The Sober Seat

Cam takes a seat on The Sober Seat to share her honest story of alcohol addiction, Hangxiety, college binge drinking, and getting sober in her 20s. What started as drinking and partying eventually became a cycle that was much harder to break. Cam opens up about the drinking culture she experienced, when alcohol stopped being fun, and how her relationship with alcohol gradually changed. Cam shares...

In Part 2 of this Episode of The Sober Seat, Izzy Rose picks up where her story left off. So if you haven't listen to Part 1, go give it a listen. After being detained in solitary confinement inside a Japanese prison as a result of her ketamine addiction, Izzy Rose shares what happened next and how she began the long process of getting sober and rebuilding her life. Izzy Rose opens up about recove...

Izzy Rose was detained in solitary confinement inside a Japanese prison after a ketamine addiction slowly took control of her life. In this Part 1 of a 2-part episode of The Sober Seat , Izzy Rose shares her raw and honest story of ketamine addiction, addiction recovery, and her sobriety journey . What started as something she never expected to become a problem slowly spiralled into an addiction t...

In this week’s episode of The Sober Seat, I sit down with Kate to explore the devastating cycle of hangxiety, anxiety, binge drinking, and alcohol addiction. After receiving an epilepsy diagnosis in her early twenties, Kate found herself struggling to process the fear, uncertainty, and anxiety that followed. What she didn’t realise at the time was how much this diagnosis would shape the next decad...

Holly was just 26 years old when doctors told her she had six months to live. By then, she was drinking up to three bottles of gin a day after becoming dependent on alcohol at just 22 years old . In this episode of The Sober Seat , Holly shares her raw and honest story of alcohol addiction , alcoholism , getting sober , and what it really takes to rebuild your life after addiction. What started as...

What started as social drinking gradually became morning drinking, alcohol withdrawal, and a life Amanda no longer recognised. Like so many people, she mistook the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal for anxiety, never realising how deeply addiction had taken hold. Because addiction doesn't always look like addiction. It can hide behind successful careers, loving families, busy routines, or be dismisse...

In this episode of The Sober Seat , Alice returns, to discuss Life After Addiction, Quitting Alcohol and 1 Year on Into Sobriety. We talk about what really happens after reaching the milestone so many people in recovery work towards. Because one year sober doesn’t mean life suddenly becomes easy. Alice opens up about the reality of year two recovery — where the external chaos may have settled, but...

Alex’s sister died after spending around £1,500 a month on alcohol deliveries. Now, she’s campaigning for change. In this episode of the Sober Seat, Alex shares the heartbreaking story of losing her sister to alcohol addiction and how easy access to home alcohol delivery became part of that devastating reality . What might sound like an isolated tragedy is anything but. Across the UK, thousands of...

In Part Two of this episode, Bernadette opens up about the blurred line between fiction and lived experience. What once became material for storytelling was, at one point, the reality she was surviving inside. Behind the parties, relationships and chaos was something far darker: emotional dependency, addiction, dissociation and a growing loss of self. What looked exciting from the outside slowly b...

This week on The Sober Seat Pod , in Part One of a Two Part Episode. Bernadette Francis shares the reality behind alcohol, drugs, and toxic relationships, and how years spent in survival mode slowly blurred into addiction, dissociation, and emotional shutdown. What looked like a fast-paced, party-filled lifestyle on the outside was actually a cycle of coping, numbing, and trying to survive interna...

This week on The Sober Seat Podcast , Jasmine shares the truth behind her experience with Feel Free Tonic — the viral “wellness” drink containing kratom that she says quickly turned from a sobriety aid into a hidden addiction. What started as a small blue bottle sold in gas stations and wellness stores became something she relied on every single day. From withdrawals and secrecy to isolation and d...

This week on The Sober Seat Pod, Alice shares the reality behind the party lifestyle, the stripping industry, and the dangerous cycle of cocaine and alcohol addiction that slowly led her into self-destruction. What looked glamorous from the outside was masking chaos behind closed doors. From normalising heavy partying and substance use within nightlife culture to losing herself completely in addic...

Abby’s story is raw, honest, and impossible to ignore. In this episode of The Sober Seat Podcast she opens up about the lasting impact of parental abandonment, how it shaped her relationship with addiction, and the weight of shame and stigma she carried for years. From navigating motherhood while struggling, to confronting the dark realities of substance dependence, once a drug that provided confi...

This week on The Sober Seat Podcast, Beyond The Bet (Shell) shares the heartbreaking truth about gambling addiction — the silent addiction that took her dad’s life. Often hidden behind closed doors, problem gambling and compulsive gambling can go unnoticed for years. There are no obvious physical signs, yet the impact on mental health, finances, relationships, and families can be devastating. Thro...

n this episode of The Sober Seat Podcast, Tamsin (The Sober Journo) shares the truth behind high-functioning alcoholism — and what it’s really like living with a hidden alcohol addiction while building a successful career. On the outside, she was a thriving journalist. Showing up. Delivering. Holding it all together. But behind closed doors, she was battling alcohol dependence, stuck in the exhaus...

In this episode, we explore Stevie Marie’s story After a life-saving operation, Stevie Marie was prescribed medication to help manage pain and support her recovery. From an Operation to remove Cervical Cancer, a Diagnosis she'd received 3 times by the time she was 25. At first, it seemed like the treatment she needed to heal. What was Medically Prescribed to reduce pain and support with recovery....

In Part Two of My Story: How I Got Sober In this episode, I talk about the relapse that finally led me to get sober for good. After I found myself back in the same cycle — waking up in withdrawal and reaching for vodka at 7am just to feel normal again. What started as a way to cope went straight back to Vodka at 7am, and the reality of addiction was impossible to ignore. I share honestly about wha...

I’m sharing the honest story of how drinking to quiet my mind turned into full-blown alcohol addiction by 27 — and the moment I finally asked for help and got sober. In this episode, I share the honest story of my struggle with alcohol addiction. What started as a way to quiet my racing thoughts and cope with undiagnosed ADHD slowly turned into something far more serious. By 27, I had become physi...