E269: My Drinking Had a Formula (And It Always Ended the Same)

About this episode

Matt and Steve discuss the concept of sobriety as a recipe for life changes rather than just a set of rules.

Send us Fan Mail Nobody gets sober because they want to stop drinking. They get sober because their life isn't working — and somewhere along the way, someone handed them a set of instructions that actually helped. Matt and Steve call it the recipe. Not a rulebook, not a religious text, not a list of suggestions. A recipe. Follow the steps enough times and something unexpected happens — it stops being something you do and starts being how you live. In this episode they dig into what sobriety a...

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Steve

Topics covered

• sobriety
• recovery
• life changes
• mental health
• personal growth

Keywords

• sobriety
• drinking
• recovery
• life instructions
• mental health
• personal development

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