The Big Event
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Does the thought of a sober Near Year’s Eve fill you with dread? Can you imagine attending a festival with nothing to lean on except a can of fizzy water? And how on earth do sober people survive Mardi Gras without downing a few shots of Tequila before heading to the club?
Going to big events ‘totally-tea-total’ can certainly change the vibe. It’s overwhelming watching everyone around you get wide-eyed and wasted while you tap your foot and plaster a fake sober smile across your face. If you are newly sober those first shindigs can be anxiety inducing and overwhelming…. But the good news is, the longer you are sober and the more you go, the easier big events will become.
So, before you go weak at the knees and find yourself queued up at the bar with the rest of the shitfaced revellers, listen as Vic and Hamish attempt to stop you in your tracks, get you prepped and make sure if you do go out you do it in style, with a positive attitude, and a belt full of sober tools to get you past that grumpy bouncer.
Show Notes
Thanks to The Tap House and The Sunshine Coast Night Quarter for supplying us with the lovely Mocktail evening. https://nightquarter.com.au
Sober Awkward is a NOVA Entertainment Podcast.
Resources
www.cuppa.community – The Free Social Network for the Sober and Sober Curious - Sober Events – Therapy – Sobriety Courses – Sober Groups, Tea and loads more.
Join ‘The Give Up Club’ on www.Cuppa.community if you’re questioning your alcohol intake. Hamish will be logging his sober journey on there, Mankini and all. Please be sure to email us any weird and wonderful challenges you have come up with. Answer the question - What is one thing that you would never, ever do sober?
Check out the 'CUPPA Playlist - Happy Sobriety Tunes' on Spotify.
Blog - Choosing Days Over Nights - https://www.drunkmummysobermummy.com/post/choosing-days-over-nights Vic’s blog.
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If you are struggling with your relationship with alcohol please reach out to your local doctor, a therapist, AA Group or just chat to a close friend. Don’t feel shame, just get the help you deserve.
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| 0:00.0 | The cattle's boiled, Vic. |
| 0:03.7 | Great, perfect timing. Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate. |
| 0:09.5 | Here you go. Should we get started then? |
| 0:17.4 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, 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, |
| 0:27.9 | while you head to a dodgy after-party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave? |
| 0:31.7 | If so, it might be time to take a deeper look at your relationship |
| 0:34.9 | 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 kebab sticking out of your top pocket might actually be negatively impacting your health. |
| 1:00.0 | Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober. An unwanted warts and all look into why giving up those cheeky pints or putting down those mummy wines will make you feel happier, help your anxiety in mental health, |
| 1:13.2 | and turn you into the most sparkly, authentic version of you. |
| 1:16.5 | Won't that mean I become boring, though, Vic? |
| 1:18.4 | Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait and see. |
| 1:20.9 | I'm Victoria Vanstone. |
| 1:22.6 | I'm Hamish Adams Cairns. |
| 1:24.1 | And this is Sober Awkward. |
| 1:37.7 | I walked out the forest covering in cow pats and brambles, knocked on the door and they let me back into the wedding. |
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