In todays retrospective episode Vic and Hamish discover that men are less likely to seek support because they don't want to talk about their issues as much. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eHsMIjQb3OJg8HKovkEJf?si=6fb8f349ab444795 Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PAT...
Sep 25, 2024•16 min
Following on from last week's extended episode about therapy... here is Part Two! Today Vic and Hamish want to focus on reaching out for help. They’ll share what happens in a therapy session and why it can help you move on from bad habits. Now, this isn’t going to be easy because of course all practitioners do things differently but what they will try to do, in their very own awkward way, is to uncover why finding the right person could be the key to a long sober life, how having patience is a m...
Sep 22, 2024•31 min•Season 9Ep. 10
In todays retrospective episode Vic and Hamish find out is its possible to be extrovert without sipping on a bottle of scrumpy jack! You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TQFMlhtFg7xbNfPNnfYGV?si=XccmbxDXT8mQFHlI2pmuHg Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a...
Sep 18, 2024•19 min
With RUOK? Day coming round last week, Vic and Hame thought they would focus not 1 but 2 episodes on the importance of therapy and the need to reach out for help. They’ll share what happens in a therapy session and why it can help you move on from bad habits. Now, this isn’t going to be easy because of course all practitioners do things differently but what they will try to do, in their very own awkward way, is to uncover why finding the right person could be the key to a long sober life, how ha...
Sep 15, 2024•47 min•Season 9Ep. 9
In todays retrospective episode Vic and Hamish discover that they were both pretty confident before the booze came along. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TQFMlhtFg7xbNfPNnfYGV?si=XccmbxDXT8mQFHlI2pmuHg Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so w...
Sep 11, 2024•19 min
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) What are FASD's? Is it safe to have any level of alcohol when pregnant? How does it affect the unborn baby? How and when is it diagnosed? These are questions Vic and Hamish should have probably found the answers to a long time ago, but like many people, they both chose to ignore the facts about FASD and live in hope that it wouldn't happen to them. Silly really. FASD a condition, or range of conditions, that we've all heard of, but for some reason ...
Sep 08, 2024•48 min•Season 9Ep. 8
In todays retrospective Vic and Hame take a look at promiscuity. How did you really feel when the door slammed closed? You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2LDjclJoALprq5Gyx1xvzo?si=306EZAKZRPqnA0BNGDbTDw Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we c...
Sep 04, 2024•17 min
We don't judge anyone on where and from whom they get their inspiration from! What inspired us this week came from a man who has also done some terrible things to his cock in the name of comedy...Jackass's very own Steve O. He made a fair point about how alcoholism is the only disease that you recover stronger from. Hame and Vic discuss whether they felt as if they had the 'disease' of alcoholism and explore the truth to this statement whether you do or not! Vic also shares a harrowing truth abo...
Sep 01, 2024•40 min•Season 9Ep. 7
In todays retrospective Vic and Hame take a look at the one night stand. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2LDjclJoALprq5Gyx1xvzo?si=306EZAKZRPqnA0BNGDbTDw Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep being awkward! https://www.patreon.com...
Aug 28, 2024•13 min
Millie Mack is Back! After sitting down with Hame for a chat on her 1 year soberversary, we thought we would do it all over again to celebrate her 2nd year of being alcohol-free. The second year is not always an easy one and Millie has felt the full spectrum of what that can feel like. In this conversation, Hame and Millie discuss the return of her anxiety, panic attacks and depression. The difficulty she felt in returning to the medication which she thought she had left behind forever and the s...
Aug 25, 2024•41 min•Season 9Ep. 6
In todays retrospective Vic and Hame take a look at the family issue. What percentage is passed down and is it possible to stop the damage before it gets passed on? You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WIujil90LU2CMsURSuDlW?si=7105d4e1001142db Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com ...
Aug 21, 2024•19 min
Trigger Warning - We discuss drink driving throughout. Drink Driving - The government rules are that you can have one drink and drive, but what happens once that one is down the hatch - are you still able to make smart choices and not have another? Vic got behind the wheel when under the influence in her early 20's. She ended on in jail for the night. The experience had impact, but not enough to stop her drinking. Today she chats about what went down that night and the humiliation involved when ...
Aug 18, 2024•47 min•Season 9Ep. 5
But my mum and dad are drinkers! But does this mean you can't stop? In todays retrospective Vic and Hame take a look at the family issue. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WIujil90LU2CMsURSuDlW?si=7105d4e1001142db Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a ...
Aug 14, 2024•17 min
This episode felt like a great betrayal to even contemplate writing! But when a listener reached out and asked to us to take closer look into the craft beer industry...we did just that! I was a HUGE fan of all things craft beer before I went sober. They felt rebellious, cool, they seemingly tasted better, were slightly more expensive, always stronger in their alcohol content and were always served by trendy looking blokes with beards, moustaches and tiny beanie hats! Was this just effective mark...
Aug 11, 2024•31 min•Season 9Ep. 4
Carrying on from last weeks retrospective, Vic and Hame find out why giving up booze looks good on you. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wc7Gg79eNw3GkxXZYmDTe?si=81d41ad0d93142b0 Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep being awkward...
Aug 07, 2024•18 min
To kick off Season 9 of the podcast (!), Hame and Vic are in a reflective mood. As Hame celebrates his 2 year soberversary, we take a look at the differences we have in our motivations to carry on. It giving up easier for someone that never had a problem with alcohol? Is motivation easier for someone that did? We take a deep look into where our sober 'journeys' have trodden the same path and where we veered off in different directions. Vic and Hame also go on a slightly strange tangent discussin...
