Alcohol and the Pandemic
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2021
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Today Lucy and Vic are talking about the how the pandemic has affected alcohol intake. Unfortunately, home lockdowns, boredom and fear meant alcohol consumption increased by 25% in 2021. People are leaning on booze more than ever before. For some, the pandemic meant they were dragged further into an already toxic relationship with alcohol and others were actually forced to confront their demons and used Covid19 as an opportunity to change. So, did covid break you or make you? Today Vic and Lucy want to delve into how you can identify if your drinking has got out of control and uncover the signs that your habit needs addressing. Is one bottle of wine per night really too much? Find out on this funny and insightful episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by drunkmummy, sobermummy.com, and made in association with |
| 0:06.4 | hello sunday morning.org, changing the world's relationship with alcohol, one Sunday at a time. |
| 0:14.0 | All the kettles boiled. |
| 0:16.2 | Great. Perfect timing. |
| 0:18.0 | Should you get started then? |
| 0:19.5 | I'm Victoria Vanstone. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm Lucy Good. |
| 0:23.5 | And this is sober awkward. |
| 0:30.8 | Right Lucy, over to you. |
| 0:33.3 | Thanks Vic. |
| 0:34.2 | So whatever stage you're at on your sober journey and Vic and I are at completely different stages, you'll know that life without booze can at times feel, what do you reckon? |
| 0:45.3 | Awkward. Lucy and I invite you to listen to our podcast where we discuss the realities of sobriety. The good, the bad, the ugly, and the cringingly embarrassing. |
| 0:56.2 | Our honest and open chats will help you discover what it really means to be sober. |
| 1:00.6 | Yes, we're here, like a dodgy bottle of port from your nan's drink cabinet, |
| 1:05.2 | to take the edge of sobriety, and together we can learn how to feel the awkward and do it anyway. |
| 1:19.0 | Gosh, I'm sorry Lucy, I've got a bit of burpees going on. |
| 1:22.7 | What's wrong with you this evening? |
| 1:24.5 | I just took my dinner really quickly before I came. |
| 1:26.5 | It was just like loads of cauliflower and loads of broccoli with salmon. |
| 1:29.9 | And it's kind of given me a bit of a bit of something party in the abdomen. |
| 1:35.5 | I think that you need to be more considerate of what you eat before you sit in a booth with me for an hour and a half. |
| 1:43.2 | I'm going to try and swallow my burps. |
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