{"podcast":{"title":"Spain To Go","slug":"spain-to-go-1855923","podcast_index_feed_id":1855923,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://expatmadrid.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8060554/8060554-1729525389813-492bbd60a38fb.jpg","author":"Daniel Welsch","episode_count":149,"summary":"All about life in Spain, from a longtime expat and travel writer living in Barcelona. This podcast talks about Spanish culture, travel, language, history, politics, food and much more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T18:20:31.208001+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923"},"episode":{"title":"143 - Sober in Spain (Practicalities and Deep Thoughts)","slug":"143-sober-in-spain-practicalities-and-deep-thoughts","published_at":"2026-06-03T09:46:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/143-sober-in-spain-practicalities-and-deep-thoughts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spain/episodes/143---Sober-in-Spain-Practicalities-and-Deep-Thoughts-e3k9a46","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/play/120940102/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-3%2Fb69f4003-3c68-a62a-6450-581ff05ad4c9.mp3","summary":"It's been more than three years since I quit drinking, and people have asked me for an update. So here goes: some practical thoughts about being sober in Spain, and some deep thoughts about sobriety generally. In today's episode, we've got my top tips for sobriety, creating a new "sober identity", finding a higher power, and much more. Support the podcast here: https://expatmadrid.com/donate/ More about being sober in Spain and elsewhere here: https://expatmadrid.com/sober-spain/ I'm also on YouTube, teaching Spanish (and publishing the episodes of this podcast, if you'd prefer to listen there)... check out: https://youtube.com/learnspanishwithdaniel/ Have a great day out there... And get in touch if this topic is relevant for you. I'd love to hear your thoughts.","meta_description":"It's been more than three years since I quit drinking, and people have asked me for an update. So here goes: some practical thoughts about being sober in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1312,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spain-to-go-1855923/episodes/143-sober-in-spain-practicalities-and-deep-thoughts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/143-sober-in-spain-practicalities-and-deep-thoughts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}