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We're Out of Time

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

2/24/20261 hr 1 min

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 real...

Clips

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Motherhood snapped me awake
Confronting my abuser, forgiving mom
Play the tape forward
Surrender isn’t giving up
Fun returns in sobriety
Forgiving myself set me free
The stories I don’t share
Recovery isn’t willpower
Perfect when I stopped perfecting
Peace after my mother’s death

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Richard Taite· Host0:00

    'Cause I know what he's gonna say. "I wasn't present. I could have done more. That's never gonna happen again."

  2. Marci Hopkins· Guest0:05

    Mm.

  3. Richard Taite· Host0:06

    "I love my boy."

  4. Marci Hopkins· Guest0:07

    Yeah.

  5. Richard Taite· Host0:07

    Okay?

  6. Marci Hopkins· Guest0:07

    Mm-hmm.

  7. Richard Taite· Host0:08

    "And I'm never gonna stop talking about him."

  8. Marci Hopkins· Guest0:10

    Yeah.

  9. Richard Taite· Host0:10

    Never.

  10. Marci Hopkins· Guest0:11

    Yeah.

  11. Richard Taite· Host0:11

    God, is that the worst.

  12. Marci Hopkins· Guest0:13

    Yeah, the worst. I can't even imagine, and I live with that fear all the time.

  13. Speaker 20:17

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  14. Richard Taite· Host0:53

    My guest today knows what it means to hit rock bottom and rise again. Marcie Hopkins is the host of Wake Up With Marcie, a show about hope, healing, and turning pain into purpose, and the author of Chaos to Clarity, where she shares her powerful journey through trauma, addiction, and self-discovery. Today we're talking about how to move on from darkness to light and find clarity when life feels broken. Marcie, welcome.

  15. Marci Hopkins· Guest1:23

    Thank you for having me. It's great to be here.

  16. Richard Taite· Host1:25

    Yeah. So let's get the, uh, book out of the way.

  17. Marci Hopkins· Guest1:28

    Yeah.

  18. Richard Taite· Host1:28

    When, when did you write that book?

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