You're listening to the Recovery Happy Hour Podcast. Hi guys welcome to recovery happy hour where we talk about life beyond the bottle and what happens after we get sober.

I'm your host Tricia, thanks for joining me.

I wanted to introduce today's interview by covering a topic that I've touched on before

but I want to get deeper into.

I'm going to call these sobriety New Year's resolutions.

Did you know that New Year's resolutions last an average of six weeks?

I used to work for a

national gym chain. January was definitely the busiest month of the year, but by

March we were always back to normal. When we think about getting sober,

I think a lot of us decide that we need to do a total life makeover,

like it's a New Year's resolution.

And that's not a bad thing,

because quitting drinking and creating a program of recovery will absolutely

force you to make over your life.

That's something that we may need to consider when giving up a toxic addictive poison that

we are emotionally and sometimes physically

dependent on is that addiction is serious. Yes, this is going to make us feel

better, but it's not a quick three-day juice cleanse. This is not one of those times when you

imagine your ideal life on December 31st and on January 1st you make a hundred

changes at the same time to try to achieve some imaginary perfectly healthy lifestyle.

We're finding a disease that globally kills over 3 million people a year.

So this is a time to focus on one thing, not drinking. If adding

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