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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast

@soberfriendspod.bsky.social
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Sober since 3/21/14. Also a news and wrestling junkie. #sobersky Soberfriendspod.com

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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Grief is not just a feeling that happens when something goes wrong. It can happen when things go exactly as they should. #sobersky www.soberfriendspod.com/p/nothing-wa...
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Nothing Was Wrong. I Still Had to Grieve
My son did exactly what I prepared him for. So why was it so hard for me to accept?
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Why do I fall into these patterns of negative self talk? It’s ok to be kind to yourself when you’ve done the right thing. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social I’m a simple guy when I visit Newport. I generally eat at the Brick Alley. I know what I’m going to get and can feed my family cheaply. We both have Western Mass roots so I assume shared values. As a Newport guy, where do you recommend?
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I thought I had strength gutting things out. It wasn’t strength and I was working too hard. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Cold War question: How plausible was the 1979 “First Strike” scenario? Threads terrifies by showing the aftermath. First Strike scares me differently: the idea the U.S. could be nuked and unable to respond. youtu.be/451h8eQ5e4A?...
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First Strike (1979) Full Length Nuclear Attack Sequence
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I thought suffering in silence meant I was strong. It only extended my pain. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Looking at this print at The Brick Alley, realized you could push Trump’s button by saying, we defended the America’s Cup for over 100 yrs and now we don’t even challenge. He’d put a 200% tariff on New Zealand and demand an automatic challenge. He’d run his mouth for 2 yrs.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Thoughts on 1990’s By Dawn’s Early Light? It’s underrated. The terror of the accidental, even by likable protagonists. Though Landau’s Prez is likable, he make mistakes leading to the sacrifice of The Looking Glass. “Do better next time,” cuts hard.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I spent a ton of time trying to tell myself I didn’t have a problem. That might have been the clue I did. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Not that I’m from Maine, but your argument on Charlie Syke’s podcast in the middle of June made me think, “yeah, I wouldn’t vote for the guy if I lived there. I don’t want to be in for the slippery slope.” I appreciate you giving me some common sense to think about.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Thank you for the delightfully obscure Paul Tsongus impression. He was my 1992 choice for president. Now for @thebulwark.com appearance 38, I challenge you to do an Edward Bolland.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I see this through a different lens as someone in recovery. Rand Paul’s son is 33 years old and has a history of alcohol related history. This isn’t a political story. It’s one about someone struggling with alcohol. #sobersky www.notus.org/congress/wil...
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
@jvl.bsky.social Huge miss not dropping this into the Bread Episode of The SubBeacon podcast. #dabread
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
What does it say about me that whenever I discuss Huey Lewis with someone that I also have to add in information about that other attribute he shares with Milton Berle? I guess I’m still sick and suffering. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@mayor.nyc.gov Mr Mayor, could we we get a ticker tape parade for these heroes? #artemisII
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is a picture of everything that is right in the world. It’s felt like the news and current events have been awful for so long. Then I see the joy in Victor Glover and Christina Koch’s faces. #artemisII
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
@dicknixon.bsky.social Is this true? We’ll always hear from you, Mr, President?
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social I immediately thought of you when I stumbled upon this post. This is the honest to God, real account of the Nixon Foundation. I’d be dying to know what Mr Nixon would be thinking watching this.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I wasn’t alive when NASA faked the Apollo moon landings so I feel fortunate to be alive when NASA is faking the Artemis II mission. 🤣 /j #artemis2
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Not seeing AT40 posts anymore. I’m sure I’m years late on the Tom. I’d be willing to open a stream to do it live!
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Artemis II mission is something we can all get behind. We are seeing humans farther than any person has ever been. It’s an incredible accomplishment.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I took my last drink on March 21, 2014. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Fact-Checking the Doctor's Opinion: The Legend Vs. The Record. #sobersky open.substack.com/pub/soberfri...
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Fact-Checking the Doctor's Opinion: The Legend vs. The Record
To me, facts matter. They make our program better.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Thinking is making this my new profile picture.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Confession: I'm terrible at calling people in recovery right now. I know it helps. I know the phone works. I still don't do it. So I wrote this for you, but also for me. #sobersky open.substack.com/pub/soberfri...
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Why Is Calling People In Recovery So Hard?
