You're listening to the recovery happy hour podcast and season seven starts now.

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Hi everyone, welcome to Recovery Happy Hour, where we talk about life beyond the bottle and

what happens after we stop drinking.

I'm your host Trisha, and my current TV obsession is the only way is Essex.

So apologies if I suddenly drop a British accent, mid-intro, or call you babes.

And thank you for joining me.

Well, good time of the day to you, happy day.

The week to you as well.

For today's introduction, I want to talk about recovery versus sobriety.

One of the things that Kate mentions in the beginning of her story is all of the times

that she unsuccessfully tried to quit drinking before her sober date in 2018.

She talks about white neckling it and how ultimately that failed for her.

I think that most of us who can't quit drinking on our own have had many stops and starts

before it finally sticks, and that's probably why you're listening to this podcast.

A common misconception is that quitting drinking means you just stop drinking alcohol.

And that's it.

You're done.

You don't change anything else.

Just remove that one liquid from your glass, and that is all.

That's sobriety.

Sure, you know, you're not putting that substance in your body anymore.

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