Sober Experiment Podcast

Sober Experiment Episode 19 Lotta Dann

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:00:03 GMT

Lotta Dann drank alcohol steadily and heavily from the age of 15 to the age of 39. She got sober in 2011 with the help of an anonymous blog called 'Mrs. D Is Going Without' and her memoir of the same name was published three years later. Her second memoir, 'Mrs D Is Going Within', came next and she's soon to publish book number three entitled, 'The Wine O'Clock Myth: The truth you need to know about women and alcohol'. She writes about alcohol, addiction and recovery from her home in Wellington, New Zealand, where she also manages the community website Living Sober (www.livingsober.org.nz) Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 18 Clare Pooley

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 06:00:03 GMT

Alex and Lisa talk to Clare Pooley Author of The Sober Diaries and New Novel, The Authenticity Project. Clare is a Cambridge graduate and was a Managing Partner at one of the world's biggest advertising agencies, Clare quit drinking and started a blog called Mummy Was a Secret Drinker. Her book is the story of a year in Clare's life. A year that started with her quitting booze having been drinking more than a bottle of wine every day. It sees her starting a hugely successful blog, then getting and beating breast cancer. By the end of the year she is booze free and cancer free, two stone lighter and with a life that is so much richer, healthier and more rewarding than ever before. Sober Diaries is one of our favourite quit lit books it is upbeat, funny and positive Clare shows how to live life to the full. Interwoven within Clare's own very personal and frank story is research and advice, and answers to questions like: How do I know if I'm drinking too much? How will I cope at parties? What do I say to friends and family? How do I cope with cravings? Will I lose weight? What if my partner still drinks? And many more. We are so grateful that Clare took the time to talk to us and hope you enjoy this as much as we did. Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Live Sober Chat With Panel of Special Guests

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:14:09 GMT

Join The Sober Experiment and our panel of guests on this special live edition of our podcast. We chat to Mandy Manners, co-founder of Love Sober, Simon Chapple founder of Be Sober and author of The Sober Survival Guide, Sober Dave and William Porter, author of Alcohol Explained and Alcohol Explained 2 about coping strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic. We discuss cravings, sleep, anxiety, parenting and alcohol free drinks together and with questions from the audience.Links to our panel:https://www.lovesober.com/https://besober.co.uk/https://soberdave.co.uk/https://soberdave.co.uk/You can also find all of us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Simon and Williams' books can be found on Amazon and Audible.Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 17 Christy Smith

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 07:00:02 GMT

Alex and Lisa talk to Christy Smith in Ohio. She talks about her recovery journey from alcohol, heroin and cocaine, to soon becoming an addiction therapist. Christy is open and honest about her journey in this moving and emotional episode. Christy can be reached at facebook.com/the addictsfamily44 or @theaddictsfamily44 This episode could be triggering for some as we touch upon some serious topics for example, sexual abuse, childhood abuse, prostitution, heroin use and drug addiction. For additional support you can contact: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/ https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/ https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ https://ukna.org/ Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 16

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Alex and Lisa talk about parenting in sobriety. They discuss their own children and Alex’s childhood and the impact of alcohol on children. They discuss feelings of guilt and shame attached to parents’ drinking and how uncomfortable feelings can emerge in sobriety. Please note, this was a difficult Podcast to record and could trigger emotions especially if you are a child of an alcoholic, in a toxic relationship or a parent in recovery. Please visit https://www.nacoa.org.uk/ if you are affected by any of the topics we discuss. Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Bonus Episode Janey Lee Grace

