A note to the listeners. This interview discusses rape and meth.

Please listen with care.

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It's season 3 of Recovery Happy Hour. hour. 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 and my

spirit animal is a dog that chases the vacuum cleaner.

Thank you for joining me today.

All right on today's episode, we're celebrating a birthday.

Today, Recovery Happy Hour turns one year old.

When I began this podcast 54 episodes ago, I was hoping it would grow and maybe reach a handful of people,

helping them to figure out if they were ready to move forward

with a life without alcohol, or maybe to inspire them to pick up some new tools if they were already

sober.

My biggest inspiration was to make sure that we addressed the fear of missing out and to talk to guests who had plenty of sobriety who could share their personal experiences and prove that life doesn't end when you quit drinking and I think we've done that and we're going to keep building around that message in the upcoming year.

When I launched last July, I was so excited when I had 1800 downloads in my first month. But by June of 2019

wrapping up my first year I averaged 18,000 downloads a month and that's a lot more than a handful.

So I am so, so, so grateful that you're all listening and participating,

sending me your emails and feedback and

getting value from the message. Subur by Southwest was born out of this

podcast and it grew into a project that can only be described as magical.

The Instagram community has been a huge part of building this following of the

podcast and at Recovery Happy Hour on Instagram has grown to just under 7,000 followers with so many of you

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