39: The Sober Revolution Starts Here with Laura Willoughby
Soberful
Veronica Valli
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Despite much success in her life Laura Willoughby MBE had reached a point when she realized her drinking was a problem. Rejecting traditional methods of getting sober, she forged her own path and created Club Soda, a UK based organization dedicated to changing our cultural relationship with alcohol. She challenges the media, hospitality industry and broader culture to see sobriety differently. As a member of the LGBTQ community, she also wanted to offer a service that was inclusive and addressed the unique challenges this community had when they tried to stop drinking.
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| 0:21.6 | I've dream that that you were twisting |
| 0:23.8 | through seven suns of gold |
| 0:27.3 | and the gypsy was insisting |
| 0:30.2 | their story must be told |
| 0:33.0 | I came two in the morning |
| 0:35.8 | but I took it as a warning. |
| 0:39.8 | There you might be a treasure. |
| 0:42.6 | I could touch but never hold. |
| 0:47.8 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:49.2 | This is Veronica Valley. |
| 0:50.3 | Welcome to the Soberful podcast. |
| 0:52.4 | I'm the creator of the Soberful program. And I'm really |
| 0:55.9 | excited today because I've got definitely one of my favorite people online in the Soberverse |
| 1:01.2 | to interview. So I'd like to welcome Laura Willoughby. Hi, Laura. Hi, how are you? Good. So |
| 1:08.2 | Laura Willoughby is an MBE, which for our American friends, means member of the British |
| 1:13.3 | Empire. Am I correct? Yeah, it means I got a medal from the Queen. Did you meet the Queen? |
| 1:18.7 | I actually met Prince Charles, which was really interesting for me because I got awarded it just after |
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