Last Drinks

Matt Agnew is a scientist, was on The Bachelor and stopped drinking after his mental health took a turn. In this l o n g conversation Matt talks about his decision to go sober, how his public life effected his personal happiness, when he had his last drink and how sobriety during lock down was a good choice for him personally. Despite having, as Matt says 'a few slip ups' Matt has stayed the sober...

Darren has a wide and varied background. He has worked as a para-legal, sold vacuum cleaners door-to-door, worked as a debt collector, was a banker for 3 years, spent 5 years as a statistician for the Australian government, and even spent 2 years as a tele-marketer while putting himself through uni as a mature age student. While doing all of this, he spent 10 years representing Australia in sailin...

50 EPISODES!!! On the 50th episode of Last Drinks also happens to be Maz's birthday. As this is Maz's EIGHTH birthday without booze, she unpacks how to celebrate a birthday without alcohol with two key things. Intention and a good Response. Plus hear about the new website (www.mazcompton.com) and her new book, Last Drinks: How To Drink Less & Be Your Best is available now for pre-order. Hosted...

With 30 years of experience as a live TV & Radio Presenter, combined with a life dedicated to wellness, Andi proves to be an engaging professional storyteller. Andi researches the latest information in natural health care to custom create wellness and lifestyle content, she had written NINE books, three of which are best sellers, and used to own and operate a Wellness Clinic, Maz & Andi ha...

A refreshing and beautiful conversation that is powerful for anyone with a brain in their head. Director and Founder of Dynamic Thought consulting, Dr Ineka Whiteman (married name Ineka van Zyl) is a neuroscientist with 20 years international training and experience in brain research, including studies at the University of Oxford, UK. With a PhD in Medicine specialising in neurobiology of dementia...

Kath Elliot is a breast cancer survivor. Kath navigated cancer, chemo and change without alcohol. Kath used to drink like most people, all through her early twenties and thirties, a grey area drinker, where nothing crazy happened. Yet she eventually tired of the hangovers and lost memories of the night before and decided to go sober. It was a few weeks later she would receive the news of a harrowi...

Alex Cassidy is a marketer from South West London who in 2021 founded RewardDays, an app that helps people change their relationships with bad habits by providing rewards for successful streaks off them. Having quit alcohol three years ago, Alex realized his relationship with alcohol wasn't serving him well, and after England lost the Rugby World Cup in 2019, Alex decided he was done with drinking...

After 20 years of climbing the corporate ladder at big companies and small startups, Casey Davidson wasn’t in love with the life she was living. Her life looked pretty good from the outside, but didn’t feel as good on the inside. She had too many commitments and not enough hours in the day. She was constantly going, yet filled with an anxious energy she could never quite release so she would hurry...

Sober Awkward is a wonderful sobriety podcast hosted by Vick & Hamish, two friends who are sober but have hugely different sobriety stories. In this episode of Last Drinks they join Maz to chat about their last drinks, their sober cause and share bite sized practical advice for anyone thinking about stopping drinking. Check out Vicks blog: https://www.drunkmummysobermummy.com/sober-awkward Pod...

Tom Gozney has built a huge international cult following of well-recognised chefs, but Tom's story didn't start as a promising pizza oven pioneer. As a child, he struggled with severe dyslexia and was highly misunderstood—resulting in expulsion from school and being kicked out of college. Told he wouldn’t amount to anything, Tom turned to drugs and alcohol and soon became addicted. At 20, he enter...

Happy New Year! To celebrate a new year, in this episode, the host of Last Drinks, Maz Compton shares, for the first time, the story of her Last Drink. It was exactly 8 years ago today that Maz embarked on a sober experiment for a month. This is the first time Maz has spent time unpacking the story that led up her last drink, the reason for a month off the booze and what evolved into a fully fledg...

In this episode Maz has a dig through the archives of Last Drinks and pieces together some wisdom from her guests over throughout the podcast. Celebrating 40 episodes of Last Drinks! Lisa Messenger discusses how she navigates social situations and her sober power move How Sarah Connolly committed to sobriety by way of a letter to her husband The surprising parts of sobriety Osher found early on Ir...

