Jenny's Story

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Jenny, the youngest child in a big family with little parental supervision, was introduced to alcohol at a young age by her older siblings. She soon became an episodic blackout drinker and the pattern continued into her adult years. Now in her 40s, Jenny is celebrating a year of sobriety and shares her story to mark the occasion. For links to resources mentioned in this episode, click here: www.jeanmccarthy.ca/the-bubble-hour Visit host Jean McCarthy's blog UnPickled and be sure to check out 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.
0:33.4	Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:40.4	I'm Gene McCarthy, recovery author, blogger, and podcast host.
0:45.0	I've been chronicling my adventures in life after alcohol since my first day of sobriety over nine years ago in my blog Unpickled and in books like the Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide
0:56.6	and my recently released poetry collection, The Ember Ever There. I tell my stories there and I hold
1:02.9	space for your stories here. And today I'm holding space for Jenny. Hi Jenny. Welcome to the bubble hour. Hi, Gene. Thank you for having me.
1:13.9	Now, you are here in connection with a milestone. Is that right? That is correct. Yes. Where are you at?
1:21.3	Tomorrow, I will have 365 days alcohol free. One whole revolution around the sun.
1:28.9	Yes, yes.
1:30.6	And my, how the world has changed in the last 12 months, not just your sobriety, but who could
1:35.8	have guessed?
1:36.6	Oh, my gosh.
1:37.4	Right.
1:37.8	Yeah.
1:38.3	Yeah.
1:38.6	It's been amazing, actually.
1:40.5	So, yeah, I guess it's serving you well through everything that's going on these days. As we're recording it, we are in the COVID summer 2020. So there's lots happening. But never mind all of that. Let's get to know you. Tell us about yourself and tell us your story.
1:56.9	Okay. Well, my name, as I said, is Jenny. I'm 45. I'm married. I've been married for 22 years.
2:04.0	I have three kids, two boys and a girl. My daughter's 11, and my two boys are 14 and 17.
2:11.2	I live in a close to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a little town called Cedarberg. It's a cute little town.
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