When is a good time to start sharing about your sobriety? The Christina Kimbrough story EP 112

If you have been wondering what it would be like to get sober during COVID-19, well Cristina‘s story will shed some light on it for us. She was barely into her new sobriety when everything started shutting down. The other thing I found interesting was how early in Christina’s recovery she started telling people. I have had a personal bias towards when someone should start disclosing their sobriety. Or when people should start posting on social media about sobriety. Christina helped me get a new perspective. She has found social media extremely helpful, especially when we weren’t able to meet in person for meetings. She also shared that being open about her recovery early has helped her with an added level of accountability. I found our conversation very interesting and today Christina has over nine months sober. Christina is from the Cleveland OH area. She currently lives in Norfolk VA with her husband that just re-enlisted in the NAVY. THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE! Christina Kimbrough is a Mental health and recovery advocate and blogger. Christina grew up in a home where there wasn’t any drinking… like ever! However, there was some mental health in the family’s history, a strong Christian influence, and a decent amount of trauma as well. She remembers the contradictory feelings she had regarding the dysfunction in the home and what was presented to friends and social circles. Christina made it through college with no real problems, she didn’t even drink if you can imagine that! It was only until she started down the path of high stress work environments and the deployment of her husband when things started ramping up. Although Christina was hospitalized once, enrolled in intensive group therapy twice for mental health challenges, she still wasn’t sure she had a drinking problem. “Anxiety is my problem. I knew I drank more than some people but anxiety was my real problem. If I could get rid of the anxiety, everything would be fine.” Well I really appreciate about cristina story is her willingness to ask for help and the implications so many of us share around what it looks like to have a drinking problem, mental health challenges and what is normal? Be sure to show Christina some love on social and as always let us know what you think about the episode. Christina Kimbrough on Instagram https://instagram.com/ckimbrough1?igshid=1mkkxiif2bjqh Join us on our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/highcostofanonymitypodcast/?ref=share Subscribe, follow, rate and give us a review on your favorite podcast platform. We love you!