SOBER AS F*CK

Sober as F*ck
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Sober as F*ck is a raw, unfiltered podcast on sobriety, mental health, and personal growth. Hosted by Jess and Ryan, each episode delivers real stories, practical tools, and honest conversations about rebuilding your life with discipline, clarity, and purpose. From addiction and recovery to mindset, fitness, and relationships, this show is for anyone sober, sober curious, or ready to level up. Expect powerful guests, actionable insight, and real talk that actually moves you forward. New episodes every Wednesday.

  1. 20h ago

    Everything Looked Fine Until It Didn’t: Jonathan Ball on Hidden Drinking & Breaking the Cycle

    What if your life looks completely fine on the outside, but you know something isn’t right underneath? This week on Sober as F*ck, we sit down with Jonathan Ball, alcohol-freedom coach and creator of CreativeAF Coaching, for a conversation about the kind of drinking problem that can remain almost invisible to everyone except the person living it. Jonathan had the career, the education, the marriage, the ambition, and the outward appearance of having his life together. But behind the scenes, alcohol had become tangled up with anxiety, burnout, overworking, isolation, and the constant pressure to keep performing. He could still work. He could still exercise. He could still show up. And for years, those things helped convince him that his drinking couldn’t really be that bad. Jonathan opens up about spending more than a decade trying to moderate his drinking, eventually becoming alcohol-free for roughly two and a half years, and then turning back to alcohol while grieving the sudden deaths of his father-in-law and his father. What started with one margarita gradually led him straight back to the patterns he thought he had already escaped. But his second time getting alcohol out of his life was different. Instead of only removing the drink, Jonathan began examining why he drank in the first place. Through This Naked Mind and his subsequent coaching certification, he started digging into human behavior, psychology, beliefs, shame, self-worth, and the deeper patterns driving his choices. That work ultimately became the foundation for the coaching he does today. We also get into the stigma surrounding the word alcoholic, why Jonathan once believed there were only two categories, “normal drinkers” and people who needed traditional recovery, and why discovering that there are multiple paths to changing your relationship with alcohol was so important to him. Today, Jonathan works primarily with driven, ambitious professionals, particularly men, who may be succeeding by every external measure while privately knowing alcohol is taking more from their lives than they want to admit. His message is simple: you do not need a catastrophic rock bottom to want something better for yourself. We talk sobriety, relapse, grief, masculinity, vulnerability, high-functioning drinking, self-worth, behavior change, fitness, relationships, and what becomes possible when you stop fighting yourself and actually start doing the deeper work. And yes, Jonathan also tells us about waking up in a bush in Japan, covered in his own pee, because this is still Sober as F*ck. ABOUT JONATHAN BALL 📸 Instagram: @creativeaf.coach🌐 Website: livecreativeaf.com🎙️ Podcast: The Alcohol Myth Podcast🧠 This Naked Mind Certified Coach💬 CreativeAF Coaching🎓 Affective Liminal Psychology trained💻 Alcohol-freedom, behavior change & personal coaching🔄 Free courses and coaching resources available at livecreativeaf.com SOBER AS F*CK 🎧 LISTEN & WATCH ON OUR WEBSITE - SAFPODCAST.COM 🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/Soberasfck📸 Instagram: @safpodcast_jess.ryan🎵 TikTok: @soberaftok🎥 YouTube: Sober as F*ck Podcast Follow. Share. Send it to someone who’s ready to level up.

