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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2026 · 15 MIN

So You Stopped Drinking; Now What, Bossy Pants?

from Unbottled · host Marcy Backhus

Send us Fan MailWe explore how sobriety grows beyond not drinking and into daily emotional work, honest self-reflection, and real freedom. Marcy shares tools for handling control, resentment, identity shifts, and non-linear growth, grounded in 38 years of experience.• alcohol as symptom, not root• emotional sobriety and the power of the pause• control as a sneaky substitute for drinking• resentment as slow poison and how to release it• identity after alcohol and choosing who to be• growth as non-linear, progress over perfection• practical tools: meetings, sponsors, inventories, amends• willingness and honesty as the core of change• simple next steps for early sobrietyIf this episode spoke to you, share it with someone who might need itGo to my website, Marcybackismedia.comThere is a link to Alcoholics Anonymous there

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Send us Fan Mail We explore how sobriety grows beyond not drinking and into daily emotional work, honest self-reflection, and real freedom. Marcy shares tools for handling control, resentment, identity shifts, and non-linear growth, grounded in 38 years of experience. • alcohol as symptom, not root • emotional sobriety and the power of the pause • control as a sneaky substitute for drinking • resentment as slow poison and how to release it • identity after alcohol and choosing who to be • gr...

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