E45: Kelly Giannuzzi "Seemed" to Have it Together. Until She Didn't

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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

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Kelly Giannuzzi is a mom of three boys who "seemed" to have it all together. Great husband, beautiful house and amazing kids. She was the the picture of the American Dream. What you didn't see was that she was silently battling postpartum depression, crippled by anxiety and relied far too heavily on "mommy juice." In January 2021, she reached her bottom and decided to stop drinking. She has not picked up since. Kelly's path to sobriety might be di...

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0:00.0	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.
0:13.2	Contact the show at our website, not alonerecovery.com. A lot of great recovery resources there and adding stuff as time goes by.
0:22.1	And if you could do us a huge favor, go on to Apple Podcasts and give us a five-star review.
0:27.8	Tell us what you like.
0:28.7	Tell us what you don't like so you can help craft the show.
0:31.0	We do not speak for any 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
0:36.2	And we have a treat for you tonight. We have a guest
0:38.6	with us, Kelly Giannuzi, who is pretty newly sober. She has a little bit different of a story that
0:46.6	she's going to share with us tonight. And I think you're going to be able to identify and really
0:52.5	like this one. Kelly, welcome. Hi, Matt. Thank you so much for having me. Hey, you're going to be able to identify and really like this one. Kelly, welcome.
0:59.5	Hi, Matt. Thank you so much for having me. Hey, you're welcome. It's, it's great to have you here.
1:05.4	Anybody that John can vouch for, uh, I think is good. Oh, you're in trouble now. Yeah, you absolutely are. So you work out with this knucklehead? Oh, I try to keep up with him.
1:10.7	She is a machine.
1:14.5	A machine.
1:16.6	I'm obsessed with it.
1:17.9	It keeps me healthy.
1:19.9	Yeah, obsessions.
1:22.6	It's funny how addictions get moved.
1:24.4	I don't know about obsessions.
1:25.4	Not a thing.
1:26.4	Not a thing.
1:27.5	Right.
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