Knockin‘ Doorz Down

Becca Atkinson | From Alcoholic to Recovery Advocate and Host of the Unashamed Alcoholic Podcast

Becca came from a family that has a history of alcoholism. She knew this growing up and was aware of the possibility of herself falling into that addiction pattern. Up until her early teenage years, everything was pretty normal, but once adolescence was over that’s when the drinking started to kick in for her.

Becca couldn’t just casually drink like the rest of her friends, she had to get drunk. There was no middle ground, and this led to many blackouts and problems every weekend at a young age. Her 20’s were very reckless, bad decision making with relationships, and a party lifestyle with 6 other people at her first house away from home. This quickly escalated and spiraled out of control to new lows in her life.

She rationalized her alcoholism in many ways: She wasn’t drinking in the morning, she didn’t lose her kids and continued to work at her job, so she wasn’t your typical alcoholic, or at least what our modern media portrays as an alcoholic. There’s a lot of stereotypes and misconceptions of what alcoholism actually is, and how it affects different people. She makes the point that we need to make clear to kids & the youth today, that drinking does not have to be a given in your life, and you do not need to feel like it’s abnormal not to drink.

She started to feel like a failure, because she couldn’t control her drinking. She was looking for answers, and looking for a way to get out of her rut. One day, she randomly connected with an old friend who recently got sober, and wanted her to come celebrate her newfound sobriety. She was hesitant at first, but went to the celebration and got inspired to get her life back on track. She went to co-ed AA meetings at first, but had to eventually had to go to all-female meetings to make her feel more comfortable in the recovery process.

After her first interview since her recovery at a local radio station in 2020, she wanted to continue the conversation. Podcasting seemed like a great way for her to get her story out to the masses, in hopes of sharing stories and helping people around the world. Even though she was hesitant at first to put her story out there, not being sure of how people would receive it. She got over that fear, and The Unashamed Alcoholic Podcast was born, and has been going strong for almost 2 years.

This is Becca Atkinson in his own words, on Knockin’ Doorz Down.

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