{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sober.Coffee Podcast","title":"Claudia's Story - FROM THE VAULT","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2006,"description":"Claudia's Story: (From the Vault)\nSeries Note: This episode is the Third release in a special series of replays from the Sober.Coffee vault, featuring Mike and Glenn while they take a sabbatical.\nSober.Coffee Podcast (Episode B30)\n\nHosts: Mike & Glenn\nGuest: Claudia\n\nEpisode Overview\nMike and Glenn pull up a chair for a table of three with fellow AA member Claudia. Celebrating her three-year sobriety anniversary (1,096 days), Claudia shares her experience, strength, and hope. Her central message: you are never too old to get sober and mentally healthy—a journey she began at nearly 50 years old.\nThe Roots & Escalation\nChildhood Insecurities: Growing up in a comfortable family without alcoholic parents, Claudia was thoughtful, earned good grades, but suffered from extreme, painful shyness and underlying anxiety. She developed a habit of seeking validation in people, places, and things to feel secure.\nEarly Adulthood & Relationships: After marrying young and divorcing at 26, Claudia lacked the emotional sobriety to navigate life independently. She struggled with codependency and carried unaddressed childhood baggage.\nThe Escalation: Claudia remarried and raised two daughters. The real turning point came around 2008 when she lost her downtown job during the financial crisis while serving as the family's primary financial support. Financial stress and fear triggered heavy drinking just to cope with daily tasks like calling bill collectors.\nThe Wake-Up Calls: Claudia received her first DUI in 2011. Although shaken in a victim impact panel, she rationalized it as a bad choice rather than a deeper problem. By 2019, drinking escalated around the clock to manage every emotion, whether happy or sad.\nThe Turning Point: Surrender & Honesty\nThe Bottom: Claudia's second DUI landed her in jail overnight—a moment where she felt her Higher Power step in and say she had suffered enough. The following morning was the darkest day of her life, realizing the danger she had put others...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lbvonW-QZLM4NmaZlNyZ24zW1GAeM2iURuVyAh7wbrc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE5NDE2LzE2MTU1/OTcyNTUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}