I Thought I Was Only Hurting Myself featuring Arron Crascall

Menace to Sobriety

Daniel O'Reilly

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4.8 • 828 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

I went into this episode with no script and no plan. Just an old mate, a lot of history, and the truth we both spent years running from. We talk about the lie I told myself for a long time. That my drinking was only hurting me. That as long as I paid the bills and showed up sometimes, it didn’t really count. It did count. It cost me moments I’ll never get back, trust I had to earn again, and years of being half-present in my own life. This conversation goes places I didn’t expect. Fatherhood. Shame. Addiction. Resentment. Sobriety. Faith. The voice in your head that tells you you’re fine, right up until you’re not. If you’re drinking and telling yourself it’s under control, this might be uncomfortable. If you’re sober and still dealing with the fallout, you’ll probably recognise a lot of this. And if you’re struggling right now, I want you to know you’re not broken and you’re not alone. This isn’t a polished episode. It’s an honest one.👇 Drop a comment if you’re doing this soberShare this with someone who needs it before midnightSponsored by Rehubs get 5% off using the link:https://rehubs.com/menace-to-sobriety/Buy your tour tickets:https://www.seedanlive.com/showsInstagram:https://instagram.com/menacetosobrietyukTiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@menace_ll_sobriety #mentalhealth #motivation #sobersuccesspodcast #mentalhealthawareness #sobersuccess #christmas #festive #soberlife

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0:00.0	The only person you're hurting when you're drinking is yourself.
0:02.0	That's what you tell yourself.
0:03.0	My wife and kids had all the money in a nice house.
0:05.0	If they had my life, they'd drink too. That's how I treated them. Fuck them. Both times that when Neyven Roo were born. I was pissed both times my kids. Yeah. I wet the baby's head and I was gone for days right when she needed me. No, bro. Step 8 is writing down and a list the names you need to make an amends to in the past.
0:22.0	My wife, my sister, my mum, when she needed me. No, bro. Step 8 is writing down and a list of names you need to make an
0:21.4	mens to do in the past. My wife, my sister, my mum, I'm writing a letter to my dad at his grave.
0:26.9	I'm halfway through that letter to write to my dad. Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome back
0:31.9	to a very special episode of Minister Sobride for the next hour or so, maybe even more. Your
0:37.1	ears are mine. This is
0:38.2	your weekly escapism. This is your time to check in. And today I'm with a very special guest. I don't know where this is going to go. What's going to happen? Because I haven't prepared for it. I don't need to because I know this geez are like his family, man. We've had very similar. Well, I didn't realize how similar our journeys were.
0:54.5	We're going to take you back on a little nostalgic... family, man. We've had very similar, well, I didn't realize how similar our journeys were.
0:54.5	We're going to take you back on a little nostalgic trip through both of our careers,
1:00.5	because they were entwined with each other, and then became entwined through addiction.
1:05.0	And now sobriety, he's an old, old friend, and we've got such a wicked story.
1:11.9	Welcome, Aaron Craskell, my man.
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