In this recap episode Last Drinks host Maz Compton takes time to pause and reflect on some of the impacting and wonderful conversations had in 2022 on Last Drinks. You will hear from; Lisa Messenger - and how problematic her relationship with alcohol was before she had her last drink Osher Gunsberg - and how he really feels about alcohol now Bex Weller - and how she navigated a Hens party on Day 2...

“Action Alexa” is an  internationally published sports model, celebrity trainer and nutrition & lifestyle coach  with over 15 years experience in the health & fitness industry. And it was the day after her Dad's funeral when she had her last drink. So what happened? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heidi Anderson is a perfectly imperfect combination of no BS and bang-on wisdom, she’s the top-rating radio presenter and TV personality turned PR queen, self-love & mental health advocate, author and podcast host. Heidi made headlines in 2012 after announcing her struggle with chronic anxiety live on air, and you may also remember her as a housemate on Big Brother in 2013. Her story went on t...

Quit Lit Book Club Here is the first Book Club for Quit Lit! Tired of Thinking About Drinking by Belle Robertson The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray Quit Like A Woman: The Radical Choice Not To Drink in a Society Obsessed with Alcohol, by Holly Whitaker Carry On Warrior; The Power of Embracing Your Messy Beautiful Life A Happier Hour, Rebecca Weller This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol...

Sarah is a certified Women's Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach and a Key-Note speaker sharing her journey to Sobriety and impact of alcohol on mental health to global audiences. She is also the face behind Perth’s growing Alcohol-Free Movement. After developing what she describes as 'a dysfunctional relationship with alcohol', Sarah made the decision to remove alco...

What a treat, and why did I cry? David Campbell is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile entertainers. A proven television and radio host, he also headlines theatre, cabaret and concert performances, as well as being an ARIA winning, multi-platinum recording artist. DC (or as Maz has always called him Mr. Showbiz) shares in this candid conversation the moment he realized he was done w...

Blair is an alcohol-free wife and Mum from Rochester, Minnesota.  She removed alcohol from her life when her son was 18 months old. Throughout her drinking career she had a lot of moments that should have made her quit, but she didn’t realize life without alcohol was possible. Once she became a mom, she gained a new responsibility and could no longer live in the cycle she was in. In February...

Rachael Layton is a certified alcohol coach who uses her own experience, as well as the knowledge gained through her training, to help women take back control of their drinking. After years of questioning how much she was drinking and worrying about the impact it was having on her health, peri-menopause proved to be the final straw. As someone who had their life together in every other way (as muc...

In this new episode of Last Drinks, Last Drinks host Maz & Belle, a sobriety coach and author, answer some questions sent in from their respective tribes. Maz drawing from her personal experience in sobriety and Belle as a sobriety coach, deliver an honest and differing approach to each question all with the hope of helping people to navigate their sobriety well. If you have a question for our...

Jay Mueller, content creator, big time producer and the brains behind Bad Producer Productions had his last drink on August 19th 1997, but he didn't exactly plan it. What happened that night that ended his drinking career? Hear about the life threatening health crisis Jay's sobriety saved him from and what wisdom someone who is 25 years sober has to share with people navigating the complexities of...

Yumi Stynes is one of Australia's favourite television and radio hosts. She's also an author, feminist, Mum of four and has her own podcast, Ladies We Need To Talk. She is always honest, I mean the title of cookbook range says it all really, she is the author of  Zero F*cks Cooking.! And with zero f*cks to give, Yumi & Maz talk about what happened on January 4th, 2016 and how Yumi has cho...

Belle Robertson accidentally created one of the most loved anonymous sober support BLOG's in the world. Tired of thinking about her drinking, Belle published a BLOG in her early sobriety to detail her thoughts and keep her accountable to the wild choice she made 9 days previous, to be sober. This turned into a community for people who wanted anonymity but a sober pen pal and Belle has helped thous...

October is a good month to be sober! So Maz chats with Dominique Robert-Hendren, Head of Clinical Innovation & Digital Health at Hello Sunday Morning about the benefits of going sober in October and how best to prepare yourself for a successful month sober. Practical advice backed up by the Hello Sunday Morning platform which is a great resource of anyone dabbling with their sober curious thou...