Why One Will Hurt
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Once you have given up drinking for a while, there is a chance that three little words will slowly creep into your mind - 'One Won't Hurt.'
You begin to convince yourself that you can go back to alcohol even though it has caused so much trouble! That naughty pixie that disappeared in sobriety, has snuck back on the scene and is whispering in your ear - 'Come on. Don't be boring! You've proved you can abstain, one won't hurt.' and you find yourself tuning in.
"Maybe one will be ok? Yes! - That's the answer! - I will moderate! I will become a normal drinker!"
Erm, NO!
Sober Awkward is here today to tell you why it's the first drink that does the damage and if you've failed at moderating before it is highly likely you will never be able to achieve this goal. Today they are fighting back against the pixies! Find out some of the ways these guys tried to moderate, why your brain tricks you and what you get if you ditch the idea of moderation and go sober, sober!
Vic and Hamish want you the listener to go away comprehending why ‘one will hurt’ and why bidding farewell to booze 100% for good is the only way to benefit from all the incredible gifts sober has to give.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The cattle's boiled, Vic. |
| 0:03.0 | Great, perfect timing. Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate. |
| 0:08.0 | Here you go. Should we get started then? |
| 0:12.0 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again, |
| 0:21.5 | and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour? |
| 0:25.2 | Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one, |
| 0:28.0 | while you head to a dodgy after-party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave? |
| 0:31.8 | If so, it might be time to take a deeper look at your relationship with your reliable social crutch, alcohol. |
| 0:38.5 | On each episode, we'll investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze and find out if |
| 0:43.3 | it's possible to stop this deeply ingrained habit before things get too messy. |
| 0:47.7 | Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories to help you understand |
| 0:52.6 | why waking up from a booze coma each weekend |
| 0:54.8 | with a kebab sticking out of your top pocket might actually be negatively impacting your health. |
| 1:00.0 | Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober. An unwanted warts and all look |
| 1:05.4 | into why giving up those cheeky pints or putting down those mummy wines will make you feel happier, |
| 1:12.2 | help your anxiety and mental health and turn you into the most sparkly, authentic version of you. |
| 1:16.6 | Won't that mean I become boring, though, Vic? |
| 1:18.5 | Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait and see. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm Victoria Vanstone. |
| 1:22.7 | I'm Hamish Adams Cairns. |
| 1:24.3 | And this is sober awkward. |
| 1:32.2 | Thank you. Adam's Cairns. And this is Sober Awkward. Yeah, so how was it, Hamish? You were staying at my house. Do you were you rifling through my |
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