    Everything Looked Fine Until It Didn’t: Jonathan Ball on Hidden Drinking & Breaking the Cycle

  2. Sep 2

    Sober, Golf, and Building a Brand with Purpose | Joe Annotti of Skull and Bogeys

    What happens when the thing you love is deeply connected to the thing you’re trying to leave behind? In this episode of Sober as F*ck, Ryan and Jess sit down with Joe Annotti, founder of Skull and Bogeys, a golf apparel brand built around sobriety, purpose, community, and giving back. Joe opens up about his path to sobriety, why recovery finally had to become something he chose for himself, and what it was like returning to the golf course without alcohol. For years, drinking and golf had gone hand in hand. Getting sober meant learning how to enjoy the game, and his life, without relying on alcohol to be part of the experience. Joe also shares the story behind Skull and Bogeys, including how his love of pirates, golf, and an unexpected idea about “armor” from his kids helped shape the brand. What started as an idea became a mission-driven company committed to supporting the recovery community, with 25% of net profits donated to charitable partners including Namaste Sober and Bastion. Ryan, Jess, and Joe get into: • Why Joe says he had to get sober for himself• Navigating golf culture without alcohol• The connection between drinking, identity, and belonging• How therapy and self-work helped Joe rebuild his identity• The story and meaning behind Skull and Bogeys• Creating a sober golf community where people actually feel like they belong• Building a business around purpose instead of just profit• Why support and authenticity matter in long-term recovery• And one unforgettable Mardi Gras story involving Joe on top of a car This conversation is funny, vulnerable, and real. It’s about more than quitting drinking. It’s about figuring out who you are when alcohol is no longer part of the equation and building a life you genuinely want to be present for. Whether you’re sober, sober curious, navigating addiction recovery, or simply trying to build a more authentic life, Joe’s story is proof that removing alcohol doesn’t have to make your world smaller. Sometimes it gives you room to build something bigger. GUEST: Joe AnnottiBRAND: Skull and BogeysWEBSITE: skullandbogeys.com 🎧 LISTEN & WATCH ON OUR WEBSITE - SAFPODCAST.COM 🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/Soberasfck📸 Instagram: @safpodcast_jess.ryan🎵 TikTok: @soberaftok🎥 YouTube: Sober as F*ck Podcast Follow. Share. Send it to someone who’s ready to level up.

    Sober, Golf, and Building a Brand with Purpose | Joe Annotti of Skull and Bogeys

  3. Aug 26

    The Wellness Lie: When Alcohol Gets a Health Makeover

    What happens when alcohol gets a wellness makeover? In this episode of Sober as F*ck, Jess and Ryan break down the growing trend of alcohol and THC brands using the language of health and wellness to sell products: low-carb, organic, clean, natural, sugar-free, vitamin-infused, and “get the buzz without the booze.” They dig into the “health halo” effect, where clever marketing can make a product feel healthier simply because of the words on the label. But does adding vitamins, cutting carbs, or calling something “clean” actually change what you’re putting into your body? Ryan shares how alcohol affected his weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, testosterone, and overall health, and how dramatically those markers changed after he stopped drinking. He also looks back at the mental gymnastics of choosing low-carb beer and restricting food while continuing to drink heavily. Jess and Ryan also tackle the rapidly expanding world of THC-infused and alcohol-alternative drinks, especially products marketed with promises like “get the buzz without the booze.” For people with a history of addiction, substance misuse, or using substances to escape and numb out, replacing alcohol with another mind-altering substance may not be as simple as the marketing makes it sound. This episode isn’t about telling anyone what they can or can’t drink. It’s about recognizing the difference between wellness and wellness marketing, questioning the claims being sold to us, and understanding that a healthier-looking label doesn’t automatically make a product healthy. Plus, Ryan has developed a slightly concerning relationship with his new sleep mask, Jess has questions, and somehow Bob Ross, keto, “Mommy Needs Wine” culture, dancing cats, mushrooms, and the Kardashians all make their way into the conversation. If alcohol culture is changing, the marketing is going to change with it. The question is whether we’re paying attention. 🎧 LISTEN & WATCH ON OUR WEBSITE - SAFPODCAST.COM 🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/Soberasfck📸 Instagram: @safpodcast_jess.ryan🎵 TikTok: @soberaftok🎥 YouTube: Sober as F*ck Podcast Follow. Share. Send it to someone who’s ready to level up.