The phone is not 500 pounds. It just feels that way
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
@mnangryman.bsky.social Heard you with @timodc.bsky.social and @thebulwark.com. Great job. Love when you go from mild Minnesota accent to pissed with edge in your voice. If I lived in MN, I’d be out with you.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
You MFers laugh! But as someone with ADHD and autism, this is my burden! @theonion.com #sobersky #audhd
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
On my second substack I did an addiction deep dive on the band Chicago. Something anyone in recovery can relate to. So much went wrong and so many opportunities to right the ship, never happened. open.substack.com/pub/genxplay...
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The Tragedy of Chicago - Part 1
I thought Chicago was a band cranking out power ballads that Peter Cetera fronted, then left in the the 80's. The truth was far more fascinating and dark than I imagined.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I’m horrified by Rob Reiner’s passing. Horrified. I don’t know what to say. Heartbreaking.
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Tori @toribillsfriend.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
"In our addiction, we didn't care. We didn't care about other people...We didn't care for ourselves...We didn't care about living...In our recovery, we do care. We care about others, ourselves & life. Our spirits are on the move again. There's life in our hearts...And we're daring to dream... -KIS
"Addicts aren't bad people trying to be good. They're sick people trying to get well." #SoberSky #Recovery #Sobriety
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
You don't have to wait for rock bottom to stop drinking. #sobersky open.substack.com/pub/soberfri...
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Don't Wait for Rock Bottom
Why the concept of "hitting bottom" keeps people drinking longer than they should
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I’m down 60 pounds from my peak in early 2024. Wegovy helped. Diet and a new exercise routine did a lot and gained Lyme Disease took another 10 pounds off. 228 pounds in a new suit. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Acceptance works every time it's tried. So why is it so hard? #sobersky open.substack.com/pub/soberfri...
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Acceptance Is Not Giving Up
Last week, I received a message through my Buzzsprout page that stopped me in my tracks.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Those of us in recovery are more interesting than normal people. More creative too. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I’ve had Lyme Disease for almost two weeks. You better believe I’m going to slather bug spray on me next time I go to the garden. I would not wish this on my worst enemy. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Wait @radiofreetom.bsky.social Where were you a DJ? A former DJ has an inquiring mind.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I really don’t like Bill’s argument for God in “We Agnostics.” Lots of straw men. He would have been better sticking with the “contempt prior to investigation” tact. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@jeffpearlman.bsky.social I love your TikTok and the OC political account. I loved this week’s Press Box Chronicles on Mark “The Bird” Fidrych. It was tough to hear how he passed. I have another suggestion. Ted Williams. 1/11
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
@jeffpearlman.bsky.social I’d love to see a Press Box Chronicles on Dale Murphy, my hero of the 80’s Superstation. An all around stud, until one day, all his tools disappeared. 1
Yes Jeff. I used an SI cover specifically because you worked there
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Im at The Big E. One of the biggest fall festivals in the US. Inside one of the buildings is an inside, permanent bar. I felt so sad and down seeing that people need to sit at a bar at a festival. But grateful I’m not one of those poor souls anymore. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Someone, came into a meeting on Monday wearing this shirt. Yesterday, did those beautiful little children, at that Catholic school have hearts without God? Did the parents who sent their children to a Catholic school have a home without disappoint? Was the school without prayer? #sobersky
A dumb fucking T-Shirt sold to ignorant people
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
QT this with someone you wish was still alive.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
@jvl.bsky.social
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
It brings me so much joy that my daughters created and added this emoji as my 17 year old son’s permanent avatar in our contact list.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social I’m on Chapter 4 of How To Lose Your Mother. Our circumstance of upbringing are different, but the mental trauma is the same. I have the audio book and hearing you read it conveys such raw emotion. You need to give yourself more credit. You are a survivor.
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The world can seem dark sometimes yet those of us in recovery still can’t drink over it. Let’s shake our tushies over another sober weekend with Peter Allen. #sobersky
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The booze worked. Until it didn't. #sobersky open.substack.com/pub/soberfri...
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The Booze Stopped Working
And That’s When the Real Work Began
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Heck of a parade, Donnie! #nokings
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Matt J from Sober Friends Podcast @soberfriendspod.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This story about “Freddie Mercury’s daughter” is BS, right?
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