Jill's Story

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Jill spent her life trying to control her sensitive emotions and reactions. The demands of being a military wife and mom added extra pressure, and she found that alcohol helped. After the 911 attacks, her relationship will alcohol escalated, as the aftermath of that day impacted her family. When Jill quit drinking, she learned about the concept of the 'highly sensitive person' and understood herself differently. Resources discussed in this episode include: Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Quit Drinking" Elaine Aron's book "The Highly Sensitive Person" "Drink" by Ann Dowsett Johnston and Soberistas.com Host Jean McCarthy's blog UnPickled is at www.unpickledblog.com and information about her latest book release be will be posted here when available: 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.
0:25.2	Free, free, free, free, free.
0:32.1	Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:41.7	I'm your host, Gene McCarthy. I write the blog Unpickled where I've been telling my story of life after alcohol since my first day of sobriety in 2011.
0:51.2	For nine years now, I've been telling my story there, and I hold space for your stories here.
0:57.6	Well, before we meet today's guest, I have a very big announcement to share with you.
1:02.2	I am so excited and a little scared.
1:05.3	I am releasing another book.
1:07.9	It's called The Ember Ever There, and it is a book of poetry that I've written
1:13.0	about recovery, rediscovery, grief, loss, dysfunction, all this stuff. It is going to be released
1:22.3	in mid-June, but you're the first to hear about it here. And if you keep an eye on my
1:27.3	Instagram, which is Gene McCarthy-Rights, or the Facebook pages for Unpickled or the bubble hour, you will soon see a reveal of the cover and pre-order information and more about it there.
1:38.3	So super excited and really, really hope that you all love this book because it has been a very special thing for me to
1:48.2	put together and I'm really sharing from the heart my own personal story of my own personal
1:54.3	journey in this one. So that's my big news. Let's meet today's guest. We are talking today with Jill from Florida, and she talks
2:04.9	about her experience with addiction and recovery as being a revelation in discovering something called
2:12.7	HSP, the highly sensitive person. When Jill learned about this, everything started to make sense for her.
2:22.1	Let's meet Jill and hear her story. Hi, Jill. Welcome to the bubble hour. Hi, Jean. I'm so happy to be
2:29.5	here with you. It's nice to hear your voice. You have a voice that is very soothing. You could do, you could do
2:36.5	meditation audio, I think. Oh, that's so sweet. I'm sure like my boys when they were teenagers
2:46.7	didn't think that about my voice too much, but I appreciate that.
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