A Week Sober

Stuart and Louise discuss whether alcohol loosens you up or turns you into someone completely different. They also discuss the role of alcohol in University Challenge, and whether its possible to learn to loosen up without a drink at a party.Another entertaining episode where we tell you more about ourselves than you probably wanted to know.

We talk about anxiety and some of the things you might think about to help you through it. We also discuss why it is important to consult a doctor when quitting alcohol and how we know it will definitely get better once you have quit.

Louise talks about the first of six structured telephone sessions she has received from the charity Change Grow Live. This charity provides support and advice to people quitting addictions. They discuss how long they think the danger zone lasts and how to get past it. They also talk about strategies they have put in this week to avoid drinking triggers.Louise talks about the benefit of joining online support groups such as groups that can be found on Facebook. Reading about how people are bravely battling their addictions on a daily and sometimes hourly basis is both encouraging and humbling.www.changegrowlive.org 

In this episode we find out just how much Louise has been craving sugar through the week, and whether any ginger cake survived. We hear about Stuart's dancing and disover if drinking made him more musically creative or just made him think he was more creative! Stuart also tells his mum this week that he has stopped drinking. 

In addition to talking about the benefits of Sober October, Stuart and Louise reveal where they used to hide their alcohol, how much money they have saved in the first 55 days, and why they are suddenly eating chocolate voraciously. Louise also shares some of the information she is receiving from her alcohol counsellor.

If you need some encouragement to go Sober this October, listen to this joyful podcast, where Stuart and Louise discuss all the great things they have discovered about life since they stopped drinking, and how this has helped them stay dry without fighting a daily battle to not drink.Listen to this podcast if you need more ideas about how to reprogram your subconscious to take the fight out of your journey to stop drinking, or if you simply want to be entertained by two people who no longer have any excuses for forgetting things.Again we recommend people look at www.bottled-up.com for the best help if you are living with a problem drinker or if you want to stop drinking yourself.

Stuart and Louise talk honestly about the resources they used to help them reprogram their subconscious so that stopping drinking wouldn't be a daily battle. This is a really useful and practical episode of you want a place to start with reducing your own drinking, or just an interesting listen if you wondered if it was possible to change after decades of heavy drinking.The resources referred to in this episode are:www.bottled-up.com'This Naked Mind' by Annie Grace'The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober' Catherine Gray'Detachment The Art of Letting Go While Living with an Alcoholic' Evelyn Leite  

Stuart and Louise discuss the times they have tried to reduce their drinking in the past, and why they came to the conclusion that they needed to go dry this time.They discuss the difficult week that made them come to the decision, and how they feel they will fare in the future.They also discuss their afternoon in the pub last weekend! Be entertained and hopefully inspired by this open and honest discussion of their ongoing attempt to stay dry.

Stuart and Louise discuss their history of drinking, and how they were able to convince themselves that it was not problematic. This very personal and candid discussion is intended to help people who may have similar drinking patterns see that it is possible to change.This episode sets the scene for next week's discussion in which they discuss how they came to the decision that they needed to stop. Future episodes will discuss the resources, and personal work they employed to help them on the first steps of their ongoing journey to becoming alcohol free.Any joking around this subject is not intended to minimise or glorify past drinking, and will hopefully be taken in the context of their current joy around being 4 weeks sober. 

Stuart and Louise talk very candidly about their journey towards becoming alcohol free. They are at the very beginning of the process and this is the first landmark event that would have, in previous attempts, seen them reeling and singing their way back to the bottom of a bottle. Or several. How did they do this time? They talk about the weekend and the strategies they employed to help keep themselves sober. The discussion intends to entertain, enlighten and inspire.  We hope you enjoy the start of a series designed to take you with them as they resolve to change their lives.