    The Wellness Lie: When Alcohol Gets a Health Makeover

  4. Aug 19

    We All Have 24 Hours: Myke Murray’s Fight Back From Addiction

    What happens when addiction takes almost everything from you, but recovery gives you a chance to build something entirely different? In this episode of Sober as F*ck, we sit down with Myke Murray, better known in our house as “Boston Myke,” for one of the most raw, unfiltered recovery conversations we’ve had. Myke’s story spans generations of addiction, alcohol, cocaine and methamphetamine use, homelessness, psychiatric hospitalization, suicide attempts, an abusive relationship, criminal charges, and the consequences of choices he made while deep in addiction. He doesn’t minimize any of it, and he doesn’t pretend recovery erased the past. Instead, Myke talks openly about learning to live with accountability, guilt, mental health struggles, and the reality that sobriety is still a decision he has to make every single day. But this episode isn’t only about how far addiction took him. It’s about what he decided to do next. Today, Myke is rebuilding his life in Boston and using his experience to help other people find the connection he desperately needed when he was struggling. He helped create Robbie’s Group, an inclusive recovery group designed to welcome people regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, or background, while working to expand support for people who are too often left out of traditional recovery spaces. We talk about: • The progression from alcohol and prescription drugs to cocaine and methamphetamine• The connection between addiction, sex, relationships, trauma, and validation• Homelessness, suicidal ideation, psychiatric hospitalization, and finally accepting help• Why lived experience matters in addiction and recovery• LGBTQ+ recovery and the need for genuinely inclusive spaces• Mental health, shame, guilt, and learning to ask for help• Facing the legal consequences of addiction while rebuilding your life• Why structure, work, meetings, sponsorship, and community became critical to Myke’s recovery• Turning painful experiences into a reason to help the next person• Why recovery isn’t about becoming perfect, it’s about what you choose to do with the next 24 hours Myke carries 24-hour recovery chips with him because he never knows when he’ll meet someone who needs one. That idea becomes one of the most powerful themes of this conversation: no matter how much time you have, recovery ultimately comes back to the same thing. Today. Myke puts it simply: “We all have 24 hours.” This is a conversation about addiction, mental health, accountability, identity, second chances, and what can happen when someone who once needed a safe place decides to start creating one for other people. 🎧 LISTEN & WATCH ON OUR WEBSITE - SAFPODCAST.COM 🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/Soberasfck📸 Instagram: @safpodcast_jess.ryan🎵 TikTok: @soberaftok🎥 YouTube: Sober as F*ck Podcast Follow. Share. Send it to someone who’s ready to level up.

