Kari grew up in an alcoholic environment and drinking was apart of everything.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Sober Motivation Podcast, Kari shares her powerful journey from a challenging childhood in an alcoholic environment to achieving sobriety. Despite growing up surrounded by alcohol and undergoing various personal struggles, Kari recounts her battle with alcohol, the impact it had on her life, and how she managed to find the strength to quit drinking. She discusses her multiple relapses, the emotional challenges she faced, and the turning point that led her to dedicate herself to sobriety. This is Kari’s story on the Sober Motivation podcast.
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00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:12 Carrie's Early Life in an Alcoholic Family
01:21 Teenage Years and First Experiences with Alcohol
02:32 Struggles with Alcohol and Personal Loss
04:34 Modeling Career and Escalating Alcohol Use
05:09 Toxic Relationships and a Suicide Attempt
06:29 Moving to LA and the Party Lifestyle
07:22 Realizations and the Beginning of Change
11:35 Motherhood and Continued Struggles
18:35 First Steps Towards Sobriety
25:36 Introduction to AA and Seeking Help
28:50 Struggles with Alcohol and Early Attempts at Sobriety
29:22 Cutting Ties and Seeking Help
30:11 Lockdown and the Nine-Month Sobriety Streak
34:16 Relapse and the Battle with Temptation
42:01 The Importance of Changing Environment and Community
46:06 Finding Purpose Through Service and Sobriety
48:20 Final Reflections and Moving Forward
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Season 3 of the Suburmotivation Podcast. |
| 0:03.3 | Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. |
| 0:08.3 | We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:11.9 | Let's go. |
| 0:14.0 | In this episode of the podcast, Carrie shares her powerful journey from a challenging childhood |
| 0:18.0 | in an alcoholic environment to achieving sobriety. |
| 0:21.5 | Despite growing up surrounded by alcohol and undergoing various personal struggles, |
| 0:26.3 | Carrie recounts her battle with alcohol, the impact it had on her life, and how she managed |
| 0:31.1 | to find the strength to quit drinking. She discusses her multiple relapses, the emotional |
| 0:35.4 | challenges she faced, and the turning point to |
| 0:37.9 | let her to dedicate herself to sobriety. And this is Carrie's story on the sober motivation podcast. |
| 0:44.6 | Hey, team Brad here. Welcome back to another episode. Well, we hit our first number one spot on |
| 0:50.8 | Apple podcast in Angola for mental health, number one overall. |
| 0:56.4 | So if you're in Angola and you're listening to the podcast, thank you so much. |
| 1:00.3 | I just want to jump in here for a second, too. |
| 1:02.6 | This story with Carrie was emotional going back through it. |
| 1:06.0 | And you'll understand probably why as you go through the episode, but so proud of her for where |
| 1:11.6 | she is that she's stayed in the fight. And I think that it's a very important message |
| 1:17.5 | for anybody out there who feels like you don't have what it takes or you can't do this |
| 1:24.3 | because of X, Y, and Z. Over 160 stories here on a podcast, people have |
| 1:31.7 | been through a lot. And if you've listened to them, probably nodding your head like, |
| 1:37.4 | yeah, they have. And the most beautiful thing about sobriety is it truly is for anybody. |
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