Maria's Story

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

"Being a grateful alcoholic means no living in the wreckage of my past," says Maria R. as she looks back on six years of sobriety. Maria did not start drinking problematically until her 40s, but once addiction took hold of her life it dragged her to a bottom that would not be easily escaped. Learn more about Maria on her blog, Sober Blessings Read host Jean McCarthy's blog UnPickled at www.unpickledblog.com and learn abou ther latest book releases at www.jeanmccarthy.ca/books

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0:00.0	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.
0:22.9	Weakness had on me.
0:25.4	Free, free, free, free, free.
0:32.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:41.1	I'm Gene McCarthy, recovery author, blogger, and podcast host.
0:45.8	I've been chronicling my adventures in life after alcohol since my first day of sobriety over nine years ago in my blog Unpickled and in books like the Unpickled Holiday
0:54.9	Survival Guide and my newly released poetry collection, The Ember Ever There. I tell my story there
1:00.9	and I hold space for your stories here. And today we have a guest who is here to share her
1:07.5	story with us. Her name is Maria. Hi, Maria. Nice to meet you. Hi, Jean. It's so great to be here.
1:13.2	I'm excited. Well, thank you so much for taking some time today to share your story and to
1:19.7	shine a light of hope and strength for others that are listening. And you are coming, we're in
1:26.9	opposite corners of our country. So I'm in in Canada
1:31.0	where I was just saying it's cool and rainy and not quite summer yet. And you're in a warmer
1:35.8	part of the U.S. And yet here we are just chatting like neighbors. I'm in Dallas, Texas, where we are in full-blown summer mode right now.
1:47.0	It is hot.
1:48.2	It is hot, where you run from the AC in the car to the AC in the house.
1:52.9	Exactly.
1:54.8	Okay, well, let's get to know you, Maria.
1:57.3	Tell us about yourself and tell us your story.
2:00.2	Well, my name is Maria, and I'm 52 years old.
2:04.6	My sobriety date is January 18th, 2014. I was born and raised in Michigan and I've been here
2:16.6	in Dallas for, oh my gosh, like 30 years now.
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