Episode

360: The Four People You Meet When You Stop Drinking

Podcast
Soberful
Published
Jul 29, 2026
Duration seconds
3111
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://soberful.com/2019/10/23/66-episode-66-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking/
Audio
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/soberful/360_The_Four_People_You_Meet_When_You_Stop_Drinking.mp3?dest-id=674655
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/soberful-979713/episodes/360-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking
Markdown
/podcast/soberful-979713/360-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/soberful-979713/episodes/360-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713/360-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

When we get sober, the world takes it personally. There are four types of characters you may meet when you stop drinking: 'The overnight addiction expert, 'the drunk persuader, the 'moving the goalposts friend,' and the 'fun police.' Chip and Veronica talk you through how each one will approach you, what they will say, and how you can deal with them. To learn more, visit the show notes .