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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 I no longer drink alcohol and that's probably the least interesting

thing about me.

Thank you for joining me.

Well happy Tuesday, y'all we're going to get right into this.

On today's interview, we're talking with someone who's a triathlete and he's a great

example of the point that I'm going to try to make in this brief introduction.

When my drinking was at its worst in 2016, I was probably working out about four to five

days a week.

I worked out either with a personal trainer or I would do weights or go running on my own.

I've always been really athletic.

My trainer didn't know that I had a drinking problem.

If she did, she certainly never let it on.

She definitely didn't know that I had vodka in my water bottle on some of those days where

I said I was tired and just wanted to go for a walk.

I had started to use working out as a reason why I earned my drinks and you can't see me,

I'm using air quotes right now, earned my drinks.

And simultaneously, it's also what helped me recover from drinking because I needed to

sweat out the booze in the morning in order to get anything done that day.

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