Sober Awkward

Winner, Best Wellbeing Podcast at The Australian Podcast Awards 2024

Have you ever woken up after a big night and announced, “I’m never drinking again,” only to find yourself six hours later waving $50 at a barman? Or perhaps you were more of a stay at home drinker, quietly opening the wine once the day was done and wondering when one glass started turning into, well, considerably more than one glass. Vic and Ulrika came from very different drinking worlds, but somehow ended up in exactly the same place.

Join author, podcaster and former binge drinking party animal Victoria Vanstone and broadcaster, writer and former stay at home drinker Ulrika Jonsson as they attempt to work out how the hell you do life without booze. Spoiler alert, neither of them has all the answers.

Each week on Sober Awkward, Vic and Ulrika rummage through the bits of sobriety people don’t talk about enough, anxiety, cravings, motherhood, ageing, relationships, sober sex, socialising, identity wobbles and that alarming moment when you realise you actually have to feel your feelings now. There are booze facts, ridiculous confessions, regular trips to the shame shed and absolutely no pretending that sobriety turns you into someone who enjoys green juice and sunrise yoga.

So whether you’ve hit a wall, you’re sick of hangovers and 3am anxiety, you’re quietly wondering if you drink too much, or you’re already sober and clutching a cup of tea wondering what the fuck happened to your personality, you’re in the right place.

Pop the kettle on. It’s time to feel the awkward and do it anyway.

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Episoder(445)

Stepping out of the Comfort Zone

We know it's very cosy within the safe confines of home with your tea, chocolate biscuits and Netflix..... So, why leave? Today Vic and Hamish find out why it's essential to tip toe out of that very a...

26 Feb 202352min

Grief

Grief and alcohol have sadly been intrinsically linked for as long as we can remember.It has somehow become as commonplace to get drunk at a funeral as it is at a wedding!?Losing somebody you love can...

19 Feb 202349min

The People Pleaser

Did you drink to fit in? Is this because you wanted people to like you? Does it matter?After a few months of getting sober the true you begins to sneak out from under that big safe layer of booze. You...

12 Feb 20231h 8min

A Lesson in Drinking

You learnt the periodic table, you can tell me what year the Battle of Hastings was and you think you are right in saying that a pentagon has 5 sides…but what did you learn at school about alcohol?Pro...

5 Feb 202345min

Talking to Teens About Booze

How much should we tell our teenagers about alcohol. Do you blurt out everything? Be honest about all your past misdemeanours and unruly behaviour or do lie, pretend none of it happened and hope for t...

29 Jan 202359min

Becoming a Parent

NEWS FLASH: Becoming a parent changes your life! Who knew?The day you or your partner finds out they are pregnant - everything changes!And it might just change your attitude towards drinking too...for...

22 Jan 202357min

Why One Will Hurt

Once you have given up drinking for a while, there is a chance that three little words will slowly creep into your mind - 'One Won't Hurt.'You begin to convince yourself that you can go back to alcoho...

15 Jan 202354min

Labels

Sticks and stones may break my bones. But words shall never hurt me...until they do!We have all been labelled throughout our lives. Labelled in our childhoods, labelled in our drinking years and now -...

8 Jan 202345min