The Moment of Truth: The Moth Podcast

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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This episode originally aired on April 17, 2020 This week's episode is all about moments of truth. Our three slam stories are about awakenings, life-changing choices and everything in between. Hosted by The Moth’s Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. Storytellers: Tim Sommers, Emma Becker, Kathleen Sheffer To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.9	Welcome to the Moth podcast. I'm your host this week, Sarah Austin Janice. Okay, we have three
1:07.7	stories for you in this episode, all about a moment of truth.
1:15.2	We're talking epiphanies, breaking points, and big time decisions.
1:17.3	First up, Tim Summers.
1:22.7	Tim told the story at a Pittsburgh StorySlam, where the theme of the night was fresh.
1:24.9	Here's Tim, live at the Moth. I was a horrible raging alcoholic for 25 years.
1:35.3	Here's the thing about being a drunk or really any kind of addict for that long.
1:40.3	The longer you go on, the less you have to lose, and the more you just say to yourself,
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