Episode 43 : Kimberly McBee!

About this episode

Kimberly McBee shares her harrowing story of abuse and her struggles with alcoholism and recovery.

On this edition of Reset and Rise to the Unbreakable With Amanda Moore, we welcome Kimberly McBee to the show! Here's her bio in her own words : Hi, my name is Kimberly McBee, this is my story. As a child I was severely abused physically and mentally by my father. The mental abuse went on my entire life until I removed him from my life in November. The physical abuse ended at 15. My dad is a true textbook psychopath. In 9th grade my Algebra teacher told my mom I should see a therapist. I was later diagnosed with PTSD. At 19 I started drinking to party. It quickly turned in to full blown alcoholism. I drank to numb the past. I didn't want to feel anything. I slowed down the drinking in my mid 20's. That was until my ex husband knocked me out fracturing my cheek bones. When I woke up on the floor he was standing over me. He held me hostage in our house for 3 days. When he finally went to work I ran never looking back. I started drinking much heavier than before. I was a "functioning" alcoholic 16 years. I went to detox 8 or 9 times. In 2018 I did stop for 18 months until I was abused again. In June of last year I went to detox. I found out that my job had fired me for going. I…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Moore

Guest: Kimberly McBee

Topics covered

• abuse
• alcoholism
• mental health
• PTSD
• recovery

Keywords

• abuse
• alcoholism
• PTSD
• mental health
• recovery
• detox
• functioning alcoholic

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