Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!
341 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago -How do I stop drinking? How do I cut down? Am I drinking too much? I’m sober but why aren’t I happy? Why do people stop drinking? If you ask yourself these kind of questions then this podcast is for you. This show is for people who want to learn how to stop drinking and learn to thrive in their alcohol free lives. If you have given up drinking, would like to give up drinking or are just plain sober curious this weekly podcast is for you. We have recovery stories to inspire you, experts to inform you and QuitLit authors to entertain you. After struggling with alcohol dependency for years Janet Gourand finally ditched the booze in 2015. She founded tribesober.com in 2015 and has helped hundreds of people to ditch the booze and thrive in their sobriety since then. Tribe Sober offer a membership, workshops, challenges and recovery coaching. For more info go to tribesober.com or email [email protected]
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Sober Short - Building Emotional Strength
February 09, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 6.54 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our third "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger for many people so if you want to kickstart your sober journey then sign up today In this episo...
Alcohol Explained - to the French! with Stacy Leshner
February 05, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Quite a few people in our tribe found their way to us after hearing me chat to the fabulous William Porter on his Friday Night Live spot which you can see HERE I met this weeks podcast guest when I was hanging out on the Alcohol Explained Facebook group – Stacy is a moderator on that group The French have a reputation for being “moderate drinkers” but that is actually a bit of a myth – they come in at number 11 on a global league table for hea...
Alcohol Explained - to the French! with Stacy Leshner
February 05, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Quite a few people in our tribe found their way to us after hearing me chat to the fabulous William Porter on his Friday Night Live spot which you can see HERE I met this weeks podcast guest when I was hanging out on the Alcohol Explained Facebook group – Stacy is a moderator on that group The French have a reputation for being “moderate drinkers” but that is actually a bit of a myth – they come in at number 11 on a global league table for hea...
Sobriety and the French! with Stacy Leshner
February 05, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Quite a few people in our tribe found their way to us after hearing me chat to the fabulous William Porter on his Friday Night Live spot which you can see HERE I met this weeks podcast guest when I was hanging out on the Alcohol Explained Facebook group – Stacy is a moderator on that group The French have a reputation for being “moderate drinkers” but that is actually a bit of a myth – they come in at number 11 on a global league table for hea...
Sober Short - Get Moving!
February 02, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 6.23 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our second "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger for many people so if you want to kickstart your sober journey then sign up today In this epis...
Take a Break from the Booze - Part 4
January 29, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! We created TS because we believe it’s really hard to change your drinking habits alone – so at TS we are all about community so on this weeks podcast we are featuring 2 ladies who signed up for our Sober Spring Challenge. At the time of recording we are in late January but if you are up for taking a break then just sign up for our January Challenge which is open until 31st Jan – for a small donation to a good cause we offer community and onlin...
Sober Short - Work Your Tribe
January 26, 2022 08:00 - 8 minutes - 7.5 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our very first "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger for many people so if you want to kickstart your sober journey then sign up today In this ...
Take a Break from Booze - Part 3
January 22, 2022 08:00 - 43 minutes - 99.6 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! We created TS because we believe it’s really hard to change your drinking habits alone – so at TS we are all about community so on this weeks podcast we are featuring 2 ladies who signed up for our Sober Spring Challenge. At the time of recording we are in late January but if you are up for taking a break then just sign up for our January Challenge which is open until 31st Jan – for a small donation to a good cause we offer community and onlin...
How Big Alcohol Hijacked the Feminist Movement - with Ann Dowsett Johnston
January 15, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! When I was contemplating sobriety I read a couple of books that really resonated with me – one was Caroline Knapp: Drinking a Love Story and the other one was Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol That book was published back in 2013 and it was a book that predicted the huge rise in risky drinking for women – a prediction that sadly has come true. In her book Ann skilfully combines in-depth research with her own moving st...
Busting Sobriety Myths with Eusebius McKaiser
January 08, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week I’m interviewing one of South Africa’s national treasures - author, journalist, and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser. I first interviewed Eusebius in 2020 and that conversation remains our most downloaded episode – you can find it on Tribe Sober podcast episode 29 so please check it out later A couple of years later I ditched the drink, started Tribe Sober and noticed that he had signed up for our Dry January Challenge. Eusebius...
