{"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":"358: Can I Drink In Moderation?","slug":"358-can-i-drink-in-moderation","published_at":"2026-07-15T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713/358-can-i-drink-in-moderation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713","url":"https://soberful.com/2019/09/11/60-episode-60-can-i-drink-in-moderation/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/soberful/358_Can_I_Drink_In_Moderation.mp3?dest-id=674655","summary":"The Holy Grail of anyone with an alcohol use disorder is moderation. In this episode, Chip and Veronica look at why moderation (or social drinking) is very rarely achievable. We discuss the energy and effort that people put into trying to achieve it. The reason that we struggle with moderation is because of the perception that alcohol can benefit us when the reality is very different. To learn more, visit the show notes .","meta_description":"The Holy Grail of anyone with an alcohol use disorder is moderation. In this episode, Chip and Veronica look at why moderation (or social drinking) is ver…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2779,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/soberful-979713/episodes/358-can-i-drink-in-moderation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713/358-can-i-drink-in-moderation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}