Creating your own Sober Community
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Sober Awkward (the hilarious, good looking and extremely wise...) Vic and Hamish discover why having someone to share your teabags with could solidify your sobriety and how building your own sober community could stop you reaching in the fridge for that 6 pack of Red Stripe!
They will give you a step by step guided walk through their free sober social platform www.cuppa.community and give you a few tips, tricks (and warnings) on how to create a successful sober meet up.
So, put the kettle on, get you’re best mug from the cupboard, find those favourite cosy tracksuit bottoms - the ones with the holes in that smell of damp dog, settle in….. and find out why Cuppa – the sober awkward community – will be a buddy when all yours have gone down the Nags head for a pint.
Remember - If you can build a tribe of like-minded people, you never have to be alone again.
Oh, and be warned - if you use the term 'Fam Bam' you're in trouble.
Enjoy!
SHOW NOTES
Sober Awkward is proudly sponsored by
About Choose Sunrise - https://choosesunrise.co.uk
Choose Sunrise is founded on the belief that nobody should feel afraid to ask for help with alcohol use. After finding myself trapped in a cycle of trying (and failing) to moderate, blaming myself and being utterly terrified of asking for help, I finally found freedom from the alcohol trap in 2020. I haven’t looked back. I now work with private clients and with businesses, supporting grey area drinkers to find the help that they deserve and need. As well as our flagship 101 Days to Sober online course, we have developed the Alcohol Safe Workplace® accreditation which encourages businesses to be much more proactive about educating and supporting their employees who run into difficulties with addiction as well as creating sober inclusive spaces, where everyone belongs, whatever they choose to drink. I’m also setting up a Sober Business Network, connecting like-minded sober entrepreneurs who want to collaborate and grow our businesses together…without the booze!
Find out more at https://choosesunrise.co.uk
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www.cuppa.community – The Free Social Network for the Sober and Sober Curious - Sober Events – Therapy – Sobriety Courses – Sober Groups, Tea and loads more.
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If you are struggling with your relationship with alcohol please reach out to your local doctor, a therapist, AA Group or just chat to a close friend. Don’t feel shame, just get the help you deserve. Contact us! If you have a topic you’d like us to cover then please email us -
vicandhamish@soberawkward.com
Check out our website at: https://www.soberawkward.com
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| 0:00.0 | One of the reasons we're doing this episode today is because we and Hamish are so excited to announce that you can now leave us a voicemail on our sober awkward website. |
| 0:10.3 | That's sobera awkward.com. All you do is hit the speak pipe. It's on the right hand side and you can tell us how you're going, ask any questions about the podcast, share your story, tell us a joke, |
| 0:22.5 | or just tell us how your sober journey is going. So give us a shout on the speakpipe at sober |
| 0:27.9 | awkward.com. |
| 0:30.1 | The cattle's boiled, Vic. |
| 0:32.1 | Great. Perfect timing. Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate. |
| 0:37.8 | Here you go. |
| 0:39.2 | Should we get started then? |
| 0:45.7 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again, |
| 0:49.7 | and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour? |
| 0:53.4 | Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one while you head to a dodgy after |
| 0:57.4 | party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave? If so, it might be time to take a deeper look |
| 1:02.6 | at your relationship with your reliable social crutch, alcohol. On each episode, we'll investigate |
| 1:08.4 | our own dysfunctional dealings with booze and find out if it's possible to stop this deeply ingrained habit before things get too messy. |
| 1:15.6 | Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories |
| 1:19.6 | to help you understand why waking up from a booze coma each weekend with a kebab sticking out of your top pocket |
| 1:24.6 | might actually be negatively impacting your health. |
| 1:28.3 | Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober. An unwanted warts and all |
| 1:33.4 | look into why giving up those cheeky pints or putting down those mummy wines will make you feel |
| 1:38.5 | happier, help your anxiety in mental health and turn you into the most sparkly authentic |
| 1:43.6 | version of you. |
| 1:44.8 | Won't that mean I become boring though, Vic? |
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