One Last Hit Episode #8 With Austin & Matt | The Non Negotiables of 12-Step Recovery
Episode 8 is a different kind of episode. Matt is back, not as a guest, but as a co-host. We dive headfirst into what it actually takes to stay sober. Inspired by a deep-cut episode of "Three Legacies" featuring Don L., Austin and Matt unpack the practices that hold their lives together: morning prayer and meditation, working with the newcomer, and nightly inventory. They talk about the neuroscience behind why meditation actually works (the prefrontal cortex, Victor Frankl, and the gap between stimulus and response), the difference between sobriety-as-checklist versus sobriety-as-spiritual-practice, and the very real cost of letting the non-negotiables slide. Matt opens up about competing in strongman, his bipolar diagnosis, and how medication finally allowed him to hear the message. Austin gets real about five kids, a busy business, and the mornings where prayer gets swallowed by the workday before it ever starts. They also get into medication-assisted treatment, the danger of self-righteous sobriety groups, and why the nightly inventory is always the first thing to go — right before a relapse.
This is the kind of conversation you have after a meeting in the parking lot when nobody wants to go home yet. Raw, funny, and full of hard-earned wisdom. This is the One Last Hit Podcast.
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