Gaby's Story: Back from the Edge...Twice

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2016

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Gaby had it all...until it disappeared overnight. Alcohol was a comfort through the difficult years that followed...until it nearly took her life. You might think this would convince her to never drink again, yet she chose to try moderating after regaining her health and was soon back in care fighting to stay alive. Today she is thriving in sobriety and hopes her story will convince others to stay alcohol-free in recovery.

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0:00.0	blog talk radio
0:01.5	I own it
0:11.2	not proud that was me
0:14.5	and when I face it
0:16.1	a little dignity
0:19.1	not looking for excuses
0:21.7	I just want to be free
0:24.3	From power
0:25.4	weakness head on sea
0:28.1	Free, free, free, free, free, free.
0:46.6	Well, hello there, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:47.9	My name is Jean.
0:55.9	I'm a person in successful long-term recovery from alcohol addiction, and I write about my five, more than five years of sobriety over at unpickled blog.com. And I tell my story there and I invite you to tell your story here.
1:02.5	And that is exactly how tonight's guest arrived on our podcast. Gabby's a listener who wrote in
1:08.8	to let us know how the bubble hour was supporting her sober
1:11.7	lifestyle, and when I heard her story, I asked her to come on and share it with all of you.
1:17.5	So Gabby had her first drink at the age of 13 and has spent the majority of her adult life as a high
1:22.4	functioning alcoholic.
1:24.2	She's a little over three years sober.
1:26.0	She's been divorced for one year and is a full-time user interface designer and developer for a large networking company in San Jose, California.
1:33.3	Gabby turned to alcohol for comfort when her seemingly perfect life was turned upside down by the housing crash in 2008.
1:40.3	And she soon found herself in the hospital fighting for her life.
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