292: Claiming Sobriety With Filmmaker and Director Diane Bell

Soberful

Veronica Valli & Chip Somers

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Diane Bell is an independent filmmaker and director whose first movie made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival. Born in Scotland into a big drinking culture, she could never conceive of a life without alcohol in it, until one day she woke up and realised how much better she felt without it and how much culture (including Film and TV) misleads us into believing alcohol was glamourous and exciting.

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0:21.6	I've dream that you were twisting through seven suns of gold
0:27.3	and the gypsy was insisting.
0:30.7	Their story must be told.
0:33.6	I came two in the morning,
0:36.7	but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure.
0:42.6	I could touch but never hold.
0:47.7	Hey, everybody, you're listening to The Soberful Podcast, and I am joined today by Diane Bell. Hi, Diane. Welcome to the podcast. Hi, Veronica.
0:57.6	Thank you so much for having me. You're welcome. Now, Diane is interesting. As soon as I looked at your
1:03.7	stuff, I thought, oh yeah, we'll get her on. Diane is a, well, your award-winning screenwriter and
1:09.1	director. We were put together by another friend of art mine
1:12.4	who's also written a screenplay.
1:14.8	And also on a big personal development journey
1:18.2	and six years sober, right?
1:20.6	Correct. Yes.
1:22.1	Wow.
1:23.1	Yeah.
1:23.6	Okay, well, lots to talk about there.
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