Drunk-ish - A Sobriety Podcast

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  The Sober Curator's Sobriety Story 14.07.2026 54мин

  If you've ever moved to a new city thinking a fresh start would fix the drinking -- and then found yourself alone on the couch at 2 PM on a Tuesday with a bottle you swore you weren't opening?  Alysse Bryson gets it. This week I'm talking to the founder of The Sober Curator, who has 20 years sober. We get into the geographic cure, project-managing your own rock bottom, emergency heart surgery at 40, and I also say somethings about tiramisu that I probably should have kept to myself.Find Alysse at The Sober CuratorHer IG is @AlysseIntheCityMy IG is @SWilderTaylorFollow the show on YouTube
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  Magic, Medicine, Misery 07.07.2026 47мин

  In this episode I talk to comedian Zach Noe Towers, who spent the first five years of his stand-up career doing a shot before his set and a beer during it, convinced it made him calm and in tune with the room. He walks me through his whole magic-medicine-misery arc: the scared gay kid in St. Louis who found that alcohol helped, the 30th birthday where he woke up in a stranger's bed already late for a job he hated, and how he got sober despite worrying he wouldn't like other people in recovery.Watch Zach's comedy special Twink Death on YouTube.Follow Zach on IG @ZachNoeTowers
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  What Anorexia and Drinking Have in Common is Everything 30.06.2026 54мин

  There’s a specific kind of person who hears “just have dessert sometimes” and counters with a38-day countdown to her dad’s birthday cake. Misti Milner is that person, and it turns out so amI. We talk about the offhand comment from a popular kid that lodged in her brain for decades,the era when every mom in the neighborhood was doing Jane Fonda in the basement or drivingto Jazzercise, and the deeply unfun truth that anorexia does not just go away on its own no matter how hard you try. You can find Misti on the substack That's What She Said Please subscribe to Misti's substack and also watch this episode on YouTube!
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  She Wasn't Like the Other People in the Room 23.06.2026 46мин

  If you've ever sat in a therapist's office for months working on everything except the thing you do every single night — same. My friend Rebecca Nelson Lubin has almost 14 years sober, and she told me about going to therapy for the panic attacks she got driving over the bridge, and somehow the drinking just never came up. We get into the weekends that started Thursday and ended Tuesday, and the day at ten years sober when she hit an emotional rock bottom and picked up the phone instead of a drink. @RebeccaNelsonLubinWatch this pod at YouTube
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  The Diary of a Twenty Five Year-old Alcoholic 16.06.2026 45мин

  If you’ve ever woken up with an injury you couldn’t explain and just… made up a story about it, Elli gets it. She had her first drink at 13, her first blackout at 14, and then blacked out almost every time she drank for ten years, the whole time deciding she was just a bad person instead of a kid who couldn’t stop. We get into the fake Twitter account a group of girls built to bully her at 16, her mom showing up to graduation in an ankle bracelet, and the genuinely unhinged thing that finally made her quit.You can find Elli Rose Cikovic's book The Diary of a Twenty Five Year-old Alcoholic on Amazon for right now. Follow Elli on IG @ellirosecikovic
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  The Truth About Sobriety and Mental Health 09.06.2026 42мин

  If you've ever assumed sobriety would turn you into a calm, well-adjusted person who makes good decisions and drinks green juice while journaling at sunrise, Sara Christine Berelsman would like a word. We talk about drinking, bipolar disorder, shame, marriage, motherhood, writing your way through the hard stuff, getting judged by small-town boss babes, and why telling the truth can be terrifying but also deeply useful which is pretty much our brand around here. Sara is the author of My Last Rock Bottom and can be found on her Facebook page Sara Christine Berelsman.Please check out this episode and more on our YouTube page at Drunk-ish
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  Tanya J Part 2: When Grief Tests Your Sobriety 03.06.2026 35мин

  Tanya J is back for Part Two, and I would strongly suggest listening to Part One first unless you enjoy walking into the emotional equivalent of a movie halfway through and asking, “Wait, why is everyone crying?” Tanya’s story goes from sober parties and family Thanksgiving to grief, trauma, motherhood, court, recovery, and the very rude discovery that life does not stop being life just because you quit drinking. We talk about staying sober when “all bets are off,” and why playing through the drink is not just a slogan — it’s survival.
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  The Fixer Finally Asked for Help 02.06.2026 40мин

