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NEW! Sober Awkward Top Ten! 10 x Weird Side Effects of Going Sober

Sober Awkward

Victoria Vanstone

Humour, Funny, Mummy, Life Hacks, Beer, Anxiety, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Party Animal, Relationships, Hungover, Comedy, Paretning, Hacks, Love, Parenting, Sobriety

4.8533 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary


Welcome to the very first Sober Awkward Top Ten! In this short, sharp, slightly angry at the council episode, Vic shares ten gloriously unexpected things that happen when you give up the booze. From crying at dog food ads to waking up at 5am on purpose, these are the strange little perks, quirks, and emotional sucker punches that come with sober life.


It’s honest, it’s funny, and it might just make you feel a little bit more normal.

Perfect for a walk, a cuppa, or hiding in the pantry from your children.


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Transcript

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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

0:22.0

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

0:29.8

to get very awkward. Ah, welcome to Sober Awkward Top Tens.

0:38.7

Now, you're probably wondering what I'm doing here on this odd day.

0:43.1

Yep, we've gone bite size.

0:45.5

Each week, Hamish and I are going to be zooming into your headphones

0:48.9

with a short, sharp, awkward little list to help you along your sober path.

0:55.9

Whether you're curled up on the sofa, hiding from the kids in the loo, or out power walking like the middle-aged legend that we all are,

1:02.3

these episodes are your weekly dose of sober inspo, honesty and probably quite a lot of

1:08.8

oversharing. That's kind of what we do. We'll be bringing you 10 quick

1:13.4

thoughts, tips or truths, plus little updates from our own gloriously and perfect sober lives.

1:20.7

So yes, welcome to sober awkward top tens. Now, hopefully this is just going to be 15 minutes long, but this is my first time doing it, so we'll see how we go. Hamish and I are going to take turns in doing this, so you've got me this week, on my own, in my living room. I've just had the council around, weirdly enough, and they've just completely destroyed my privacy. I think someone's complained about our trees that we never cut and they've just

1:45.4

come down and cut them all down. But they've gone now so there won't be any loud mowing noises

1:49.4

anymore. Just some weird birds, probably the hot delivery guy and the dog barking, which

1:54.1

happens every single episode of everything I do. Anyway, here I am. I had this thought about doing

2:00.2

the top tens this morning because I got up really early, like I am. I had this thought about doing the top tens this morning because I got up

2:02.6

really early, like proper early, still in the dark, and I went to the weights gym. Now, those of

2:09.5

you that listen to Sober Awkward will know that that is not something I did in 25 years

2:15.1

of my binge drinking habit. The only time I think I ever got up early

2:19.9

was because I was already up from the night before. I think if I'd seen someone going to the gym at

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