I own it, I didn't, not proud that was me, and when I face it a little dignity, not looking for excuses.

I just want to be free from power

weakness head on sea

Free, free, free, free, free, free.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction

and recovery.

I'm your host, Gene McCarthy.

I write the blog Unpickled and I've been telling my story of life after alcohol there

since my very first day of sobriety back in 2011.

So that's where I tell my stories.

And then I invite all of you to tell your stories here.

Before I get to today's guest, I just want to give you a little heads up with something

very exciting that I have in the works for the summer.

So I have quite a lot going on this summer.

Our new little grandson

Fletcher arrived and he's just adorable. So that's three little grandsons for us and that's, of course,

very fun and time consuming. We have a wedding coming up in two weeks or other sons getting married.

That will be fantastic. And then, thank you, thank you.

I'm going on vacation to the lake to hide out for a couple weeks and put the finishing

touches on the novel that I'm writing.

So while I'm there, I am going to plan ahead so that there are some really great podcasts

for you to listen to while I'm gone.

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