47 | Reflecting on Fifteen Years of Continuous Sobriety

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July 2nd, 2025 marked fifteen years of continuous sobriety for me. And since I wrote about it two years ago and then recorded an episode about it last year, it seems like marking my time on this platform has become a tradition.

But I don’t feel good this week! (I’m kinda sick). So, I sat down and recorded something anyway and captured what’s true for me in this moment.

I set out to talk about staying positive without being toxic, and then I ended up having a lot to say about that, as well as:

• feeling our feelings
• the relationship between fear and faith
• step two and believing change is possible
• that we can’t do life alone
• we get to choose our perspective
• and a bunch of other sober shit :)

So, if you want to hear me be a bit rambly and reflective and willing to normalize tha ...