Alex Wood Quits Everything Alex Wood

Climate change, plastic in the ocean, porn relapsing, honoring Carole Baskin, Amazon's tax avoidance, nail biting, WWE in Saudi Arabia, my dog and so much more in the intro.  Then I interview Sarah Buchanan from the non-profit Environmental Defence.  We discuss what politicians and society at large could be doing to slow climate change and help out planet.

Recorded in the basement that I quit drugs and alcohol in, this episode is two days after Just for Laughs.  My guest this episode is my mom!  She has been a smoker for 40 years and she quit 30 days ago with me.  We talk about, smoking as a teenager, smoking while pregnant, my cocaine addiction, her failed attempt at quitting after our dog Bob died and how she is going to make it stick this time. 

I'm on day 6 off of red meat.  Missing bacon is being aided by being in the Hamptons and swimming in the ocean for the first time in my life.  My guest this episode is rising talent in the Toronto comedy scene, Laura Leibow.  We talk about, how she kicked opium of many different kinds over many years, the overdose death of her friend and falling in love with her new boyfriend. 

I'm back from New York and 17 days off of red meat.  I took part in a lewd pubic act, saw priceless art and I'm still trying to heal a broken bone.  My guest is Yuk Yuk's comedian and friend, Blayne Smith.  He's two months off of heroin. We talk about his physical withdrawal, how he's never been a smoker and his mental health issues.  

I bumped into my old drug dealer on the street and did he have a story for me.  I also had a vicious cigarette craving during Dunkirk and received a touching email from one of my listeners.  My guest this episode is comedian and actor, Anto-Chan.  We talk about his gambling addiction.  We also cover his problems with porn, soda and his button making business that is helping him cope. 

I'm smoking cigars.  Frequently.  I'm going to have to find a way to quit them or It's going to count as a fail on this podcast.  I was at one of my oldest and dearest friends weddings and it's snowballed since then.  I also drank a non-alcoholic beer.  My guest this episode is Shannah Williamson aka burlesque dancer, Daisy Badcock.  She's 18 months off alcohol and drugs.  We talk about, her being a sober bartender, how AA has worked for her, scrubbing the bathroom floor with a toothbrush and the variety show fundraiser she's doing to raise money for CAMH.