Coercive Control, a Life Sentence & Finding Love in Prison: Peter Bates
Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking Peter Bates was just a child when his father poured petrol over him and his mother to stop her from leaving. Extreme violence, coercive contr...
17 Touko 43min
The Cycle of Violence and Abandonment: Luke's Story
Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking Growing up around addiction, instability and an absent father shaped the course of Luke’s life long before he understood it.In this episode, ...
3 Touko 47min
The Hidden Grip of Pokies: How a Mum of Six Nearly Lost Everything
Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking If a mum of six can walk into her local pub and lose hundreds of thousands on a poker machine, where does the responsibility actually sit?Is ...
26 Huhti 39min
Are You Addicted to Chaos? with Drew Wild
Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking You stopped drinking. You changed your habits. So why does it still feel like something is missing? Work, the gym, your phone, the constant c...
19 Huhti 53min
The Secret Inside the Family: Understanding Tanisha’s Substance Use
Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking Trigger warning: This episode discusses child SA within a family, domestic violence and su*cide. Listener discretion is advised. Support reso...
12 Huhti 39min
Sugar Babying, Motherhood & Starting Again: Mikaela's Story
Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking From a young age, Mikaela felt the pressure to please those around her, men especially. At seventeen, she met the father of her firstborn in ...
5 Huhti 45min
"I'm Buying Friends" - Alex Wired Corporate Funds to Feed His Gambling Addiction
Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking Growing up as a second-generation Chinese Australian in Canberra, Alex spent much of his childhood wanting to be anything but himself. At jus...
29 Maalis 53min
A Young Life of Crime: Raj
Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeaking Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault.Raj's earliest memory is of his father leaving him on the side of the roa...
22 Maalis 45min
