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 me, free, free, free, free, free.

Hello, listeners, and welcome to another episode of the bubble hour where real people tell real

stories of addiction and recovery.

I'm your host, Gene McCarthy.

I write the blog on Pickled, where I have been talking about my life as a person in recovery

since my very first day without alcohol, which was over six years

ago.

You will see there the ups and downs, the ins and outs and a lot of stupidity, a lot of bad thinking

along the way.

But if you read through my blog, you can kind of see me grow as I go.

And hopefully that's something that continues

for a long time because even though I'm sober, I'm not perfect yet. So that's where I tell

my story. And then I hold space here on the bubble hour for you to tell your stories. And this show

helped me get sober. And I know that a lot of you listening have been helped to get sober as well.

And sometimes listeners write in and offer to show their gratitude by sharing their story

with others as a way of kind of paying it forward.

And that's exactly how I came to connect with today's guest, Jessie.

So Jesse is doing things her way.

She is seven months sober, and she's going to tell us about that.

It has not been a perfect ride.

It has not been an easy ride, but she's learned a lot along the way.

And the things that have tripped her up have been things that she has used to learn from and push herself forward.

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