For Your Rethinking Drinking Listening Pleasure
If you’re sober curious, trying to be mindful or just want to quit drinking, podcasts can play a vital role in normalizing what you are going through. Tuning in to someone else’s story, learning about what makes you and alcohol tick, or finding something to connect with helps you to power through tough times. So get those earbuds plugged in and press play on our favourite list of sober, sober curious and mindful drinking podcasts!
#1 This Naked Mind Podcast
When you’re making the decision and starting the journey to rethink your relationship with alcohol, you often feel alone in your struggles. The wonderful thing about This Naked Mind’s podcast is the long and frequent list of guests, who are mostly just regular people, opening up and talking about their relationship with alcohol. From stay-at-home-moms to sales-execs to party girls, Annie Grace creates a space that allows people to tell their story. You will find yourself tuning in and crying or smiling along to the heart-warming stories of people you can relate to.
#2 Sober Curious with Ruby Warrington
Ruby Warrington’s book Sober Curious was the book that started a movement of people calling themselves ‘sober curious’. The podcast doesn’t disappoint, in its quest to weigh the ups and downs of drinking and not drinking. Guests range from incredible movers and shakers like rock-idol Moby to authors, therapists, wellness coaches and more.
#3 Sober Powered
If you like science - this is for you! Whether you relate to the word sober or not, one of the first steps in rethinking drinking is understanding some of the neuroscience that is going on in your brain (before it’s too late). Sober Powered by Gill Tietz has some great episodes that you can digest in 15 minutes, breaking down the chemical, psychological and emotional impacts of alcohol on your body and brain.
Our girl Mel covers everything we’ve ever thought about as she heals out loud, including alcohol overuse and quitting drinking. She has several episodes about the effects of alcohol on your health and wellness, and what happens to your body when you quit alcohol. In this episode, she speaks with Dr Sarah Wakeman, Harvard professor and specialist in substance use disorder. It’s a great listen!
