Episode 36: Sober September: Winning Kentucky’s Teacher of the Year While Battling Alcohol Addiction: How to Go From Bottomless to Sober with Jessica Dueñas

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Jessica Dueñas was celebrated as Kentucky’s 2019 Teacher of the Year—while secretly battling alcohol addiction. Behind the awards and accolades, she was drinking heavily, hiding withdrawals, and fighting to keep her life from unraveling.

In this powerful conversation, Jessica shares how she went from high-performing but secretly suffering to openly sober and thriving. She talks about growing up in a first-generation Latino household, struggling with body image and disordered eating, and how those patterns connected to her alcoholism. She also reveals how a viral op-ed telling her truth became the first step in her recovery journey.

This episode is a reminder that addiction wears many faces—and that telling our stories can free us from shame and guilt while helping others do the same.

Listen in to hear how Jessica went from bottomless to sober and why your story, too, has the power to heal.

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Guest Bio:

Jessica Dueñas is a mother, writer, life coach, and college educator. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, she spent years as a classroom teacher and was named the 2019 Kentucky State Teacher of the Year, while secretly battling alcohol addiction. She began her sobriety journey after publicly sharing her story in an op-ed. Today, Jessica is also an instructor and host with The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support community.

Love Jessica as much as I do? Find her here:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaduenas24/

Substack: https://jessicaduenas.substack.com/

Website: https://www.bottomlesstosober.com/

Podcast: https://www.bottomlesstosober.com/podcast/

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Transcript

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Welcome to the Girls Who Recover podcast with Dana Hunter Fradella, where incredible women just like you, go to transform life's biggest setbacks into your most powerful comebacks so that you can live a life you. Love. I'm your host, Dana Hunter Fradella, transformational coach and founder of Girls Who Recover, and my mission is to pull back the curtain on our mistakes, failures, shame and personal disasters, and light the way for how to use those to create your biggest and most gorgeous comebacks. Follow the show now. Grab your iced coffee and turn up the volume for girls who recover. Let's light it up. Oh, whoa. Did you just feel what I felt? There is a whole lot of that and more to help you create miracles in your life. On upcoming episodes of the Girls Who Recover a podcast now ranked in the top 5% of podcasts globally. If you've built a strong recovery foundation and you're feeling ready to break through life's glass ceilings, let's make it happen together. In the show notes, you'll find a link to book a free one-on-one conversation with me and in that conversation. We'll get clear on what next level success even looks like for your life. We'll create some powerfully aligned goals and a plan. We're gonna talk about the big thing holding you back, and you will walk away with a roadmap for how to create a life you are obsessed with. Because hear this from me, my friend. You deserve. Success and freedom and the full identity of a woman who knows what she's capable of and who she is. And I wanna help you get there. So book your free call in the notes. And if you love this episode, follow us five stars, write a review, share it with your best friend, share it with your mom. And in case you haven't heard it today, I love you. I'm so proud of you, and I believe in your ability to create a gorgeous life. You are madly in love with starting. Right now and I'll see you in the next episode, blah.