18 Years Sober: Lucy Bruce on Childhood Trauma and Healing

Lucy Bruce was twenty-four when she sat across from an alcohol counsellor and stopped drinking. Eighteen years later, she has weathered childhood abuse, domestic violence, divorce, postnatal depression and intrusive thoughts that almost broke her. And she is still sober.

This is the recovery story of a woman who refused to pass her trauma on to her children. Lucy tells Sober Dave about growing up with an alcoholic father, watching her mother be beaten, the abuse she endured at the hands of her grandfather, and how she finally found the courage to stop at twenty-four.

You'll hear about: drinking to numb childhood trauma; getting sober alongside her ex-husband; the postnatal intrusive thoughts that nearly took her under; how MDMA assisted therapy helped her release decades of pain; learning to forgive; and being a sober mum to two daughters.

Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of childhood abuse and suicidal thoughts.

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice.

www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

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