A note to the listeners, today's discussion includes suicide and child abuse.

Please listen with care.

Recovery Happy Hour, Season 4 starts now. Hi guys welcome to Recovery Happy Hour where we talk about life beyond the

bottle and what happens after we stop drinking I'm your host Tricia and there's a hundred percent chance that

something I say today will offend someone somewhere. Thank you for joining me.

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your first month. Well welcome back everyone. I hope you all enjoyed your break.

I know I certainly did. I took most of August off from the podcast to give me a chance to rest up.

I visited some friends in Oregon and went and hung out in Montana at the Recovery Elevator Bozeman

retreat that I'd been promoting all summer. If you'd like to know more about what

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