Who Am I Now? (Guest: Margaret)

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

If we define ourselves by what we do, it can be hard to remain stable when a big change comes along. For Margaret, retirement could have left her searching for meaning and purpose. Instead, she is looking forward to the freedom to fully be herself. Join us for a discussion about knowing ourselves from within, instead of that which others say we are.

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0:00.0	blog talk radio
0:01.5	I own it
0:11.2	not proud that was me
0:14.5	and when I face it
0:16.1	a little dignity
0:19.1	not looking for excuses
0:21.7	I just want to be free from power
0:25.5	weakness head on me
0:28.1	Free, free, free, free, free, free.
0:35.5	Hey, everybody, welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:45.6	This is Jean. I'm your host. I am a person in successful long-term recovery from alcohol addiction,
0:50.8	and I've been writing about my experiences from day one over on unpickled blog.com.
0:56.2	That's where I tell my story and I invite you to tell your stories here.
1:00.6	So my journey of healing, as I could call it in the greeting card format, journey of healing,
1:08.2	it's had a lot to do with getting to know myself and be on my own
1:12.1	terms with who I am instead of sort of seeing myself how others see me. I just never cared
1:16.6	what I thought. I only cared, you know, what I could make the world see. And so for me,
1:22.1	sobriety and recovery has had a lot to do with just learning to get grounded in myself. And
1:26.8	that lesson sparked the topic for this episode.
1:30.2	So our guest tonight is Margaret.
1:31.9	And Margaret has been on the show before.
1:34.0	She was on a holiday episode a couple years ago.
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