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Soberful

202: Aging and Sobriety

Soberful

Veronica Valli

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8628 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Veronica wanted to hand over this topic to Chip as he is the 'old one.' But then realised she qualifies as 'getting old' too! Chip and Veronica discuss all this related to ageing and sobriety. Including the risks of drinking as we age. Health issues and medication.

 

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0:00.0

I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting

0:10.2

that story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning That you might be a treasure

0:21.8

I could touch but never hold

0:25.6

Hey everybody

0:28.6

Welcome to the Soberful podcast

0:30.6

I am Veronica Valley

0:32.6

And I am Chip Summers

0:34.6

So we're talking today about getting old, aging and sobriety.

0:41.4

This has been suggested to us to talk about aging and sobriety.

0:47.4

This is a topic very close to my heart.

0:50.4

So when we were talking about it, I thought, right, Chip, you take the lead in that because you're old.

0:58.2

And then, but then I had that moment of like, actually, so am I. I'm going to be 50 next year.

1:04.2

That's actually, that's one of the things, right, that I still feel like, and I remember being like 20-something in someone who I

1:12.3

considered old saying, I still feel like I'm 25 and I was looking at them going, black

1:16.0

cow, that's not possible.

1:17.8

Yeah, yeah.

1:18.5

I'm having that moment where I'm going to be 50 in two months.

1:23.6

And I'm having that kind of like, blindimey, that's actually like proper older.

1:29.6

Yeah, yeah.

1:30.2

But I don't feel like it is.

1:32.2

I know.

1:32.5

My father, who died when he was 96, always said he felt about 17 inside his head.

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