Grief

Sober Awkward

Victoria Vanstone

Humour, Funny, Mummy, Life Hacks, Beer, Anxiety, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Party Animal, Relationships, Hungover, Comedy, Paretning, Hacks, Love, Parenting, Sobriety

4.8 • 533 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Grief and alcohol have sadly been intrinsically linked for as long as we can remember.

It has somehow become as commonplace to get drunk at a funeral as it is at a wedding!?

Losing somebody you love can be one of the toughest things you can go through in your life. As a result, many sadly turn to the bottle. It might cost you your sobriety or it might be the trigger that begins an unhealthy relationship with alcohol altogether.

Here's the news flash though - alcohol will not help 'take the edge off' your grief.

Grief is too big, too all encompassing for alcohol to 'fix'.

In fact, it will only lengthen the painful process. Grief must be experienced sober in order to be fully processed.

We aren't saying it's easy. And we certainly aren't judging anyone that over drinks during a traumatic period of their life.

Vic and Hamish are instead here to try and learn lessons from those who have experienced grief more than them.

We share some of the tips and tricks we have picked up along the way.

And Hamish takes a look at how we might improve our skills in helping others through their grief so they never feel the need to resort to drinking.

Resources

Hamish's grief podcast is called 'Extraordinary Ordinary People'

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The cattle's boiled, Vic.
0:03.8	Great, perfect timing.
0:05.7	Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate.
0:09.5	Here you go.
0:10.9	Should we get started then?
0:17.3	Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said,
0:19.9	I'm never drinking again,
0:21.4	and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour?
0:25.1	Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one,
0:27.8	while you head to a dodgy after-party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave?
0:31.7	If so, it might be time to take a deeper look at your relationship with your reliable social crutch, alcohol.
0:38.1	On each episode, we'll investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze
0:42.2	and find out if it's possible to stop this deeply ingrained habit
0:45.4	before things get too messy.
0:47.5	Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories
0:51.1	to help you understand why waking up from a booze coma each weekend with a
0:54.9	kebab sticking out of your top pocket might actually be negatively impacting your health.
0:59.9	Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober, an unwanted warts and all look
1:05.3	into why giving up those cheeky pints or putting down those mummy wines will make you feel happier,
1:12.0	help your anxiety and mental health, and turn you into the most sparkly authentic version of you.
1:16.5	Won't that mean I become boring though, Vic?
1:18.3	Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait and see.
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