R10: How I Stayed Sober Through Grief

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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http://yourkickasslife.com/R10 Hi ass kickers! This is the last episode in this round of the recovery series (season 2 will be out sometime in 2017. If you don’t want to miss it, make sure you’re signed up for updates here). Last fall, as I was about halfway through the interviews for this series, my father passed away. We learned he had a terminal illness, and about 3 weeks later he died. As a person in long-term recovery, this was the first time I’d faced something big while sober. For some, losing a loved one becomes too much, and they relapse. I can completely understand why this happens. In this episode, I talk about the following: My family story and how I was first introduced to what a functional alcoholic was. What the worst moments were when I came home from dealing with his death. What I thought the “rules of grief” were. What surrender has been like for me over the past few months. I answer the question: Did I want to drink again? What I did when I found myself sobbing on my kitchen floor. What I did to get through the multitude of feelings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	This is your kickass life podcast episode number R10.
0:35.2	This is the Your Kickass Life podcast with Andrea Owen, a no BS guide to self-help and badassery.
0:43.6	Because ladies, let's face it, life's too short for it to not kick ass.
0:49.8	And here's your host, the girl who serves it up straight with a side of crazy.
0:54.8	Andrea Owen.
0:56.6	Hey there, ask youers.
0:57.7	Welcome to the last episode in this 10-part series on recovery.
1:03.3	And this episode, I am solo.
1:05.3	I have no interviews today.
1:06.9	And it is a very personal one.
1:09.4	I am going to talk to you about how I have gotten through the grief
1:13.9	of losing my father without drinking, being completely sober. But before I do that, a quick word
1:19.8	from our amazing sponsor. This episode is brought to you by the Over It and On With It podcast
1:26.4	hosted by my friend and colleague Christine
1:30.3	Hassler. You might remember her. She's been on this show twice before. She's a master
1:36.2	life coach, spiritual psychologist, who coaches people live on the air each week in her podcast.
1:43.3	I think actually she puts up two podcasts a week.
1:46.1	You get to hear and learn from real coaching sessions with someone who's probably going through
1:51.5	a similar situation that you are in now or that you have been in the past.
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