People Who Hit Rock Bottom

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

What happens when life pulls you so far down that you don’t know if you can make it to tomorrow? In this episode, you will hear the raw, honest experiences of people who have hit rock bottom and found a way back. From despair to triumph, you’ll hear incredible stories of resilience, strength, and survival. The guests include Sandy Purl, author of Am I Alive, the late Mercury Morris, former NFL star, Carolyn Koons, author of Beyond Betrayal, and Dr. Harold Bloomfield, author of Making Peace with Yourself.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:05.0	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:08.0	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.0	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.0	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs,
0:16.0	the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.0	I'm missing so terribly.
0:21.6	I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.6	The moments that mattered.
0:25.6	The eye-opening life lessons.
0:27.6	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
0:30.6	I'm bringing them back.
0:32.6	It's time to open the vault.
0:34.6	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.2	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:44.8	They want to know, do you see me?
0:47.8	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.6	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey Show, the podcast.
0:57.0	Hello everybody. I'm Oprah Winfrey. You know we've all had times in our lives when we have been
1:04.0	depressed, when we have been unhappy, when things have just not gone the way you would have wished.
1:10.0	But how many of us have really, really hit rock bottom?
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