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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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