Millie Macintosh Opens Up About Her Alcohol Journey, Bad Drunk, and Finding Freedom in Sobriety
In this episode, Sober Dave sits down with model, TV personality, and author Millie Macintosh to talk about her raw and honest journey from her first drink at 12 years old to getting alcohol free on A...
31 Jan 20251h
15 Years of Trying to Moderate, Three Years Sober: Alison Calder's Recovery Story
Alison Calder is three years sober after a 15 year back and forth trying to moderate drinking that no other career made harder — she was a trained sommelier who went on to run her own wine company. In...
24 Jan 202556min
The Functioning Addict Nobody Questioned: Lee's Recovery Story
Lee Anderson grew up inside pubs. His mum was a barmaid who ran her own pubs, and by the time he was eight or nine he was already pouring himself spirits from the cabinet the way he'd seen adults do i...
17 Jan 20251h 4min
Five Years Sober. Then One Drink. Abby Burrows's Story
Abigail Burrows had her first sip of champagne at nine years old, at a concert at the Dorchester. She topped up her own glass when the teacher's back was turned. She has never, in her own words, been ...
10 Jan 20251h 5min
Donna Francis: Quitting Drinking, Mum Wine Culture + Throwing Up at Claridge's
Beauty editor Donna Francis spent 30 years drinking white wine through her career, motherhood and perimenopause before quitting drinking last July. In this episode of One for the Road, she tells Sober...
3 Jan 20251h 7min
How to Stay Sober at Christmas: William Porter's Survival Guide
Christmas mornings used to start with a Bucks Fizz at 10am and a turkey carved with a few fingers missing from the bird. Not anymore. In this bonus Christmas special, Sober Dave is joined by William P...
20 Des 202434min
Will Gordon Drank a Litre of Vodka a Day. Then He Got a Liver Transplant.
Will Gordon was a teacher. He had a wife, a family that loved him, a job he was good at when he showed up. He also drank a 750ml bottle of vodka most days, hid it from his wife in water bottles around...
22 Nov 20241h 6min
Daughter of an Alcoholic, Paralytic Every Weekend: Jo Preston Hart's Story
Jo Preston Hart's dad was an alcoholic who died falling down the stairs drunk when she was 18. For years she told herself she was nothing like him. He drank every day, she thought. She only drank at w...
15 Nov 20241h 8min
