Insights from recent episode analysis
Audience Interest
Podcast Focus
Publishing Consistency
Platform Reach
Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.
Most discussed topics
Brands & references
Total monthly reach
Estimated from 1 chart position in 1 market.
By chart position
- 🇦🇺AU · Mental Health#1855K to 30K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
1.5K to 9K🎙 Daily cadence·291 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
5K to 30K🇦🇺100% - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
2K to 12K
Market Insights
Platform Distribution
Reach across major podcast platforms, updated hourly
Total Followers
—
Total Plays
—
Total Reviews
—
* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.
On the show
From 10 epsHosts
Recent guests
Recent episodes
E277: The Voice Didn’t Go Away When I Got Sober
May 26, 2026
30m 30s
E276 Learn to Sit With Yourself
May 19, 2026
33m 58s
E275: Stop Arguing With Reality for One Day
May 10, 2026
30m 58s
E274: Sober Twelve Years. Still Avoiding the Phone
May 5, 2026
32m 54s
E273: A 13-Year-Old Knew He’d Been Drinking
Apr 28, 2026
33m 05s
Social Links & Contact
Official channels & resources
Official Website
Login
RSS Feed
Login
| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/26/26 |  E277: The Voice Didn’t Go Away When I Got Sober | Send us Fan Mail Getting sober does not automatically make the voice in your head disappear. In this episode, Matt and Steve talk about the part of the mind that used to minimize drinking — you’re not that bad, other people drink more, you’re overreacting — and how that same voice can show up later in sobriety as doubt, fear, or the feeling that you don’t deserve what you have. Matt shares how anxiety led his brain to start filling in the blanks with stories: that his work did not matter, tha... | 30m 30s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | E276 Learn to Sit With Yourself | Send us Fan Mail There’s a weird part of sobriety where nothing is technically wrong, but you still feel uncomfortable in your own skin. In this episode, Matt and Steve talk about what happens when alcohol is gone, but the restlessness, anxiety, expectations, and urge to escape are still there. They get into why discomfort does not always mean something is wrong, how ordinary life can still feel hard sober, and why learning to sit with yourself is not the same as isolating or forcing yourself... | 33m 58s | ||||||
| 5/10/26 | E275: Stop Arguing With Reality for One Day | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Matt and Steve talk about acceptance in sobriety — not as approval, not as giving up, and not as pretending everything is fine. It is about getting honest with reality instead of wasting energy trying to control people, outcomes, feelings, or the past. They dig into why acceptance can feel so uncomfortable for newcomers, especially when it sounds passive or weak. The conversation gets into control, resentment, asking for help, and the simple but difficult pra... | 30m 58s | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | E274: Sober Twelve Years. Still Avoiding the Phone✨ | recoverymental health+4 | — | — | — | soberalcoholic thinking+4 | — | 32m 54s | |
| 4/28/26 | E273: A 13-Year-Old Knew He’d Been Drinking✨ | parentingalcohol awareness+3 | — | — | Six Flags | alcoholparenting+5 | — | 33m 05s | |
| 4/21/26 | E272: Why You Know What to Do… But Still Don’t Do It✨ | overwhelmknowing vs doing+3 | Steve | — | — | overwhelmmental health+3 | — | 32m 58s | |
| 4/14/26 | E271: I Did Everything Right… So Why Is This Happening?✨ | setbacksfrustration+3 | Steve | — | — | setbacksfrustration+3 | — | 39m 14s | |
| 4/7/26 | E270: The Most Owned, Least Understood Book in Recovery✨ | recoveryAlcoholics Anonymous+3 | Steve | Big Book | — | Big Bookrecovery+3 | — | 29m 39s | |
| 3/31/26 | E269: My Drinking Had a Formula (And It Always Ended the Same)✨ | sobrietyrecovery+3 | — | — | — | sobrietydrinking+4 | — | 32m 12s | |
| 3/24/26 | E268: Dr. Adi Jaffe: Getting Better Is the Goal✨ | recoverysobriety+3 | Dr. Adi Jaffe | UCLAThe Abstinence Myth+1 | — | recoverysobriety+6 | — | 49m 06s | |
Want analysis for the episodes below?Free for Pro Submit a request, we'll have your selected episodes analyzed within an hour. Free, at no cost to you, for Pro users. | |||||||||
| 3/17/26 | E267: Drinking Felt Like It Fixed Me—Until It Didn’t✨ | alcoholsocial anxiety+3 | — | — | Boston | alcoholsocial anxiety+5 | — | 34m 00s | |
| 3/3/26 | E266: Doorway or Loophole?✨ | recoveryself-reflection+3 | — | — | — | recoveryloophole+4 | — | 32m 30s | |
| 2/17/26 | E265: Carrying the Message (Without Being Preachy)✨ | recoveryalcoholism+3 | Steve | AA | — | AAalcohol recovery+3 | — | 32m 08s | |
| 2/10/26 | E264: It's Not Your Fault (But It Is Your Responsibility) | Send us Fan Mail Matt and Steve dive deep into Dr. Silkworth's groundbreaking work on alcoholism and why understanding the medical nature of addiction changes everything. They explore a fascinating discovery: Silkworth published his "allergy theory" in a 1937 medical journal—two years before the Big Book—challenging the common AA legend about why he initially hesitated to put his name in print. The hosts discuss why the Doctor's Opinion matters less for its 1939 medical accuracy and more for ... | 32m 14s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 | E263: Service Work in Recovery: You Haven't Been Nominated to Drink Coffee | Send us Fan Mail Service work in AA recovery isn't about giving back - it's about belonging, commitment, and staying sober. "I don't even drink coffee." "That's fine. You haven't been nominated to drink coffee. You've been nominated to make coffee." Steve heard this exchange at his Thursday night men's meeting, and it might be the greatest line about service work ever spoken. Because that's exactly what service work is - doing something that isn't about you, that gets you connected, tha... | 30m 05s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | E262: Do You Miss Drinking or Do You Miss the Relief? | Send us Fan Mail "I love to do things that will give me temporary comfort, that