That's Me! That's Me! episode 28 with Kate G.That's Me! That's Me! episode 28 with Kate G.
Recovery Radio Network
Kate G talks about growing up around alcoholism, years of drinking in full knowledge she was alcoholic, and the bottom that led her to rehab and AA. Monica and Julia weave humour and warmth through a candid discussion of shame, spiritual moments, sponsorship and finding the courage to let AA help before self-love appears.
44:16•21 Aug 2026
“That’s Me! That’s Me!”: Kate G on Shame, Sobriety and Letting AA Love Her
Episode Overview
- Recognising alcoholism is often years ahead of being willing to stop, leading to a painful cycle where alcohol feels like the only solution.
- Hitting a severe bottom, including legal and family consequences, pushed Kate to accept rehab and commit fully to AA.
- Beginners’ meetings with short leads and open discussion can give newcomers several layers of connection in one session.
- Letting the AA community offer love and support can come before any sense of genuine self-love in early recovery.
- Grief, illness and life changes still feel overwhelming in sobriety, but can be faced without drinking by using AA tools and support.
“I let AA love me before I could love myself.”
Curious about how others manage the messy, emotional side of sobriety? This episode of Recovery Radio Network’s "That’s Me! That’s Me!" centres on exactly that, with hosts Monica K and Julia J chatting with guest Kate G about the moment she truly recognised herself in Alcoholics Anonymous.
You’ll hear Monica and Julia’s easy, funny back-and-forth set the tone: they joke about horror films, Gen Z vs Gen X fears, and even questionable outfits from drinking days, all while keeping the focus on recovery. Their target audience is clearly people in or around AA – especially those wondering what might bring them back after that first meeting. The show leans into the idea of hearing *what* made someone say, "That’s me.
That’s me," and commit to a second meeting. Kate shares that she grew up around alcoholism and had someone call her an alcoholic at 17, yet spent years caught in a "shame spiral" where drink was both the problem and her only solution.
Key moments include Kate’s description of AA as "where the rock stars are," her love for a beginners’ meeting format that mixes short leads with open discussion, and a powerful spiritual experience in jail where a woman stroked her head and said, "We have to change." Later, she sums up her early recovery by saying, "I let AA love me before I could love myself." If you’re wondering whether AA could ever be for you, or what it looks like to finally run out of plans and accept help, this conversation might be exactly what you need right now.
She’d gone to AA meetings as early as 2008, but her sobriety date is 16 August 2014, after a stay in rehab prompted by a serious bottom involving "a brief stay in a jail, the ocean, a lifeguard" and the real risk of losing contact with her children.
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