Quitting Alcohol And Getting Sober Changed Everything for Madeline, Pete and Mary Updates.
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Inspiring Sobriety Journeys with Madeline, Pete, and Mary. Madeline discusses her sober travels and community support, Pete shares his 13-year sobriety journey and career progress, and Mary talks about her retreats and the healing power of nature. They all emphasize the importance of community, personal growth, and not giving up.
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Mary: https://www.instagram.com/marytilson/
00:00 Introduction and Guest Lineup
00:24 Support and Donations
00:53 Catching Up with Madeline
01:16 Madeline's Sobriety Journey
02:15 Building Sobriety Skills
03:51 Personal Growth in Sobriety
10:47 Trusting the Process
15:50 Reflecting on Sobriety
28:54 Interview with Pete
37:39 A Memorable Encounter in the Rain
39:06 Life Lessons from KFC and Recovery
41:12 Career Progress and Personal Growth
45:20 The Power of Vulnerability and Connection
52:25 Mary's Journey and the Impact of Nature
01:09:47 Concluding Thoughts and Future Plans
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another update episode, three guests today. Madeline, Pete, and Mary. |
| 0:08.2 | Incredible stories, a lot of great things, a lot of sobriety time, too, from these guests as well. |
| 0:14.1 | So that's awesome. |
| 0:15.0 | That's encouraging. |
| 0:16.5 | I want to mention to everybody, thank you for following along with the update series. |
| 0:19.8 | We'll have a regular story episode coming up next and then we'll get back to some more updates. If you're enjoying the |
| 0:25.4 | podcast and you've been able to get something out of it, please consider dropping some donations |
| 0:30.7 | over at buy me at coffee.com slash sober motivation. All of this is a ton of fun, but don't be fooled that it's not a ton of work. |
| 0:40.6 | It is. I love doing it. I love making the connections. I love putting the show together. |
| 0:45.0 | Any support helps. It all goes a long way. I'll drop that link down on the show notes below. |
| 0:50.9 | Now let's get to these updates. |
| 0:53.6 | Welcome back, everyone, to this segment of the podcast |
| 0:56.5 | here. We got Madeline with us today. How are you? Hi, I'm good. How are you? Yeah, I'm great. I mean, |
| 1:02.4 | we're finally getting some nice weather here. And thank God. I know. After yesterday, |
| 1:08.5 | craziness, I have a whiplash, but I will take it. |
| 1:12.1 | 100%. So it's been a while since we caught up on the show. |
| 1:16.1 | Just give us a update of where things are at for you now, how you're doing. |
| 1:21.1 | And if there's anything that kind of stands out that you've learned, you know, |
| 1:23.8 | since we connected last time. |
| 1:26.5 | Oh my gosh. I was trying to think back. |
| 1:28.5 | I feel like it was like 20, 23 when I came on your show. |
| 1:32.4 | I feel like I had just gotten back from hosting my first trip to Costa Rica. |
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