Sober Stories from Everyday People

In this week's episode of Sober Stories from Everyday People I am talking with Donna in Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia. At the time of recording, Donna is 4 years, 3 months and 10 days sober. Donna is originally from Melbourne and has been married for 25 years. Donna discusses having a relatively normal farm up bringing with relatively normal drinking habits until she sadly lost her mother a...

This week's Sober Stories from Everyday People Podcast is with NHS worker; Vinay who lives in Hale, Cheshire. Vinay is 319 days sober at the time of this recording and assigns a lot of the motivation to get sober to getting healthy for his young family. An avid long distance runner, he talks about life before running and life before quitting drinking. A life that was very different and often destr...

This week on the Sober Stories from Everyday People Podcast I am chatting with Grace from London who now lives in Stoke-on-Trent. Grace is 1 year sober at the time of this recording. Grace had been a member of the THRIVE Sober online community for virtually all of her sobriety and has found peace, confidence and guidance in being connected with a sober community. She talks about work, relationship...

In this week's episode of Sober Stories from Everyday People I am discussing all things sobriety with Penny in Kingston-Upon-Thames. Penny is an opiate recovery worker in Camden and has masters in public health. Penny is 130 days sober at the time of this recording. Penny describes a typical drinking life with minimal consequences until it started to affect the things she really cared about. She t...

This week's Sober Stories from Everyday People podcast episode is with Marie Shaw from @unfunk_your_soul and @unfunk_your_soul_podcast. Marie lives in Staffordshire and is 576 days sober at the time of this recording. Following redundancy, Marie changed her career and moved into the wellness space, training as an Exhale meditation instructor and offering clients healing, growth and relaxation thro...

This week's Sober Stories from Everyday People podcast episode is with Hannah C from Surrey, UK. Hannah, a self employed gardener, is one year and one month sober at the time of this recording. We discuss how being a young parent, a parent of a child with extra needs, and being a single parent for a period of time, can impact your reliance on alcohol to cope. We also talk about alcohol and ADHD fo...

TRIGGER WARNING - family member suicide This week's episode is with Owen from Halesowen, near Birmingham. Owen is 13 months sober at the time of this recording. Owen, who lives with his wife and young daughter, talks about trying alcohol relatively late, at 16 (on the last day of school). After starting, Owen got into a drinking crowd and drank as part of the 'sesh' with mates most weeks. After un...

This week's episode is with the face behind instagrams @scottishandsober, Jade. Jade is almost 3.5 years sober and lives in Aberdeen, North East Scotland. Jade speaks openly about her life with alcohol, how it slowly crept into weekly life and was normalised for most occasions. Following a difficult relationship and some mental health challenges, Jade decided to stop drinking and is now helping ot...

In this week's episode of Sober Stories from Everyday People I am chatting to Vanessa in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire. Vanessa, who is113 days sober at the time of this recording, shares her life with alcohol and why she stopped drinking at New Year. Vanessa is warm, open, and direct about her life growing up, her drinking experiences and how she is currently navigating her new alcohol free lif...

This weeks Sober Stories episode is with 24 year old Sebastian from Bolton, who is 6 months sober. Sebastian is raising money for charity by going 12 months alcohol free after losing his mum to cancer 2 years ago and meeting some incredible health mentors on BBC3's Go Hard or Go Home (2023) TV show. Seb is big into fund raising and raising awareness for mental health, cancer and now all things alc...

In this weeks episode I speak to Jessica in Norwich, UK, who is 5.5 years sober at the time of this recording. Jessica talks about the infamous 90's drinking culture and how it helped to cement her desire to fit in and feel interesting. Drinking became part of her identity and ramped up dramatically during her university years. After having her first child at 29, Jessica became more aware of the m...

In this weeks episode of Sober Stories from Everyday People I am speaking to Georgie in Somerset, UK who is 132 days sober at the time of this recording. Georgie lives with her son and is immersed in the wellness industry teaching pilates, intuitive breathing, trained in sports massage, reiki, sound bowl healing and working closely with horses. Our conversation talks about 90's drinking, a life ch...

In this weeks episode of Sober Stories from Everyday People I am chatting to Lauren in Leeds who's been sober for almost 2 years at the time of this recording. Lauren lives with her 2 children and her husband, and runs her own business hiring TV & film locations around the UK, which she loves. Lauren was a weekend binge drinker, abstaining in the week but usually drinking with no off switch at...

