Show Notes
Catherine Gray is back on the podcast, this time with her brand new book Little Addictions! She joins Jamie and Tom to talk about a realisation she had 12 years into sobriety - that while she’d removed alcohol, a whole host of 'little addictions' had quietly taken its place. Catherine shares why we become addicted in the first place, the small habits many of us don’t even notice, and how they can still have a big impact on our lives. The conversation explores the science behind addiction and ...
More from They Think It's All Sober
Can you believe it! Season 9 comes to a close! Jamie and Tom look back on the conversations from Season 9, catch up on what’s been happening with their sobriety, and get into the big news that Brad Pitt is drinking again after 7 years sober! Let us know your thoughts @theythinkitsallsober Thank you all for tuning it! We will be back soon for Season 10 Sponsored by Alcohol Change UK https://alcoholchange.org.uk/ Our Patreon is now live at: https://www.patreon.com/theythinkitsallsober Fo...
This week we’re joined by Ben Dean, founder of Raven Records and author of Uncover Satan, Recover Thyself: A Rational Satanic Recovery. After years of struggling with alcohol, Ben walked into Alcoholics Anonymous at 24 and began a recovery journey that would eventually lead him to build his own approach around Rational Satanism, personal responsibility and the idea that recovery doesn’t have to look the same for everyone. His book explores how Satanic philosophy can sit alongside the princip...
This week, we’re talking about fitness, sobriety and the strange line between doing something because it makes you feel good and feeling like you have to do it just to feel okay. Jamie talks about the shame cycle that used to come with drinking: waking up hungover, feeling awful about himself, promising to do better and then eventually doing it all over again. Now, years into sobriety, he’s noticed something familiar creeping into his relationship with the gym. Training six or seven days a ...
How do you hide a cocaine addiction when you’re the person everyone depends on? This week, we’re joined by Kaitlin Reeve, the creator behind @soberasamotherfocused, for one of our most raw conversations yet. Kaitlin opens up about living a double life as a mother battling cocaine addiction, the lies she told herself, the fear of being exposed, and how quickly everything she cared about came close to falling apart. We talk about the guilt of parenting while in active addiction, the stigma th...
A relapse doesn’t erase your progress, and a blip doesn’t have to become a full return to old habits. In this episode, we talk honestly about what happens when things don’t go to plan, why shame keeps so many people stuck, and how to get back on track without writing yourself off. Whether you’ve slipped, you’re supporting someone who has, or you’re living with the fear that it might happen one day, this is a conversation about honesty, compassion, and remembering that recovery isn’t about per...