Holiday Tips from UnPickled Blog

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Whether it's your first year of sobriety or you have decades of experience, the holidays can be a trying time. Here are a few things to consider as you make your way through the weeks ahead. This is an audio version of a post on Jean McCarthy's blog UnPickled. You can find the original post here: http://unpickledblog.com/2021/12/12/encouragement-for-the-holidays/

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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.
0:33.4	Hi, everyone.
0:34.9	I'm Gene McCarthy, and this is the bubble hour. Now, I do like to do a special
0:40.9	episode this time of year to give you a little bit of extra resources and make you think
0:47.2	a bit about the holidays and put a little bit of extra effort into looking after yourself
0:51.6	during this busy time. What I've done this year is something a bit
0:55.2	different. I am sharing with you an audio version of an unpickled post that I am releasing
1:02.0	just today to list 10 tips for the holiday season. Now, these are based on the book that I wrote
1:08.5	called the Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide. You can get that
1:11.9	in print and an ebook from Amazon or you can go to my website. It's jean McCarthy.ca. Here is 10
1:19.9	tips for the holidays 2021 from my blog on Pickled. If you would like to read the print version of
1:27.4	this post slash podcast, you will find it at
1:30.9	Unpickled blog.com.
1:35.5	Well, hello, friends.
1:37.2	I'm checking in to see how you're feeling about the holidays this year.
1:41.6	My life has been swimming merrily along as I take sobriety in stride and live
1:46.6	my life to the fullest. Most of my energy has been directed to book projects this year, so stay tuned
1:52.9	for news. There are two new books in the Unpickled series that should be appearing in the next
2:00.1	few months. And I've also been working on the
2:02.5	bubble hour podcast, although I took a break from everything for the past six months. I know
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