Mo's Story: Nine Months Sober

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Mo suffered through public embarrassment due to her drinking and has embraced life without alcohol for the past nine months. She shares her story, including insights on gastric bypass surgery, going to her first recovery retreat, and sober life in wine country.

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0:00.0	I own it, I did that, not proud that was me, and when I face it, a little dignity, not looking for excuses.
0:20.2	I just want to be free from power
0:23.3	weakness head on me
0:25.9	Free, free, free, free, free, free.
0:33.3	Hello, my friends, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:44.9	I'm your host, Jean McCarthy.
0:46.8	I write the blog Unpickled, and I've been telling my story there since my very first day of sobriety over eight years ago.
0:53.3	I tell my story there and I invite
0:55.5	you to share your stories here. And today I welcome a listener who has found the bubble hour
1:01.7	to be helpful in her recovery experience and she joins us today to share her story. I welcome
1:08.2	Mo to the show. Hi, Mo. Hi, Gene. I know you're feeling a little bit
1:14.7	nervous and I have to say I have so much respect for the fact that you are here giving service
1:21.5	despite feeling a little bit nervous and uneasy about it. So thank you so much for sharing your story so that it can
1:29.3	help other people the way this show has helped you. I'm really glad you're here.
1:35.0	Well, thank you. I'm so glad and so grateful for your show. I've listened to it like crazy
1:41.7	from the beginnings for me, and it meant so much and means so much.
1:49.3	Now, you're going to tell us your story in a little bit, but let me just ask you a couple questions first.
1:54.5	Did you listen to episodes of this podcast and maybe other recovery podcasts too before you quit drinking or did you only
2:01.8	start listening after you quit? I started listening after you were recommended by Kate B at the
2:10.9	sober school. Oh Kate is wonderful and you know she's been on this show too. She saved my life.
2:18.2	She's amazing.
2:19.6	Amazing.
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