I own it, I did that, 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.

Well, hi there, 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 Unpickled.

I tell my story of life after alcohol since my first day of sobriety over seven years ago.

I tell my story there, and I invite you to share your stories here.

Recovery touches many aspects of our lives, and often people find that when they quit

drinking, seemingly unrelated parts of their lives are healed and impacted by the process.

But as it turns out, the same can be true in reverse order.

And this has been the experience of today's guest, Victoria, who has found that by battling

a health crisis in her life, her efforts, her frustrated efforts to give up alcohol,

were greatly boosted by this new turn of events in her life.

I am really grateful to Victoria for being here today because I know that she's had

kind of a rough couple weeks of feeling awful and the sun came out today and she has a good

day of feeling good and so with enormous gratitude in my heart that you are sharing with

us today victoria welcome to the bubble hour thank you um you to be here and there's

started barking for a moment i know that my dog would fart some listeners thinking oh my goodness

right on cue yes right on cue if nothing else i'm saying that my dog would farm. Some listeners thinking, oh, my goodness.

Right on cue.

Yes.

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