Why escaping the Comfort Zone is so Rewarding!
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
🎙️ Throwback Thursdays on Sober Awkward!
Every Thursday, we’re serving up a little slice of Sober Awkward history – a short, powerful clip from one of our most-loved past episodes.
Why? Because sometimes, the right words hit differently the second time around. Whether you’re new here or a long-time listener, these throwback moments are here to keep you company, remind you you’re not alone, and offer that little nudge of insight or encouragement just when you need it.
Think of it as a midweek check-in. Something bite-sized to walk with, laugh at, or quietly reflect on. And if the clip hits home? You can go back and listen to the full episode anytime – just follow the link in the show notes.
We know one episode a week isn’t always enough – so here’s your extra helping of honesty, humour, and a bit of awkwardness to get you through the week.
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| 0:00.0 | Leaving your comfort zone ultimately helps you to deal with change and making change in a much better way. |
| 0:12.0 | Sobriety in any form of life transition is all about change. Each time you transition, you move to another level. |
| 0:17.7 | Inevitably, these life transitions transform you. |
| 0:20.8 | I know transformation does |
| 0:22.4 | sound a bit of a cheesy word. It's a little bit, is a little like journey? Hey, let's all transform. |
| 0:28.0 | Me at the beginning of my journey, in comparison to me at the end of my journey. It's a total |
| 0:32.1 | transformation. But I must say, sobriety and stepping out of my comfort zone |
| 0:38.0 | Ever since I quit the Grog has transformed me |
| 0:41.5 | Not to my body unfortunately, but my mind |
| 0:44.3 | Instead of thinking I can't do that |
| 0:46.4 | I think I will give that a go |
| 0:48.3 | Remember that time I climbed the harbour bridge |
| 0:50.4 | I'd read that book hadn't I |
| 0:52.0 | Stepping out something about stepping out of the comfort zone |
| 0:53.8 | And I stood on the bridge And I thought I can either shit myself the whole way and feel scared, or I can decide just to enjoy this experience. And my mind just flipped, and I enjoyed the whole thing. My mindset, plus the four stages of process, helped me transform. That was the last time I saw you on a hard hat, along with Christmas Day this year, doing the, was it tree climbing? Zip lining. Yeah. I could put a hard hat on for you in a minute if you want. Thanks a lot. That's your thing. I guess that's my thing. That's what I've discovered. Odd. Yeah. What are some other things we've done that have propelled us out of this happy circle of familiarity and how do we feel it |
| 1:28.0 | has made our lives richer. |
| 1:30.0 | Yeah, well, of course, giving up drinking is my main one, which it would be. |
| 1:34.2 | That is the biggest thing I've ever done. |
| 1:35.7 | That is the biggest fear I've ever faced. |
| 1:37.6 | Being a drinker and being in that comfort zone, numb, comfortably numb, was a very nice place to be, I thought, until it started to |
| 1:46.0 | affect my mental health. And stepping out of that has been the best thing I ever do. And I face |
| 1:50.2 | that fear daily by socialising, by being myself, by everything that I do in my life is to do with |
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