If You’re Sober This Christmas… Listen to This

Menace to Sobriety

Daniel O'Reilly

Improv, Business, Non-profit, Mental Health, Education, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 828 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Christmas Day can mess with your head especially if you’re sober. This is a Christmas morning message for anyone feeling itchy, emotional, lonely, or tempted today. I’m talking directly to you reminding you why this matters, why you’re winning, and why the people who love you prefer you like this. You’re present. You’re here. You didn’t ruin Christmas, you’re saving it. If today feels heavy, sit with this for a few minutes. Light up the comments. Talk to each other. Build the community. 👇 If you’re sober today, leave a comment. Share this with someone who needs it this morning. 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	Merry Christmas!
0:01.6	It's Christmas Day!
0:04.0	I love you!
0:05.2	I love you.
0:06.2	Listen, I thought it was really important to jump on and give you a little Christmas message.
0:10.1	First thing in the morning, Christmas morning,
0:12.1	to make sure that we're all feeling good about our sobriety.
0:15.1	And you're not letting them little dark thoughts,
0:17.0	those little gremlin sneak into your mind going,
0:19.2	oh, but poor me, I can't drink.
0:21.9	Like drinking and all that is amazing.
0:24.2	Come on, man.
0:25.0	We've done all of this work.
0:26.4	I wanted to reach out and I wanted to speak to me back in the day
0:30.4	doing my first Christmas.
0:31.8	I remember how difficult it was.
0:33.5	I remember that feeling of missing out.
0:35.6	I can remember that feeling of feeling alone. Well, remember that feeling of, uh, feeling alone.
0:38.8	Well, look, we've got a whole community here, man. Everyone chipping in the comments and have a little
0:43.8	chat. Uh, get, get, get talking. Feel positive about what you're doing today. Remember a couple of
0:49.1	things. You are present today. You're here. You can feel everything that's going on. You're not going to
0:56.3	disappear in a couple of hours in a drunken mess and progressively get more and more aggy throughout
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