Welcome back to season four of the sober motivation podcast. Join me, Brad, each week as my guests

and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. We're here to show sobriety as possible,

one story at a time. Let's go. On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Olivia about her

sobriety journey, choosing an alcohol-free life, and what it really took to get sober after years of pain.

Olivia opens up about growing up with severe OCD, trauma, and using alcohol as self-medication to quiet anxiety, feel confident, and fit in.

She shares how addiction, bipolar disorder, and escalating alcohol and cocaine use led to chaos,

toxic relationships, rehab attempts, and a near fatal car crash that became her turning point

towards sobriety.

A miracle phone call led to the right opportunity where she learned self-awareness, accountability,

and built a sustainable, sober, alcohol-free life.

This episode is for anyone trying to get sober, stay sober, and keep going.

Proof that recovery and sobriety create a ripple effect for family, healing, and hope.

And this is Olivia's story on the Sober Motivation podcast.

Good to have you back for another podcast episode.

Thank you, as always always for tuning in.

The new year is right around the corner and I've had so many conversations with people and everybody has their different reasons about waiting to the new year to set that as their first day in sobriety.

And I'm not here to tell anybody when to start this journey or how to start it.

That's not really my style at all.

I think we all learn and we'll all figure it out sort of when we put in the effort.

But I just want to push back on that a little bit, waiting for a certain day to start.

I mean, what's different about that day other than a number on a calendar?

I mean, we're still the same person who's going to show up that day.

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