Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Two trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside...... Welcome back to Booze Free Bants Season 2!  What a season you guys are in for, the girls have new segments; Confession Session replaces Shame Story and Phone Phuck Up with a PH replaces Text Regret #samesamebutdifferent.  New segments, means new tunes!!!  Producer Erek (or E Dawg to the girls), has not disappointed in this depart...

Can somebody call the Whambulance, it's Breeza and Maso's final hurrah for season 1. This ep is jam-packed with reflections of the past 38 eps;  so if you haven't listened to the previous eps just condense your listening to this ep - jokes, the girl couldn't possibly fit all the goodness and golden nuggets of knowledge of 38 eps into 1 ep. Breeza and Maso have clocked up over 7...

Welcome to Breeza and Maso's Zoom room Danni!  The girls are big fans of Danni Carrs podcast 'How I Quit Alcohol' in fact Breeza binged on the poddy in her early days of sobriety, so it was a real thrill to have Danni on as a guest of Booze Free Bants. There is so much covered in this ep; Danni started binge drinking at the age of 13, and this pattern was repeated throughout her 20&...

Folks, Buckle up!!!  This chat with Danny Green is an absolute cracker.  The girls got Danny on the poddy to discuss his Coward Punch Campaign https://cowardpunchcampaign.com/.  But, the conversation opened up to Danny's views on booze and his current relationship (or lack thereof) with booze.  Danny calls a spade a spade, and this chat is no exception.  He is an absolute jet (a sober jet at...

She is a high flying Lawyer, a wife a Mum and she is an all or nothing gal! Katie gave booze the flick in November 2021 and hasn't looked back.  In this ep Katie chats to the girls about her relationship with booze, the reckless moments she had when sozzled and why she gave booze the flick. Katie is massively up and about, she is flying without booze.  It has been life changing for Katie and...

What were you doing at the age of 24?  If you're anything like Breeza and Maso, you were probably tying one on every weekend.  But not our El, nope, she gave the booze the flick at 24 after a boozy blackout (there is more to this story, so tune in).  Buckle up for this ep, El is a ball of fun! El is a foodie, a sober party girl, a hiker, and a breath of fresh air!  In this ep El talks about h...

Get your party hats on, Breeza has a reason to celebrate - she is 364 days sober, but she is that confident that she won't drink in the next 24 hours, so we are celebrating her 1st year soberversary, cue the party poppers!  Aparts from celebrating, Breeza and Maso do a deep dive into peer pressure when it comes to drinking booze.  They have taken to the streets (ak IG poll) to see who of thei...

What an ep this one is! Drew Charles is a reformed party animal musician turned author from Melbourne - Breeza and Maso want to be his best friend! Drew talks honestly about his first year of sobriety, how he did it, and more importantly why he did it.  His book, After Party gives the warts and all of Drew’s journey, it’s an incredible read. Buckle up for this ep folks! 

What a cracking ep this is.  Ben Lomas is a comedian, husband, dad, TV presenter, podcaster, sauna lover and a booze free bloke! It's been almost 5 years since Ben quit drinking, yep, he did lockdowns sober, and he continues to entertain audiences across the country with his stand-up comedy acts without a drop of booze in his system.  In this ep Breeza and Maso banter with Ben about life pre...

Sexy Sammy Wilson is in the house and she is talking all things sobriety, from dating, sex, ex boyfriends, sex with ex boyfriends and the hangover from hell that set her off on her sobriety journey. Sammy is the creator of Sober Mates, an online community supporting people who are sober and sober curious, you can join in on the discussion here https://www.facebook.com/groups/981049929190461.  Samm...

When it comes to booze, there are so many types of labels that can be thrown around - alcoholic, booze hound, piss head, liquid pig, the list goes on.  In this episode Breeza and Maso explore the labels that are associated with drinking alcohol and why they think that all labels are a load of rubbish.   

Banter, laughter, and tears, this ep has it all. Jill Stark is an award winning Journalist and Author, a speaker, a mental health advocate, a Scotralian*, an animal lover, a sober queen and she always has nice hair!   In this ep Breeza and Maso deep dive into the reason why Jill gave booze the flick the first time (and wrote a book about it), why she went back to booze and why she gave it the flic...