  This week on Drunk-ish, I’m talking with my friend Tanya J, whose sobriety story does not begin with teenage keg stands or dramatic college beer pong. Her drinking took off later, wrapped up in marriage, wine with dinner, perfectionism, parenting, adoption stress, family chaos, and the deeply annoying belief that if you’re the “responsible one,” you must be fine. Tanya shares how fear, control, caretaking, and white wine all tangled together — and how rehab, recovery, sponsorship, and a very inconvenient amount of crying helped her start rebuilding her life. This is Part One, so yes, we are making you come back.
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  Sober Moms, Teenagers, and the Big Alcohol Talk 26.05.2026 52мин

  This week on Drunk-ish, I’m trying something a little different: a topic episode instead of one guest story. I’m joined by Casey McGuire Davidson and Sara Kaufman-Bradstreet to talk about getting sober after having kids, what our children remember — or thankfully don’t — and how we talk to teenagers about drinking, weed, driving, consent, and all the fun topics that make parenting feel like a hostage negotiation with snacks. We also get into mom wine culture, shame, sober sex, and why quitting drinking didn’t make us less fun — just less likely to fall asleep mid-sentence. Or mid-other things.You can find sober mentor and podcaster Sara Kaufman Bradstreet at @No_more_wasted_daysand host of the Hello Someday podcast, Casey McGuire Davidson at HelloSomedayCoaching.comYou can subscribe and follow us on YouTube 
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  From Bar Fights to 45 Years Sober 19.05.2026 45мин

  This week I’m talking with my Rob Hill, who has 45 years sober and somehow manages to make attempted childhood sibling murder, lesbian bar fights, therapy, motorcycles, and spiritual awakening feel like one very eventful coffee date. Rob takes us from feeling different as a kid, to drinking early, to getting sober, relapsing once, crawling back, and building a life she still loves showing up for. It’s funny, wild, moving, and also a pretty great reminder that recovery doesn’t have to look perfect to be real.Watch Drunk-ish on YouTubePlease like and subscribe! And how about a review?
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  When Rehab Doesn't Fix Everything 05.05.2026 45мин

  This week I’m talking with Josh Welch, a criminal defense lawyer, husband, dad, and person in recovery who has been through it — rehabs, relapses, shame spirals, rebuilding, and the occasional very bad idea involving a tallboy immediately after treatment. You may also recognize him as a frequent guest on his wife's podcast, I've Had It. Josh talks about getting sober after years of addiction, how becoming a father changed what he was willing to fight for, why perfection in recovery can be a trap, and how shame can keep people sick and the radical concept of not beating yourself to death for being human.
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  A Sobriety Story With a Plot Twist 28.04.2026 50мин

  This week, I’m talking with my friend Cindy — no last name, because we are classy and mysterious like that. Cindy takes us from growing up in Mississippi, to 1980s New York, to getting sober young, to the complicated, sneaky way pain pills pulled her back into addiction after years in recovery. We talk about shame, secrecy, chronic pain, AA, bad boy choices, schoolteacher glamour, and the miracle of finally telling the truth when pretending has become a full-time job. Join us on YouTube to see Cindy's array of cool glasses! 
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  Menopause, Muscle Relaxers and Relapse 21.04.2026 44мин

  This week I’m talking with Kira Reed, and wow, we get into it. We talk about the kind of childhood stuff that follows you around, getting launched into adulthood way too early, and the many extremely bad ideas that can grow out of trying to outrun grief. Kira talks about her path from wild 80s partying into heroin addiction, getting sober, relapsing years later through prescribed muscle relaxers, and what it takes to come back again. We also talk about motherhood, secrets, honesty, and why so many of us are determined to parent nothing like we were parented.  Please check out these episode over on YouTube
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  Do You Need AA to Get Sober? 14.04.2026 50мин

  Stefanie decided to take a week off from guest stories to argue about AA with her friend Tamara Mello, who is sober but also takes the occasional gummy, which according to some corners of Sober Facebook means she is not sober, which means she should probably turn in her badge. Wait, nobody gave her a badge. That's the whole problem. They talk about the imaginary sober rule book nobody can find, the 17-cups-of-coffee defense, the people who think antidepressants are cheating, and Stefanie's full-body confession about the time she got nitrous oxide at the dentist and spent the whole drive home wondering if her sober friends would judge her. To follow (and connect with) Tamara go to her IG @TamaraMelloCheck out her amazing jewelry collection at Etsy.com/shop/GreyByTamaraMello
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  The Worst Night of His Life Started at the Comedy Store 07.04.2026 54мин

