Quit Opiates, Alcohol, and Cats

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

A caller checks in from a Costco parking lot to mark one year sober after 25 years of blackout drinking. He talks about kicking opioids, rebuilding his life, and what it's like to actually remember things again. He and Geth get into punk shows, lost friends, and how addiction doesn't always look the way people think it does.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello to everybody who's staying strong and fighting good fights.
0:07.9	It's beautiful anonymous.
0:09.4	One hour, one phone call.
0:11.6	No names.
0:12.9	No holds part.
0:17.1	I'd rather go one-on-one.
0:19.8	I think it'll be more fun
0:21.8	and I'll get to know you
0:24.5	and you'll get to know me
0:27.0	Hi everybody, I know some people don't love a long intro
0:30.0	and guess what?
0:30.7	This week's very long.
0:31.6	There's a whole bunch of business to go over.
0:33.6	Actually, you're going to just want to skip about 13 minutes,
0:37.3	maybe even closer to 14 that'll put you
0:38.9	right at the beginning of the call thanks so much and enjoy it hi everybody it's chris welcome to
0:46.6	another episode of beautiful anonymous i'm so glad to be talking to you i just got home from
0:53.0	performing at fest which is an annual punk festival
0:56.0	in Gainesville, Florida. I perform there most years. They're very nice to me. They always invite me
1:01.6	back. And it's kind of, not even kind of. It's always my best show of the year. I'm amongst
1:06.4	other artists, other aging artists, other people who grew up experiencing art the same way I did.
1:15.5	And it's always such an eye-opening reminder of why to keep going, keep making stuff.
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