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Sobriety Chat: Jean

February 10th, 2023 Interviews 8 comments

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Jean McCarthy is a wife, mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, sister, daughter, property manager, painter, podcaster, writer … and she is sober. Jean is the host of The Bubble Hour and Tiny Bubbles recovery podcasts, author of the blog Unpickled, and many books related to sobriety. In this chat she talks about her new book, Take Good Care, and how unleashing her creative energy has been one of the many joys of quitting drinking.

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