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The Bubble Hour

Guest: Sam Anthony Lucania

The Bubble Hour

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7560 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Sam is a drug addict and alcoholic in recovery who is using his sobriety to help others. He is a public speaker and author of "Hands Like You're Praying" - a memoir co-written with his wife Rachel about his long journey from addiction to a life of service. To learn more about Sam visit his website www.samanthonyspeaks.com

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0:00.0

I own it, I didn't, not proud that was me, and when I face it, a little dignity, not looking for excuse me, I just want to be free from power, weakness head on the sea.

0:24.5

Free, free, free, free, free, free.

0:31.5

Well, hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of The Bubble Hour,

0:40.3

where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.

0:44.1

I'm your host, Jean McCarthy.

0:45.9

I write the blog Unpickled, where I've been telling my story of life after alcohol

0:50.3

since my first day of sobriety eight years ago this week.

0:55.1

And my guest today is Sam Anthony Lucania.

0:58.8

Samanthony Speaks.com is his website, and he is a speaker and an author, a man in

1:05.1

recovery from drug and alcohol addiction who is using his sobriety to help others.

1:10.3

Sam is the author of the book, Hands Like You're Praying, a memoir that he co-wrote with his

1:14.6

wife, Rachel, about his long and twisted journey from addiction to a life of recovery

1:20.4

and service.

1:21.3

Sam, welcome to the bubble hour.

1:23.9

Thank you so much for having you.

1:25.4

It's a pleasure to be here.

1:26.9

I'm glad you're here, and I'm glad you're here on this planet because after reading your book, you know, man, I'm glad you survived everything you went through.

1:35.7

And our listeners will get to hear a bit about that this morning.

1:38.6

So how about we just jump right into your story.

1:41.5

Tell us about who you are and how you got here today.

1:45.2

Yeah, absolutely. And I definitely agree with that. You know, I saw my hospital report after my

1:50.1

overdose in 2013, and I'm not supposed to be here. I'm definitely one of the lucky ones. And

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