I own it, a distant, not proud that was me, and when I face it a little dignity, not

looking for excuse me, I just want to be free from power, weakness head on me, free, free, free, free, free.

Hi there, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.

I'm your host, Gene McCarthy.

I write the blog Unpickled.

That's where I've been chronicling my life in sobriety since my very first day without alcohol in 2011.

I tell my story there, and I invite you to share your stories here. my very first day without alcohol in 2011.

I tell my story there, and I invite you to share your stories here.

And today on the podcast, a listener joins us.

She was listening to a recent episode and heard me say,

hey, if you want to be on the show, just send me a message, and she followed her heart and sent a message.

And here she is.

So Liz has just recently celebrated six months of sobriety.

In fact, she might be into month seven now.

And she joins us today to look back on her life before, during, and after the pivotal time.

Liz, welcome to the bubble hour.

Hi, Jean. How are you? Oh, I'm good. I, welcome to the bubble hour. Hi, Jean.

How are you?

Oh, I'm good.

I want to thank you so much for having me.

This is such an honor and a pleasure to talk to you. And I'm just looking forward to being able to tell my story,

and hopefully it will help somebody if they listen to it or not, but hopefully

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