RE 66: Being a Recovering Alcoholic Should be an Assett instead of a Liability in the Worforce
Recovery Elevator
Paul
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2016
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
James with over 2.5 years of sobriety shares how we earned his family's trust back.
Being sober has huge advantages at the workplace and this should be marketed as such.
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| 0:00.0 | Recovery elevator episode 66. |
| 0:03.0 | I knew at that point that I just couldn't drink anymore. |
| 0:06.4 | And I knew how to find that path to a life without alcohol |
| 0:10.5 | and be happy with that. Welcome to the Recovery Elevator podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | My name is Paul. |
| 0:18.0 | Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:20.0 | According to the Recovery Elevator sobriety tracker tracker on my phone, |
| 0:22.0 | I've been sober for two weeks shy of 21 months. |
| 0:26.0 | On today's podcast we've got James. |
| 0:28.0 | He's been sober since September 28th, 2013. |
| 0:31.0 | He's a father who had to grow back the trust of his wife before she took him back. |
| 0:37.0 | Before we get any further, let's hear from our sponsor, Café R.E. |
| 0:41.0 | Before I got sober, I felt alone. It felt like I was the only one in the whole world who found it extremely difficult to stop drinking once I had started. |
| 0:49.0 | With Cafe R.E, I now know I'm not alone. In fact, there are so many people all around this world just like me. |
| 0:54.4 | In Cathayare for $10 a month I get access to a private unsearchable Facebook |
| 0:59.4 | group where I can connect with other like-minded individuals, meet with them face to face in |
| 1:03.9 | several weekly live webinars and meetings, I can get paired with an |
| 1:07.1 | accountability partner who has a similar sobriety date as mine, I can attend |
| 1:10.9 | in-person meetups and attend exclusive sober trips to places like Costa Rica. |
| 1:15.0 | If there's one thing I've learned in sobriety, it's that I can't do this alone. |
| 1:19.0 | Go to recovery elevator.com and use the promo code elevator for your first month free. Again, use the promo code elevator for your first month free. |
| 1:24.0 | Again, use the promo code elevator when signing up for your first month free. |
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