How Do I Stop Drinking?
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
It's a question Vic and Hamish get emailed everyday - Help! I can't stop drinking what can I do? It's a plea that they actually find hard to answer because what works for one person - may not work for the next.
So, today you will get the run down of everything, from a visit to the GP, therapy and AA to Rehab and Quit Lit. They will discuss what worked for them, how it all starts with you standing up for yourself and taking that first step into recovery - reaching out for support.
This is an opportunity for you to design your sobriety your way and how to keep plodding on the recovery road until something sticks. Also, Vic gets emotional when she reads a poem and Hamish recalls the time a doctor made him vomit.
Notes
https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au
https://www.liveslivedwell.org.au
https://aa.org.au
- DirectLine is a 24/7 confidential alcohol and drug counselling and referral service.
- https://www.turningpoint.org.au -will help you to figure out if your drinking levels or drug use is a problem for you
- Counselling Online: provides online access to counselling services
- Just Ask Us is a service for University students with drug and alcohol problems
- Say When ProblemCheck: an online quiz to work out if alcohol is causing problems in your life.
Resources
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is proudly sponsored by buds and beads, sparkling and loose-leaf teas. |
| 0:06.8 | The cattle's boiled, Vic. |
| 0:08.8 | Great, perfect timing. Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate. |
| 0:14.5 | Here you go. Should we get started then? |
| 0:26.0 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again, |
| 0:29.6 | and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour? |
| 0:36.1 | 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? |
| 0:38.8 | 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 |
| 0:44.7 | investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze and find out if it's possible to stop this |
| 0:49.4 | deeply ingrained habit before things get too messy. Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating |
| 0:55.3 | drinking stories to help you understand why waking up from a booze coma each weekend with a |
| 1:00.0 | kebab sticking out of your top pocket might actually be negatively impacting your health. |
| 1:05.0 | Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober, an unwanted warts and all look |
| 1:10.4 | into why giving up those cheeky pints |
| 1:12.2 | or putting down those mummy wines will make you feel happier, |
| 1:16.2 | help your anxiety in mental health, |
| 1:18.2 | and turn you into the most sparkly authentic version of you. |
| 1:21.5 | Won't that mean I become boring though, Vic? |
| 1:23.4 | Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait and see. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm Victoria Vanstone. |
| 1:27.6 | I'm Hamish Adams Cairns. |
| 1:29.2 | And this is Sober Awkward. |
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