Holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between comfort and growth, and that’s exactly where our conversation lands. We open with the real stuff—Thanksgiving rituals, early dinners with family, the famed pancake line, and how easy it is to sink into cozy routines that quietly steal momentum. The pull is familiar: food as a reward, Netflix as a numb button, even “healthy” habits used as a hideout from the work that actually moves life forward. That friction sets the stage for Step Seven and what h...
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Holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between comfort and growth, and that’s exactly where our conversation lands. We open with the real stuff—Thanksgiving rituals, early dinners with family, the famed pancake line, and how easy it is to sink into cozy routines that quietly steal momentum. The pull is familiar: food as a reward, Netflix as a numb button, even “healthy” habits used as a hideout from the work that actually moves life forward. That friction sets the stage for Step Seven and what h...
We finished a Fourth Step together—and learned why gentleness beats control
The Sober Experience
54 minutes
3 months ago
We finished a Fourth Step together—and learned why gentleness beats control
A viral halftime rumor, a sweltering shop, and a garlic-dusted pile of fries aren’t supposed to lead into one of the most honest Step Four shares you’ll hear—yet that’s exactly where we go. We start light, then drop into the real work: showing up for family without controlling them, letting a burger stand in for surrender, and choosing connection over preferences when love asks for presence more than opinions. From there we open the book and get specific. Sexual inventory isn’t spectacle her...
The Sober Experience
Holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between comfort and growth, and that’s exactly where our conversation lands. We open with the real stuff—Thanksgiving rituals, early dinners with family, the famed pancake line, and how easy it is to sink into cozy routines that quietly steal momentum. The pull is familiar: food as a reward, Netflix as a numb button, even “healthy” habits used as a hideout from the work that actually moves life forward. That friction sets the stage for Step Seven and what h...