will make me very uncomfortable somewhere down the road." A woman with 30+ years of sobriety shared this in Steve's Wednesday meeting, and it hit hard. Because that's exactly what drinking was - temporary relief that created long-term pain. But here's the real question: when you quit drinking, what are you actually missing? In this episode, Matt and Steve dig into what happens when you remove alcohol but don't rep... | 31m 02s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | E261: Outcome vs. Journey- The Control Freak's Guide to Sobriety | Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like you're doing everything "right" in recovery but still find yourself pissed off when things don't go your way? Steve opens up about his biggest struggle even after 15+ years sober: the control freak mindset that gets shit done but also sets him up for resentment, anxiety, and dangerous thinking patterns. In this episode, we dig into the difference between being outcome-focused (expecting specific results because you did the work) versus journey-focused (trusting... | 33m 24s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | E260: Lowering the Bar - Why 'Just Staying Sober' is a Championship Win | Send us Fan Mail It’s mid-January, the "Pink Cloud" of New Year’s resolutions has evaporated, and for many in the Northeast, we are staring down a "marathon of dark, cold, and gloomy days". In this episode, Matt and Steve get honest about the "January Gloom" and a phenomenon many newcomers face but rarely understand: Anhedonia. If you feel numb, bored, or like life has lost its "charm" since the holidays ended, you aren't doing recovery wrong—your brain is simply healing. We discuss why tryin... | 32m 08s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | E259: You Can Still Be Sober and Have Bad Days | Send us Fan Mail You can be sober and still have bad days — and that doesn’t mean you’re doing recovery wrong. In this episode, Matt and Steve talk honestly about what it looks like to stay sober through anxiety, physical pain, holidays, and emotional discomfort. Matt shares his experience recovering from surgery, navigating anxiety, and using prescribed pain medication safely without triggering old behaviors. Steve reflects on how holidays and stress at home can still bring up difficult feel... | 31m 17s | ||||||
| 12/30/25 | E258: When Not Drinking Feels Louder Than Drinking | Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been at a party, wedding, or holiday gathering holding a soda and felt like everyone noticed you weren’t drinking? In this episode of Sober Friends, Matt and Steve talk honestly about what it’s like to be the only sober person in the room—especially early on. They dig into why sobriety can feel uncomfortable in social settings, why it’s not really about the alcohol, and how losing that “social lubricant” can make everything feel louder and more exposed. They exp... | 34m 17s | ||||||
| 12/23/25 |  E257: I Tried for Three Days and I Couldn’t Cope | Send us Fan Mail Pete Axthelm once said he tried to quit drinking for three days — and couldn’t cope. He died at 47, convinced that life without alcohol wasn’t survivable. That sentence stopped me cold, because for many of us, it’s painfully familiar. In this episode, Steve and I talk about why quitting alcohol feels less like a choice and more like standing at the edge of a cliff. We explore the uncomfortable truth that for many alcoholics, alcohol wasn’t just the problem — it was the soluti... | 34m 45s | ||||||
| 12/16/25 |  E256: Progress, Not Perfect Sobriety | Send us Fan Mail There’s no such thing as perfect sobriety. In this episode, Matt and Steve explore why learning from mistakes is part of the process — not a failure. They talk about comparison in recovery, changing needs over time, and how wanting things to “click faster” can quietly work against us. This is an honest conversation about patience, humility, and staying willing — even when you realize you’re still a present-day alcoholic doing the work one day at a time. Support the show 📫 Get... | 31m 30s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 | E255: You Don’t Have to Hit Bottom to Quit — Here’s What That Really Means | Send us Fan Mail What does “rock bottom” actually look like — and do you really have to hit it before you get sober? In this episode, Matt and Steve break down the biggest myth in recovery: that you need a dramatic collapse, a lost job, a destroyed marriage, or a trip to the ER to justify getting help. We talk about how comparison keeps people stuck (“my story isn’t as bad as theirs”), why so many of us lie to ourselves about how bad things really are, and how easy it is to miss the quieter s... | 30m 18s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 |  E254: Secrets, Shame, and Sobriety: Emily Redondo’s Story in Wife Mother Drunk | Send us Fan Mail What happens when the picture-perfect life hides a private hell? In this episode of the Sober Friends Podcast, Matt J sits down with Emily Redondo, author of Wife Mother Drunk: An Intergenerational Memoir of Loss and Love. Emily takes us inside her raw and unfiltered journey through addiction, motherhood, and the generational trauma that shaped her story. From pumping and dumping breast milk in rehab to uncovering family secrets that spanned decades, Emily shares what it’s li... | 52m 48s | ||||||
| 11/25/25 | E253: Acceptance Is Not Giving Up | Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your body forces you to slow down — and your mind wants to fight it? In this week’s episode, Matt and Steve dive into the real-life struggle of acceptance after Matt was sidelined by Lyme disease. No gym, no long walks, barely enough energy to get through the grocery store. It felt like life was slipping by… and the only way forward was accepting what is. Acceptance is one of the core tools of recovery. But it’s also one of the hardest. It can feel like su... | 28m 38s | ||||||
Showing 25 of 297
Sponsor Intelligence
Sign in to see which brands sponsor this podcast, their ad offers, and promo codes.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.