Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!

Unpickled with Jean McCarthy If you have been sober for a while and are ever tempted to drink just “one glass of wine” then it’s worth remembering this well known saying "You can change a cucumber into a pickle, but you can’t turn a pickle back into a cucumber” – in other words once we have crossed that line into alcohol dependence there is not going back – we must go forward and create a life we...

  SOBER SHORT 12 – Nurture Yourself I’m kicking off our Sober Short series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – just go to tribesober.com, hit Our Services and you’ll find all the info about our workshops. You can do a group workshop or a private workshop to suit your schedule and time zone...

  Meditation and Your Sober Journey Here at Tribe Sober we encourage people to quit drinking and then to go on and learn to thrive in their alcohol free lives.  We offer free coaching, hypnotherapy and an online yoga course and various therapies..  It’s important to experiment, to get back in touch with what you really like to do – it’s all about building a life that you don’t want to escape from....

SOBER SHORT 11 – Track Your Progress I’m kicking off our Sober Short series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – just go to tribesober.com, hit Our Services and you’ll find all the info about our workshops. You can do a group workshop or a private workshop to suit your schedule and time zon...

  When I started podcasting almost 2 years ago I wasn’t sure that I was going to be able to stick at it.  Finding guests, interviewing guests and then editing the conversation was pretty time consuming.  Then I read that 60% of podcasters give up after less than 10 episodes which seemed like a challenge!  Through this podcast Tribe Sober has connected with people from all over the world and our me...

  SOBER SHORT 10 – Be Prepared! I’m kicking off our Sober Short series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – just go to tribesober.com, hit Our Services and you’ll find all the info about our workshops. You can do a group workshop or a private workshop to suit your schedule and time zone. Th...

Smacked, Hooked and Crashed with Melinda Ferguson My guest this week has an extraordinary story of recovery to share - she’s gone from a homeless heroin addict living on the streets of Joburg to a highly respected public figure here in SA.  Melinda Ferguson is an award-winning South African journalist and author of bestselling memoirs Smacked, Hooked and Crashed. She is also a publisher and runs w...

Tribe Sober – Inspiring an Alcohol-free Life!  SOBER SHORT 9 – Find a Project! I’m kicking off our Sober Short series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – just go to tribesober.com, hit Our Services and you’ll find all the info about our workshops. You can do a group workshop or a private w...

  Sober Spring begins the day after this podcast is released so I wanted to share the story of one of our members from Germany.  He signed up for our very first Sober Spring back in 2018 – and he hasn’t had a drink since!  We already have people from all over the world signed up for Sober Spring 2022 - 66 alcohol free days with online, community and audio support – start date March 20th.  More inf...

Tribe Sober – Inspiring an Alcohol-free Life!  SOBER SHORT 8 – Keep a Journal! Our Sober Short series takes you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – just go to this link and you’ll find all the info about our workshops. You can do a group workshop or a private workshop to suit your schedule and time zone...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is one of our loyal Tribe Members – John Rishworth is from Canada and has just celebrated 8 months of sobriety.  After drinking heavily for years John got some counselling to help him come to terms that he would have to make some changes but as he says it was joining the tribe that gave him the connection and support that he needed t...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our seventh "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger f...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest today has an inspirational story of recovery.  After a difficult start in life and a decade of drug taking Nikki began her recovery journey.  Her childhood was traumatic and Nikki turned to drugs at an early age. In spite of her efforts to develop a career in dance and drama her addiction deepened during her 20's. She checked into her first re...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our sixth "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger for...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest today is a familiar name to many South Africans.  Gabi Lowe came into the public eye back in 2015 as she fought for her daughters life.  Gabi has written a book about this extraordinary period – a book called “Get Me to 21” which was the name of a campaign led by her daughter Jenna as she invited the public to become organ donors and attend he...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our fifth "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger for...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest today is Peggi Cooney.  She’s a retired social worker with 16 years of field experience and these days she trains other social workers to cope with the many challenges of their work.  She has written a personal memoir about her own struggles with alcohol a has become a sobriety advocate.  One of the things that shines out from that book is her...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our fourth "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger fo...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! If you are as old as I am then you may remember when rock music was all about “sex, drugs and rocknroll” I still remember going to a rolling stones concert in London which was held the day after their guitarist Brian Jones had been found dead in his swimming pool.  As he was only 27 years old he joined the tragic line up of other talented artists who d...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our third "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger for...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Quite a few people in our tribe found their way to us after hearing me chat to the fabulous William Porter on his Friday Night Live spot which you can see HERE I met this weeks podcast guest when I was hanging out on the Alcohol Explained Facebook group – Stacy is a moderator on that group The French have a reputation for being “moderate drinkers” but...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our second "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger fo...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! We created TS because we believe it’s really hard to change your drinking habits alone – so at TS we are all about community so on this weeks podcast we are featuring 2 ladies who signed up for our Sober Spring Challenge. At the time of recording we are in late January but if you are up for taking a break then just sign up for our January Challenge whi...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our very first "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechange...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! We created TS because we believe it’s really hard to change your drinking habits alone – so at TS we are all about community so on this weeks podcast we are featuring 2 ladies who signed up for our Sober Spring Challenge. At the time of recording we are in late January but if you are up for taking a break then just sign up for our January Challenge whi...