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EPISODE · Sep 9, 2025 · 1H 6M

Story # 22 :Bill - From Waking Up in Jail to Getting Sober During Covid

from Recovery Demystified - Secular Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their Allies

Today we hear Bill's addiction recovery story. Bill first saw the destructive powers of alcohol when his dad started drinking a lot after his parents got divorced. His own experimentation with binge drinking led to blackouts early on. In high school, he recognized that his drinking and weed smoking had started messing up his life and he decided to move in with his grandmother. After moving out and going to college, the lack of oversight led to an acceleration in his drinking and he flunked out of college. Working in the restaurant industry normalized this level of drinking and added cocaine to the mix. Multiple DUIs and waking up hungover still laying on his back porch pushed him to get sober during the pandemic, and he has never looked back. Want to be interviewed on this podcast? Send us and email: [email protected] Support our work! Donations can be sent to Venmo or PayPal @recoverydemystified Connect with us on Instagram & Substack: @recoverydemystified Logo: Stevie Petet Theme Music: Logan Bragg  

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