# What Nobody Tells You About Quitting Drinking | Emotional Sobriety with Allie Bailey Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/one-for-the-road-the-quit-drinking-podcast-3741204/what-nobody-tells-you-about-quitting-drinking-emotional-sobriety-with-allie-bailey Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/one-for-the-road-the-quit-drinking-podcast-3741204/what-nobody-tells-you-about-quitting-drinking-emotional-sobriety-with-allie-bailey.md Podcast: [One for the Road: The Quit Drinking Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/one-for-the-road-the-quit-drinking-podcast-3741204) Published: 2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/one-for-the-road-1/episodes/allie-bailey-emotional-sobriety Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64a1692cfc86ab00111f2ce6/e/698e0f2a8dc5f2047a6411b3/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/one-for-the-road-the-quit-drinking-podcast-3741204/episodes/what-nobody-tells-you-about-quitting-drinking-emotional-sobriety-with-allie-bailey Duration seconds: 4547 ## Resource In this episode of One for the Road, Sober Dave sits down with Allie Bailey, ultra runner, running coach, speaker and author, for an honest conversation about what really happens after you quit drinking. This is emotional sobriety. The uncomfortable bits. The parts of recovery nobody warns you about. Allie started drinking at 14, spent years as a functioning alcoholic in the music industry, hit rock bottom in her late thirties and quit without AA or formal support. She has been sober four and a half years. They talk about losing your identity when you stop drinking, relationships and intimacy sober, attachment styles, core values and why the resilience built through years of drinking can actually serve you in sober life. If you are thinking about quitting alcohol, in early sobriety, or well into your journey and wondering why it still feels hard, this episode is for you. Allie's new book 31 Days is available on Amazon, Audible and at adventurebooks.com. Buy direct and get a free workbook included. Follow Allie on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ab_runs/ Allie's Book: https://amzn.eu/d/03O7NRTz If you want to connect with me via Instagram, you can find me on the instahandle @Soberdave  https://www.instagram.com/soberdave/ or via my website  https://davidwilsoncoaching.com/ Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice. www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services https://nacoa.org.uk/ Show producer- Daniella Attanasio Instagram - @TheDaniellaMartinez https://www.instagram.com/thedaniellamartinez/ www.instagram.com/grownuphustle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/one-for-the-road-the-quit-drinking-podcast-3741204/episodes/what-nobody-tells-you-about-quitting-drinking-emotional-sobriety-with-allie-bailey/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/one-for-the-road-the-quit-drinking-podcast-3741204/what-nobody-tells-you-about-quitting-drinking-emotional-sobriety-with-allie-bailey.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.