{"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":"360: The Four People You Meet When You Stop Drinking","slug":"360-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking","published_at":"2026-07-29T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713/360-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713","url":"https://soberful.com/2019/10/23/66-episode-66-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/soberful/360_The_Four_People_You_Meet_When_You_Stop_Drinking.mp3?dest-id=674655","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 .","meta_description":"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,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/soberful-979713/episodes/360-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soberful-979713/360-the-four-people-you-meet-when-you-stop-drinking.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}