Take a Break from Booze - Part 2
January 01, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes - 87.1 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! We want to help you to make a healthy start to the new year so we've launched our 7th Annual Fundraiser which will provide you with online and community support for an alcohol free month - and enable you to help a disadvantaged child. Talk about a win-win! We believe in Challenges here at Tribe Sober - every year we run our Sober Spring Challenge - and then another one in January. On this week's podcast we hear from 3 people who did Sober Spr...
Take a Break from Booze - Part 1
December 25, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes - 112 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week’s podcast is released on Christmas Day so by the time you get to hearing it the festivities will be drawing to a close and your thoughts may be turning to 2022. We want to help you to make a healthy start to the new year so we've launched our 7th Annual Fundraiser which will provide you with online and community support for an alcohol free month - and enable you to help a disadvantaged child. Talk about a win-win! We believe in Chal...
Alcohol - and Breast Cancer with Mocktail Mom
December 18, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week’s podcast guest is Deb from Kentucky who is known as Mocktail Mom - she hosts an awesome IG live session on Monday night called Making Friends & Mocktails. She has her own recovery journey to share and like me she is a breast cancer survivor. Dramatically reducing your risk of breast cancer is one of the benefits of sobriety we don’t talk about much so we were both keen to highlight this issue during the conversation. In this Epi...
Art Therapy and Addiction with Samantha Davis
December 11, 2021 08:13 - 50 minutes - 47.7 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week’s podcast guest is an Art Therapist. Just as I didn’t realise how important yoga could be in recovery I also had no idea that Art Therapy had a role to play.. I interviewed Tribe Sobers yoga teacher Tamsin on episode 69 and today I’m chatting to Art Therapist – Samantha Davis Sami has operated a private Art Therapy practice for the past 18 years. She’s worked with people who struggle with stress, addiction, depression and also peop...
Why we need to Ditch the Drink in Mid-life - with Lori Massicot
December 04, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 119 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This weeks podcast guest is the lovely Lori Massicot a midlife sobriety coach. I discovered Lori when I found her podcast – it’s called “to 50 and beyond” – it’s a podcast aimed at women in mid-life where she highlights the beauty of aging and the freedom that comes along with alcohol free life. She’s on a mission to raise awareness towards the life changing impact of sobriety as we age. She interviewed me for her podcast and you can hear tha...
The Sober School with Kate Bee
November 27, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Kate from the Sober School About 7 years ago when I was casting about for help with my own drinking problem I stumbled upon a blog by Kate who had already been sober for a couple of years. She was the first person I ever heard suggesting that sobriety could be fun – rather than the grey and miserable place many drinkers imagine it to be. I now know that she was absolutely right of course so it was a real pleasure to ch...
Soberfishie Dawn tells her story...
November 20, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Soberfishie Dawn. Her nickname is Fish. Of course she got the nickname because she drank like a fish! For Dawn her journey began back in 2016 when she decided to try an alcohol free year. She blogged about her journey, decided to stay alcohol free and is now a Sobriety Advocate with a membership and a large social media following. I always enjoy talking to people who do similar work to myself and in fact I had one of m...
Yoga in Recovery - with Tom & Tamsin
November 13, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guests this week are Tom and Tamsin Sheehey, co-owners of The Shala Yoga Studio in Cape Town, South Africa. They are both yoga teachers and Tom is also a health coach with expertise in nutritional guidance. They will both be offering their expertise to the Tribe Sober members. In this Episode Tom’s studies were in what is now called “complimentary medicine” which we both agreed is a better description than “alternative medicine”. If we wa...
Sobriety Goes Punk - with Jon Turner
November 06, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Jon Turner, the founder of Soberpunks – he is a musician, a blogger and is busy helping others to ditch the drink. He shares his personal recovery story and explains how he feels that not drinking is not only rebellious but it’s positively punk.. In this Episode Like many of us Jon spent a decade trying to cut down – using those tried and tested “rules” that of course are useless once our drinking has crossed that lin...
Rebranding Sobriety - with Susan Christina
October 30, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 123 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Susan Christina is an Irish lady living in Spain. She’s on a mission to rebrand sobriety and make alcohol free living as attractive and glamorous as we thought drinking was She’s an advocate for the modern recovery movement and wants women to take back their power! In this Episode Susan is using her considerable communication and marketing skills together with her experience in the global drinks industry to rebran...
