After Hours with Jimmy Thistle
After Hours with Jimmy Thistle
Podcast Description
A candid discussion with people in recovery from addiction, with guests opening up about their struggles and relationship with alcohol and drugs.
Jimmy is 4+ years in recovery from alcohol and is a qualified Peer Mentor in Addition Support.
Grab a coffee, find a quiet spot, download an episode or two, put your headphones on and listen...
Listen for the similarities and not the differences.
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If you like the show and want to help fund it, then why not buy me a coffee...
https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt
https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmy
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Focuses on personal recovery journeys, challenges with addiction, and transformative stories with episodes featuring guests like George, who shares his incredible life changes after sobriety, and Ian, who explores the impacts of moderate drinking on his life.
Join Jimmy Thistle for After Hours — the brutally honest, funny and heartwarming podcast that dives deep into alcohol, addiction, and recovery.
Each week, Jimmy sits down with real people who’ve faced the highs, lows, and hangovers of drinking culture. Through unfiltered conversation, laughter, and raw honesty, they explore what happens when we start questioning our relationship with alcohol — and what life looks like on the other side.
Whether you’re sober, sober-curious, or just wondering if alcohol’s got too much of a grip, this show is for you. Expect real stories, a few laughs, and plenty of lightbulb moments from people who’ve been there.
Recorded in the UK and Isle of Man but shared worldwide, After Hours is here to prove that recovery can be real, relatable, and even a little bit funny.
My Instagram is:
https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmy
And you can find all my other links at:
https://linktr.ee/jimmythistle
Buy me a coffee…
https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt
Rachel’s story begins with neglect, resilience, and a whole lot of sadness. Her mother lost custody of her sister & her due to her own addiction, being raised by their father alone, A heartbreak that forced her to grow up fast. She lost her mom to an overdose at just sixteen, an even bigger heartbreak that forced her to grow up even faster. With a hardworking dad who was always trying to keep the family afloat and a younger sibling who depended on her, Rachel learned early how to survive chaos. But survival came with pain, and that pain eventually pulled her down a darker path.
By twenty, Rachel became a mom herself, trying to figure out adulthood while fighting battles she didn’t know how to name yet. Drinking led to blackouts, benzos numbed everything, and holding a job became almost impossible. Life felt like it was slipping through her fingers. Everything changed on April 11, 2024; the day she chose sobriety and never looked back. Since then, she’s lost over 70 pounds, rebuilt her life from the ground up, and become the steady, reliable version of herself she once never believed possible.
Today, Rachel is nearly two years sober, a co-host of the growing podcast Rock Bottom with Ryan, and a powerful voice for women & mothers in recovery. She is a present mother, a woman who shows up at work every day with pride, and the creator of a life she once only dreamed about. She’s also preparing to marry the man who stood by her through every breakdown and breakthrough on her two years of sobriety. Her passion now is helping other women see that healing is possible, no matter how far they’ve fallen, you can get back up and fight the fight!
Catch Rachel on Instagram at:
https://www.instagram.com/realtalkwithrachie
Rock Bottom with Ryan Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rock-bottom-with-ryan/id1827151504
Mel Robbins – Let Them
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Dr. Anna Lembke – Dopamine Nation
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My Instagram is:
https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmy
And you can find all my other links at:
https://linktr.ee/jimmythistle
Buy me a coffee…
https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt
Donate:
https://motiv8.im/donate/
https://nacoa.org.uk/get-involved/donating/donate/
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