Hiding Wine Bottles to 47 and Sober: Alex Leigh Story
At 47, Alex lives in Athens, wakes up with energy, and doesn't hide bottles in her shopping anymore. That wasn't her life three years ago.Her dad died when she was seven. By fourteen, she'd found the ...
24 Okt 20251h 10min
Dan Bateman Quit Drinking, Then Lost £50K to Gambling
Dan was 27, 29 stone, and paralytic drunk at his dad's 50th when he hit the kitchen tiles the next morning. His lips went blue. He stopped breathing. His mum called an ambulance. Lying on the A&E stre...
17 Okt 20251h 4min
How a Restaurateur Quit Drinking: Justin's Sobriety Story
Justin T-Bone is 10 years sober after 25 years of drinking that started the week he walked away from being a top-three sprinter in the country. In this recovery story, he walks through how he quit dri...
10 Okt 202555min
Why Poverty and Addiction Are Linked: A Special Bonus Episode
Four children in every UK classroom are growing up in hygiene poverty. They share toothbrushes, wash their hair in soap, and skip PE because they have nothing to clean themselves with afterwards. Many...
7 Okt 202533min
Mommy Wine Culture Almost Took Her: Nina's Sobriety Story
Nina was on holiday with her family when her ten year old son put his arm around his little sister and said, "Don't worry, she'll just order five more bottles of rose and then she'll say yes."That was...
3 Okt 20251h 17min
Two Alcoholics, One Marriage: Annie Knowles Story
For years, Annie Knowles was sure her husband was the one with the drinking problem. He was in AA. She was just a normal wine mum, two-bottles-in-the-fridge kind of drinker. Three and a half years sob...
22 Aug 20251h 15min
Why We Drink to Numb Pain: Julia Samuel MBE on Grief and Addiction
When people quit drinking, they expect relief. Instead, many feel grief. That's what Dave sits down to explore with Julia Samuel MBE, psychotherapist of 30+ years and best-selling author of Grief Work...
15 Aug 202555min
The Six Week Bender That Almost Killed Him: Niall Harbison Sobriety Story
Niall Harbison nearly drank himself to death in Thailand at 41. Four days in ICU. A six-week bender of three bottles of wine, Valium, and whiskey, three times a day. He quit smoking, drinking, and pil...
8 Aug 20251h 1min
