Gayle Macdonald of Sober Bliss

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Gayle and her husband moved to a village in Spain in search of a safer, quieter life. The tranquillity and isolation of their new location were wonderful in many ways, but also set off an escalation of alcohol use that eventually seemed to take over their lives. Hear how Gayle and her husband made positive changes and how she is now helping others through her website Sober Bliss at www.soberbliss.com Host Jean McCarthy blogs about her own recovery at UnPickled www.unpickledblog.com. Stay up to date on her latest book releases at www.jeanmccarthy.ca/books

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0:00.0	I own it, I did that, not proud, but that was me, and when I face it, I take back a little dignity, not looking for excuses, I just want to be free from power.
0:22.9	Weakness had on me.
0:25.4	Free, free, free, free, free.
0:31.6	Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction
0:40.4	and recovery. I'm your host, Gene McCarthy, author and blogger over at Unpickled, where I've been
0:46.7	telling my story of life after alcohol since my first day of sobriety in 2011. I tell my story there and hold space for your stories here.
0:57.0	And today on the show, I am very excited to introduce you to Gail MacDonald.
1:01.0	Now, Gail created sober bliss as a hub of recovery information and encouragement for moms
1:06.6	who want to change their relationship with alcohol. And Gail joins me today from her home in Spain.
1:13.3	Gail, welcome to the bubble hour.
1:15.5	Hi, Jean.
1:16.3	Thank you so much for having me.
1:18.6	It's lovely to chat with you.
1:20.8	We were messaging this morning.
1:22.8	I know it's evening now where you are, I believe,
1:25.0	and it's afternoon here,
1:26.7	and I'm in the mountains in Canada,
1:28.6	and you are in Spain, and this is just amazing that we manage to connect. It's so great.
1:35.9	It's cool. It's cool. Well, before I ask you to share your story, tell me a little bit about
1:42.4	where it is that you live and what your life is
1:44.4	like there. Okay. Well, as you said, I live in Spain. I live in the south of Spain in a tiny
1:52.1	little village which is quite high up in the mountains. I think we're about a thousand meters
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