Eric Zimmer

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869 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Jun

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Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg · How Small Actions Rewrite Identity (with Eric Zimmer) · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

And it was, you know, it was a socially acceptable thing. matched

So yeah, it was harder in that way. matched

Like I was just saying, it was sort of an intellectual exercise. matched

I had to keep connecting the dots. matched

It was easier in some ways because I knew the terrain. matched

I knew that I had stopped before. matched

I knew kind of how to do it. matched

I still needed the support of a 12-step program to do it. matched

But I would say if you asked me which was the harder time, I would say the second time was much more difficult getting sober than the first time. matched

It just felt like I battled it harder for a long time. matched

Circumstances were different too, right? matched

The first time I was in a treatment center and then I was in a halfway house. matched

I was surrounded by recovery. matched

That was all I had to do. matched

The second time I'm working, I have a demanding career. matched

I have two kids. matched

I have a marriage that's not good. matched

And in the midst of all that, I have to figure out how to get sober. matched

So circumstances made it more difficult also. matched

I don't think it's it points to something that's directionally true, which is you're not going to give up the thing that you love and depend on if there's not if it's not causing problems in your life. matched

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