Drunk-ish - A Sobriety Podcast

This week on  Drunk-ish , I sit down with Sarah Rose Hyland — and no, not the one from Modern Family . (She’ll explain how that mix-up once scored her a year’s supply of whitening strips.) Sarah takes us from growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, feeling like she never fit at any cafeteria table, to finding her people in art, sports, and unfortunately, the party crowd . She shares her early drinking...

This week on  Drunk-ish I sit down with Vanderpump Robs podcaster Rob Schulte, who proves that sobriety stories come in all flavors. Rob grew up surrounded by bar culture in Missouri, lost his brother to alcohol, and still found himself drinking more in college instead of less. We talk about the long nights, the terrifying mornings, and the moment he realized he was about to throw away the biggest...

I’m reunited with my old friend Greg Behrendt to talk alt-comedy nights, getting sober in the 90's, the curveball of cancer and pills, and the decidedly un-glamorous work of repairing family. Greg shares how opiate withdrawal felt “worse than the cancer,” why stand-up still keeps him sane, and what it’s like parenting now-grown kids while staying true to the comic inside. We also revisit the Sex a...

Guess who’s back? Suzanne Warye returns to  Drunk-ish —and this time she’s got a book to promote and a lot more stories to spill. We cover everything from college drinking disasters to the very classy illusion of mom-wine culture (spoiler: it’s not classy, it’s just boxed wine in stemware). Suzanne talks about the caution tape her husband once put around the living room, the night she blacked out...

This week on  Drunk-ish , I get to do something extra special: interview my own daughter,  Elby Taylor . Elby’s about to start her senior year of college, which means she’s got plenty to say about high school parties, sorority events, hangovers, and yes—even the worst fake ID in human history (her words, not mine). We talk about what it’s like growing up with a sober mom, how open conversations he...

Kaila Yu has lived, okay? Like, seriously—bands, raves, modeling, drugs, pinup covers, and now… a book. She’s 11 years sober and somehow survived all of that without ending up in a  Behind the Music  cautionary tale. Her new book  Fetishized is about the fetishization of Asian women, but our chat also hits on strict parents, terrible boyfriends, ecstasy that felt like God, and why cocaine basicall...

Meredith Lynch is back on  Drunk‑ish —one of my OG guests! We talk about her three years sober, the “coming down the pike” debate (Mass Pike forever), and why watching reality TV hits different when you’re not drinking. We get into Love Island (Barbies behaving badly), The Valley’s brewery “apology,” Housewives culture around booze, the long DUI list, Kyle choosing not to drink, and the whole “Cal...

This week on  Drunk-ish , I sit down with the one and only Lisa Lampanelli—yes, the  former “Queen of Mean,” now happily retired from stand-up and living her best life without hecklers or hotel mini-bars. We talk about everything from her epic career pivot to her recovery from compulsive eating, the wild Vegas dessert incident that led her to rehab, surviving codependency boot camp, and why she fi...

When Jen Hirst says sobriety was the hardest thing she’s ever done, she means it. In this episode, she shares her deeply personal journey from a normal supportive upbringing to sipping hand sanitzer and the inbetween which includes multiple rehab stays, two DWIs, and the terrifying moment she realized she might not wake up. But Jen also shares what came next: the choice to get honest, the slow reb...

Ever feel like you’re the only one who drinks like  that ? Yeah… you’re not. This week on  Drunk-ish , I talk to the hilarious and thoughtful  Phil Idrissi , who went from cigar-smoking, Blanton’s-chugging big shot in a Cadillac to a guy sitting in a church basement wondering what the hell just happened. We talk about the moment a marriage counselor poked him in the chest and called him a dying al...

In this second episode with Mia Idrissi, we talk about how fun it is to have  feelings  now. You know—like sadness, shame, and rage, but without the vodka chaser. Mia drops gems about dating while sober (it’s hard, no notes), learning to sit with uncomfortable emotions, and how grief just kind of shows up like an uninvited guest with dirty shoes. We also talk about how sometimes sobriety isn’t all...

Mia Idrissi joins  Drunk-ish  to share the kind of story you don’t hear every day—raw, hilarious, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive. With 32 years of sobriety under her belt (her  third  time getting sober), Mia talks candidly about growing up in a party-heavy home, sneaking cigarettes at age six, and getting drunk for the first time at five. She opens up about the trauma of losing her brot...

