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Sober Awkward

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Winner, Best Wellbeing Podcast at The Australian Podcast Awards 2024

Have you ever woken up after a big night and announced, “I’m never drinking again,” only to find yourself six hours later waving $50 at a barman? Or perhaps you were more of a stay at home drinker, quietly opening the wine once the day was done and wondering when one glass started turning into, well, considerably more than one glass. Vic and Ulrika came from very different drinking worlds, but somehow ended up in exactly the same place.

Join author, podcaster and former binge drinking party animal Victoria Vanstone and broadcaster, writer and former stay at home drinker Ulrika Jonsson as they attempt to work out how the hell you do life without booze. Spoiler alert, neither of them has all the answers.

Each week on Sober Awkward, Vic and Ulrika rummage through the bits of sobriety people don’t talk about enough, anxiety, cravings, motherhood, ageing, relationships, sober sex, socialisi

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454 episodes

  1. Grief, Sobriety (and Parquet Flooring) with Victoria Emes 59:59
  2. The Awkward Bits 17:25
  3. Is It Time to Get a Bit Woo Woo? 48:31
  4. The Awkward Bits 17:55
  5. Surely I Can Just Have One? 40:09
  6. The Awkward Bits 15:16
  7. Hangxiety - with Millie Gooch 49:32
  8. The Awkward Bits 21:35
  9. The Stay at Home Drinker - Ulrika Tells her Story 50:43
  10. The Awkward Bits 20:21
  11. Are You Scared of Going Sober? 55:11
  12. The Awkward Bits 23:49
  13. Why I’m Proud to Call Myself an Alcoholic - with Cat Sims 59:23
  14. The Awkward Bits 18:02
  15. Beer Goggles and Sober Sex! 47:07
  16. The Awkward Bits 21:12
  17. Shit! Am I Drinking Too Much? 47:44
  18. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 12:07
  19. Did Alcohol Give Me Cancer? with Kelly Gunn 45:33
  20. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 6:59
  21. Finding Levity in Sobriety - With Audrey 55:42
  22. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 7:48
  23. Help - I Drink Because I’m Shy.. 32:43
  24. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 7:12
  25. Does Your Sobriety Have Seasons? with Kate Baily & Amy Doyle 41:35
  26. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 10:10
  27. Introducing MAMA: Motherhood, Alcohol, Mental Health and Anxiety 13:17
  28. Dave Hughes on Quitting Young and Living in the Now 35:53
  29. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 10:06
  30. Your Brain, Your Body, Your Hormones, Your Risk - with Professor David Nutt 43:13
  31. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 7:26
  32. Beyond the Applause with Gorillaz Bassist Seye Adelekan 53:52
  33. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 9:42
  34. UnPickled - Prepare to be Alcohol-Free - with Jean McCarthy (Part 2) 40:25
  35. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 10:29
  36. UnPickled - Prepare to be Alcohol-Free - with Jean McCarthy 47:15
  37. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 8:22
  38. When Booze Becomes Part of Belonging – with Karl Considine 46:28
  39. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 9:36
  40. The Sober Boozers Club with Ben Gibbs 51:08
  41. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 9:38
  42. Still Sober, Still Awkward 55:42
  43. The Share Shed: Writing Competition Entries 7:56
  44. Nangs: The Addiction Nobody Talks About with Sam Bramman 37:27
  45. The Share Shed: Awkward Questions & Confessions 8:57
  46. Have You Swapped Booze for Scrolling? with TJ Power 56:21
  47. The Share Shed: Awkward Questions & Confessions 10:47
  48. The Hidden Struggle of the High Functioning Drinker - with James Swanwick 57:05
  49. The Share Shed: Awkward Questions & Confessions 8:33
  50. Problem Drinking - Delivered to Your Door - with Hattie Underwood 43:19