Happy New Year! Is It Time to Give Up Booze?
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Hungover? Thinking about giving up drinking, but it feels too hard and too boring? Are you an alcoholic?
If these questions are banging around inside your head today then this is the episode for you. Questioning you alcohol intake means it could be time to say goodbye anxiety, farewell shame, vomit and one night stands - Hello Scrabble!
It's New Years day - officially the biggest day to consider going sober. But don't hide in bed all day, get up and put the kettle on. Vic and Hamish are here to help, guide you along your sober path with some wisdom, honesty and a few too many knob jokes.
They begin the episode by telling you a bit about New Years Eve's gone by, waking up at kids picnics, why Vic and fireworks don't mix around this time of year and you'll hear a little too much information about Hamish's ball bag, but not to worry, just keep listening... because todays episode is full of brilliant advice for anyone that's in bed, feeling like shit, unsure of how to approach a span-dangly sober life.
So, get ready for a top ten countdown. Today, Vic and Hamish are here to answer all the questions that are spinning around in your head and get you prepped for a happier and healthier future.
Stick to your New Years resolution to quit the booze once and for all. Because honestly.....
If these two idiots can do it, then you can too.
Oh, and listen out for a famous intro - No - we can't believe it either!
Show Notes
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Rami Jaffe from the Food Fighters, and you're listening to Sober, awkward. |
| 0:07.8 | Woo! |
| 0:09.8 | Thanks, Rami. |
| 0:14.7 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again, |
| 0:18.9 | and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman |
| 0:21.3 | by happy hour. Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one while you head to a dodgy |
| 0:26.3 | after party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave? If so, it might be time to take a deeper look |
| 0:31.7 | at your relationship with your reliable social crutch, alcohol. On each episode, we'll investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze and find out |
| 0:40.6 | if it's possible to stop this deeply ingrained habit before things get too messy. |
| 0:45.0 | Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories to help you understand |
| 0:50.0 | why waking up from a booze coma each weekend with a kebab sticking out of your top pocket |
| 0:53.8 | might actually be negatively impacting your health. |
| 0:57.4 | Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober, an unwanted warts and all |
| 1:02.6 | look into why giving up those cheeky pints or putting down those mummy wines will make you |
| 1:07.5 | feel happier, help your anxiety and mental health, and turn you into the most sparkly authentic version of you. |
| 1:14.0 | Won't that mean I become boring, though, Vic? |
| 1:15.9 | Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait and see. |
| 1:18.4 | I'm Victoria Vanstone. |
| 1:20.1 | I'm Hamish Adams-Kairns. |
| 1:21.6 | And this is Sober Awkward. |
| 1:29.9 | That's a funny little cough, Hamish. |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah. |
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