It’s a special bonus episode of  Drunk-ish and Stefanie is joined once again by fan-favorite Tamra Mello for a full-on cautionary tale confessional of their "not quite rock bottom" moments. From blackout trips to Mexico to drunken stair tumbles and late-night storms of rage, Stefanie and Tamra swap “how did we survive that?” stories from their wildest drinking days. It’s hilarious, horrifying, and...

This week, I’m joined by the incredibly talented (and equally hilarious)  Levy Lee Simon —a playwright, actor, and proud New Yorker with a story that’s part cautionary tale, part comeback legend. From sipping leftover cocktails at family parties to starring in Broadway plays  while dodging crack dealers (no, really), Levy opens up about addiction, parenting, homelessness, redemption, and the magic...

In this bonus episode, therapist-slash-sober badass Kelley Kitley is back to help me answer the most common question I get from women:  Do I really have a drinking problem?   We talk about “gray area” drinking, the myth of moderation (and yes, we name-check the moderation app founder who definitely  didn’t moderate), how to tell if your 30-day cleanse is just foreplay for a February bender, and wh...

This week, I’m joined by Kelley Kitley—a therapist, author, and mom of four—who also just happens to have grown up above a bar. (You can’t make this stuff up.) We talk about blacking out before high school, hiding wine in laundry baskets, and trying to out-journal our way out of addiction. But we also go deep: trauma, eating disorders, motherhood, shame, healing, and why our brains will still—afte...

Ever wonder how many times you can drive over Laurel Canyon drunk before you start questioning your life choices? Spoiler alert: way too many. This week on Drunk-ish, I’m joined by the hilarious Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny) to trade stories about our questionable 90s drinking habits, the fine art of convincing yourself you’re “just relaxed,” and what finally made him hang up the Miller Lite for g...

This week I sat down with the Kathleen Wilhoite — actress, musician, writer, teacher, and one of the most honest, hilarious, and compelling people I’ve met. We talked about getting fired from a movie before even filming ( swizzle sticks in a jean jacket were involved), and finding herself again through songwriting, teaching, and recovery. We also get into what long-term sobriety actually looks lik...

In Part 2 with Laura House, Laura shares how she tiptoed into sobriety thinking she just had a “snack problem” and accidentally discovered she was, in fact, an alcoholic. We talk about bulimia, dating without the booze crutch, our mutual past as makeout bandits, and why sex is weird when you can actually feel it happening. Bring snacks—no, don’t. You know what? Just bring headphones.

You guys—this episode. I got to sit down with the hilarious and soulful Laura House, and we went deep. Like,  therapy but with jokes deep. We talked about addiction, of course, but also about what it was like being an intense, over-feeling, approval-seeking kid who just wanted boys to like her and adults to lay off.  Laura tells the story of how she went from being a church girl in Texas to drinki...

In this episode, I sit down with the hilarious and brutally honest  Alison Rosen  ( Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend ) We cover everything from body image (feeling like the fat kid) and bad boyfriends to Garfield mugs full of triple sec. Alison opens up about how she stopped getting drunk and making bad decisions and how she finally found something real with her husband—without the help of alc...

You know when you meet someone and five minutes in, you’re like, “Oh… we’re going  there ”? That’s what happened when I sat down with  Laura Cathcart Robbins  — author of  Stash , host of  The Only One in the Room , and someone who knows what it’s like to be the one smiling on the outside while quietly falling apart. Laura opens up about hiding a pill addiction that no one saw coming, what finally...

(Part 2) You ever wake up after a night out and think, “Well, that  probably wasn’t my proudest moment”? Emily Lynn Paulson did that—only it involved a blackout, a hotel doorman, EMTs, and a luxury car she technically “earned” by selling skincare. (Yes, this is a sobriety podcast. Yes, this episode is delicious.) Emily and I get into what happens  after you quit drinking—like the surprising ways y...

You ever wake up after a night out and think, “Well, that  probably wasn’t my proudest moment”? Emily Lynn Paulson did that—only it involved a blackout, a hotel doorman, EMTs, and a luxury car she technically “earned” by selling skincare. (Yes, this is a sobriety podcast. Yes, this episode is delicious.) Emily and I get into what happens  after you quit drinking—like the surprising ways your value...

This is part two of a two-part episode - Matthew takes me on a wild ride from his years of addiction-fueled crime to the jaw-dropping moment that made him risk his own freedom to do the right thing. We talk about what it’s like to face life in prison, how sobriety sometimes hits you when you’re least expecting it (like, in a prison cell), and why being sober doesn’t mean your story suddenly gets e...