I own it, a distant, not proud that was me, and when I face it a little dignity, not

looking for excuse me, I just want to be free from power weakness head on me.

Free, free, free, free, free, free.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.

I'm your host, Jean McCarthy.

I write the blog on Pickle.

I tell my story there about life after alcohol since 2011, started on my very first day of sobriety.

I started writing about it. and I tell my story there,

and I invite you to share your stories here. Well, early sobriety is a tender time. The revelations

come constantly as life is experienced without booze goggles for the first time and a long time,

and every week seems to present us

with the sober first.

I'm very grateful for today's guest's willingness to share her experience during this

precious period of her recovery.

Now, some of our listeners are contemplating life without alcohol, and some of you are just

beginning your experiences of giving up drugs and or alcohol, and some of you are just beginning your experiences of giving up drugs and or alcohol.

And some of you are really hitting your stride or have been in recovery for a long time.

But wherever you're at, I know that you're going to connect with our guest today.

Her name is Sarah, and she is so kind to share with us today and reflect on her early sobriety.

And Sarah had some extra insight because she's a mental health professional.

And so she's got some extra layers of complication and some extra insight as to what's going on.

So we're sure to have a great chat today.

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