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Welcome BACK to the recovery series! Thank you for your patience as I had to put the project on hold for a couple of months, but I am so excited to share episode six with you. Jean McCarthy of the Unpickled Blog is with us.

Jean McCarthy thought she had it all figured out: go 100 miles an hour all day as a mom and business owner, then drink wine before bed to quickly de-stress and fall asleep. She had no idea that this perfect equilrium would evolve into addiction over the course of a decade. Now five years sober, Jean writes about her experiences as a person in recovery at unpickledblog.com and holds space for others to share their stories on The Bubble Hour podcast.

Here’s what you’ll hear on this episode:

• Jean tells us her story of having a “high bottom”, and feeling different on the inside than how she was portraying herself on the outside.
• Andrea asks Jean about her husband who is a “normie” (aka normal drinker/non-alcoholic). How did she tell him she needed to get sober? How did they and do they make that work?
• Jean answers the question: What about that person who has a high bottom and just can’t seem to stay sober? They keep reminding themselves their life isn’t falling apart, so they give in to that glass of wine?
• To program or not to program? If we someone chooses to not use a recovery program, what’s the one thing they need?
• Jean shares one thing she’s proud of and one thing she’s struggling with.

Resources:

Jean’s writing: The Unpickled Blog
She Recovers
She Recovers Conference in NYC
Rethinking Drinking
The Bubble Hour Podcast
Andrea’s Bubble Hour episodes are here and here
SMART Recovery

Jean McCarthy thought she had it all figured out: go 100 miles an hour all day as a mom and business owner, then drink wine before bed to quickly de-stress and fall asleep. She had no idea that this perfect equilrium would evolve into addiction over the course of a decade. Now five years sober, Jean writes about her experiences as a person in recovery at unpickledblog.com and holds space for others to share their stories on The Bubble Hour podcast.

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