Sobriety? But What About YOLO?

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

4.8 • 533 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

This week, Hame’s been thinking about death.

(Not in a “quick, someone check on him” kind of way — more in a “what does it all mean?” kind of way.)

One of the biggest reasons people shy away from sobriety is that niggling fear of missing out. But what exactly are we so afraid of missing? The dance floors? The chaos? The… hangovers?

In this episode, we’re asking a deeper question — is it possible that sobriety actually helps us get more out of life, not less?

We take inspiration from Bronnie Ware, a former palliative care nurse who captured the most common regrets of the dying in her powerful book. It got us thinking: when we get to the end, what really matters? And how does alcohol — or the lack of it — fit into the picture?

Turns out, there might be more to YOLO than bottomless brunches and vodka Red Bulls. This episode is part existential musing, part life pep talk… with the usual awkward laughs and emotional detours along the way.

Come for the mortality crisis, stay for the realisation that sober life might just be the fullest life of all.

Show Notes

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The cattle's boiled, Vic.
0:03.7	Great, perfect timing.
0:05.7	Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate.
0:09.5	Here you go.
0:10.9	Should we get started then?
0:17.3	Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said,
0:19.9	I'm never drinking again,
0:21.4	and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour?
0:25.1	Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one,
0:27.8	while you head to a dodgy after-party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave?
0:31.6	If so, it might be time to take a deeper look at your relationship with your reliable social crutch, alcohol.
0:38.1	On each episode, we'll investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze
0:42.2	and find out if it's possible to stop this deeply ingrained habit
0:45.4	before things get too messy.
0:47.5	Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories
0:51.1	to help you understand why waking up from a booze coma each weekend with a
0:54.9	kebab sticking out of your top pocket might actually be negatively impacting your health.
0:59.9	Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober, an unwanted warts and all look
1:05.3	into why giving up those cheeky pints or putting down those mummy wines will make you feel happier,
1:12.0	help your anxiety and mental health, and turn you into the most sparkly authentic version of you.
1:16.5	Won't that mean I become boring though, Vic?
1:18.3	Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait and see. I'm Victoria Vanstone. I'm Hamish Adams
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