After Hours with Jimmy Thistle

• Episode 20 - Louisa Evans

  Louisa was a nearly nightly bottle of wine drinker and had been since her 20's. When Louisa became a mother, the pressure to cope with motherhood with 'wine o'clock' increased and it seemed like the most natural thing in the world to turn to a glass of wine or two (or three) at the end of the day to cope.In her day job, Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Hypnotherapist and so she was finding a real incongruence with the advice she was giving other people and yet struggling herself behind closed doors.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​In October 2022 Louisa couldn't ignore her desire to go sober any longer and began her sober journey. It wasn't a straightforward path though. Despite having all the tools she uses in her clinic with other people and habit change Louisa couldn't seem to get sobriety to stick.​So she ended up stuck in a resetting loop for a couple of months and her mental health really suffered in that time.Hear Louisa’s story here…You can find Louisa at:https://www.instagram.com/stepping_into_sobrietyLouisa's Linktree:https://linktr.ee/stepping_into_sobrietyMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleBuy me a coffee…https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt

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• Episode 19 - Sam Lowry pt. 2

  At 29, Sam was on his knees, physically, mentally and spiritually shattered. He hated himself and wanted to die. This coupled with a life of chronic alcoholism of which his journey began at a young age, was a tragedy in waiting.  His name is Samuel, and by the grace of some elusive entity he managed to crawl out of the abyss and got sober in 2013. The past eleven and a half years or so have been filled with joy, passion, love, adventure, presence, heartache, heartbreak and all the messy stuff in between, but he has managed this without having to use the once ever present crutch - alcohol.Listen to Sam's story here...You can find Sam at:https://www.instagram.com/life_after_destructionAnd at his father's art pages:https://www.instagram.com/the_hand_of_ray_lowryhttps://raylowry.comMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleBuy me a coffee…https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt

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• Episode 18 - Sam Lowry pt. 1

  At 29, Sam was on his knees, physically, mentally and spiritually shattered. He hated himself and wanted to die. This coupled with a life of chronic alcoholism of which his journey began at a young age, was a tragedy in waiting.  His name is Samuel, and by the grace of some elusive entity he managed to crawl out of the abyss and got sober in 2013. The past eleven and a half years or so have been filled with joy, passion, love, adventure, presence, heartache, heartbreak and all the messy stuff in between, but he has managed this without having to use the once ever present crutch - alcohol.Listen to Sam's story here...You can find Sam at:https://www.instagram.com/life_after_destructionAnd at his father's art pages:https://www.instagram.com/the_hand_of_ray_lowryhttps://raylowry.comMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleBuy me a coffee…https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt

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• Episode 17 - Gary Mairs

  Gary was in a rut with his drinking, at the end it was all consuming and despite having a good job, being well traveled and having met the love of his life. It was all falling away, he would drink daily and not care about anything else, losing friends and his love he finally decided to change things and started walking, walking back to sobriety…Listen to Gary’s story here…You can find Gary at:https://www.instagram.com/sobernsoundGary's Linktree:https://linktr.ee/sobernsoundMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleBuy me a coffee…https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt

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• Episode 16 - Leanne Bayliss

  Leanne is a solo parent, she has been sober almost 5 years. Loud and proud. She now works in therapy with people in addiction or substance use. Leanne is also a writer and the book From Cocaine to Rice Cakes will be out soon. Since getting sober Leanne has devoted her time to helping others. She runs Self Love club on Sundays for women who want to be empowered. She made it to 28 sober influencers in the world which she was stunned by, although I think it is totally fitting. She says she’s here to hold anyone's hand to a better life. Leanne is a powerhouse on insta and her story is remarkable. Listen here…You can find Leanne at:https://www.instagram.com/soberlittlemotherredLeanne's Linktree:https://linktr.ee/Soberlittlemother?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAab719fU0X6s1sFa8HOPF1BA-wNshihXQnFP-PhaLBTs_Ya9lh7GESxVMyA_aem_LHVw23q4s1kaCLXDPKeXQwMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleBuy me a coffee…https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt

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