I Watched Myself Die | Shane

Menace to Sobriety

Daniel O'Reilly

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4.8 • 828 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

In this raw and emotional episode of Menace to Sobriety, Daniel sits down with Shane for one of the most confronting conversations we’ve had on the podcast. Shane opens up about years of addiction, repeated relapses, and the physical and mental consequences that followed. From losing control, damaging his health, and struggling with shame, to the moment he genuinely believed he was watching himself die this episode doesn’t hold back. This isn’t a glamorised story. It’s a real, uncomfortable look at how addiction creeps in, how denial keeps you trapped, and how quickly things can spiral when you think you’re “still in control”. If you’re still in the mix, with relapse, or convincing yourself you’re different this episode might be the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed. This podcast is for anyone on the journey, thinking about starting it, or supporting someone who is. ⚠️ Trigger warning: addiction, relapse, mental health struggles 🎧 Watch / listen now 📩 Reach out if you need help you’re not alone Sponsored by Rehubs get 5% off using the link: https://rehubs.com/menace-to-sobriety/ Buy your tour tickets: https://www.seedanlive.com/shows Instagram: https://instagram.com/menacetosobrietyuk Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@menace_ll_sobriety #mentalhealth #motivation #sobersuccesspodcast #mentalhealthawareness #sobersuccess #christmas #festive #soberlife

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0:00.0	Mate, I was just literally, like I said, I don't cry in front of me and he went, my whole world just come down and I just broke down. Like every bender, I'd be like, fucking I've got a game to react. And that started, I started like, that's just what I said every... Was people around you telling you that? Nah, I just said to myself. Why was you thinking that because of how you emotionally felt? after you. Because I just knew I was fat. Like, I knew that I could not stop. First two hours, it was like I left my body. I was looking down at myself. Did you have your eyes closed? Yeah, I did, yeah. Yeah, I was looking down at myself at where I actually was. But it was like I was looking for him with birds of our view, crying, going, please just fucking help me.
0:41.8	Like, it was fucking so much. It was like I was watching myself die.
0:45.0	Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Menace to Sobrite with your host with the
0:49.4	most, Dan O'Reilly, aka Dapper.
0:52.3	Listen, we've got a really interesting episode for you here before we get started.
0:56.0	This podcast is for everyone, whether you're on the journey or not.
0:59.0	It's meant to be informative, but also a little escape from your normal mundane life, just a bit of you time.
1:05.0	I've got a really interesting guest that I've been keen to talk to for a while, specifically because I keep getting DMs and messages saying, can you check in on this guy? I think this guy's struggling. This guy needs help. I've had a lot of it. Now, we followed each other. He followed me for a while. I followed him and then I checked in my DMs. He'd DM'd DM'd and I thought, look, let's get him on and have a chat. I think that this is going to be a little bit of a brutal
1:29.3	wake up call to anyone that's still in the mix
1:31.4	and
1:33.2	hopefully it would be good for my
1:35.5	guest as well to sort of let off some steam
1:37.4	and talk and connect
1:38.9	I don't know
1:41.1	his full name but I'm not going to
1:43.4	say what his name is on TikTok,
1:44.7	because it may get us banned, but welcome Shane. How are you?
1:50.6	I need to do a massive shout-out for our official sponsors, Rehubs. Rehubs are brilliant for those
1:56.0	that can't afford the cost of normal rehab or have work commitments or children, etc.
2:01.1	Because not everyone requires residential care.
2:03.5	Rehubs is an online addiction recovery platform
2:06.8	designed to make professional support more affordable for you guys that need help.
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