{"podcast":{"title":"Soberful","slug":"soberful-979713","podcast_index_feed_id":979713,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/117480/rss","website_url":"http://soberful.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/d/c/6/5dc662761da6f71dd959afa2a1bf1c87/5f14fa2da147aead2524dbba947a45d6.jpgixlibrails-4.3.1max-w3000max-h3000fitcropautoformatcompress","author":"Veronica Valli","episode_count":369,"summary":"Veronica Valli and Chip Somers are experts on recovery. Chip Somers was most recently described by Russell Brand in his book 'Recovery' as a 'right social liability.' Together they have been sober for almost 50 years and have a LOT of stories, messes, experience and occasionally helpful advice to share on living in sobriety. They bring all of that (and more) to the Soberful podcast. This podcast is for anyone who wants to live an alcohol-free life, is struggling to get sober or who is in long-term recovery.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T02:18:21.435814+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713"},"episode":{"title":"352: Chip's Story Part 1","slug":"352-chip-s-story-part-1","published_at":"2026-06-10T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713/352-chip-s-story-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713","url":"https://soberful.com/2018/05/30/7-episode-7/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/soberful/352_Chips_Story_Part_1.mp3?dest-id=674655","summary":"*Trigger warning* Discussion of childhood sexual abuse. In this episode, Chip tells his incredible story of recovery. He grew up in an upper-class British family with no love or warmth, was abandoned to a boarding school at age seven where he was bullied. By 18 he was sticking needles in his arms. He spent time in prison and five days on life support. Listen to his amazing story of transformation. In next week's episode, we will discuss how he healed and overcame all of this adversity. To learn more, visit the show notes .","meta_description":"*Trigger warning* Discussion of childhood sexual abuse. In this episode, Chip tells his incredible story of recovery. He grew up in an upper-class British…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/soberful-979713/episodes/352-chip-s-story-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713/352-chip-s-story-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}