    We All Have 24 Hours: Myke Murray’s Fight Back From Addiction

  5. Aug 12

    What If I Stopped Drinking? The Question That Changed Billy Hyland’s Life

    What if the question that changes your life isn’t “How do I stop?” but simply, “What if I did?” Billy Hyland, author of The What If Shift, joins Ryan and Jess to share how one question helped him walk away from nearly 30 years of drinking and begin rebuilding his life from the inside out. After years of binge drinking, blackouts, “one more” nights, health warnings, and convincing himself he still had everything under control, Billy reached a point where he could no longer ignore what alcohol was costing him. Instead of trying to figure out the rest of his life, he asked himself a much smaller question: What if I stopped drinking right now? That question became the beginning of more than six years of sobriety and eventually the foundation for The What If Shift, a framework designed to help people move through change, uncertainty, hard truths, and the moments when they feel stuck. Billy opens up about the deeper reasons behind his drinking, including his experience growing up adopted, struggling with belonging, and using alcohol as a shortcut to connection. He also shares why quitting drinking was only the beginning. Real recovery meant confronting the damage left behind, working through therapy, rebuilding relationships, and accepting that personal growth doesn’t have a finish line. Ryan and Jess also get candid about their own marriage, the impact Ryan’s drinking and gambling had on their family, Jess’s decision to work on herself before Ryan got sober, and why sobriety doesn’t magically erase years of hurt, resentment, or trauma. In this episode:• Why “What if?” can become a powerful catalyst for change• Billy’s journey from nearly 30 years of drinking to more than six years sober• The connection between belonging, identity, and alcohol• Why focusing on today can make sobriety feel possible• How small rituals helped Billy build a new identity• Why quitting drinking doesn’t automatically repair relationships• The difference between changing yourself and trying to change someone else• How therapy helped uncover what alcohol had been masking• Why loved ones need their own healing process• What it means to make amends without expecting forgiveness• Why recovery is about progress, not perfection• How Billy transformed his sobriety experience into The What If Shift Whether you’re questioning your relationship with alcohol, supporting someone in recovery, rebuilding a relationship after addiction, or standing at a crossroads in your own life, this conversation is a reminder that you don’t need to know what the next five years will look like. Sometimes you only need to ask: What if I made a different choice today? Learn more about Billy Hyland, The What If Shift, and his resources at thewhatifshift.com. 🎧 LISTEN & WATCH ON OUR WEBSITE - SAFPODCAST.COM 🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/Soberasfck📸 Instagram: @safpodcast_jess.ryan🎵 TikTok: @soberaftok🎥 YouTube: Sober as F*ck Podcast Follow. Share. Send it to someone who’s ready to level up.

    What If I Stopped Drinking? The Question That Changed Billy Hyland’s Life

  6. Aug 5

    Is Drinking Becoming Uncool? The Sobriety Shift Is Here

    Is drinking officially becoming uncool? In this episode of Sober as F*ck, Ryan and Jess dig into the cultural shift happening around alcohol, sobriety, mental health, and wellness. From the explosion of non-alcoholic drinks and mocktails to younger generations questioning whether drinking is even worth the hangover, the social pressure around alcohol may finally be starting to change. But there’s another side to the wellness movement that deserves a conversation. Ryan and Jess talk about the difference between becoming more informed about mental health and self-diagnosing based on something you saw online. Jess shares her own experience with anxiety, ADHD, OCD, therapy, and learning that understanding your brain requires more than relating to a TikTok or checking boxes on a symptom list. They also get into better sleep after quitting alcohol, why Ryan is obsessed with his blackout sleep mask, the growing popularity of NA beer, supplements and wellness claims, placebo effects, therapy, moderation in everyday life, and why removing alcohol doesn’t automatically fix everything underneath it. The bigger question: Are we actually getting healthier, or are we just replacing one trend with another? Sobriety doesn’t have to mean hiding from life. It can mean understanding yourself better, taking your mental health seriously, and realizing you don’t need alcohol to belong, celebrate, relax, or have a good time. 🎧 LISTEN & WATCH ON OUR WEBSITE - SAFPODCAST.COM Ryan’s gambling recovery podcast, The Last Bet, and information about Betting on Recovery meetings are also available at SAFPODCAST.COM. Want to join Ryan and Jess as a guest on Sober as F*ck? Visit the website to apply. 🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/Soberasfck📸 Instagram: @safpodcast_jess.ryan🎵 TikTok: @soberaftok🎥 YouTube: Sober as F*ck Podcast Follow. Share. Send it to someone who’s ready to level up.

