Welcome to Bat Country: A Sobriety Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Join the Bat Country Sober community:  Patreon.com/batcountrysober  Try the world's best sobriety app: https://betterwithoutbooze.me/ Here's a long, detailed video about just a whole bunch of topics and information related to alcoholism. I really hope there's some stuff in here that you didn't know, and that you enjoy it. Let me know in the comments if there wa...

Send us Fan Mail In this video, I discuss the concern a lot of drinkers seem to share: that they will miss drinking. So is it true - is sobriety boring? Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Try the world's best sobriety app: https://betterwithoutbooze.me/ Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober How long after quitting alcohol does it take before we start to feel normal again? Well, there's good news, and bad news. Good luck out there. ============= BOOK STUFF: Buy my book about my descent into alcoholism while cycling solo...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober In this episode, I talk you through what a typical day looked like at the very worst of my alcoholism. Does any of it sound familiar to you?  Good luck out there. ============= Buy my book about my descent into alcoholism while cycling solo around the world: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/just-crazy-...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober In this quick video, I count down 10 of the most common lies we tell each other about alcohol.  What did I miss? Leave it in the comments! Good luck out there. ============= My book: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/just-crazy-enough-to-work-how-to-fail-on-the-silk-road-by-stu-nugent The Audiobook: htt...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober To celebrate a major sobriety milestone, we did a sober Q&A with the community. All your questions answered, and a whole lot more that you absolutely didn't ask for. Steven Curry's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6OuaPmR7xqSDfUxkcYVkrA  Shades' channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCFE6Y-...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober There's tons of content out there about what to expect in the first year of sobriety. But what about the second year? Is there a difference? Do things change? Do they get better, or worse? All these questions answered, and whole bunch more that you you didn't even ask. Book: https://www.batcountry....

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober Book: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/just-crazy-enough-to-work-how-to-fail-on-the-silk-road-by-stu-nugent Audiobook: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/audiobook-just-crazy-enough-to-work-stu-nugent In this episode, I just wanted to retell a story of something that happened to me. The clue's...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober Did you drink to fit in? I did. Or at least, I thought I did, until I started analysing exactly why I felt like I DIDN'T fit in. Good luck out there. Get the audiobook here: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/audiobook-just-crazy-enough-to-work-stu-nugent  @Soberstrong 's channel that i mention...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober This very weird episode asks whether or not alcoholic hallucinations are some sort of spiritual experience. And if they're not, then why do so many people from completely different backgrounds tend to all see the same things? Here's the paper: https://karger.com/psp/article/56/5/383/836125/Acute-Al...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober Alcoholism is a selfish condition. But it affects everyone around you, and the impact can be devastating. Good luck out there. Read my book about my descent into alcohol while cycling from Shanghai to London: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/just-crazy-enough-to-work-how-to-fail-on-the-silk-road-by-stu...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober Ho ho ho et cetera. Staying sober at Christmas is harder than any other time of the year. Pressure, friends, family, indulgence. It's difficult, but relapses are not inevitable. Here I provide a kind of sobriety survival guide of simple tips and ways of thinking that are actually useful in my sobriety....

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober Let's talk about binge drinking. In excruciating detail. In this video, I answer the question 'what is binge drinking?', tell you why we do it, and explain why it's so damn hard to stop. Good luck out there. Get the audiobook here: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/audiobook-just-cra...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober This very weird episode asks whether or not alcoholic hallucinations are some sort of spiritual experience. And if they're not, then why do so many people from completely different backgrounds tend to all see the same things? Here's the paper: https://karger.com/psp/article/56/5/383/836125/Acute-Al...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on patreon.com/BatCountrySober Alcoholism is a selfish condition. But it affects everyone around you, and the impact can be devastating. Good luck out there. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This is an audio-only podcast version of a video previously uploaded to the youtube channel Bat Country Alcoholism & Sobriety. Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober I'm struggling with anhedonia - the inability to experience pleasure. I want to skip forward and start enjoying sobriety properly. But how do we do that? Good luck out there...

Send us Fan Mail This podcast is an audio-only reupload of a video previously posted on the main Bat Country Alcoholism & Sobriety youtube channel. IF YOU WERE GIVEN A MAGICAL CHOICE BETWEEN A LIFETIME OF SOBRIETY AND A LIFETIME OF DRINKING IN MODERATION, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE? Good luck out there. ============= Email me here: stu@batcountry.co Bat Country on Instagram:   / batcountryyt  Bat...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober READ THE BOOK: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/just-crazy-enough-to-work-how-to-fail-on-the-silk-road-by-stu-nugent This one's for the regulars. A Q&A on alcoholism and sobriety. Good luck out there. ============= Email me here: stu@batcountry.co Bat Country on Instagram: https://www.instagra...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober PAWS - Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome. Is it real, and do you have it? ============= Email me here: stu@batcountry.co Bat Country on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batcountryyt/  Bat Country site: https://www.batcountry.co/  Bat Country on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BatCountryYT  Bat Country on Tik T...

Send us Fan Mail Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BatCountrySober I'm a functioning alcoholic now that I'm sober. In this video, I attack the concept of functional alcoholism. I don't think we should say it anymore. You're better than this. Stop lying to yourself.   Check out the audiobook version of my crazy true story, it's good I promise: https:...

Send us Fan Mail What was the last drink you ever had? What does it mean to you? Check out the audiobook version of my crazy true story, it's good I promise: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/audiobook-just-crazy-enough-to-work-stu-nugent ============= Email me here: stu@batcountry.co Bat Country on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batcountryyt/  Bat Country site: https://www.batcoun...

Send us Fan Mail THIS IS THE AUDIO-ONLY PODCAST VERSION OF A VIDEO PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED TO THE BAT COUNTRY ALCOHOLISM & SOBRIETY YOUTUBE CHANNEL.  This is a podcast about the big lies we tell in alcoholism. Not the small, common ones that everyone knows, but the giant, pointless, grandiose ones. Because I've seen it first hand, and that led me to realise that I was doing it too. Buy my boo...

Send us Fan Mail THIS IS THE AUDIO-ONLY VERSION OF A VIDEO PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED TO THE BAT COUNTRY ALCOHOLISM & SOBRIETY YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Check out the audiobook version of my crazy true story, it's good I promise: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/audiobook-just-crazy-enough-to-work-stu-nugent ============= I was asked to talk about how to deal with the feelings of guilt and self-loa...

Send us Fan Mail THIS IS AN AUDIO-ONLY PODCAST VERSION OF A VIDEO PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED TO THE BAT COUNTRY ALCOHOLISM & SOBRIETY YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Check out the audiobook version of my crazy true story, it's good I promise: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/audiobook-just-crazy-enough-to-work-stu-nugent ============= In this chilled storytime episode, I identify a moment in my youth whe...

Send us Fan Mail THIS IS THE AUDIO-ONLY PODCAST VERSION OF A VIDEO PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED TO THE BAT COUNTRY ALCOHOLISM AND SOBRIETY YOUTUBE CHANNEL In this video, I share a very bad experience I had in Piccadilly Train Station as a result of my drinking, and try to explain why your drinking might be the same as mine even if you don't think it's as bad. Get the Audiobook: https://www.batcou...