From Rock Bottom to 10 Years Sober: Marci Hopkins’ Powerful Recovery Story

About this episode

Marci Hopkins shares her powerful recovery story from addiction and trauma, emphasizing the importance of transformation and support in sobriety.

On this episode of We’re Out Of Time , host Richard Taite sits down with Marci Hopkins, host of Wake Up With Marci and author of Chaos to Clarity . With 10 years of sobriety, Marci shares the defining moments that shaped her recovery journey—from childhood sexual abuse and generational alcoholism to the DUI that became her wake-up call on October 3, 2015. Marci opens up about coping with trauma through alcohol, confronting her stepfather years later, and mourning the mother she wished she had. She reflects on losing her mother to addiction, the complicated grief that followed, and the realization that recovery meant rebuilding her life from the ground up. “Once everything fell to the ground, I had to start rebuilding.” The conversation explores surrender in 12-step recovery, rewiring the brain through daily habits, and why recovery is not about willpower—but transformation. Marci explains how forgiveness, self-love, and spiritual connection became the foundation for lasting sobriety, and how motherhood ultimately fueled her decision to change. From “popping the tape” to avoid relapse to learning how to laugh sober, she shares practical tools for thriving after addiction. Richard…

People in this episode

Host: Richard Taite

Guest: Marci Hopkins

Topics covered

• recovery
• sobriety
• mental health
• addiction
• trauma
• forgiveness
• parenting

Keywords

• sobriety
• recovery journey
• addiction
• trauma
• 12-step recovery
• mental health
• forgiveness
• self-love
• parenting
• fentanyl

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shatterproof

Books & works: Wake Up With Marci, Chaos to Clarity

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