Drunk-ish - A Sobriety Podcast

In a first of its kind episode, I talk directly to the listeners about (what I consider) the myth of moderation. Maybe I should have titled this episode the myth of moderation so you know what you're getting into but I...

Suzanne Warye is back for her third or fourth visit (we've lost count), and I'd have her on every week if she'd let me. We start with her first grader refusing to go to school and somehow end up at the bigger question...

Amy Hatvany is back to discuss the CNN article that poses the question: If you've called yourself an alcoholic, can you ever go back to restrained drinking? We take a deep dive into black and white thinking, glorifying...

This week I'm talking with author Amy Hatvany, who wrote nine novels — including Best Kept Secret, the book I read early in sobriety and thought, "Okay, who installed a camera in my house." Amy gets into something I...

(This is part 2) You ever wake up after a night out and think, “Well, that probably wasn’t my proudest moment”? Emily Lynn Paulson did that—only it involved a blackout, a hotel doorman, EMTs, and a luxury car she...

(This is part 1) You ever wake up after a night out and think, “Well, that probably wasn’t my proudest moment”? Emily Lynn Paulson did that—only it involved a blackout, a hotel doorman, EMTs, and a luxury car she...

This is part two of a two-part episode - Matthew takes me on a wild ride from his years of addiction-fueled crime to the jaw-dropping moment that made him risk his own freedom to do the right thing. We talk about what...

This is part one of a two-part episode - Matthew takes me on a wild ride from his years of addiction-fueled crime to the jaw-dropping moment that made him risk his own freedom to do the right thing. We talk about what...

This week I talk to Paul Drayton about the complicated relationship between drinking, anxiety, ADHD and that lovely little voice that insists maybe this time two glasses of wine will actually mean two glasses of wine...

If you've ever quit drinking for three months and then decided the real fix was "just don't drive," this one's for you. Jackie Kashian is a stand-up comedian with over 25 years sober. But before sobriety stuck she...

Edris Khalieque is back for Part Two, and this is the half with the reality show in it. He and Jessica Grace went on The Ultimatum with a very reasonable plan — don't cheat, get engaged at the end, watch it back, then...

Part One. This week I'm joined by Edris Khalieque, who is on the current season of The Ultimatum, has 16 years sober, and once walked into rehab with a very clear plan: get out, find better heroin, come back. Reader...

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...

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...

There’s a specific kind of person who hears “just have dessert sometimes” and counters with a 38-day countdown to her dad’s birthday cake. Misti Milner is that person, and it turns out so am I. We talk about the offhand...