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Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

Alcohol was going to cost Andy everything.

Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

Brad McLeod

Mental Health, Alternative Health, Sobriety, Sober, Education, Quit Drinking, Alcohol Free, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8596 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Sober Motivation Podcast, I sit down with Andy to discuss Andy's incredible journey to sobriety. We jump into Andy's childhood, his early relationship with alcohol, his struggles, and the moments that made him decide to seek help. Andy shares his experiences with the Sober Motivation community and highlights the positive changes that have come from his sobriety. This episode offers an honest and inspiring look at the challenges and changes of living a sober life.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to season four of the sober motivation podcast.

0:03.1

Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories.

0:08.0

We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time.

0:12.2

Let's go.

0:15.1

In this episode of the podcast, I sit down with my buddy Andy.

0:19.6

Andy and I discuss his incredible journey to sobriety. We jump in

0:23.4

Andy's childhood, his early relationship with alcohol, his struggles, and the moments that made him

0:28.3

decide to seek help. Andy shares his experience with the sober motivation community and highlights

0:34.0

the positive changes that have come from his sobriety. This episode offers an honest and inspiring look at the challenges and changes of living a sober

0:41.6

life. And this is Andy's story on the sober motivation podcast. How's it going, everyone?

0:47.8

This was a really cool episode for a few different reasons. When I used to work with people,

0:52.5

I worked in a treatment center for six years and I worked in a few outpatient places as well at the hospital and a few other

1:01.0

shelters and all kinds of stuff, all kinds of stuff helping people. And you used to be able to

1:07.1

see people come and maybe months, six, four, five, six months later,

1:12.6

you would see them leave and you would say, oh my gosh, you know, look at all of the progress

1:17.2

you made and you could see it physically and you could see it emotionally and you could see it

1:21.4

mentally for them of everything they changed and how everybody was so proud of them.

1:25.9

But now that I'm not working in those places anymore, I don't get to see it like that.

1:30.3

But this was a really cool thing because I remember when Andy jumped into the

1:35.8

Subur Motivation community and we had chatted a little bit before on the side.

1:40.9

And to see where he's at now is incredible and I'm not going to spoil the story, but it is really cool to see the progress that really anybody can make.

1:50.7

I mean, this is just Andy's story, but it's not just exclusive to Andy.

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