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  • A Sobriety Story With a Plot Twist

    A Sobriety Story With a Plot Twist
    2026/04/28
    This week, I’m talking with my friend Cindy — no last name, because we are classy and mysterious like that. Cindy takes us from growing up in Mississippi, to 1980s New York, to getting sober young, to the complicated, sneaky way pain pills pulled her back into addiction after years in recovery. We talk about shame, secrecy, chronic pain, AA, bad boy choices, schoolteacher glamour, and the miracle of finally telling the truth when pretending has become a full-time job.

    Join us on YouTube to see Cindy's array of cool glasses!
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    50 分
  • Menopause, Muscle Relaxers and Relapse

    Menopause, Muscle Relaxers and Relapse
    2026/04/21
    This week I’m talking with Kira Reed, and wow, we get into it. We talk about the kind of childhood stuff that follows you around, getting launched into adulthood way too early, and the many extremely bad ideas that can grow out of trying to outrun grief. Kira talks about her path from wild 80s partying into heroin addiction, getting sober, relapsing years later through prescribed muscle relaxers, and what it takes to come back again. We also talk about motherhood, secrets, honesty, and why so many of us are determined to parent nothing like we were parented.

    Please check out these episode over on YouTube
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    44 分
  • Do You Need AA to Get Sober?

    Do You Need AA to Get Sober?
    2026/04/14
    Stefanie decided to take a week off from guest stories to argue about AA with her friend Tamara Mello, who is sober but also takes the occasional gummy, which according to some corners of Sober Facebook means she is not sober, which means she should probably turn in her badge. Wait, nobody gave her a badge. That's the whole problem. They talk about the imaginary sober rule book nobody can find, the 17-cups-of-coffee defense, the people who think antidepressants are cheating, and Stefanie's full-body confession about the time she got nitrous oxide at the dentist and spent the whole drive home wondering if her sober friends would judge her.

    To follow (and connect with) Tamara go to her IG @TamaraMello

    Check out her amazing jewelry collection at Etsy.com/shop/GreyByTamaraMello
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    51 分
  • The Worst Night of His Life Started at the Comedy Store

    The Worst Night of His Life Started at the Comedy Store
    2026/04/07
    Stefanie sits down with her neighbor Josh Sautter, who broke his ankle and his leg riding a drunk electric scooter on New Year’s Eve and then called his mom from the hospital at 7am on January 1st. Classic. Josh got sober that week. From there things could only go up. We hear about meeting his wife because the world was ending (Covid, specifically), and somehow going from hosting a neighborhood pie eating contest so grotesque they had to downsize the Costco pies to running for Congress.

    Find Josh at JoshSautterforCongress.com

    Follow the show on YouTube for a look at Josh's baby face at YouTube
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    55 分
  • From Blowing a .21 to Running Sober Adventure Retreats

    From Blowing a .21 to Running Sober Adventure Retreats
    2026/03/31
    I talk to Laura Van Antwerp, who once sat on her couch reading a book by the Buddha, candles lit, vibes immaculate -- while doing shots of Sauza Blue tequila with a pineapple back. Her ex-boyfriend walked in and said, "What happened to you?" and she thought he was asking about her day. He was asking about her drinking. Laura tried everything to quit drinking: the wine-only rule, the expensive-wine-only rule, the one-bottle-in-the-house rule, Dry January, even training for a marathon. She talks about how she said she was going to do things but never followed through, and how the shame of all of it kept pulling her back to the bottle until she figured out how to let it go.

    Laura now runs sober adventure retreats and takes women backpacking and whitewater rafting. She went from not being able to complete a Dry January to running a business. Sobriety looks good on her.

    Find out more about Laura @YourSoberPal or her website YourSoberPal.com (her Sober adventures are linked to from her website!)

    Subscribe over on YouTube
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    46 分
  • The First Sober Comics and the Friends They Lost Along the Way

    The First Sober Comics and the Friends They Lost Along the Way
    2026/03/24
    I talk to Rich Shydner, a standup comic who once performed on acid, had a roast beef sandwich thrown at him on stage by his tripping girlfriend, and thought “I am one with the bugs” while sitting in a stream covered in mosquitoes. So yeah, he’s done some things. He’s also been sober since 1985, which is longer than some of you have been alive, and he's doing great! Rich was part of the original sober comedy crew in LA — the guys who proved you could do the road without a drink. He also has very strong opinions about microdosing, which boil down to: “If I could microdose, I wouldn’t be in the shape I’m in.” Same, Rich, same.
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    51 分
  • She Lost Everything—and Got Sober Anyway

    She Lost Everything—and Got Sober Anyway
    2026/03/18
    In part two with Kristi Tanner, we get into what happened after everything fell apart: the second DUI, rehab, divorce, single motherhood, and the very weird miracle of building a life you actually want to be awake for. Kristi talks about getting sober with four little kids, learning how to be alone without losing her mind, and why her children now think rehab was basically the White House.

    Please check out Drunk-ish on YouTube

    Follow Kristi Tanner on IG @MocktailMommy
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    43 分
  • I Thought I Needed Better Drinking Rules

    I Thought I Needed Better Drinking Rules
    2026/03/17
    This week I’m talking to Kristi Tanner, and wow, did we have one of those conversations where you start nodding so hard you practically sprain your neck. Kristi walks me through the long, messy road from party girl to mommy-wine survival mode to full-blown chaos, complete with blackouts, denial, rehab, hiding bottles, and trying to convince herself she just needed better “rules.” We talk about how alcohol can make you feel connected right up until it blows your life apart, and how easy it is to confuse shame with proof that you’re just a bad person.

    Please check out Drunk-ish on YouTube

    Follow Kristi Tanner on IG @MocktailMommy
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    58 分