Kate's Story: Alcohol-free by choice

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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If the writing is on the wall, is there any reason to continue until things get worse? Kate found herself in a troublesome relationship with alcohol and realized she didn't have to take it any further in the wrong direction. There is a downside to deciding on abstinence without a "rock bottom" incident, though, and that can be staying motivated for the long haul. Listen in for Kate's take on things, and how her perception has shifted looking back. Kate's blog is https://westcoastk8blog.wordpress.com/

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0:00.0	I own it, a distant, not proud that was me, and when I face it a little dignity, not
0:16.0	looking for excuse me, I just want to be free from power weakness head on the feet.
0:23.6	Free, free, free, free, free.
0:26.6	Free, free, free.
0:31.6	Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:42.8	I'm your host, Gene McCarthy.
0:44.7	I write the blog Unpickled, where I have been talking about my experiences of life after alcohol since my first day of recovery in 2011.
0:56.9	I tell my story there, and I invite you to share your stories here. And you know that first day when I decided to quit drinking,
1:03.1	it was a revelation to me when I realized I could stop waiting to hit rock bottom. I could
1:08.9	stop waiting for something awful to happen and I could
1:11.6	just quit. That was an amazing revelation to me and I think it was part of the reason I decided
1:19.4	to write a blog because I thought it was just so, such a new idea. Well, guess what? Turns out
1:25.7	I didn't invent that. There's a lot of other people
1:27.9	that have had the same experience at different points in the trajectory of their relationship
1:33.5	with alcohol. And today's story is one such story. So my guest today is my friend Kate,
1:39.7	and Kate is alcohol-free by choice. Nothing terrible really happened to make her decide to quit drinking.
1:47.0	It's just that she started to have a lot of lightbulb moments. She's going to tell us about that now
1:52.0	and share with us what her life has been like along this pathway. So Kate, welcome to the bubble
1:58.3	hour. Thank you so much, Jean.
2:03.2	I'm really happy to have you here.
2:08.9	Yeah, and I like the phrase what you called light bulb moments, because there are definitely were a few bright ones for me.
2:13.0	Well, I'm glad that you're here to talk about it.
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