Don Matis, Jr. on What It Takes to Stay Sober 40 Years | Episode 503
Forty years sober sounds like a headline, but it’s actually thousands of small choices stacked on top of each other. We met up with Don Matis Jr. out at Hudson Springs Park on a bright day to celebrate a bright kind of win: four decades free from alcohol and drugs. Don doesn’t romanticize recovery. He talks about how sobriety is built minute by minute, how quickly “just one” can turn into a full relapse, and why staying alert matters even after 20 or 40 years.We also go deeper than the milestone. Don shares how early trauma and early drinking can shape emotional growth, why blackouts and drug…
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