315: Bad Drunk with Millie Mackintosh
Soberful
Veronica Valli
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Soberful podcast, host Veronica Valli speaks with Millie McIntosh about her journey to sobriety, the impact of alcohol on mental health, and the challenges of parenting while sober. Millie shares her experiences with binge drinking, anxiety, and the importance of community in recovery. They discuss the role of self-compassion in healing from shame and the power of sharing personal stories. Millie also talks about her future aspirations and projects, emphasizing the positive changes sobriety has brought to her life.
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| 0:00.0 | I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting |
| 0:10.1 | their 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, you are listening to the Soberfall podcast |
| 0:31.2 | And I am really happy today |
| 0:33.0 | Because I am joined by the very lovely Millie McIntosh. |
| 0:36.1 | Hi, Millie. |
| 0:37.1 | Hi, thank you so much for having me on. |
| 0:39.6 | This is a real pinch me moment. And yeah, I was actually a little bit nervous before. |
| 0:45.9 | Seriously? I don't know. Why? I guess I'm used to speaking to Chip and I haven't even |
| 0:54.1 | like seen him in so long and after I |
| 0:57.9 | sent him my book he said you know you should go come on the podcast and I'm really glad we made |
| 1:02.7 | it happen yet to reschedule my three-year-old broke my nose you know just standard |
| 1:08.2 | standard parenting stuff that's been going on but I'm really glad we've made it happen. I got my nose next. Yeah. Oh, my God. That was crazy. I've had that. I've had that. They didn't break my nose, but I thought, like, they would when they just. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, my gosh moved so quickly. Your poor thing. |
| 1:29.6 | Well, yeah, Chip mentioned your book. |
| 1:34.5 | And as I was saying before, Chip is fairly hard to impress, right? |
| 1:37.4 | Especially with books about sobriety. |
| 1:39.4 | He doesn't sugarcoat things. |
| 1:43.6 | And he's not going to like light your face just to make you feel better. |
| 1:45.2 | Like he's just going to tell you straight. |
| 1:46.5 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:48.1 | And he was like, no, no, it's good. |
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