Michelle got into the mommy wine culture, until she lost her brother and her alcohol consumption became life or death.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Sober Motivation Podcast, Michelle courageously shares her battle with alcohol. Growing up in a small town in Delaware, Michelle had a seemingly 'normal' life. Although initially, her consumption was socially oriented, as her environment and stress levels changed, she found herself caught up in mommy wine culture and her alcohol dependence grew, increasing after the death of her brother Mickey. Consumed with grief and facing multiple personal challenges, her alcohol consumption escalated to a dangerous level, causing her to seek help eventually. Through her stay at rehab and firm commitment, she reclaimed control of her life, emphasizing the importance of readiness, taking small steps towards sobriety, and drawing strength from personal tragedies.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Season 3 of the Suburmotivation Podcast. |
| 0:03.3 | Join me, Brad, each week as my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. |
| 0:08.3 | We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. |
| 0:11.9 | Let's go. |
| 0:14.0 | In this episode of the podcast, we have Michelle, who courageously shares her battle with |
| 0:18.7 | alcohol. |
| 0:19.6 | Growing up in a small town in Delaware, |
| 0:21.8 | Michelle had a seamlessly normal life. Although initially her consumption was social, as her |
| 0:27.8 | environment and stress levels changed, she found herself caught up in the mommy wine culture |
| 0:31.5 | and her dependence on alcohol grew. Increasing after the death of her brother, Mickey, |
| 0:36.5 | consumed with grief and facing multiple |
| 0:38.5 | personal challenges, her alcohol consumption escalated to a dangerous level, causing her to seek |
| 0:44.1 | help eventually. |
| 0:45.7 | Through her stay at rehab and a firm commitment, she reclaimed control for life, emphasizing |
| 0:51.3 | the importance of readiness, taking small steps towards sobriety, and |
| 0:56.0 | drawing strength from personal tragedies. And this is Michelle's story on the Sober Motivation |
| 1:01.2 | podcast. How's it going, everyone out there, Brad here. Wow, what an incredible story you're |
| 1:07.9 | about to hear. I definitely shed some tears while going through |
| 1:12.8 | and editing this episode. Thank you so much, Michelle, for being willing to share your story |
| 1:17.6 | of what you went through and what things are like now. I hope you guys are enjoying the podcast. |
| 1:23.4 | Got a lot more incredible episodes to come. So stay tuned. |
| 1:32.1 | If you guys are looking for any extra support or want to join some support groups, |
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