Red Flags!
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Vic's a classic case of a red flag ignorer. A binge drinker that disregarded every sign that she was over doing it. No matter how much they flapped, whipping her across the face, she somehow managed to push past, never having to address her over drinking. She failed at school, college, and Uni, blew a finger off with a firework, got in dangerous situations with men, was bloated, had anxiety, people worried about her... the list goes on.
She simply could not see those big red warning signs!
Us drinkers’ kid ourselves. We tick off the downsides of booze like they are just part and parcel of being sociable. We suffer the hangovers, cringe away the embarrassing behaviour or block out the sloppy sex with a stranger and never stop and question our conduct. Even if the red flags are flying high, we just carry on like party animals until the sun comes up.
So why do we ignore red flags and how do we tune into them a little earlier on? And do non-problem-drinkers like Hamish get warning signs too?
Find out on this funny and insightful episode of Sober Awkward.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Sober Awkward is brought to you by leading grey area drinking coach Sarah Rusbatch. |
| 0:06.2 | Find out about Sarah's incredible upcoming July alcohol-free challenge later in the show. |
| 0:12.7 | The cattle's boiled, Vic. |
| 0:14.8 | Great, perfect timing. Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate. |
| 0:20.5 | Here you go. |
| 0:21.9 | Should we get started then? |
| 0:28.4 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again, |
| 0:32.4 | and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour? |
| 0:36.1 | Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one while you head to a dodgy after |
| 0:40.1 | party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave? |
| 0:42.7 | If so, it might be time to take a deeper look at your relationship with your reliable social |
| 0:47.2 | crutch, alcohol. |
| 0:49.4 | On each episode, we'll investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze and find out |
| 0:54.1 | if it's possible |
| 0:54.6 | to stop this deeply ingrained habit before things get too messy. |
| 0:58.6 | Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories to help you understand |
| 1:03.5 | why waking up from a booze coma each weekend with a kebab sticking out of your top pocket |
| 1:07.4 | might actually be negatively impacting your health. |
| 1:10.9 | Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober. |
| 1:14.8 | An unwanted warts and all look into why giving up those cheeky pints |
| 1:18.2 | or putting down those mummy wines will make you feel happier, |
| 1:22.2 | help your anxiety and mental health, |
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