RE59: Friends and Family Actually Can't Read the Mind of an Alcoholic
Recovery Elevator
Paul
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2016
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Molly Shares how she has made it to almost 30 days sober. I also interview my brother who has stuck with me from day one. I expected Mark to understand my pains, struggles and inner thoughts. I even developed unnecessary resentments towards him which he didn't deserve.
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| 0:00.0 | Recovery elevator, episode 59. |
| 0:03.0 | It felt like, you know, a ton of bricks had been lifted from my shoulders. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to the Recovery Elevator podcast. My name is Paul. Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:16.0 | According to the Recovery Elevator sobriety Tracker on my phone, I have been sober for one year, six months and three weeks. |
| 0:22.0 | On today's podcast, we've got Molly. one year, six months, and three weeks. |
| 0:23.2 | On today's podcast, we've got Molly. |
| 0:25.2 | She's 30 years old. |
| 0:26.2 | She's getting married this summer and she's been sober for almost a month. |
| 0:29.7 | Also on today's podcast, we've got my brother. |
| 0:32.1 | Yep, my brother Mark. he's not an alcoholic he's a |
| 0:35.1 | normal drinker but I want to get his point of view of what it was like to try to |
| 0:39.7 | read between the lines to try to decipher what's really going on with an alcoholic. |
| 0:45.1 | These are the times when I was an alcoholic but didn't want to admit it to myself. |
| 0:48.9 | Outside looking in, you're like, is Paul depressed? |
| 0:51.5 | Is he anxious? |
| 0:52.8 | Did a girl decline a date request? |
| 0:54.9 | Does he have an upset tummy? |
| 0:56.8 | I expected my brother to read my mind, |
| 0:59.6 | which is an impossible task to ask out of anybody. |
| 1:03.4 | I wouldn't admit this to my brother during an interview, but he's kind of my hero. |
| 1:07.1 | He's one of the coolest guys I've ever met, and I have this life saying, |
| 1:10.8 | W. W. M. D. That would would what would Mark do in this current situation? I always ask myself |
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