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:36:35 GMT

Janey Lee Grace is an Amazon No 1 Best-selling author, commentator, and co-presenter on the UK’s biggest radio show, BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Previously she was a backing singer with George Michael and Wham!, Kim Wilde, Boy George and had her own Number 8 chart hit with 7 Ways to Love as Cola Boy. www.imperfectlynatural.com Janey has written five books on Holistic living including the number One Amazon best seller Imperfectly Natural Woman and currently writes columns for many magazines, and offers PR and media training. She hosts the annual Janey Loves Platinum Awards to recognise the best in natural and organic products and services. After ditching the booze in January 2018 Janey has launched a podcast ‘Alcohol Free Life’ and runs The Sober Club focusing on sober self-care. www.thesoberclub.com In today’s bonus episode we talk about how to remain calm and resilient in the panic and techniques to use to maintain and protect your sobriety. A few useful tools mentioned in the podcast: Janey’s TEDx Talk Sobriety Rocks – Who Knew! https://youtu.be/NktRXVUmQC8 Janey’s free meditation, it’s super short and simple https://www.thesoberclub.com/change-the-frequency-meditation/ A useful blog post too https://www.thesoberclub.com/create-your-corona-virus-toolkit/ For extra support and to find out more about Janey’s work, visit www.thesoberclub.com and check out Janey’s group for additional support! Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 15 Lisa Smith

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 07:00:05 GMT

Alex and Lisa talk about Lisa's journey to recovery and about her book "Girl Walks Out of a Bar". Lisa discusses her darkest times of waking up and drinking to stop the shaking and counteracting this by her use of cocaine in order to disguise her addiction from those closest to her. Now a huge influential speaker in the world of law, Lisa describes her journey to sobriety.Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 14 Laura Willoughby

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Today we talk to Laura Willoughby MBE, who is co-founder of Club Soda, the Mindful Drinking Movement. Their aim is to create a world where nobody feels out of place not drinking. Club Soda has individuals, drinks brands, and social spaces in its membership. The inspiration for Club Soda comes Laura’s experience of giving up drinking seven years ago. A campaigner at heart with a background in movement building and politics, she realised that one of the big sticking points was a way to support people to take a self-guided journey to change their drinking. Club Soda has over 50,000 individual members, have built a venue listing guide for mindful drinkers (clubsodaguide.com) and they run the UK’s only Mindful Drinking Festival which is now in it’s 7th edition. She is author of How to Be a Mindful Drinker, a new book for 2020 published by DK books. Laura is chair of Imbibe’s No & Low Taste Awards judging panel for 2020. Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 13 Jane Japan Edited

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Alex and Lisa talk to Jane about her life in Japan as a sober person. Jane tells her story about how she journeyed from blackout drinking to a life of sobriety and the trials and tribulations of living overseas in sobriety.Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 12 Simon Chapple

Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Alex and Lisa talk to Simon Chapple, founder of Be Sober and author of The Sober Survival Guide about life since sobriety. We discuss his work with Annie Grace and This Naked Mind, including his live talks in Denver, his recent talk at Club Soda’s Mindful Drinking Festival and being vulnerable, along with a whole host of juicy topics from parenthood from a male perspective to ADHD to sober sex – don'[t know how we got onto that! Nothing was off limits in this conversation! Check out Simon’s Linktree here https://linktr.ee/besoberandquit to join his Facebook group, buy his book, visit his website and much more! Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 11 Not So Secretly Sober

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Alex and Lisa talk to Siobhan from Not So Secretly Sober about being sober as a young person and finding new friends. Siobhan discusses her first year of sobriety and what it feels like to celebrate a soberversary.Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 10

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Alex and Lisa have a good old rant about The Alcohol Industry and Alex gets to use her scientist brain for a change. We swear – too much! It’s all the emotion. We talk about alcohol free drinks, drunk people, sober people, and wine CONnosseurs. We also talk about our upcoming event for the sober and sober curious, including our panel of special guests: Simon Chapple, founder of Be Sober and author of The Sober Survival Guide https://linktr.ee/besoberandquit, Mandy Manners, co-founder of Love Sober and co-presenter of The Love Sober Podcast https://www.lovesober.com/, William Porter, author of Alcohol Explained and Alcohol Explained 2 http://www.alcoholexplained.com/ and Sober Dave, public speaker and sober influencer https://soberdave.co.uk/ Don’t forget you can get 10% off 6 bottles of Noughty AF Prosecco using code SOBERE10 https://thomsonandscott.com/ Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 9 Sober Girl Society

