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Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

Blacking out was a regular occurrence for Faye

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

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful episode, Brad welcomes Faye to share her journey through childhood, family dynamics, and the challenges of alcohol use. Faye opens up about growing up around parties, the impact of her parents’ separation, and how alcohol became a coping mechanism. She discusses her experiences with blackouts, social anxiety, ADHD, and the turning point that led her to sobriety. We explore the process of self-discovery, the importance of building healthy relationships, and the significance of community in recovery.

Faye on IG: https://www.instagram.com/fayelouise_____/

Sober Motivation Community: https://sobermotivation.mn.co/

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Contact me anytime: brad@sobermotivation.com


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to season four of the Super Motivation Podcast.

0:03.2

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

0:08.2

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

0:12.4

Let's go.

0:15.4

In this episode, I'm joined by Faye to share her journey through childhood, family dynamics,

0:20.4

and the challenges of alcohol use. Faye opens up about journey through childhood, family dynamics, and the challenges

0:20.9

of alcohol use.

0:22.7

Faye opens up about growing up around parties, the impact of her parents' separation,

0:26.7

and how alcohol became a coping mechanism.

0:29.7

She discusses her experiences with blackout social anxiety, ADHD, and the turning point

0:34.9

that led her to sobriety.

0:37.4

We explore the process of self-discovery, building healthy relationships, and the turning point that led her to sobriety. We explored the process of self-discovery, building healthy relationships, and the importance

0:41.8

of community in recovery.

0:43.7

And this is Faye's Story on the sober motivation podcast.

0:47.6

Good to have you for another episode, Brad here.

0:50.8

My kids went back to school today after summer.

0:53.7

So it kind of feels like that's the end of summer.

0:57.0

I mean, it's still nice weather out, but that feels like an end to it.

1:00.5

And I think there's this big shift that can happen in our lives at the end of summer

1:05.0

and ready for the new season.

1:07.4

And I noticed a real big uptick of people getting curious or exploring not drinking anymore.

1:14.5

A lot of new people joining the community.

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