The Dangers of Highly Functioning
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Series 3 is here! Today Vic and Lucy discuss being highly functional drinkers. What is it and why does it take so long to identify? Both the girls functioned well enough in life to cleverly and silently slip under the radar, they held down jobs, got married and even pulled off motherhood! They looked functional from the outside but beneath the function they were both heavily drinking, using their success's as an excuse to pour another glass. Today Vic and Lucy have some revelations about their sordid pasts and find out why waking up at 5am for a jog, being the best parent in the world or keeping down a steady job, might not have meant they were winning.... It actually meant they were hiding a problem in plain sight. This episode is proudly sponsored by https://heapsnormal.com Just add the code soberawkward when checking out to get free postage within Australia
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by drunkmummy, sobermummy.com, |
| 0:04.8 | and made in association with hello sunday morning.org, |
| 0:08.7 | changing the world's relationship with alcohol, one Sunday at a time. |
| 0:13.4 | Today's episode is proudly sponsored by Heaps Normal, |
| 0:16.6 | the Australian alcohol-free lager that is just too good to be wasted. |
| 0:20.9 | Get your exclusive free shipping code later in the show. |
| 0:26.2 | All the kettles boiled. |
| 0:28.5 | Great. Perfect timing. |
| 0:30.3 | Should we get started then? |
| 0:32.1 | I'm Victoria Vanstone. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Lucy Good. |
| 0:35.8 | And this is sober awkward. |
| 0:43.0 | Right Lucy, over to you. |
| 0:45.6 | Thanks Vic. |
| 0:46.5 | So whatever stage you're at on your sober journey and Vic and I are at completely different stages, |
| 0:52.6 | you'll know that life without booze can at times feel, |
| 0:56.4 | what do you reckon? Awkward. Lucy and I invite you to listen to our podcast where we discuss |
| 1:02.2 | the realities of sobriety, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the cringingly embarrassing. |
| 1:08.5 | Our honest and open chats will help you discover what it really means to be sober. |
| 1:13.0 | Yes, we're here like a dodgy bottle of port from your nan's drink cabinet to take the edge of sobriety. |
| 1:20.1 | And together we can learn how to feel the awkward and do it anyway. |
| 1:34.0 | What does highly functioning drinking mean to you, Alan? |
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