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Patty took her last drink on July 19, 2017.  This is her story. Update on the Alcohol is Sh!t book!  The book is out!  Pick up your paperback copy on Amazon here!  You can get the Audible version here! On today’s episode Paul talks about the two main sources of unhappiness and how hope is sending us barreling off a cliff.  On the surface hope is great.  But where is it located on a timeline?  In the future, not in the now.  If hope isn’t serving us, then what?  Throttle back on the hope and lean into ‘this moment’.  SHOW NOTES   [12:00] Paul introduces Patty.    Patty is 665 years old and is originally from Fairbanks, AK.  She currently lives in Corvallis, OR.  Patty has 3 children in their forties and 7 grandkids.  She worked at a university for 30 years and is now retired.  For fun Patty likes to hike, kayak, and sailing.    [13:55] Give us a background on your drinking.   Patty says she was 14 years od the first time she got drunk, and that she was a black-out drinker her very first time.  It wasn’t unti