  Stefanie sits down with her neighbor Josh Sautter, who broke his ankle and his leg riding a drunk electric scooter on New Year’s Eve and then called his mom from the hospital at 7am on January 1st. Classic. Josh got sober that week. From there things could only go up. We hear about meeting his wife because the world was ending (Covid, specifically), and somehow going from hosting a neighborhood pie eating contest so grotesque they had to downsize the Costco pies to running for Congress. Find Josh at JoshSautterforCongress.comFollow the show on YouTube for a look at Josh's baby face at YouTube
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  From Blowing a .21 to Running Sober Adventure Retreats 31.03.2026 45мин

  I talk to Laura Van Antwerp, who once sat on her couch reading a book by the Buddha, candles lit, vibes immaculate -- while doing shots of Sauza Blue tequila with a pineapple back. Her ex-boyfriend walked in and said, "What happened to you?" and she thought he was asking about her day. He was asking about her drinking. Laura tried everything to quit drinking: the wine-only rule, the expensive-wine-only rule, the one-bottle-in-the-house rule, Dry January, even training for a marathon. She talks about how she said she was going to do things but never followed through, and how the shame of all of it kept pulling her back to the bottle until she figured out how to let it go. Laura now runs sober adventure retreats and takes women backpacking and whitewater rafting. She went from not being able to complete a Dry January to running a business. Sobriety looks good on her.Find out more about Laura @YourSoberPal or her website YourSoberPal.com (her Sober adventures are linked to from her website!)Subscribe over on YouTube 
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  The First Sober Comics and the Friends They Lost Along the Way 24.03.2026 51мин

  I talk to Rich Shydner, a standup comic who once performed on acid, had a roast beef sandwich thrown at him on stage by his tripping girlfriend, and thought “I am one with the bugs” while sitting in a stream covered in mosquitoes. So yeah, he’s done some things. He’s also been sober since 1985, which is longer than some of you have been alive, and he's doing great! Rich was part of the original sober comedy crew in LA — the guys who proved you could do the road without a drink.  He also has very strong opinions about microdosing, which boil down to: “If I could microdose, I wouldn’t be in the shape I’m in.” Same, Rich, same.
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  She Lost Everything—and Got Sober Anyway 18.03.2026 43мин

  In part two with Kristi Tanner, we get into what happened after everything fell apart: the second DUI, rehab, divorce, single motherhood, and the very weird miracle of building a life you actually want to be awake for. Kristi talks about getting sober with four little kids, learning how to be alone without losing her mind, and why her children now think rehab was basically the White House. Please check out Drunk-ish on YouTubeFollow Kristi Tanner on IG @MocktailMommy
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  I Thought I Needed Better Drinking Rules 17.03.2026 57мин

  This week I’m talking to Kristi Tanner, and wow, did we have one of those conversations where you start nodding so hard you practically sprain your neck. Kristi walks me through the long, messy road from party girl to mommy-wine survival mode to full-blown chaos, complete with blackouts, denial, rehab, hiding bottles, and trying to convince herself she just needed better “rules.” We talk about how alcohol can make you feel connected right up until it blows your life apart, and how easy it is to confuse shame with proof that you’re just a bad person. Please check out Drunk-ish on YouTubeFollow Kristi Tanner on IG @MocktailMommy
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  Celeste Yvonne on the Lie Behind "Mommy Needs Wine” 10.03.2026 45мин

  This week I'm talking to Celeste Yvonne, author of It's Not About the Wine: The Loaded Truth Behind Mommy Wine Culture, and I have to tell you — I kept saying "same" out loud while reading her Scary Mommy interview. Celeste grew up watching her dad's Nicolas Cage-level alcoholism and figured as long as she wasn't that, she was fine. Meanwhile, she's hiding bottles and white-knuckling through bedtime. We get into gray area drinking, the lie that is "mommy needs wine," and why online recovery meetings have been a game-changer for moms who can barely get to the bathroom alone. If you've ever thought your drinking doesn't count because it doesn't look like the movies, this one's for you.Check out Drunk-ish on YouTube and subscribe...please!