Aug 04, 2024•54 min•Season 9Ep. 3
On todays retrospective episode Vic and Hamish got over the good and bad bits of the changes in their funny looking faces! You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wc7Gg79eNw3GkxXZYmDTe?si=38082b313f5847b2 Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can...
Jul 31, 2024•11 min
Phrases like 'Just Focus on the Present', 'Start Your Sobriety With a Therapist' or 'Hame Your an Idiot' are said so often on Sober Awkward that they risk not really being HEARD. Another one that creeps up a lot in the sobriety world is about 'The Benefits of Exercise'! No matter how many times you hear it or write it at the top of your New Year's Resolution List, for some reason it can be hard to get into the habit of it! In this week's episode, Hame and Vic take a look at exactly WHY exercise ...
Jul 28, 2024•35 min•Season 9Ep. 2
In this weeks retrospective episode Vic and Hamish say what it was like going to those first big events and if they could ever say no! You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lMGT65RfeSkjnJ16OENxP?si=515737d475ef4031 Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cup...
Jul 24, 2024•17 min
Have you noticed how your social life changes once you go sober? The things that you used to love doing...like gurning in a field all night to repetitive trance music...aren't quite filling your cup anymore. The whole process of re-learning what you ACTUALLY enjoy doing whilst socialising sober can take years...and a lot of boring nights feeling out of place! In today's episode Hame and Vic attempt to fast track this lengthy process for you by sharing the lessons they have learnt the hard way! Y...
Jul 21, 2024•50 min•Season 9Ep. 1
Got a wedding coming up? In today's retrospective episode Vic and Hamish take a look at big events. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lMGT65RfeSkjnJ16OENxP?si=96e1d420c7534c7c Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep being awkward! ht...
Jul 17, 2024•17 min
If you speak to anyone that has struggled with over drinking - you don't have to do much digging to uncover some trauma. Trauma, sadly is inevitable, but how you react to it is one of the most important steps you will take in your sobriety. Do you face up to the emotions or do you bury them in booze and drugs? In today's episode Vic and Hame will share the traumas they have lived through both big and small and take a look at WHY this is such an important subject inside the world of sobriety. Enj...
Jul 14, 2024•40 min•Season 8Ep. 20
In todays retrospective episode Vic and Hamish tell you about all theri weird and wonderful hobbies. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ssQxPvSWgqqktGY0R1Ixs?si=lx0lIfzDQhCujz8WT8ckVQ Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep being awkw...
Jul 10, 2024•18 min
Liar, liar, pants on fire! The words still sting decades later. None of us want to be considered a liar and yet anyone that has ever drunk has probably also lied about it. Why you are home after your curfew? Why you kissed your friends boyfriend? How you blew your finger off? Sound familiar?! Typically our lies surrounding alcohol start small. We lie to our parents about where we are going for the night or why their bottle of vodka is now weirdly full of water. But these lies can grow. You might...
Jul 07, 2024•40 min•Season 8Ep. 19
In todays retrospective Vic and Hamish find out why Scrabble and pottery meant they never reached for a bevvie. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ssQxPvSWgqqktGY0R1Ixs?si=lx0lIfzDQhCujz8WT8ckVQ Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep...
Jul 03, 2024•12 min
Its a simple thought (of course it is...its one of Hame's) but we don't often take the time to consider whether a sober life is better than a drunk one. When you are considering going sober you are often fixated on the negatives and the sacrifice. The social awkwardness, whether you will still be able to chat someone up or still dance like nobody's watching. We don't think about the ways in which sobriety could enrich our lives. In today's episode, Vic and Hame, will walk you through their exper...
Jun 30, 2024•36 min•Season 8Ep. 18
In this weeks retrospective epiosde Vic and Hamsih look at why saying no can actually feel amazing! You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/10MKVsOtPw9xiPlutpygny?si=PkKPGVHrR9Wf5_FmTaSQ_g Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep being awkwa...
Jun 26, 2024•15 min
Lets talk about family. They come in many weird and wonderful shapes and sizes. They are diverse, annoying, challenging, loving, judgmental, funny and a complete and utter mess, for some unknown reason....their opinions of us matter. We want our grandparents to see us doing well, our parents to be proud, our siblings to like us and our children to think we are heroes! It’s a lot. Even in that one sentence you can feel the pressure. Expectation is coming from all angles like arrows s...
Jun 23, 2024•53 min•Season 8Ep. 17
In todays retrospective epiosde Vic and Hamish take a look at Peer Pressure. You can listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/10MKVsOtPw9xiPlutpygny?si=PkKPGVHrR9Wf5_FmTaSQ_g Show Notes Vic's book is out! Go and get yourself a copy whilst you can... https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html and please give a review at www.goodreads.com JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep being awkward! https://www.patreon...
Jun 19, 2024•15 min
'Oi! Are you looking at my Mrs?' 'Did you spill my pint? 'Outside now!' We've all been there. A pub on a Friday night, booze flowing, beers getting spilled, people getting lairy. Then, everyone gets turned out onto the street at the same time. Bodies get shoved, you take a comment the wrong way and before you know it, you have an stumbly opponent rolling up their sleeves. It can be scary and dangerous... but for some reason we accept that pub fights are just a side affect of drinking. Today Vic ...
Jun 16, 2024•36 min•Season 8Ep. 16
