathy.  

Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

Chris, Chris and more Chris!

We have our first guest on to run a little test with the new recording software, and it's Mike's girlfriend, Chris.  To begin with, I don't know that we had planned to fill the entire episode with her, but man... we are glad that we did.  

She's a normie, but has been around "us people" for years and has now been around Mike and our sober group for 6 years.  She was supposedly "unprepared," but she had a ton of questions and topics and we all had a great time and a great conversation.  

** Just a heads up though; we get a little more raw in this episode and talk more about actual alcohol and drug use. We also tell a few jokes about celebrities that have passed from their alcohol or drug use.  If those things could affect you, we have 23 other episodes for you to enjoy. 

As Mike says, "What's the title of this podcast?"  I think we live up to the name quite well this week.  

Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

We have new recording software! Riverside.fm - We like it and we think you will too.  

We start off by recapping our trip this past week and we give our reviews of the bands.  We also tell a couple of drunk tales from our past (wedding stories)

We touch on recovery sayings and how we use them in our daily lives.  We also get into a discussion about anonymity and the "anonymous" part of AA.  And I think we got off topic... once.  Or twice.  Maybe more.  

Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

We start off with Life on Life's terms and when is the best time to get sober?  We talk about counseling.  How alcohol is glamorized through advertising and why some people "make it" and why some don't. 

Sober dating and what we do if we are approached by someone who has questions about their drinking. 

And we wrap up with a little road trip that we have coming up next week.  

Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

We begin with Covid and Bees and have a brief discussion about the acronym HOW.

Acceptance is the key. So is willingness.  We talk about the demands of a podcast, having to work Keating Center events and another popular recovery saying.

Finding the similarities vs. the differences in early sobriety and we wrap up with whether we gloried drinking or not. 

Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

Happy 4 month anniversary to the podcast!! And Mike has a radio gig coming up. We received a great comment from a follower and also a suggestion that we dig into (Trading addictions)

What if we profited from this?  We also look back at the groups we attended at The Keating Center, which one was most influential and how we started our daily routine. 

Finally we talk about what our biggest misconceptions were about getting sober and the things we never expected. Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

Based on a suggestion, we actually talk about medicinal weed.  The most monumental year or time in our sobriety and finding our identity with major changes or moves.

When you're feeling out of sorts, lost or squirrely, what do you do? And how we felt the first time we did certain things sober.  

Handling death now vs. when we were drinking and forcing things vs. letting things just happen.  We wrap up with a very brief conversation about current events.  Enjoy the episode. 

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

We start off talking about a Cleveland AA icon and how we both benefited from his work. There's a move happening for one of us and we talk about the why behind it. 

We touch on willingness in early sobriety and what helped us stick around. Inpatient vs. outpatient programs and do we have any regrets or not? 

Lastly we talk about cleaning up our side of the street.  Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.

We start out with charity talk. The Keating Center and how to support the podcast.  A listener question, and we provide some additional information about "normies" vs. "real alcoholics."

Speaking of normies... how they feel when one of us falls and a short story of me dealing with a "real alcoholic" as a teenager.

Justifiable anger, the niceness of other sobriety podcasts and a quick story of Mike and I dividing our property.  Enjoy the episode.

Visit us www.sobernotmature.com to leave comments about each episode.