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Alex and Lisa, the Sober Experiment, talk about sober socialising with the amazing Millie Gooch, founder of Sober Girl Society about her life before sobriety and her rise to success with SGS. Mille openly discusses sober socialising and sober sex along with her reasons for quitting drinking and her desire to inspire others.Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperimentYou will find Millie on Instagram using her personal account https://instagram.com/milliegooch?igshid=7w4l2tia2fd and Sober Girl Society https://instagram.com/sobergirlsociety?igshid=3hiyjtb5zjd6

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Sober Experiment Episode 8 Karolina Euphoric

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 07:00:10 GMT

Alex and Lisa of the Sober Experiment talk to Karolina Rzadkowolska, founder of Euphoric Alcohol Free about her journey to sobriety. We discuss friends and their reactions to sobriety, making new friends and being creative without the booze.Karolina is a certified life and transformation coach she teaches students how to make alcohol insignificant in their lives. Karolina Helps find what truly makes you happy and builds a vision that's way bigger than a beverage. She is obsessed with personal growth, travel, and becoming a better version of herself than she was yesterday. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Greatist, Refinery29, Elite Daily, The Fix, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, and other outlets. We are honoured she agreed to come and join us. Thank you Karolina Visit Karolina’s website: https://www.euphoricaf.com/Join The 30 Day Sober Experiment: https://soberexperiment.co.uk/30-day-supported-challenge/

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Sober Experiment Episode 7

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:21:07 GMT

Alex and Lisa discuss the ups and downs of sobriety. This one is a bit of a roller coaster of emotions, we cover anxiety, depression, happy depression (it’s a real thing) there’s lots of laughs and a few confessions thrown in too. We have lots of events coming up, visit our link below to check out events and get tickets!Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 6

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:00:33 GMT

Alex and Lisa chat with William Porter, author of Alcohol Explained and Alcohol Explained 2 to discuss how alcohol affects sleep and anxiety, sober socialising and his new book, Alcohol Explained 2. William supports a growing Facebook group with their journey to sobriety and you can find it here https://www.facebook.com/groups/133108560878880/?ref=shareVisit William’s website http://www.alcoholexplained.com/ to read his latest blogs and read chapters from his books.Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 5

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:07:58 GMT

Alex and Lisa interview their first guest, Rebecca Weef-Smith editor of Goldie Magazine, discussing life after sobriety, her relationship with alcohol, mental and physical health and how society treats alcohol.Rebecca describes herself as ‘Positively glossy and loves life at 55’ and you can follow her on Instagram here https://instagram.com/goldie_magazine?igshid=1mn6oxf28y30tClick on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 4

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:52:08 GMT

Lisa and Alex talk about their experiences of the first 30-days of sobriety, the difficulties and benefits and everything in between. Surviving on willpower wasn’t an option so they set about changing their mindset. Join them on their journey to sobriety and experience the first 30-days through their eyes. https://soberexperiment.co.uk/30-day-supported-challenge/Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 3

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 15:23:09 GMT

Alex and Lisa from The Sober Experiment discuss the tug of war internal battle on the lead up to finally quitting drinking for good. We know how difficult it can be when you are having a full on argument in your own head about what the right thing to do is. We are just two ‘normal’ ish girls discussing all things sobriety, We would love you to share our journey on removing the stigma around alcohol.Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Sober Experiment Episode 2

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:35:40 GMT

Lisa and Alex from The Sober Experiment discuss drunken behaviour and hangovers honestly and openly. Even we had to listen to this one with our hands over our eyes. We are brutally honest about some of the stuff we got up to and although we laugh about it some of it was just dangerous. We wanted to share this with you so you have a bit of an idea of what we were like before. Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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Podcast Episode 1 - The Beginning

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:17:37 GMT

Welcome to the very first episode of our sober experiment podcast. Lisa and Alex discuss their early experiences with alcohol, we talk hangovers, drunken experiences and some of the reasons we decided to quit drinking This was our very first attempt at making a podcast, needless to say there was a lot of laughs before we could get the first words out. Click on the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://linktr.ee/soberexperiment

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