416 From Blackout Drinking to Divine Alignment: Paula Robbins' Recovery Story

The One Day At A Time Recovery Podcast · Feb 5, 2026 · 1h

There's a point in many recovery journeys where insight stops being the problem.

You know what to do.

You understand your patterns.

And yet… change still feels hard.

In this episode, I talk with Paula Robbins, author of Hitchhiking Into Recovery, who has over 37 years of sobriety, about why that happens—and what actually sustains healing over the long haul.

The Ride That Opened the Door

Paula's recovery didn't begin with a dramatic intervention. It began when she was picked up hitchhiking in 1988 by someone living a sober, connected life.

That single interaction mattered because it…