This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without judgment,

pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture.

Hi, this is Annie Grace and welcome to this naked mind podcast. This is my first podcast with two guests,

which is awesome. So it's going to be like probably the best podcast ever. I'm sure. But I'm here with Carly Benson and she is not only kind of alcohol for yourself,

but she's also the founder of Miracles are brewing. She teaches yoga, she's a recovery coach, has just this phenomenal life.

And then of course, Kelly Fitzgerald, which one of my first blogs I ever read was Kelly's blogs over senior Rita,

sub-racynrieta.com. And it's just this fun, inspiring, just uplifting approach of everything, you know, sobriety wise and alcohol for you.

So thank you guys so much for being here.

Yeah, thanks for having us. Thanks for having us.

That's cool. I didn't realize you read when I Kelly's that the post that was at the one that went viral of the one year without alcohol one,

Annie, is that the one you read?

I don't know how I felt. I read a ton of your stuff, like tons of it. It was also good, but I don't know if it was the viral one.

That's so cool. I was just kind of following your blogs, since like the very beginning.

Avably. Yeah.

So cool. It's very cool.

So what it's going to do is just hear you guys's story. You know, where did that all start? What was your life like when you're still drinking and just start us at the beginning?

Cool. Kelly, do you want to go first?

Sure.

Well, paraphrase, mine because I feel like I could go on and on.

Okay, so I'm originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia. I grew up there.

I was a middle class family.

Pretty normal childhood, although I did girl with alcoholism in my home.

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