Still Sober, Still Awkward
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Summary
As a special treat to celebrate the final episode of Series 13, I’m delighted to welcome Hamish back to the podcast for a proper catch-up.
Yes, he’s still sober. Yes, he’s still awkward. And yes, he’s still as funny as ever.
We chat about what life has looked like since leaving the show, how sobriety is going, and what he’s learned along the way. Hamish is proof that you don’t have to be a stereotypical “problem drinker” to experience the benefits of going alcohol-free. Sometimes life simply gets bigger, better and a whole lot more interesting without booze in the driver’s seat.
Expect laughs, awkward moments, a few reflections on the good old days, and a reminder of why so many of us fell in love with the lanky one in the first place.
It’s great to have him back.
Be warned, as per usual, there is naughty talk about bodily functions.
💛 Resources & Links
📘 Victoria’s memoir – A Thousand Wasted Sundays
A brutally honest and hilarious look at motherhood, anxiety, and ditching the booze.
🎧 Listen to more Sober Awkward episodes
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📘 Get the Sober Awkward Guide
Our downloadable toolkit for ditching booze the awkward way.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Right, the kettles boiled, perfect timing. |
| 0:04.5 | I'll just make myself a quick cupper, take a deep breath and pretend I know exactly what I'm |
| 0:10.2 | doing. |
| 0:11.2 | Right, let's get started. |
| 0:13.6 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning with massive anxiety and said to yourself, |
| 0:22.6 | I'm never drinking again, only to find yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour? |
| 0:28.9 | Do you ever wonder why everyone else can stop at one while you end up at a dodgy after party |
| 0:34.6 | holding hands with a weird bloke called Disco Dane. |
| 0:38.5 | If so, it might be time to take a closer look at your reliable social crutch, alcohol. |
| 0:45.3 | On this podcast, I investigate my own deeply dysfunctional dealings with booze |
| 0:50.4 | and find out what it's really like navigating this alcohol-drenched world, one fizzy |
| 0:56.0 | water at a time. I'm going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories to help |
| 1:02.1 | you understand why waking up with one eyebrow missing and a kebab sticking out of your top |
| 1:07.4 | pocket might actually be negatively impacting your health. So what happens when you |
| 1:12.9 | put down those cheeky pints and finally let go of those rewarding mummy wines? I guess we're just |
| 1:19.8 | going to have to wait and see. I'm Victoria Vanstone and this is soberber Awkward. |
| 1:30.1 | Right, let me just close this window. |
| 1:33.7 | Okay, if it's not the freaking birds, it's planes, |
| 1:38.7 | or today it's my neighbour playing 90s Australian rock music, |
| 1:43.3 | which is actually probably as bad as having an injured crow outside the window. |
| 1:46.1 | Now, rubbish Australian rock bands aside, |
| 1:51.8 | today is a little bit of a treat because, yes, you've guessed it. The man you've been asking about ever since he disappeared from the podcast is back. And no, he wasn't cancelled and he hasn't |
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