Welcome to You Are Not Alone, a recovery podcast.

My name is Matt Jay and on this show, we're here to share our experience, strength,

and hope recovering from addiction.

You can contact the show at the website, Not Alone Recovery.com. All of the links to social media are there along with ways that you can listen to the podcast.

Now we don't speak for any 12-step group.

We do try to remain anonymous.

And on this week's podcast, I've been tracking down a newcomer for some time, and I'm really excited to bring on

somebody who not only is younger, but also is newer to recovery and got sober during the pandemic,

which absolutely fascinates me. My guest this week is Hannah. Hannah, how are you?

I'm good. Thanks for having me on here, Matt. You're welcome. Hannah, how are you? I'm good.

Thanks for having me on here, Matt.

You're welcome.

I'm glad that you came on.

I think your story can really help people.

So the purpose of doing this podcast when I'm doing this podcast is that it can be difficult

to find recovery, especially right now.

I will tell you, if I was getting sober for the first time, I don't think I would go to a meeting.

I think I'd be scared out of my mind.

It was hard enough to get the courage to go to a newcomer's meeting when I did, let alone go now and figure out, is there a meeting?

Is there not a meeting? Because the second meeting, I remember sitting in the parking lot,

and I'm like, all right, it's good enough that I got to the parking lot.

I can go home.

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