I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting

that story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure.

I could touch but never hold.

Hey there.

Welcome back to the Sober 4 podcast.

It's Veronica.

And I am going to talk to you today about the process of getting sober. Because getting sober is not an event. It's a process.

And I'm going to talk you through all of those stages. Now, if you're watching this on YouTube,

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you don't miss any of our episodes we have some really great ones coming up okay so there's several

things I'm going to cover in this episode I'm going to cover the process of stopping drinking

I'm going to talk about what to expect what happens how you're going to feel, and how all of those different

processes come together. Now, you've heard me say this many times before. Early sobriety is not

how it is long term. And it's vital that you know that because I have seen countless people

stop drinking. And 30 days in, 50 days in, they feel better because they're not hungover and they've got

more energy and they're sleeping a bit better maybe.

But they do feel quite flat and a bit lost because they haven't rediscovered themselves

as a sober person.

And they start saying to themselves, is this it?

But is this it? Like, is this how it's going to be? Because honestly, I mean, I'm glad I'm not

hung over. I'm glad I'm not making an ass of myself. But this kind of flat, gray,

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