    Is Drinking Becoming Uncool? The Sobriety Shift Is Here

  7. Jul 29

    42 Years Sober - The Truth That No One Talks About with Randy Haveson

    After more than 42 years of sobriety, Randy Haveson believes most people are asking the wrong question. In this powerful conversation, he explains why putting down alcohol or drugs is only the first step, and why lasting freedom comes from doing the deeper work of recovery.Randy shares the heartbreaking moment that nearly ended his life, the phone call that gave him hope, and the decision that changed everything. From being expelled from college twice and struggling with addiction, shame, and low self-worth to becoming a best-selling author, award-winning speaker, life coach, TEDx speaker, and university administrator, his story is proof that recovery is about far more than abstinence.Together, we explore the difference between simply collecting sober days and actively healing. We dive into self-esteem, ADHD, OCD, perfectionism, childhood experiences, gratitude, journaling, service, and the daily habits that build a meaningful life. Randy also shares why learning to quiet your inner critic and strengthen your "best friend voice" can transform not only recovery, but every area of life.Whether you're newly sober, have years of recovery, love someone struggling with addiction, or simply want to become the healthiest version of yourself, this episode offers practical tools, hope, and a fresh perspective on what lasting recovery really looks like.In this episode:• The difference between sobriety and recovery• Why self-worth is the foundation of lasting change• Randy's powerful story of surviving addiction and finding hope• ADHD, OCD, perfectionism, and their connection to addiction• The importance of gratitude, journaling, and service• How to stop listening to your inner critic• Why recovery is a lifelong journey of growth, not a finish lineAbout Randy HavesonRandy Haveson has been sober since May 28, 1984. He is a best-selling author, award-winning speaker, life coach, TEDx speaker, university administrator, and founder of Club 528. With a Master's degree in Counseling and decades of experience helping others build confidence and self-worth, Randy has been featured by CNN, Johns Hopkins, CNBC, and FOX News. He is the author of "Worth at Work" and host of the "Becoming Your Own BFF" podcast.

    42 Years Sober - The Truth That No One Talks About with Randy Haveson

  8. Jul 22

    Sobriety, Chronic Illness, Eating Disorders & Self-Advocacy with Tamie Gangloff

    What happens when addiction recovery, chronic illness, and eating disorders collide? In this powerful episode, we're joined by licensed therapist, author, professor, and speaker Tamie Gangloff, whose remarkable journey through 29 years of sobriety, chronic illness, and eating disorder recovery has made her one of the leading voices advocating for compassionate, whole-person care.Tamie shares how childhood trauma, scoliosis, body image struggles, and alcohol addiction shaped her life and ultimately led her to a career helping others heal. She explains why so many people living with chronic illness feel dismissed by the healthcare system, how medical trauma impacts recovery, and why learning to trust your own experience is one of the most important steps toward healing.Together, we explore the surprising connections between addiction, mental health, chronic illness, and eating disorders, while discussing practical ways to advocate for yourself, build resilience, and find recovery through connection instead of shame.In this episode:• Tamie's 29-year sobriety journey• The hidden relationship between addiction, eating disorders, and chronic illness• How trauma influences physical and mental health• Why patients are often dismissed by the medical system• Self-advocacy strategies for medical appointments• The importance of community, compassion, and believing your own story• Hope for anyone navigating recovery or chronic illnessWhether you're in recovery, living with chronic illness, supporting someone you love, or simply looking for a deeper understanding of healing, this conversation offers practical tools, expert insight, and a powerful reminder that your pain is real, your voice matters, and lasting recovery is possible.Connect with Tamie Gangloff:Website: www.tamiegangloff.comInstagram:  @TamieGangloff  Substack: open.substack.com/pub/authortamiegangloff🎧 LISTEN & WATCH ON OUR WEBSITE SAFPODCAST.COM🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/Soberasfck📸 Instagram: @safpodcast_jess.ryan🎵 TikTok: @soberaftok🎥 YouTube: @SoberasFckPodcast]

    Sobriety, Chronic Illness, Eating Disorders & Self-Advocacy with Tamie Gangloff
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Sober as F*ck is a raw, unfiltered podcast on sobriety, mental health, and personal growth. Hosted by Jess and Ryan, each episode delivers real stories, practical tools, and honest conversations about rebuilding your life with discipline, clarity, and purpose. From addiction and recovery to mindset, fitness, and relationships, this show is for anyone sober, sober curious, or ready to level up. Expect powerful guests, actionable insight, and real talk that actually moves you forward. New episodes every Wednesday.

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  • Creator
    Sober as F*ck
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    112
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Sober as F*ck
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