277: When No One Else Can See the Alcohol Problem but You With Julie Huck

Soberful

Veronica Valli & Chip Somers

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

An alcohol problem shows up on the inside long before it shows up on the outside. When people saw Julie, she looked like an attractive, busy mom who had everything: a great husband, a business and a great lifestyle. What they couldn't see was how she felt on the inside, the shame, self-loathing and guilt from her drinking. Julie looked for help from a wellness professional who told her to drink organic wine as it was better for you and from a therapist who told her as she didn't drink in secret, she couldn't have a problem. But Julie knew she did. She finally stopped two years ago and has been on a journey of self-discovery ever since. Her husband now tells her she is way more fun sober. Julie is like so many women, quietly struggling and falling apart and using alcohol as a way to reward herself for just surviving the day. Her story will inspire you.

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0:00.0	I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting
0:10.2	that story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure.
0:22.4	I could touch but never hold.
0:27.6	Hey, everybody, and you are listening to the Soberful podcast.
0:31.3	And I am joined today by the very, very lovely Julie Huck.
0:36.8	Hi, Julie.
0:37.4	Welcome to the podcast. Hi, Veronica. Thanks for
0:40.8	having me. I'm excited to be here. I'm excited to have you. So Julie is a mom and co-owner of a large
0:49.8	real estate business in the Midwest. And she has been sober for how long have you been sober now,
0:56.2	Julie? Almost two years. Wow. It'll be two years in a few months. So I've known you for over a
1:04.7	year now, right? About 15 months when we started working together. Wow. Yes. Last April,
1:10.1	I started working with you, I believe it was.
1:12.4	Gosh. So I wanted to invite Julie on to tell a story because I think she is going to have a story
1:17.6	that a lot of people are going to relate to. Some of you will watch this on YouTube.
1:22.0	You'll see Julie is a very attractive, just mom, businesswoman, wife. On the outside, everything looks like it's fine, right?
1:31.0	That's right. Yeah. But on the inside, it wasn't. No, no, it wasn't. So you mentioned that my
1:38.5	husband and I own a business. So we started our real estate business about 16 years ago. And we've been really building and
1:48.4	growing that business. And then I got pregnant with my first son. And I did go back to work
1:56.5	right after I had him. And then I got pregnant right right after that about 22 months apart my boys are
2:03.0	and I did not go back to work right away after I had him so that period of my life was just
2:12.3	really intense right just to have two boys back to back we're growing growing and building a business. I drink. I mean,
2:20.5	I drank in high school. I went to parties. I drank in college. But, you know, I would say,
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