Understanding You Are Worthy of Help.
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
There is a lonely place where heavy drinkers get stuck. This grey area or 'Pinot Gris Purgatory' as Vic likes to call it, is sadly where many boozers suffer in silence and don't get the help they deserve. This is a topic very close to Vic and Lucy's hearts, having both fallen through this crack themselves. They got stuck in a drinkers no-mans land, where they didn't feel that their drinking was bad enough to be worthy of support. Today they discuss why they felt so trapped and the denial that kept them there, how eventually they took responsibility for their drinking habits and how getting support lead them to not only liking themselves, but also understanding that no matter where they sat on the vast spectrum of alcoholism, they, like you, were worthy of help. An insightful and motivating episode.
Show notes
Blog Post - Blacking out Life and waking up to reality - https://www.drunkmummysobermummy.com/post/blacking-out-and-waking-up
Lucy Good - https://beanstalkmums.com.au
@beanstalksinglemums
Victoria Vanstone – www.drunkmummysobermummy.com
@drunkmummysobermummy
@soberawkward
Vic@drunkmummysobermummy.com
Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/drunkmummysobermummy
Book of the week - 'UnFuck Yourself' By Gary John Bishop
https://garyjohnbishop.com
https://www.amazon.com/Unfu-Yourself-Your-Head-into/dp/0062803832
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by drunkmummy, sobermummy.com, |
| 0:04.6 | and made in association with hello sunday morning.org, |
| 0:08.1 | changing the world's relationship with alcohol, one Sunday at a time. |
| 0:14.2 | All the kettles boiled. |
| 0:16.3 | Great. Perfect timing. |
| 0:18.2 | Should you get started then? |
| 0:19.7 | I'm Victoria Vanstone. |
| 0:21.7 | I'm Lucy Good. |
| 0:23.6 | And this is sober outward. |
| 0:30.9 | Right Lucy, over to you. |
| 0:33.5 | Thanks, Vic. |
| 0:34.3 | So whatever stage you're at on your sober journey and Vic and I are at completely different stages, you'll know that life without booze can at times feel, what do you reckon? Awkward. Lucy and I invite you to listen to our podcast where we discuss the realities of sobriety, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the cringingly embarrassing. |
| 0:56.3 | Our honest and open chats will help you discover what it really means to be sober. |
| 1:00.8 | Yes, we're here, like a dodgy bottle of port from your nan's drink cabinet, |
| 1:05.4 | to take the edge of sobriety, and together we can learn how to feel the awkward and do it anyway. |
| 1:19.0 | God, I wish you two would shut up about being on the fucking keto diet. |
| 1:22.5 | You're putting me to shame. |
| 1:24.2 | I've just fucked up on my diet. |
| 1:25.6 | I've just ate a donut. |
| 1:27.4 | How long have you been dieting for? About 12 hours. I think you and Alan are doing well on your diet. So Alan, what are you eating all the time? Chicken. Yeah, because he's on keto. It's a nice bit of chicken fat, chicken skin. Perry, Perry chicken. Yeah, he likes his peri, Perry. |
| 1:44.2 | Yeah, he's been going on about it. |
| 1:45.4 | It's a bit stinky. |
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