The Share Shed: Awkward Questions & Confessions
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
This week’s Shame Shed is a more serious one.
A parent writes in about the shame they carry from drinking while raising their kids, and the heavy weight of seeing it all clearly now they’re sober.
If you’ve ever felt that knot in your stomach about the past, this one will hit home.
The Share Shed is where listeners send in their funniest, cringiest and most unbelievable drinking stories. It’s not about judgement, it’s about recognising how wild things could get when alcohol was in charge, and laughing about it now we’re on the other side.
But sometimes, it’s also a place for the harder stuff, the honest bits we don’t always say out loud.
If you’ve got a story you’d like to get off your chest, funny, awkward or something a bit more serious, you can send it to Vic at:
vic@soberawkward.com
Anonymous is absolutely fine. In fact, for legal reasons, probably preferable!!
📞 SUPPORT & RESOURCES
If anything in today’s Shame Shed felt familiar, or you’re worried about your drinking, there is support out there. You don’t have to do this on your own.
🇦🇺 Australia
National Alcohol & Other Drug Hotline
📞 1800 250 015 (24/7)
🌐 https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/alcohol-and-drug-information-service
Lifeline
📞 13 11 14 (24/7)
🌐 https://www.lifeline.org.au
Hello Sunday Morning / Daybreak
🌐 https://hellosundaymorning.org
🌐 https://daybreakapp.com.au
Clean Slate Clinic
🌐 https://www.cleanslateclinic.com
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Drinkline
📞 0300 123 1110
🌐 https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/alcohol-support/
Alcohol Change UK
🌐 https://alcoholchange.org.uk
We Are With You
🌐 https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk
🌍 International
Alcoholics Anonymous
🌐 https://www.aa.org
SMART Recovery
🌐 https://www.smartrecovery.org
💬 A gentle reminder
If you’re drinking in the morning to cope, especially with anxiety or withdrawal symptoms, it’s really important to speak to a doctor or medical professional. Stopping suddenly can be unsafe for some people, and support can make a huge difference.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Thursday share shed of questions and confessions. |
| 0:10.0 | The bit of the week where I'll fling open the doors of Sober Awkward and let everything tumble out. |
| 0:15.7 | If you've got a cringy moment that still pops up uninvited at 3am. This is your chance to offload it. |
| 0:22.5 | Let's get it off your chest and stop these tumultuous tales lurking like the drunken ghosts of your |
| 0:28.3 | pissed up past. You can email your stories to vick at soberaawquad.com. Anonymous is encouraged, |
| 0:35.6 | oversharing is very welcome and judgment is most certainly banned. |
| 0:40.6 | So if you've ever worn a traffic cone on your head, had a weird one-night stand, |
| 0:45.5 | fallen asleep in a bush, puked in a bin, and yes, had the occasional running with the police, |
| 0:50.3 | or you just need to ask me a question about booze, then you're in the right place. I believe nothing |
| 0:56.0 | says growth like finally airing a bit of dirty laundry. Let's evict those embarrassing memories once |
| 1:03.1 | and for all. Kettle on, share shed open, let's get a little bit awkward. |
| 1:14.4 | Oh yes, it's Thursday again. |
| 1:16.6 | These come round very quickly, don't they? |
| 1:18.7 | Ah, hello everybody. |
| 1:21.2 | It's lovely to be here in my little office. |
| 1:24.5 | My seven-year-old's bedroom, he's getting older now. |
| 1:27.1 | I started doing this podcast in here when he was four. |
| 1:27.7 | Yes, but he's growing up a little bit. And it's funny because I've been nominated for Best Independent |
| 1:33.1 | Podcasts in Australia this month, which is incredibly exciting considering I just do it at home in this |
| 1:39.4 | little bedroom. So wish me luck for that, everybody. Anyway, welcome to the Thursday Shareshed, the place where we let it all out. |
| 1:47.6 | And you lot make me feel better about being a complete mess for 25 years. |
| 1:53.0 | I'm going to open an email now. |
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