Lisa wondered why was alcohol so important to her? Sobriety was the next step.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we have Lisa, who shares her compelling story of sobriety and reclaiming her life. Growing up Lisa faced a challenging childhood with a mother suffering from MS. Despite her struggles with self-esteem, she discovered sports as an outlet. However, in high school, alcohol became a coping mechanism for fitting in and dealing with uncomfortable feelings. Lisa recounts her college years, marked by risky behavior and other challenges, underscoring the central role alcohol played in her life. Her 20s and 30s saw professional achievements, including a career as a police officer. But personal losses, family tragedies, and health setbacks led to a deeper dependency on alcohol. A turning point in 2023, driven by sheer frustration with the control alcohol had over her, catalyzed her sobriety journey, marked by strong community support, embracing online platforms, and a profound commitment to self-care. Lisa shares insights about the importance of community, gratitude, and acknowledging the challenges of sobriety. And this is Lisa’s story on the Sober Motivation podcast.
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00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:34 Lisa's Challenging Childhood
02:14 Struggles with Fitting In
03:48 Early Encounters with Alcohol
05:09 High School and the Start of Drinking
13:44 College Years and Escalating Issues
19:18 Post-College Life and Career Beginnings
24:15 Finding Purpose in Policing
28:11 Major Life Changes and Daily Drinking
31:37 Reflecting on Past Counseling Experiences
32:13 The Journey to Sobriety Begins
32:50 Struggles and Attempts to Quit Drinking
35:35 Finding the Right Support and Tools
37:26 Embracing a Sober Lifestyle
39:17 The Importance of Community
40:43 Overcoming Challenges and Celebrating Success
53:59 Sober Travel and New Experiences
57:20 Final Thoughts and Advice for the Journey
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to season three of the Suburmotivation podcast. Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share |
| 0:06.0 | incredible and powerful sobriety stories. We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:11.9 | Let's go. In this episode, we have Lisa who shares her compelling story of sobriety and reclaiming her life. |
| 0:18.9 | Growing up, Lisa faced a challenging childhood with the mother |
| 0:22.1 | suffering from NS. Despite her struggles with self-esteem, she discovered sports as an outlet. However, |
| 0:27.9 | in high school, alcohol became a coping mechanism for fitting in and dealing with the uncomfortable |
| 0:32.8 | feelings of life. Lisa recounts her college years marked by risky behavior and other challenges underscoring |
| 0:38.9 | the central role alcohol played in her life. Her 20s and 30 saw professional achievements |
| 0:43.7 | including a career as a police officer, but personal loss of family tragedies and health |
| 0:48.4 | setbacks led to a deeper dependency on alcohol. A turning point in, driven by sheer frustration with the control alcohol |
| 0:55.7 | had over her, her sobriety journey began, marked by a strong community support embracing |
| 1:01.8 | online platforms and a profound commitment to self-care. Lisa shares insights about the importance |
| 1:07.2 | of community gratitude in acknowledging the challenges of sobriety. And this is Lisa's story on the sober motivation podcast. Hey, what's going on everyone? My goodness, |
| 1:16.7 | another episode. This is so cool to record episodes with people that I've known from the sober |
| 1:21.9 | community that I've been involved with in different communities and it knows so much of their |
| 1:27.0 | story, but I feel like there's just so |
| 1:28.6 | much I still don't know. I want to give a big shout out to everybody who's given the sober |
| 1:33.3 | motivation community a try. It's just incredible this morning hosted a meeting in there, talked |
| 1:38.9 | about gratitude, talked about boundaries on the sober journey, and it's just so incredible how we can |
| 1:44.0 | learn from each other, |
| 1:45.5 | take up on different skills and find out what's working for other people and then maybe incorporate |
| 1:49.4 | that into our own life. If you're looking for an incredibly supportive community where you can |
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