Welcome to Sober Awkward Top Tens, your weekly dose of 10 things you didn't ask for, but you

definitely need. It's a bit like therapy, but cheaper, less professional, and with probably a bit more

chat about mine and Hamish's bodily functions. Hamish and I will be taking turns delivering sober

truths, odd tips and life updates you never, ever knew you needed. So brace yourself. It's about

to get very awkward. Hello and welcome to this week's top 10 episode. Thank you so much for clicking on me. Click it on me.

Sounds slightly strange. Anyway, in this week's episode, I am basically going to set you the top 10 challenges that I would like you to tick off one by one during the early stages of your sobriety.

The reason for this is that I find by ticking these off, not only does it make sobriety fun,

but it helps build your confidence as you go through the early stages of your sober journey.

And as I said, I'll try and keep this to below 10 minutes.

Number 10 is cook your way through a new

cookbook. I know that sounds strange. Maybe you're a chef anyway. I was certainly not at chef. Maybe the

worst chef I know, and many of my friends know. The sober me has had a bit of a culinary

rebirthing. I have named myself Hamey Oliver, that is not quite caught on in the way

that I hoped it would, but I now spend money on cookbooks and quite a lot of my weekend cooking.

That sounds strange. What does that got to do with sobriety? I hear you scream. As soon as you become

more conscious of what you're putting into your body from an alcohol perspective, I feel it rolls into what you're putting into your body from a cooking and food perspective. Give it a try if you're not a cook. Give it a try if you are a book. If you are a book, that'd be interesting. Any books listening? Shout out to you. If you are a cook, please try cooking your way through a cook, but you have to do all of

them, but do a few of them and feel good about the fact that you're hosting and alcohol is not a part

of your hosting. Number nine, I want you to volunteer for something. I know that might sound strange,

but I find giving back, and this is why it's such a pillar of AA, which I'm not a part of, but giving back and helping others feels great. I think you know that in yourself. And it's not always easy to feel great when you're an over-drinker. So anything that can help feed the beast that is feeling great and self-confidence, we want to feed. So please do see if you can find a cause that you're passionate about that's local. It doesn't have to be all day or all weekend, even just a few hours. See if you can do something to give back. Number eight, and I know I've said this before, and I know you might hate me for setting it, but I want you to try an ice bath. Bear with me. There is method to my madness. I want you to start off by having a

cold shower. You can do it at the end of a hot shower just for a burst, and I want you to safely and

slowly progress to get into the point when you're having an ice bath. Why it is to do with dopamine.

I don't want to get into too much because I've only got 10 minutes, but dopamine effectively makes you feel great.

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