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. Weakness had on me.

Free, free, free, free, free.

Hello, and welcome to the bubble hour podcast where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.

I'm your host, Gene McCarthy.

I write the blog Unpickled.

I've been telling my story of life after alcohol since my first day of sobriety in 2011.

I tell my story there and I hold space for your stories here. Today on the podcast,

we meet Lynn Maddie. Lynn is the host of a fantastic podcast called The Sober Therapist.

I hope you check it out. It will surely become one of your favorites. It's one of my favorites.

And she also runs Sober Soul Recovery. She's a

counselor. She's a woman in recovery. And she's a woman with a story that we're going to hear today.

Hello, Lynn. Welcome to the bubble hour. Hi, Jean. I am so glad to be here. I can't tell you.

I'm glad you're here too. I have to tell you. I was going to say this

in the intro, but I want to say it with you hearing me, your podcast, the sober therapist,

is one of my absolute favorite podcasts. And I don't say that lightly. You're doing a wonderful

job. Thank you so much for providing this podcast for us.

Thank you, Jean. I really appreciate that, especially coming from you. That means a lot. Thanks. Well, I am a podcast

junkie and I'm a therapist junkie. And so your show really combines two of my favorite things.

But the other thing is that your voice is you could be on the calm meditating app, I think, too,

because you've got a really lovely, calming voice, wonderful delivery.

So I'm going to stay focused as being an interviewer and not just like turn into jelly in my chair as you're talking. I'm going to stay on my toes

today. Thank you. Thanks for saying that. I might get a little squeaky talking to you.

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