E126: Laying Alone Crying, Andrea Owen hit her Bottom And Finally Prayed for Help

Sober Friends

Matt J

Alcohol Free, Alcoholics Anonymous, Recovery, Dry January, Spirituality, Sober, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Sobriety, Sober Curious, Addiction, Religion & Spirituality, 12 Steps

4.2 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Send us a text Andrea Owen hit bottom in 2007. Her husband had an affair with their neighbor and got her pregnant. When they split, she entered a new relationship only to find out nine months later he’d lived about having cancer to cover for his drug problem. He cheated on Andrea and fleeced her out of thousands of dollars. Andrea had isolated herself from her friends, quit her job and was moving out her apartment to move in with him. Andrea knew life had to chan...

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0:00.0	As soon as Oprah started, I would open a bottle of wine and I would have at least two glasses
0:06.5	before my husband got home.
0:07.7	And meanwhile, I have two toddlers.
0:09.9	And when he would pull into the driveway into the garage at 5.30, I would put that glass
0:14.6	into the dishwasher.
0:17.0	Sometimes I would stand in the refrigerator chugging the bottle of Chardonnay as the garage door is opening,
0:21.8	so I could just get down a few more ounces before he came in,
0:24.8	because I knew that there was going to be about an hour before I would pretend like I was having my first glass of wine because he was home,
0:31.2	because I was hiding it from him, like how much I'm drinking.
0:33.5	But I didn't hide bottles around the house.
0:36.2	Therefore, I'm not a problem like that lady on Oprah.
0:40.5	I'm Matt.
0:41.5	Hey, I'm Steve.
0:42.5	Hey, I'm John.
0:43.7	This is the Sober Friends podcast.
0:46.4	We're here for The Sober Curious, the new guy, and the old timer.
0:50.9	We're here to talk about the stuff anyone looking to live, alcohol-free has to face day-to-day,
0:56.1	now we overcame those struggles. We speak for no 12-step group, but we do try to remain anonymous.
1:01.8	You're not alone. This is the Sober Friends podcast. Well, you got Matt today, and you got
1:07.5	Andrea Owen. Andrea Owen is a life coach, an author. She's the pod. She's the host of the podcast, makes some noise, where she talks about topics like professionalism, the inner critic, courage, and more. She is also an author. The author of the books makes some noise, how to stop feeling like shit in 52 ways to live a kick-ass
1:30.5	life. I found Andrea when she was doing a series of shows on her podcast with those who
1:37.6	overcame their dependence on alcohol and recovered. And I'm just a big believer that women are
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