I own it, I did that, not proud that was me, and when I face it, a little dignity, not looking for excuses, I just want to be free from power

weakness head on sea

Free, free, free, free, free.

Hi everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.

I'm your host, Gene McCarthy.

I write the blog Unpickled.

I've been telling my story of life after alcohol since my very first day of sobriety in 2011.

I tell my story there, and I invite you to share your stories here.

Now, I'm just back from vacation, so I haven't had any live shows for the last few weeks,

but you may have noticed that before I left, I posted four interviews with the former hosts and co-hosts of the bubble hour.

So if you haven't listened to them yet, there's a nice treat waiting for you an hour each

with Ellie, Amanda, Catherine, and Lisa.

And we all love and miss their voices so much.

And I found it such a treat to have a conversation and catch up with each of them.

And even just to have the warm

bomb of their voices wash over me.

And if you're new to the bubble hour and you're not familiar with those ladies, I guarantee

that listening to those interviews will make you want to go back into the old episodes

and hear more from them and learn more about their stories from back then.

So thanks to all of you who wrote and said how much you enjoyed it, I certainly found it to be a

huge treat. When I was on vacation, it rained one day and I got something off of my checklist

of to-do and that was to create a website that would put the bubble hour and unpickled and

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