Anxiety and Alcohol - Casey Joins up the Dots
October 23, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Casey McGuire Davidson who is from Seattle in the US. Like me Casey was caught in the corporate workhard/playhard culture as well as the mommyjuice trend…using alcohol to cope with stress and anxiety and becoming more dependent over the years… But somehow we both found our way out of that trap and now we are finding joy in helping people to do the same In this Episode Casey realised in her 20’s that she had no “off” sw...
Anxiety and Drinking - Casey Joins up the Dots
October 23, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Casey McGuire Davidson who is from Seattle in the US. Like me Casey was caught in the corporate workhard/playhard culture as well as the mommyjuice trend…using alcohol to cope with stress and anxiety and becoming more dependent over the years… But somehow we both found our way out of that trap and now we are finding joy in helping people to do the same In this Episode Casey realised in her 20’s that she had no “off” sw...
Some Good Clean Fun with Sarah Kate
October 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is from Canada! Currently we have the grand total of 4 Canadian members in our tribe and we would love to welcome some more! Sarah Kate agrees with me that we need to “get smart” and see through the constant pressure from Big Alcohol to consume their product – the wine industry has particularly targeted women, trying to convince us that “mommy needs wine” etc etc Well here is one mommy that’s fighting back! In this Episode...
Killing Karoline with Sara-Jayne Makwala King
October 09, 2021 08:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Sara-Jayne Makwala King Sara-Jayne is a household name here in South Africa - she's a journalist, a radio presenter and an author. In this Episode Sara-Jayne’s birth was the result of an illegal affair between a white British woman and black South African man during apartheid – she shares her extraordinary story in her memoir Killing Karoline. As a child she used to read voraciously as a form of escape and as a teenager...
Managing Difficult Conversations - with Andrea Newton
October 02, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Andrea Newton. Andrea is a Corporate Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Mental Health Advocate and a Podcast Host. Alcohol took Andrea to a dark place but thankfully she recovered and is now doing some very worthwhile work. In this Episode I found Andrea’s account of how alcohol made her feel suicidal as rather chilling – the fact that she actually had a plan to end her life – and her point that alcohol can provide that “Du...
Liam Chooses Life
September 25, 2021 08:00 - 58 minutes - 133 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is an inspiring young man - Liam is a Brit who is now living in Germany. He began drinking at 13 and finds himself in early recovery in his 30's. In this Episode Liam’s first experience of alcohol was at 13 when he downed half a litre of vodka and promptly passed out That experience would put many people off but in fact he was keen to do it again and carried on drinking heavily – keen to fit in with his skateboarding crowd...
How we can Heal - Dr Dawn explains
September 18, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 108 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is one of those people who are passionate about helping those in recovery. Dr Dawn Bantel, a naturopathic doctor with many years of experience in the recovery space. In this Episode Dawn agrees that to be really healthy we shouldn’t drink at all but just recently she was surprised to learn that even a few glasses of wine a week will raise a woman’s risk of breast cancer We talked about alcohol and anxiety and how it was...
How we can Heal when we Quit Drinking - Dr Dawn explains
September 18, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 108 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is one of those people who are passionate about helping those in recovery. Dr Dawn Bantel, a naturopathic doctor with many years of experience in the recovery space. In this Episode Dawn agrees that to be really healthy we shouldn’t drink at all but just recently she was surprised to learn that even a few glasses of wine a week will raise a woman’s risk of breast cancer We talked about alcohol and anxiety and how it was...
Deb Makes a Deal...
September 11, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Australian therapist Deb Clarke. 17 years sober Deb talks to me about her drinking years, how she stopped and how her life has changed. In this Episode Deb was very much a binge drinker – she could go for several days without drinking but once she picked up a drink she had no “off” switch Because she COULD go for a few days without drinking she felt she couldn’t really have a problem and in fact her friends reassured...
What is the Root Cause of your Drinking?... with therapist Deb Clarke
September 11, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Australian therapist Deb Clarke. 17 years sober Deb talks to me about her drinking years, how she stopped and how her life has changed. In this Episode Deb was very much a binge drinker – she could go for several days without drinking but once she picked up a drink she had no “off” switch Because she COULD go for a few days without drinking she felt she couldn’t really have a problem and in fact her friends reassured...
