E105: Jean McCarthy Realized She Didn’t Have to Wait for Rock Bottom to Get Sober

Sober Friends

Matt J

12 Steps, Spirituality, Personal Journals, Mental Health, Sober, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Addiction, Religion & Spirituality, Alcohol Free, Sober Curious, Alcoholics Anonymous, Dry January, Society & Culture, Sobriety

4.3 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Jean McCarthy is the host of the podcasts, The Bubble Hour and Tiny Bubbles. Jean is also the author of Take Good Care, The Ember Ever There and the Unpickled series of recovery books. Jean was terrified to walk into an AA meeting when she got sober. It was an epiphany for Jean to quit drinking when she was ahead, instead of waiting until she lost it all. She was active and visible in her community and was concerned about what people would think about her.&...

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0:00.0	I don't even know. I was just a piece of garbage masquerading as a human being.
0:07.0	And that somehow I'd managed to fool my husband all these years and he was going to figure it out and leave me.
0:13.0	And that my sons would figure it out.
0:19.0	And that they would stop loving me.
0:21.6	Like, wow, that's 12 years sober and I'm...
0:24.6	It still hits me.
0:26.6	I think that's my bottom, really.
0:28.6	And I didn't even know I was there.
0:30.6	It's only after we start to heal and I realized,
0:32.6	oh my God, this was my core truth that I lived with.
0:35.6	This is what I was drinking. To try to numb was the
0:40.0	pain of believing that I was so unlovable that my own family would abandon me.
0:48.8	I'm Matt. Hey, I'm Steve. Hey, I'm John. This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:58.7	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
1:03.9	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day.
1:05.6	Now we overcame those struggles.
1:09.4	We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
1:10.6	You're not alone.
1:13.0	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
1:14.7	Poor Steve isn't with us tonight.
1:15.8	He's not feeling well.
1:18.0	He finally got the Rona.
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