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Why We Drink to Numb Pain: Julia Samuel MBE on Grief and Addiction
Why We Drink to Numb Pain: Julia Samuel MBE on Grief and Addiction

Episode 147

When people quit drinking, they expect relief. Instead, many feel grief. That's what Dave sits down to explore with Julia Samuel MBE, psychotherapist…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Six Week Bender That Almost Killed Him: Niall Harbison Sobriety Story
The Six Week Bender That Almost Killed Him: Niall Harbison Sobriety Story

Episode 146

Niall Harbison nearly drank himself to death in Thailand at 41. Four days in ICU. A six-week bender of three bottles of wine, Valium, and whiskey, th…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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From Wine in Bed Every Night to Two Years Sober: Kate's Annetts Story
From Wine in Bed Every Night to Two Years Sober: Kate's Annetts Story

Episode 145

Kate Annetts sounds like she's been drinking. She hasn't touched a drop in two years.


At 22, she started slurring, falling, spilling drinks. GPs told …

9 months ago

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Why Shame Keeps You Drinking: Sarah Chamberlain's Sobriety Story
Why Shame Keeps You Drinking: Sarah Chamberlain's Sobriety Story

Episode 144

On this weeks episode of One For The Road I am joined by Sarah Chamberlain who is the founder of UnashamED, an organisation dedicated to tackling sha…

9 months, 1 week ago

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A Musician's Sobriety Story: How David Graham Quit Drinking
A Musician's Sobriety Story: How David Graham Quit Drinking

Episode 143

Dave is 18 months sober after nearly 40 years of social drinking, including a university run that hit 100 pints in a week. In this recovery story, th…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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From Hiding Wine From Her Husband to 4 Years Sober: Sophie Hutton-Mills Story
From Hiding Wine From Her Husband to 4 Years Sober: Sophie Hutton-Mills Story

Episode 142

Sophie Hutton-Mills was 20, on a train platform with her dad, when he had a heart attack and died in front of her. She couldn't say the sentence out …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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How I Quit Drinking After a Decade of Addiction: Olivia Taylor's Sobriety Story
How I Quit Drinking After a Decade of Addiction: Olivia Taylor's Sobriety Story

Episode 141

Olivia Taylor is two years sober after a decade of alcohol addiction that started with morning drinking at 18 and ended with a litre of vodka a day, …

9 months, 4 weeks ago

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Gary Mairs - ADHD, Alcohol, and the Quiet Hell of a Functioning Drinker
Gary Mairs - ADHD, Alcohol, and the Quiet Hell of a Functioning Drinker

Episode 140

Gary Mez was 14 the first time he drank a can of beer. By 19 he was drinking Foster's at half eight in the morning at university. By 33 he was alone …

1 year, 2 months ago

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Wine Mom to 5 Years Sober: How Julie Mrowicki Quit Drinking
Wine Mom to 5 Years Sober: How Julie Mrowicki Quit Drinking

Episode 139

Julie Ravitsky was 21, sitting cross-legged on her parents' dining room floor at 10am, drinking vodka and smoking cigarettes. Within hours she was in…

1 year, 2 months ago

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From Eating Shaving Foam in a Hospital Bed to 10 Years Sober: Oliver Mason's Story
From Eating Shaving Foam in a Hospital Bed to 10 Years Sober: Oliver Mason's Story

Episode 138

A nurse found Oliver Mason in a hospital bed eating Gillette shaving foam. He'd read the label. He knew there was ethanol in it. The staff had taken …

1 year, 2 months ago

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