South Africa‘s troubled relationship with alcohol - Professor Charles Parry
September 04, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Researcher and Activist Professor Charles Parry, who works tirelessly to bring about social change in South Africa. He is the Head of the Alcohol and Drug Unit at the SAHMRC, an organisation which reports directly in to the Department of Health and has the overall goal to improve the health of the nation In this Episode Although many people in South Africa don’t drink the ones who do are drinking excessively A whole ind...
Missing Madonna - with Clive Vanderwagen
August 28, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is tribe member Clive Vanderwagen. Clive is a business and leadership coach who is also a wine expert! In this Episode Clive’s father offered him a taste of wine at quite an early age in an effort to make it “less exciting” but looking back Clive feels this was a bit naïve and if he was ever a parent he would probably share with his kids that he had struggled with alcohol himself and that it should be treated with caution...
My Journey to Sobriety - with Clive Vanderwagen
August 28, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is tribe member Clive Vanderwagen. Clive is a business and leadership coach who is also a wine expert! In this Episode Clive’s father offered him a taste of wine at quite an early age in an effort to make it “less exciting” but looking back Clive feels this was a bit naïve and if he was ever a parent he would probably share with his kids that he had struggled with alcohol himself and that it should be treated with caution...
Is your Lizard Brain the Boss? - Neuroscientist Staci Danfield
August 21, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Staci Danfield. Staci is a neuroscientist who loves working with the sober community. In this episode she shares some really practical and useful information about our brain. In this Episode Staci’s husband walked out on her just before her 50th birthday – she was devastated at the time but now the years have passed she is able to look back and see that event as a catalyst for change… a real Wake Up Call Realising that...
Use your Lizard Brain to get Sober - with Neuroscientist Staci Danfield
August 21, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Staci Danfield. Staci is a neuroscientist who loves working with the sober community. In this episode she shares some really practical and useful information about our brain. In this Episode Staci’s husband walked out on her just before her 50th birthday – she was devastated at the time but now the years have passed she is able to look back and see that event as a catalyst for change… a real Wake Up Call Realising that...
Brits Drinking in France - with Mandy Manners
August 14, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutes - 126 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Mandy Manners. Mandy has her own recovery story to tell. Alcohol free for more than 4 years she is now a recovery coach and author. In this Episode Mandy and I are both Brits married to Frenchmen, so were able to discuss and contrast the very different attitudes to drinking in Uk & France. Mandy's French husband was able to cut down easily when they became parents but for her it was not quite so easy.. She believes th...
The Happy Brain - with Loretta Breuning PhD
August 07, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Dr Loretta Breuning. Loretta is the author of an excellent book called the "Habits of a Happy Brain" and she shared many fascinating insights with me. In this Episode The world of neuroplasticity is an exciting one - no longer do we have to believe that our brain shrinks and loses its capacity as we age - if we keep exercising and keep learning we can keep our brains healthy and active for longer Although most of our ne...
How to be Sober...and Happy - with Loretta Breuning PhD
August 07, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Dr Loretta Breuning. Loretta is the author of an excellent book called the "Habits of a Happy Brain" and she shared many fascinating insights with me. In this Episode The world of neuroplasticity is an exciting one - no longer do we have to believe that our brain shrinks and loses its capacity as we age - if we keep exercising and keep learning we can keep our brains healthy and active for longer Although most of our ne...
My Basket of Sobriety Tools - with Robyn Denny
July 31, 2021 08:00 - 58 minutes - 100 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is someone I've known for more than a decade. When I first met her and discovered she was "sober" I was intrigued. How could you be "sober" but still be happy and having a lot of fun - was it really possible? When I finally ditched the drink Robyn became my role model - she is still my inspiration and has gone on to inspire many of our Tribe Sober members. In this Episode Robyn has been in a relationship with alcohol sinc...
My Basket of Tools - with Robyn Denny
July 31, 2021 08:00 - 58 minutes - 100 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is someone I've known for more than a decade. When I first met her and discovered she was "sober" I was intrigued. How could you be "sober" but still be happy and having a lot of fun - was it really possible? When I finally ditched the drink Robyn became my role model - she is still my inspiration and has gone on to inspire many of our Tribe Sober members. In this Episode Robyn has been in a relationship with alcohol sinc...