Apologies for the not quite up to standard sound quality of this episode In this episode of "Sober Stories from Everyday People" podcast, listeners are introduced to the podcasts first sober husband and wife team, Alisha and Ricci, team from West London who are navigating their journey through sobriety. With a combined 650 days of sobriety, they share their powerful stories of transformation and n...

Trigger warning (contains reference of suicide) In this week's episode of the Sober Stories Podcast, sassysobermum sits down with Sarah, a guest from Chichester who is 105 days sober at the time of recording. Sarah, who runs a hair salon and offers online support to aspiring hair colorists through groups and workshops, opens up about her journey to sobriety. She shares candidly about her struggles...

This week's episode of the "Sober Stories from Everyday" podcast features Natalia from Toronto, who is 31 years old and has been sober for 262 days at the time of the recording. She resides with her husband and dog and has a fulfilling career in HR that she loves. Natalia enjoys baking, hiking, spending time with family, and going to the gym. Natalia shared her journey with alcohol, describing it...

This week's episode of the "Sober Stories from Everyday" podcast features Natalia from Toronto who is 31 years old, has been sober for 262 days at the time of the recording. She resides with her husband and dog and has a fulfilling career in HR that she loves. Natalia enjoys baking, hiking, spending time with family, and going to the gym. Natalia shared her journey with alcohol, describing it as a...

*EARLY DAYS EPISODE* This week's special 'early days' episode of the Sober Stories podcast features Donna from Bracken, Wales, who is 74 days sober at the time of recording. Donna, raised in a family with minimal alcohol consumption, began drinking in the 1990s as a teenager. However, a series of life-changing events, including a breakup, her daughter's anorexia diagnosis, and her brother's sudden...

In this week's episode of the Sober Stories from Everyday People podcast, Trisha from Sligo, North West Ireland, shares her journey of sobriety, having been sober for 136 days. Trisha resides with her husband and three children and opens up about losing her mother at 60 to alcohol-related causes. She discusses her attempt at moderation before ultimately accepting that sobriety was the path for her...

In this week's episode of "Sober Stories from Everyday People," we dive into the journey of Hayley, a 35-year-old from Worthing in West Sussex, who is almost five months sober after numerous attempts to quit drinking in recent years. Hayley's story is one of resilience and self-discovery as she delves into her struggles with alcohol, recreational drugs, and emotional challenges. Raised without kno...

In this weeks episode of Sober Stories From Everyday People we hear the inspiring journey of Chris, a 46-year-old father who has been sober for 18 months at the time of the recording. Chris shares his experiences of navigating the drinking culture during the hedonistic 1990s, where rock music and smoking were prevalent. In his early 20s, he worked in Ibiza, which intensified his drinking habits. R...

This week's "Sober Stories for Everyday People" podcast features Rosie Gill Moss from Kent, a brave individual who has been sober for nearly two years as of March 2024. Rosie, the host of her own podcast, "Widowed AF," shared her inspiring journey to sobriety and the challenges she faced along the way. Rosie's story takes a poignant turn as she discusses the tragic loss of her husband at sea in 20...

In this week's episode of "Sober Stories from Everyday People," the guest, Jen from Shepperton, Middlesex, shares her journey to sobriety. A 35-year-old mother of three under 4 years old, Jen reached 7 months of sobriety in January 2024. She began drinking in university, initially as an average drinker, but soon realized she had no off button, turning it into an everyday habit. After attempting mo...

In this week's episode of "Sober Stories from Everyday People" hosted by SassySoberMum, Anna, a resilient individual from South Wales, takes the spotlight. At just over a year sober, Anna shares her transformative journey filled with resilience, determination, and newfound purpose. Aged 44 and a mother to a 13-year-old daughter, Anna's relationship with alcohol began in her teenage years, initiall...

In this week's episode of the "Sober Stories from Everyday People" podcast, host SassySoberMum is joined by Cate, a 48-year-old artist living in Oxford. Cate's story is a powerful exploration of the lasting impact of alcoholism on families, as she candidly discusses her experiences growing up with a functioning alcoholic father. Cate's childhood was marked by the presence of her father's alcoholis...