{"podcast":{"title":"Sober Awkward","slug":"sober-awkward-3755954","podcast_index_feed_id":3755954,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6595ff3d9616e6001613f21f","website_url":"https://soberawkward.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6595ff3d9616e6001613f21f/1769653010047-dccec8a0-9cea-4376-b2b2-14885759a862.jpeg","author":"Victoria Vanstone","episode_count":414,"summary":"Winner, Best Well-Being Podcast at The Australian Podcast Awards 2024 Have you ever woken up after a big night out and declared, “I’m never drinking again,” only to find yourself waving $50 at a barman by Happy Hour? Yep, Vic’s been there too. Join Victoria Vanstone, award-winning podcaster, author, and former binge-drinking party animal, as she explores what it’s really like to be sober in a world absolutely soaked in alcohol. Each week on Sober Awkward, Vic dives into boozy topics, social pressures, anxiety, identity wobbles, and the messy reality of quitting drinking, opening up the shame shed of humiliating stories so you don’t have to feel alone in yours. With humour, honesty, and zero judgement, Vic tells it like it is, from vomit and one-night stands to life on the other side of destructive drinking. If you’ve hit a wall, you’re fed up with anxiety, headaches, and blackouts, or you’re just quietly sober-curious, pop the kettle on and learn how to feel the awkward, and do it anyway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T04:19:56.661306+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-awkward-3755954"},"episode":{"title":"The Share Shed: Awkward Questions & Confessions","slug":"the-share-shed-awkward-questions-confessions-5","published_at":"2026-04-15T14:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-awkward-3755954/the-share-shed-awkward-questions-confessions-5","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-awkward-3755954","url":"https://soberawkward.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6595ff3d9616e6001613f21f/e/69d4ddd217813d9ba703e8bd/media.mp3","summary":"This week in the Share Shed there is a message from someone who feels properly stuck. It’s whisky, and it’s creeping earlier. What used to be evenings has slowly shifted… to afternoons… and now sometimes mornings. Just a quick swig out of the bottle to steady the nerves. They’ve been listening to the podcast, quietly questioning things, knowing deep down something isn’t right… but still lying to themselves and everyone around them. And this is the first time they’ve ever said it out loud. If this resonates maybe the best thing you can do is just tell one person? The Share Shed is where listeners send in their funniest, cringiest and most unbelievable drinking stories. It’s not about judgement, it’s about recognising how wild things could get when alcohol was in charge, and laughing about it now we’re on the other side. If you’ve got a story you’d like to get off your chest, funny, awkward or slightly ridiculous, you can send it to Vic at: vic@soberawkward.com Anonymous is absolutely fine. In fact - for legal reasons - probably preferable!! and if you feel like you are in need of some extra support and you live in Australia - here are some people you can call - 📞 SUPPORT & RESOURCES If anything in today’s Shame Shed felt familiar, or you’re worried about your drinking, there is support out there. You don’t have to do this on your own. 🇦🇺 Australia National Alcohol & Other Drug Hotline 📞 1800 250 015 (24/7) Free, confidential advice and support 🌐 https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/alcohol-and-drug-information-service Lifeline (if you’re feeling overwhelmed or in crisis) 📞 13 11 14 (24/7) 🌐 https://www.lifeline.org.au Hello Sunday Morning / Daybreak App Online support programme and community 🌐 https://hellosundaymorning.org 🌐 https://daybreakapp.com.au Clean Slate Cl…","meta_description":"This week in the Share Shed there is a message from someone who feels properly stuck. It’s whisky, and it’s creeping earlier. What used to be evenings has…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":936,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sober-awkward-3755954/episodes/the-share-shed-awkward-questions-confessions-5/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sober-awkward-3755954/the-share-shed-awkward-questions-confessions-5.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}