Audrey's Story

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Audrey reflects on the effects that her dysfunctional family of origin dynamics have had relative to her slide into a problematic relationship with alcohol and subsequent sobriety. Resources discussed in this episode include: Information on codependency and narcissism from Sherry Gaba "Embrace" body image documentary https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862478/ Body Kindness Podcast "This Naked Mind" by Annie Grace Stages of Change explained on Jean's blog UnPickled "Drinking: A Love Story" by Caroline Knapp Host Jean McCarthy's blog UnPickled is here. Be sure to watch for her newest book releases at www.jeanmccarthy.ca/books

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0:00.0	I own it, I did that, not proud, but that was me, and when I face it, I take back a little dignity, not looking for excuses, I just want to be free from power.
0:22.9	Weakness had on me.
0:25.4	Free, free, free, free, free.
0:32.1	Hello and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:42.2	I'm Gene McCarthy, and I write the blog Unpickled, where I've been telling my story of life after alcohol since my first day of sobriety in 2011.
0:52.1	For nine years now, I've been telling my story there, and I hold space for your stories here.
0:58.8	Now, the woman you'll meet today has done a lot of work, understanding how her early experiences in her
1:04.8	family of origin might have set her up for the addiction that was to unfold as she grew older. And she has done everything
1:13.6	she can to break the mold and change her life going forward. Meet Audrey. This is her story.
1:20.4	Hello there, Audrey. Welcome to the bubble hour. Hi, Jean. It's nice to chat with you. Thank you for being here.
1:27.2	You're welcome. It's nice to chat with you. Thank you for being here. You're welcome.
1:28.1	It's nice to chat with you, too.
1:29.8	Now, I know you have a super busy household, and so for you to carve out this time to literally hide away and chat with me.
1:39.5	It means a lot.
1:42.5	Thank you.
1:43.3	Thank you for making the effort to do this.
1:45.1	I really appreciate it.
1:46.7	Oh, of course.
1:48.2	The bubble hour was the first recovery podcast I listened to,
1:53.5	and I listened to it for a while before I took the plunge.
1:57.0	So I'm so happy to give back a little.
2:03.6	Oh, that's so nice. And you and I have been emailing for a few years or messaging back and forth for a few years. And then we did get to meet
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