The Magic of Meditation - with Lane Kennedy
July 24, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 76.6 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Lane Kennedy. A mother in long term recovery she is a podcaster who has used meditation as a vital tool in her recovery journey. She now helps others to learn how to meditate. Lane quit drinking in 1996 so is 25 years in recovery. In this Episode Lane describes her drinking life as glamorous and great fun - until it wasn't Her drinking was inconsistent - she would sometimes only have two glasses - on other days she wo...
Sobriety and the Domino Effect - with Will Black
July 17, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 78.5 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Will Black. He is a Life Mastery Coach and a registered Yoga teacher. He was clever enough to realise that alcohol was not serving him at an early age and these days his life and work is guided by the ethos of finding balance. Will’s mission is to help people to overcome their limiting beliefs and behaviors so they can live balanced intentional lives. In this Episode From almost the first time Will drank it was apparen...
How a Sober Buddy can Help - Lynne Brown, Sober Buddy Mentor
July 10, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 61.4 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Lynne Brown - our very own Sober Buddy Mentor! A Brit like me Lynne came to South Africa 20 years ago and fell in love with this beautiful country! She is also a volunteer Alcohol Counsellor in the UK. In this Episode Lynne never had a “rock bottom” – she just became more aware that she always felt a bit “below par” She was aware that giving up alcohol would improve her health - and indeed it has She was drawn to lear...
Why we get Hangxiety - William Porter explains
July 03, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is William Porter - a lawyer with a passionate interest in the science behind alcohol dependency. He has written two books on the subject - Alcohol Explained and Alcohol Explained 2. In this Episode William started drinking and smoking at the tender age of 14! He managed to give up smoking by reading the book by Alan Carr - he was impressed by the methodology in that book He managed to quit drinking after delving into th...
Exploring Sobriety Rooms in Clubhouse - with Justin Lamb
June 26, 2021 08:00 - 58 minutes - 99.2 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Justin Lamb - podcaster, musician, asset management professional and therapist in training! In this Episode Justin grew up with an alcoholic father and his brother was also using - like many of us he started using alcohol to socialise A medical diagnosis of auto-immune disease forced him to quit drinking for five months - he was anxious to restart! He managed to stop drinking by educating himself about the harm it does ...
Are you Physically (or Psychologically) Addicted to Alcohol? - Molly Watts explains
June 19, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes - 87.2 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Molly Watts, a senior living specialist who believes that we can create habits which will lead to a longer and healthier life. Going alcohol free is a healthy habit which will certainly help! In this Episode Molly was just 13 when she first challenged her mom about her drinking - and talks about growing up with an alcoholic mom Her mom continued to drink in spite of going to rehab 4 times - she died from an alcoholic...
My Battle with the Booze - a Doctor's Story
June 12, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutes - 95.6 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Dr Stephan Neff - a German who is living in New Zealand Stephan began to drink heavily at university and carried on into his twenties and thirties The medical profession was demanding and he used alcohol to cope with stress In this Episode At the age of 35 Stephan realised that his drinking was becoming problematic but pushed it to the back of his mind Alcohol was numbing the pain and giving him a temporary respite ...
My Battle with the Booze - a Doctor’s Story
June 12, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutes - 95.6 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Dr Stephan Neff - a German who is living in New Zealand Stephan began to drink heavily at university and carried on into his twenties and thirties The medical profession was demanding and he used alcohol to cope with stress In this Episode At the age of 35 Stephan realised that his drinking was becoming problematic but pushed it to the back of his mind Alcohol was numbing the pain and giving him a temporary respite ...
From Party Animal to Mom of Three - Vicky Vanstone
June 05, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes - 84.9 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Vicky Vanstone - a Brit who is living in Australia Vicky was a binge drinker whose identity was pretty much as a "party animal" However like many young women she found the transition from party animal to stay at home mom a very difficult one and eventually decided to stop drinking completely - and now she inspires other moms to get "sober curious" In this Episode Vicky had surrounded herself with other drinkers so he...
How Ditching the Drink set me Free - Loyiso Mkele
May 29, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 72.6 MBTribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is the lovely Loyiso Mkele. We met long before I started Tribe Sober and we had no idea that we had a "drink problem" in common ;-) However once I managed to stop drinking and started Tribe Sober, Loyiso reached out for help. She's been sober for two years and is thriving in her alcohol free life - have a listen to how she did it! In this Episode For 13 years Loyso was drinking at least a bottle of wine a day - she kne...