Adjusting to Life After Treatment | Maylee Willson

In the second episode of this two-part series, Maylee Willson continues her honest conversation about alcoholism with Prickly and Blooming host Jessie Browning. She talks about the events leading up to February 27, 2018 when she checked into a treatment center to detox. Maylee has been sober since February 28, 2018.

Listen to how she adjusted to life after treatment. She shares her experience attending her first AA meeting and how those meetings saved her life.

Episode Timeline:

• • [00:03] Intro
  • [02:24] Something's gotta change
  • [06 35] The last selfie before getting sober
  • [07:38] Word of the year: commitment
  • [09:05] February 27, 2018
  • [12:25] Going into treatment
  • [14:23] Her first AA meeting
  • [17:16] Brene Brown Book Club
  • [18:15] "Rehab is gonna suck"
  • [24:40] Family Day
  • [26:16]Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  • [29:19] Finding her sponsor
  • [34:12] Adjusting to life after treatment
  • [38:08] Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
  • [44:43] Word of 2020: community
  • [46:47] Jessie's rapid fire questions
  • [50:19] Contacting Maylee Willson
• [51:34] Outro

Resources Mentioned:

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
• I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough" by Brené Brown
• Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• Serenity House

Standout Quotes:

• "I think the more that we share our honest, real stories about what alcoholism looks like and who it affects, the more we can reach other people who are suffering and maybe affect them to step out of the storyline they've been living and try a new one." -Jessie Browning [01:23]
• "That was the first AA meeting that I've ever gone to and that was the first time that I ever said out loud ‘I am an alcoholic' and that was the first time in my life that I met people who knew what I felt like." -Maylee Willson [14:36]
• "Treatment got me sober. It gave me a safe space to get clean and it taught me a lot, but then AA has kept me that way. AA is really what has saved my life." -Maylee Willson [35:03]

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