Drunk-ish - A Sobriety Podcast · Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

We All Need a Parade with Margot Rose

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Margot says she "almost killed myself" before deciding, "Coke is the problem. Alcohol's fine."

1. Drunk-ish - A Sobriety Podcast centers this conversation on Margot Rose’s sobriety story, from New York theater jobs to prescription-drug recovery. 2. Stephanie Wilder-Taylor interviews Margot Rose, a performer, writer, and composer, and calls her a "good friend" and a "fellow sober traveler." 3. The episode asks what changed between Margot’s early, edgy sobriety and the later period when alcohol, cocaine, and prescribed medication all became part of the same problem. 4. Margot says she came to New York from North Carolina after drama school and lived on Staten Island with three friends. 5. She describes singing for money on the Staten Island ferry and later working as a tour guide at the Federal Reserve Bank and as a waitress. 6. Margot remembers losing her father after a heart attack when he was in a coma for three days. 7. She says two best friends later died by suicide by jumping from buildings, adding to a long run of loss. 8. Margot recalls auditioning for "I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road" after Craig Zayden arranged the opportunity. 9. She says the show opened at Joe Papp’s Public Theater, moved to Circle in the Square, and became a hit through word of mouth. 10. She describes falling in love with California, driving a "drive away car," and arriving in Los Angeles with her dog Henry. 11. Margot says she began drinking more in Los Angeles while also using cocaine and later calls herself "a type person" who liked the drug immediately. 12. She recounts stealing her roommate’s stash, doing "many grams in one day," and almost killing herself before deciding cocaine was the only issue. 13. Margot says that after that crash she believed "Coke is the problem. Alcohol's fine," which delayed full sobriety for almost 10 years. 14. She explains that Donna called her an alcoholic after catching her in a betrayal, and that the insult landed as a real opening. 15. Margot calls Gwen Wells in program, and Gwen answers, "Yes, honey, I know," which sends her to a meeting that night. 16. She says her original sobriety date is 1990, but she later redated twice because of prescribed OxyContin, prednisone, and Xanax. 17. Margot says lupus and fibromyalgia complicated the medication story, and she was trying to taper carefully rather than stop cold turkey. 18. The tone stays candid, funny, and self-aware, with Stephanie and Margot joking about ego, edge, and the need for praise. 19. Listeners who like sober recovery stories with theater history and sharp humor. 20. Listeners wanting a fast, plot-light celebrity recovery chat.

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