The incredible transformation you'll see in your body when you stop drinking (there are subtle side effects you're not even aware of until you stop)

As far as tone goes, he went for an emphatic voice, sort of like he was salesman for sobriety. While I believe he feels this way, writing in this style always feels a bit disingenuous to me. The book is filled with lofty promises of endless energy, disappearing anxiety, loads of confidence, career success, fitness, etc. I agree that alcohol can be an impediment to these things, but in my experience quitting drinking doesn't create super-humans. Likewise, I felt like he underplayed some of the challenges associated with total abstinence. Not only has giving up alcohol been transformational for her own health but also in her career. Listen in as we speak with the only sober recruitment consultant on the planet (probably!). I speak to Katie about her sober story, navigating life at 25 sober and how she has grown up with a parent in AA. Alcohol is expensive, and it has side effects that go far beyond just having a headache the next day. We also discuss yoga teacher training, breathing techniques and we also do a live breathing technique you can use when you need to calm the flight or fight system down :)Was helpful as an inspiring story of how the author turned his life around and enjoyed the conversational tone of the book. What are the most mind-blowing transformations from giving up alcohol that everyone should know about? And why everyone can benefit from sobriety - whether you're a binge drinker, social drinker or everyday drinker. I talk about my addiction to alcohol, drugs and gambling in a particularly dark time for me when I was 28 and how rehab saved my life. I talk about my experience of going to Alcoholics anonymous and doing the 12 step programme. I also talk about how I feel out of favour with the programme and found sobriety connection in other ways.

The more subtle argument that I felt that it failed to make was "you should go from drinking occasionally/moderately to not drinking at all". Being someone who went from drinking occasionally to not at all, I don't think I would have been hard to persuade, but I don't feel like Alexander really tried.

I have an in-depth chat with Ben about corporate culture and how they largely ignore people with addictions (myself included) yet they are willing to help those who state they have a mental illness. Shannon highlights how difficult (and unfair) life can be, even during his sobriety he has had to overcome so many painful events in his life, how he stayed sober during this time is truly inspiring. He speaks about what sobriety has given him, the support he got from his husband and how he didn't go to AA but use an addiction counsellor to help him to become sobriety. The Sober On A Drunk Planet podcast follows the success of the book Sober On A Drunk Planet Book and Audio Series. Here we talk to amazing guests about their battles with alcohol and other drugs and how getting sober allowed them to live a life unimaginable when they were drunk or high (or both!).

A short read, just over 3h on Audible. I feel like this book wasn't written for me—that doesn't need to be a problem, but I think in this case it was a weakness. The book would be best-suited to folks who have a pretty serious drinking problem. The baseline he works against in the book is something like being drunk/hungover at least 3 days a week, spending hundreds of dollars each night out, vomiting, embarrassing oneself, etc. Therefore the argument is something like "drinking a lot is really costly, therefore one should quit drinking entirely". Whether you're a binge drinker, an end-of-day wine drinker, or a social drinker, you can transform your life by making a different choice. It isn't just people who know they have a problem who stand to benefit from giving up alcohol – it's everyone. Why your bank balance will thank you for cutting out alcohol (and it reaches far beyond the money you'll save)I speak with Zach about running a multi-million-pound business, losing it to addiction and coming to terms with childhood trauma. We speak about his upbringing and how that shaped his addictive nature from an early age.