New! Sober Awkward Top Ten: 10 x Ways to Stop Alcohol Cravings
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
When life gets overwhelming and your brain whispers “a cold beer would fix this,” is it really a craving… or just a memory from the old you?
This week, Vic dives headfirst into the wonderfully chaotic world of those bloody annoying cravings — or as she now calls them, ghostly flashbacks from her rosé-soaked past. In this bite size episode, Vic shares her own awkward evolution, from life and soul of the party to calm-ish, crime-drama-watching, Scrabble-playing sober warrior and reframes what cravings actually are.
Then, it’s time for the countdown:
A Top of the Pops–style list (minus the glitter and synth) of the Top Ten Best Ways to Deal With Alcohol Cravings.
From star-fishing on the floor to telling your cravings to politely piss off, this episode is packed with honest advice, sharp one-liners, and some very questionable references to injured swamp donkeys.
So pop on your headphones, put the kettle on, and remember: cravings aren’t commands. They’re just echoes of a past self and you don’t have to dance to that tune anymore.
Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sober Awkward Top Tens, your weekly dose of 10 things you didn't ask for, but you |
| 0:09.6 | definitely need. It's a bit like therapy, but cheaper, less professional, and with probably a bit more |
| 0:16.5 | chat about mine and Hamish's bodily functions. Hamish and I will be taking turns delivering sober truths, odd tips and life updates you |
| 0:25.2 | never, ever knew you needed. |
| 0:27.3 | So brace yourself. |
| 0:29.2 | It's about to get very awkward. |
| 0:35.2 | Come here, Sandy. |
| 0:37.3 | Put that down. Down, Sandy. Oh my gosh, the dog has just run off with a yoghurt pot lid. That is not going to go down well. Sandy. That's good girl. Good girl. Sorry, I have to edit this, won't I? Nobody wants to know about dogs and yoghurt pots on a Saturday morning. |
| 1:00.4 | Here I am again. In my lounge under a cozy blanket. Because it's ever so cold here in Australia today. It does occasionally get cold. I probably have to wear a jumper about twice a |
| 1:13.3 | year. It's terrible. I resent it. I'm here for your Saturday, sober awkward top 10. And today, |
| 1:23.6 | I'm going to talk about cravings, one of those terrible things that annoy all sober people, |
| 1:29.8 | especially at the beginning. I like to call them kind of ghostly flashbacks from my previous |
| 1:36.1 | slightly unhinged life. You see, I don't really get cravings anymore, which is brilliant. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm not in that mode where I feel like I must drink or there's loads of cravings hitting my body every two minutes like bolts out of the |
| 1:51.7 | blue. It just doesn't happen as much anymore. And that's the fantastic thing about sobriety. |
| 1:58.1 | It does get easier the longer you do it. But this episode today is more for |
| 2:02.9 | those people in those tricky first few months who are dealing with cravings all the time. For me, |
| 2:09.5 | these days they're more like little brain farts, fleeting flashes of who I used to be. They usually |
| 2:16.4 | go like this. I've had a long day. The kids have |
| 2:19.9 | probably been screeching like injured swamp donkeys. The dog's got something in its |
| 2:24.4 | mouth like it just had then. And I think to myself, ah, a cold beer would be quite lovely right |
| 2:31.3 | now. But then I remember that's not me anymore. That's just a memory. |
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