Fearing Sobriety More Than Death with Patrick Kennedy

Tracey-Lee was only four years old when a male family member abused her. Throughout her childhood, the trauma was compounded by denial: She was told a version of events that didn’t match the truth she...

27 Jul 202555min

JOIN THE UNSPOKEN: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeakingI don’t say this lightly, but this is one of those stories that stays with you for days, maybe even weeks.We begin with Shelley as a child, witnes...

23 Jul 202528min

All Zac ever wanted was to be his dad’s best friend.As a kid, he longed for the kind of closeness he saw between his friends and their own fathers, but his own reality couldn’t have been more differen...

20 Jul 202541min

JOIN THE UNSPOKEN: https://patreon.com/SoberlySpeakingChild sexual abuse has been touched on in a few of my past episodes, but in Manda’s story, it stretches across generations.For Manda, she was sexu...

9 Jul 202527min

When I sit across from my guests, they often share the darkest chapters of their past. But for Tegan, she’s living through it right now — in real time.Tegan and Jax are widely known for their hilariou...

6 Jul 202554min

Taylor started sleeping with men when she was just 16 years old. From a young age, she was hanging around older boys for drugs and what began as one man to fund her addiction quickly escalated to post...

29 Jun 202538min

I've been following Michael Lappin on social media for a while now and even reached out to him when Soberly Speaking first launched, hoping to have him on as one of my guests. Weeks passed without a r...

22 Jun 202535min

Julia Vogl never identified with having a drinking problem, but she realised alcohol was holding her back and capping her potential. It’s a story so many can relate to, knowing something isn’t good fo...

15 Jun 202547min