Julie's Story: Sober in England

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Julie is a teacher in England who left alcohol behind when it became a burden within her busy life. Now with a year of sobriety to refect upon, Julie shares her understand of herself and the changes that have occurred in her life. Her recovery program includes a 12 step group as well as several on-line support groups.

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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.
0:32.1	Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:43.4	I'm your host, Gene McCarthy. I write the blog Unpickled. I've been telling my story of life after alcohol there since my first day of recovery in 2011.
0:53.9	I tell my story there and I invite you to share your stories here.
0:57.8	And before you meet our guest, last week I told you I was on Baby Watch,
1:01.5	I need to tell you that sweet little grandson number three arrived safe and sound on last Wednesday,
1:09.5	and he is just adorable, nine pounds, six ounces. My daughter-in-law is an
1:13.5	absolute rock star and we are overjoyed. And when I'm done chatting with today's guest, I get to
1:20.1	go babysit him. So let me tell you, life is pretty good over here in my world. So having said all
1:26.7	that, it is now time to introduce you to today's guest.
1:30.6	And she is Julie. Now, Julie is a listener to the show and has offered to share her story. And as per usual,
1:38.9	when we're dealing with pan global conversations, we've had some hiccups to get here, but we made it, and I'm so
1:48.6	glad she's here. Julie, welcome to the bubble hour. Thank you, Jean. Lovely to be here. I'm so glad
1:55.0	you're here. And I'm excited to have you tell us about yourself and about your journey into this life of living
2:02.6	alcohol-free. So let's jump right into it. Okay. Well, I'm from England and I met,
2:12.0	well, I didn't meet Jean, but I heard about Jean and the bubble hour early into my sobriety. And then I messaged Jean and said,
2:21.2	well, you don't have many British people. Why don't you have some British people? And she went,
2:24.8	go on then. And I went, but my story's really boring. She said, no, everyone thinks that.
2:30.5	So I'll tell you my story. And then we can discuss whether it is boring or not. So I'll tell you my story and then we can discuss whether it is boring or not. So I'm 50 years
2:38.9	old. I grew up in a sleepy village in Herefordshire, which is on the Welsh borders of England.
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