The Truth About My Alcohol Addiction – How It Took Over My Life | Rachel Mcintosh

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🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Rachel Mcintosh opens up about how she became addicted to alcohol, the impact it had on her life, and her journey to recovery. She shares the warning signs, struggles, and what it took to break free from addiction. This is her story of overcoming alcohol abuse and finding a new path forward. #AlcoholAddiction #AddictionRecovery #SobrietyJourney #MyStory #OvercomingAddiction #AlcoholStruggle #RecoveryIsPossible #LifeAfterAddiction Thank you to THE PERFECT JEAN & NORDVPN for sponsoring today’s episode: The Perfect Jean: F*%k your khakis and get The Perfect Jean 15% off with the code LOCKEDIN15 at https://theperfectjean.nyc/lockedin15 #theperfectjeanpod NordVPN: To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to https://nordvpn.com/ianbick which will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Connect with Rachel Mcintosh: https://www.instagram.com/rachnmcintosh?igsh=NjZwb25mNzdpeTVt Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 Growing Up in a Chaotic Family Environment 00:04:20 Navigating a Blended Family as a Child 00:08:34 Navigating Perfectionism During High School 00:12:50 Challenges of Family Life During the Great Recession 00:17:29 Growing Up with Strict Parents and Early Drinking Experiences 00:22:09 College Decision Dilemma: Staying Close to Home 00:26:21 Struggles with College Life and Relationships 00:31:00 Struggling with Alcoholism in College 00:35:35 The Breaking Point: College, Relationships, and Addiction 00:40:18 Journey Through Addiction Treatment in LA 00:45:07 Life Inside Residential Treatment Centers 00:49:12 The Cycle of Addiction and Recovery 00:53:24 The Struggle with Relapse and Addiction 00:58:18 Journey Through Treatment and Recovery 01:02:46 Journey Through Multiple Treatment Centers 01:07:28 Navigating Family Relationships and Illness 01:11:59 Shoutout to Ian H Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Rachel, welcome to Lockton.
0:02.1	We're sitting in an Airbnb in Austin right now. I think you're supposed to come in the studio over the summer, right? And then you got a new job. Congratulations. Thank you. And I'm glad we made this work. Thanks for DMing me to set this up, being persistent to make it happen. Now we're here at 8.30. We just flew in from California. And we're here in this, Kevin did not do a good job picking out this Airbnb.
0:25.7	You know, it is what it is. It's a little tight, but we made it work. We walked in earlier, and I was like, I'm not doing this.
0:33.1	Like we were about to cancel all of the things. Because I don't know, I just wasn't really feeling the room.
0:37.7	But then we had this couch to the side.
0:40.3	And then we flipped it back and we got the angles down and it looks good.
0:44.1	Good.
0:44.5	Your angle looks better than my angle.
0:47.3	Don't worry.
0:48.0	You'll see.
0:48.3	Debatable.
0:49.0	We'll see.
0:49.5	You'll be good.
0:50.5	So did you grow up in Austin?
0:52.5	No.
0:53.0	So I am from Denver, Colorado.
0:55.5	Wow.
0:57.5	Yeah, I was born and raised there.
0:59.9	I went to college there, the whole nine yards.
1:03.9	And yeah, so I'm from Denver.
1:07.0	Okay.
1:07.4	And who did you grow up with?
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