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Winner - 'Best Well-Being' podcast at The Australian Podcast Awards 2023!Have you ever woken up from a big night out and said ‘I’m never drinking again!’ Then found yourself waving $50 at a barman by Happy Hour. Well, so have Vic and Hamish. Join them on this hilarious and relatable podcast about being sober in a world soaked in alcohol. Each week they discuss different boozy topics and open up a shame shed of humiliating stories. Vic and Hamish bring humour and honesty to sobriety. These two ex-binge drinking, party animals tell it like it is. Vomit, one-night stands and life on the other side of their own destructive drunken behaviour.So, if you’ve hit a wall, you're fed up with anxiety, headaches and blackouts or you just need some sober inspiration... then go put the kettle on and learn how to feel the awkward and do it anyway!
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Signs That Your Home Drinking Has Become a Problem
In this weeks retrospective episode, we take a look at the warning signs that your home drinking has turned into a problem.
What starts off as an innocent, cost-effective and convenient solution soon spirals into something far more sinister.
Don't let this happen to you!
You can listen to the full episode here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/677p8Bel8v1H3EhUshoCeh?si=0e1d511c0cb94b9f
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Why Water is at the Centre of a Long Lasting Sobriety
If you are newly sober, we can guarantee your water intake is about to go through the roof. Tea, coffee and sparkling water are your new best friends - and that can sometimes feel a little dull!
In today's episode, Vic and Hame will talk you through the benefits of increasing your water intake, tackle some of the myths surrounding the water content in alcohol and (try!) and make you feel less dull whilst ordering water in a bar.
We went off on a couple of weird tangents about Binking Ginges and why this episode should be sponsored by the Shewee and for some reason Vic tried to make this episode all about pee. If you know Vic, you will know that this is hardly surprising though...
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If you are struggling with your relationship with alcohol please reach out to your local doctor, a therapist, AA Group or just chat to a close friend. Don’t feel shame, just get the help you deserve. Contact us! If you have a topic you’d like us to cover then please email us -
vicandhamish@soberawkward.com
Check out our website at: https://www.soberawkward.com
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What are the Long Term Effects on your Body of Binge Drinking?
In this weeks retrospective episode, Vic and Lucy have done the scientific research (We are not doctors...we are not doctors...we are not doctors!), to find out how much damage our drinking has done to our bodies.
Oh and Vic tells a cruel story about her Dad...
You can listen to the full episode here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3N0Z9oEtWU4PivOK4vH4qQ?si=798ea3b35aad4bc6
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Why Do Famous People Often Struggle With Addiction?
As a society we see fame as something to aspire to. But is it really all it's cracked up to be?
Today's episode of Sober Awkward is all about celebrity.
What's it really like when managers control your every move, you have expectations of others weighing upon you, a heavy workload, people that look up to you and way too many nights in hotel rooms… where does it all lead?
Today Vic and Hamish discuss the recent passing of Matthew Perry and why we lose so many talented people to addiction. Vic reminisces about some of her famous run-ins and Hame wonders if he's been missing out on some celeb snogs.
As Oscar Wilde said,
‘Aspirations for fame are motivated mainly by the need for validation and attention.’
which unfortunately can lead many wonderful people down a path to heavy boozing.
Enjoy!
Show Notes
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27647417/ - Aaron Carter Doco
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7357302/ - Avici Doco
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9425078/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 - Lil Peep Doco
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28210840/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 -Robbie Williams Doco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tRnFHfI7WAQ - Paul McCartney singing Hey Jude - again!
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JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep being awkward!
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=81897291
www.cuppa.community – The Free Social Network for the Sober and Sober Curious - Sober Events – Therapy – Sobriety Courses – Sober Groups, Tea and loads more.
@soberawkward @drunkmummysobermummy
@cuppa.community @hamishadamscairns @patreon @spotify
If you are struggling with your relationship with alcohol please reach out to your local doctor, a therapist, AA Group or just chat to a close friend. Don’t feel shame, just get the help you deserve. Contact us! If you have a topic you’d like us to cover then please email us -
vicandhamish@soberawkward.com
Check out our website at: https://www.soberawkward.com
#soberawkward #soberawkwardpodcast #drunkmummysobermummy #cuppa.community #sober #sobermom #sobermummy #sobriety #soberaf #sobermovement #sobercurious #alcoholfree #mummybloggers #writersofinsta #soberfamily #greyareadrinking #addiction #soberissexy #soberwomen #sobermomtribe #sobrietyrocks #soberlifestyle #alcoholfreelife #wedorecover #sobernation #mumblog #mentalhealth #motherhood #wineoclock #sobermums #selfcare #womeninrecovery #sobercommunity #soberdads #1000sundays
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When Vic and Lucy Launched Cuppa!
