How do I find the motivation to carry on?
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Whether you are somebody that gave up alcohol for a set amount of time or forever, the question of how to stay motivated is one that we are often asked.
Hame's plan was to give up for a year. He has chosen to carry on but wants to find out how to keep up the momentum without the excitement of ticking off all of the 'I've-never-done-this-before-sober' things.
For Vic, it's a different story. When she gave up, she knew it was forever and her motivation and clarity of thought have not wavered. Are there days that are harder than others though? Of course...she's a mother of 3 after all!
In this week's episode, Vic 'The Guru', is here to share some of her 'wisdom' on how to keep up your sobriety motivation year after year.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is proudly sponsored by buds and beads, sparkling and loose-leaf teas. |
| 0:06.3 | The kettle's boiled, Vic. |
| 0:08.3 | Great, perfect timing. Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate. |
| 0:14.0 | Here you go. Should we get started then? |
| 0:25.5 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again, |
| 0:29.0 | and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour? |
| 0:35.6 | Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one while you head to a dodgy after party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave? |
| 0:38.7 | If so, it might be time to take a deeper look at your relationship with your reliable social crutch, alcohol. On each episode, we'll investigate |
| 0:44.5 | our own dysfunctional dealings with booze and find out if it's possible to stop this deeply |
| 0:49.2 | ingrained habit before things get too messy. Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of |
| 0:54.1 | humiliating drinking stories |
| 0:55.7 | to help you understand why waking up from a booze coma each weekend |
| 0:59.1 | with a kebab sticking out of your top pocket |
| 1:00.8 | might actually be negatively impacting your health. |
| 1:04.4 | Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober, |
| 1:08.3 | an unwanted warts and all look into why giving up those cheeky pints or putting |
| 1:12.4 | down those mummy wines will make you feel happier, help your anxiety in mental health and |
| 1:17.9 | turn you into the most sparkly authentic version of you. Won't that mean I become boring though, Vic? |
| 1:22.9 | Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait and see. I'm Victoria Vanstone. I'm Hamish Adams-Kans. |
| 1:28.6 | And this is sober awkward. |
| 1:36.3 | So Vic, can you name me one goal in your life that you have achieved and one that you're still looking to? |
| 1:42.5 | Sleeping with 100 strangers and not getting gonorrhea, Hamish. |
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