The kettle's boiled, Vic.

Great, perfect timing. Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate.

Here you go. Should we get started then?

Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again,

and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour?

Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one,

while you head to a dodgy after-party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave?

If so, it might be time to take a deeper look at your relationship

with your reliable social crutch, alcohol.

On each episode, we'll investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze

and find out if it's possible to stop this deeply ingrained habit

before things get too messy.

Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories

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.

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 and turn you into the most sparkly authentic version of you.

Won't that mean I become boring though, Vic?

Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait and see. I'm Victoria Vanstone. I'm Hamish Adams

Cairns. And this is Sober Awkward.

Look, so now that we're clear on why triggers come and knocking, let's delve a little deeper into the sheer horror of them. Yes, the sheer horror. And how they actually make us feel.

Yeah. This is going to be a really nice conversation. How did they make you feel loose?

Well, at the beginning, craving was almost physical. I felt like I needed someone to lock the doors

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