Learning to Parent Yourself Before Parenting Others
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On a recent episode of the Diary of a CEO podcast, Russell Brand said: 'You can't be a father to anyone until you can be a father to yourself'. And it struck us that this is true of all parents.
(We understand that plugging another podcast in the notes of your own podcast isn't smart business talk but its all for the greater cause!)
One of the things that a lot of us had in common during our drinking days is that we didn't take particularly good care of ourselves. We abused our bodies, were promiscuous, experimented with party drugs and generally treated our bodies with disdain. In short, we parented ourselves poorly.
Whether you have ambitions to a parent or not - all of us have experienced what it is like to be parented. For good or for bad. Whether it was your biological parents or someone who played the role in their place.
If you do go on to become a parent you probably hope to pass on the good bits and swerve the bad.
In this week's episode, Hame and Vic share the traits of theirs they hate the most and are scared of passing on. And share the lessons they have learnt from their past. Most importantly, they discuss the role sobriety has played in improving them as parents and emphasise the importance of not aiming to be the 'perfect' parent!
However, much of your children's lives you spent drinking or drunk - it is never too late to turn things around and inspire.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is proudly sponsored by buds and beads, sparkling and loose leaf teas. |
| 0:05.8 | On our website, you'll be able to find access to our amazing cup of community. |
| 0:10.5 | Help 24 hours at your fingertips. |
| 0:12.7 | Also, if you're looking to support the podcast, we have a merch page there where we're selling our sober awkward t-shirts and tea. |
| 0:19.4 | Tea and tea. |
| 0:20.0 | Yes, tea for sober people. |
| 0:21.1 | It's amazing. |
| 0:22.1 | You'll also find events, blogs and how to contact us. |
| 0:25.9 | So just head to Soberawkward.com. |
| 0:30.3 | The kettle's boiled, Vic. |
| 0:32.3 | Great. Perfect timing. |
| 0:34.3 | Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate. |
| 0:38.0 | Here you go. Should we get started then? |
| 0:45.9 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again, |
| 0:49.9 | and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour? |
| 0:53.7 | Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one while you head to a dodgy after |
| 0:57.7 | party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave? If so, it might be time to take a deeper look |
| 1:02.8 | at your relationship with your reliable social crutch, alcohol. On each episode, we'll |
| 1:08.2 | investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze and find out if it's |
| 1:11.9 | possible to stop this deeply ingrained habit before things get too messy. |
| 1:16.1 | Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories to help you understand |
| 1:21.1 | why waking up from a booze coma each weekend with a kebab sticking out of your top pocket |
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