We are not going to sugar coat it, Breeza has been white knuckling of late and Maso is going through an emotional life changing event. This is a big episode folks, so you know what to do, yep, buckle up! It's been a while since the girls have had a chin-wag to each other about their own sobriety.  Breeza is 322 days sober and Maso is 261, so where are they at with it?  Maso shares some really...

From the moment we are born we enter a booze soaked world.  Hang on, take a step back, before we even enter the world booze is present - hello new years eve shag and September baby!   In ep 28 come on a life journey with Breeza and Maso as they discuss every life milestone, celebration, event, party, birth, death and everything in-between that traditionally is soaked with booze. Life can be one bi...

If you're an Aussie and had a TV in the 80's you would be very familiar with these lyrics, 'you can get it on a plank, or doing business with a bank, you can get it selling a cow, matter of fact I've got it now!'   Over the years clever marketing agencies have created iconic ad and jingles to promote booze, in particular beer.   In this ep Breeza and Maso do a deep dive in...

It's Christina from Altina on the poddy! Altina Drinks partner with Breeza, Maso and the world's best poddy producer Erek (E-Dawg to the girls)  to make Booze Free Bants possible. Now it's time for Christina to spill the tea on Altina Drinks! Why did they start, how did they start and what was their response when they went to market?!  But it's not all about Altina, no, no, no,...

These little Easter bunnies won't be rolling around blind drunk this Easter! In this ep Breeza and Maso dish out some tips on living your best sober Easter.  As the girls discover, Easter can be a really tough time, and it's easy to reach for that bandaid in a bottle. But it's what's beyond the bottle where the Easter magic happens. Breeza realises towards the end of the pod th...

Donny Walker - the girls finally got him on the poddy #donnyonthepoddy! Breeza and Maso have been pestering Donny to share his story, and wow wee was it worth the wait.  Donny loves to makes people laugh, the girls can vouch for that, they have both had many good times with 'Sir Donald'.  It got to the point where Donny recognised that he was using booze to self medicate and while the pa...

It's a rare occasion - Breeza telling her story, so buckle up! Breeza steps out of her comfort zone to chat about her past relationship with booze.   Looking back, her 20's were doused with booze and good times, but something happened in her 30s and that's when booze became her 'bandaid in a bottle.' Drinking solo became a thing, numbing her emotions became a thing, passin...

Damien Lock (Locky) is outstanding at many things, 3 of which are football, boxing and drinking.  Locky was a late bloomer when it came to drinking, he was obsessed with football and had no time for drinking, until the age of 17.  It was also around this time when he got drafted to the Carlton Football Club; a dream come true! In this episode Breeza and Maso banter on with Locky about how his drin...

Dear Maso,  You're an absolute gem , thanks for sharing your story in this ep to me and our listeners .  As you say, there is power in vulnerability; it gives others permission. You put yourself out there in this ep in the hope that it will help others, it will, it already has, you've helped me and continue to do so everytime we record an ep. At times your story was hard for you to share...

The man the myth the legend behind "One Choice, Many Wins.' Greg Jennings is @boozefreedad on Instagram.  He is on a mission to create generational change when it comes to drinking.  Greg is a 'true blue' Aussie bloke, an absolute role model for his two young boys, he wears his heart on his sleeve, and he chooses to live his life alcohol free. But this wasn't always the ca...

Alcohol and the workplace is often a match made in hell. It's all fun and games having a workplace knock-off till Jan in accounts starts to get a bit lippy at Ian from IT  meanwhile, Darren in sales is getting his sleaze on to the Boss lady.  Ewwwww! In episode 18 Breeza and Maso banter about booze in the workplace. Maso shares her experience in aviation, Breeza shares stories from her corpor...

Buckle up for a ride with Hayley Vernon!  Anything you have learned about Hayley during MAFS 2020, pop it in the bin.  Hayley has the fire in her belly and is a sober woman on a mission. Breeza and Maso cover a lot of ground with Hayley in this ep - from Hayley's 10-year ice addiction, her recovery, her early days of sobriety (31 days when ep was recorded late Jan), booze in the adult industr...

Parenting hungover is up there with ringing Telstra, it's hell.   Today Breeza and Maso are unpacking Mummy Wine Culture in Australia.   The role of Mum comes in many shapes and sizes - Stepmum, Aunty, Grandma, Legal Guardian, the list goes on.  "My children are why I choose sobriety, not my excuse to drink," not Breeza's quote, she found it on IG, but it pretty much sums up he...