In this weeks retrospective episode, we take you back to the moment that Vic and Lucy officially launched Cuppa back in April of 2022! The free sober social network has grown organically since then and is an invaluable resource to our sober listeners around the world!
If you haven't joined yet - check it out at cuppa.community or through the Mighty Networks app.
You can listen to the full episode here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3N0Z9oEtWU4PivOK4vH4qQ?si=798ea3b35aad4bc6
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Are you Blaming Others for Your Bad Choices?
The Blame Game...We call it a game but it isn't all that fun really.
'It's not my fault I drink this much - I do it because...'
Enter one of a thousand possible answers:
My parentsMy upbringingMy jobMy partner My mother-in-lawI live above a pubSocietyTV and Media and Mr BlobbyEtc. etc. etc
You name it, we have probably blamed one of these things for our over drinking at some point!
But what purpose does passing the buck play in helping us get sober?
Is it instead diverting the attention away from the fact that you might have a alcohol use disorder?
In this episode, Vic and Hame dive into some of the factors they blamed in the past and explore healthier and more efficient ways to get sober!
Enjoy!
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www.cuppa.community – The Free Social Network for the Sober and Sober Curious - Sober Events – Therapy – Sobriety Courses – Sober Groups, Tea and loads more.
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If you are struggling with your relationship with alcohol please reach out to your local doctor, a therapist, AA Group or just chat to a close friend. Don’t feel shame, just get the help you deserve. Contact us! If you have a topic you’d like us to cover then please email us -
vicandhamish@soberawkward.com
Check out our website at: https://www.soberawkward.com
#soberawkward #soberawkwardpodcast #drunkmummysobermummy #cuppa.community #sober #sobermom #sobermummy #sobriety #soberaf #sobermovement #sobercurious #alcoholfree #mummybloggers #writersofinsta #soberfamily #greyareadrinking #addiction #soberissexy #soberwomen #sobermomtribe #sobrietyrocks #soberlifestyle #alcoholfreelife #wedorecover #sobernation #mumblog #mentalhealth #motherhood #wineoclock #sobermums #selfcare #womeninrecovery #sobercommunity #soberdads #1000sundays
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Customer Reviews
Love Hamish
“what’s her names” book reviewed on ABC RN plugged the podcast, here I am loving the Hamish accent. I had a 1980s LDLA (Syd-LDN) with a Yorkshireman - I remember Huddersfield / Middlesbrough where all the dams look like in the movie “Dam Busters”.
My alcohol story was bing when young but rare because of on call work and I never liked being drunk., became expert wine taster not drinker but became routine drinker with dad, bottle a day each in end of life care. I had to stop drinking … my solution… return to what I loved most - the exploration of wine tasting. Like some great wine makers I never drink a drop - I spit. So still vulnerable to mouth cancer (dad died of bowel cancer). A doctor, reading his Lancet & New England Journals to his last weeks, I never once heard him mention alcohol as carcinogenic.
I used to be angry (70’s & 80’s) scientists would not research homosexuality in nature, plus its role in humans sending our genes into the future ie best that all siblings help ONE to reproduce NOT compete in times of scarcity. Follow the money, the grants and career prospects of the few that did publish.
Similar forces must have been at work preventing the link between alcohol and cancer. Great work you did in this episode BUT don’t stop
ALCOHOL <—> CANCER
i think you might have to keep “hammering it” … haha
I’m the family youngest & last remaining, if nothing gets me first I’m planning an exit in Zurich 2040. In the mean time I’m avail for adoption as the stereotypical “creepy gay uncle” (no, not creepy because I’m gay)
If you / this podcast cause people to live longer (this what makes me creepy If cancer strikes later in life, please seriously palliative care. Quality of life focus often seems to extent life beyond expectation as well… it’s impossible to know.
Automaticly choosing to heroically do everything possible to fight the cancer is everyone’s default position in the medical industry - please be ready to force family and practitioners to consider and present all options
Andrew in Cairns
ps sorry bout name blackout, a joke, but seriously I don’t know how to leave this zone, look up and come back.. don’t forget I’m old huge effort to find out HOW to start a review … then it’s too late
pps I have no problem Hanish’s sexuality, I don’t care what it is or isn’t, I love him ‘just the way god made him’ and I hope both you two are much loved and adored by all in your immediate circle of moral care.
Love Lucy
I have binged the first 3 seasons of this show (in less than a month) and just heard the “change” episode. I feel compelled to say how much I have learned from Lucy sharing her most honest, raw and vulnerable “journey”. Such early days for her sobriety life and she has given hope to me and many more. Sincerely thank you. Love you too Vic your awesome and I will continue to listen and be part of all you do. Thank you both. 👏👏👏
Amazing Podcast
I’ve gone back to the beginning and just want to thank you for absolutely being my sober crutch. I don’t think I could have done it without you in my ears.