Amy felt so much shame about how big alcohol had become in her life and felt no one would understand.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Within a year of her first drink, Amy's relationship with alcohol took a turn for the worse. Isolation and secrecy became her companions as she found herself hiding her alcohol consumption from those around her. What once seemed like a harmless social lubricant had now entwined itself into the fabric of her life. It wasn't until Amy reached her breaking point that she made the courageous decision to embrace sobriety. It has been seven years since that pivotal moment, and she has since reclaimed her life from the clutches of addiction. Interestingly, when Amy first quit drinking, she didn't fully grasp the magnitude of the risks associated with alcohol consumption.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to season two of the Subur Motivation podcast. Join me, Brad, each week is my guests and I share |
| 0:06.7 | incredible and powerful sobriety stories. We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:13.8 | Let's go. Within a year of her first drink, Amy's relationship with alcohol took a turn for the worse. |
| 0:22.4 | Isolation and secrecy became her companions as she found herself hiding her alcohol consumption from those around her. |
| 0:29.2 | What once seemed like a harmless social lubricant had now intertwined itself into the fabric of her life. |
| 0:36.6 | It wasn't until Amy reached her breaking point that she made the courageous decision to embrace sobriety. |
| 0:43.2 | It has been seven years since that pivotal moment, and she has since reclaimed her life from the clutches of addiction. |
| 0:51.0 | Interestingly, when Amy first quit drinking, she didn't fully grasp the magnitude of the |
| 0:58.1 | risks associated with alcohol consumption. |
| 1:01.1 | And this is Amy's story on the Sober Motivation podcast. |
| 1:05.1 | The Sober Buddy app. |
| 1:06.6 | This community is one of the most supportive I've ever seen. |
| 1:10.5 | Starting with the meeting hosts who lead with support, kindness, and understanding, |
| 1:14.8 | when someone falls, the community rallies to help support and encourage. |
| 1:19.0 | People from all different countries who show up as strangers leave as friends. |
| 1:24.2 | It is a true example of community and connection. |
| 1:27.3 | What makes sober buddies special is everyone is example of community and connection. What makes sober buddy special |
| 1:28.7 | is everyone is working on the same mission to get another day sober so we can live our best |
| 1:35.0 | lives and to provide a safe place so no one feels they have to do it alone. Check out the app |
| 1:41.6 | today or head over to your sober buddy.com and come and join us for some of |
| 1:46.1 | our live support groups. It's hard to find the motivation to get sober when you're in the |
| 1:50.4 | trenches of addiction. It's easy to say I'll stop tomorrow or I'll cut back tonight. What's harder |
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