Sober stories with heart and backbone.
How I Quit Alcohol centers lived stories from people changing their relationship with drinking. The conversations move between tipping points, practical recovery tools, nervous-system regulation, purpose, relationships, and the daily work of staying sober.
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How I Quit Alcohol is a long-running sobriety podcast grounded in personal stories, recovery tools, and the emotional reality of changing a life. The show often begins with a guest's drinking history, then follows the thread into anxiety, shame, relationships, health, purpose, and the point where alcohol stops fitting the person they want to become. It is warm without being soft. The conversations make room for regret, but they keep looking for the next useful step. Cindy from the States talks about drinking in the morning, trying to quit for years, being breathalyzed, losing ease around riding her motorcycle, and realizing alcohol was taking her away from things she loved. Ty talks about preparation, a firm start date, a new identity, community, and the feeling of showing up every day. Sam Brown's episode widens the frame into relationships, self-awareness, nervous-system regulation, breath work, family dynamics, and the gap that can grow when one person is doing the work and another is not. Solo reflections focus on long-term sobriety as more than abstinence. Purpose matters. So do support systems, service, regulation, reflection, and recommitting after milestones. The show has a strong community feel, with references to challenges, Zoom calls, retreats, and ongoing check-ins. It is not a detached expert lecture. It is closer to a steady recovery conversation where a hard story is met with recognition, then shaped into something usable. The tone can be emotional, direct, and occasionally intense, but the aim is care rather than spectacle. Listeners looking for polished wellness language may find it too plainspoken. Listeners who want lived experience, accountability, and practical companionship in sobriety will find a clear lane here.
Made for: For people questioning their drinking, newly sober listeners, and those maintaining long-term recovery who want lived experience alongside practical tools. It also suits partners, friends, and community members trying to understand the emotional work behind sobriety.
What sets it apart: The show blends guest-led sobriety stories with a strong sense of community, returning often to identity, purpose, regulation, and recommitment. It feels less like a lecture and more like a recovery room conversation that keeps asking what actually helps.
Are you sick of feeling controlled by alcohol?Do you want to drink less?Do you wake up after a night of drinking feeling anxious and full of regret?I've been there and want to help you. In this podcast I will be talking with ex-binge drinkers, alcoholics in recovery, drug and and alcohol counsellors and people that have good stuff to say about quitting the drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Personal recovery stories turn sobriety into specific choices about identity, support, relationships and the routines that sustain change.
How I quit alcohol makes sobriety concrete by asking people to describe the point at which drinking stopped fitting the life they wanted. Most episodes are warm, direct interviews, with the host following personal accounts into anxiety, relationships, family trust, identity and…
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A quiet sobriety reckoning shaped by morning beer, motorcycle rides, older dogs, and the thought of a new puppy.
Cindy's sobriety story turns on the small permissions that can keep a problem looking manageable. Beer had sat outside her idea of serious drinking, even as mornings, anxiety, and daily limits began to tell another story.
A candid check-in on how identity, tools, and daily action shaped Ty's sober routine.
Ty's check-in treats sobriety less as a milestone than as an identity shift: what changes when drinking is no longer up for debate, and showing up becomes a daily choice?
Sam Brown connects self-awareness and nervous-system regulation to what happens when one partner comes home dysregulated.
The episode is strongest when it treats repair as something that can start before anyone says the difficult thing out loud. Sam Brown ties connection to the quieter work of noticing what is happening inside one's own system.
A steady review of purpose, evolving support, and the habits that keep sobriety active.
Long-term sobriety is treated as something maintained in motion, not a milestone crossed once and left behind. The host keeps the focus on self-regulation, regular check-ins, and the quieter question of purpose: what matters now, whether daily life still lines up with it, and…
A clear, grounded account of quitting alcohol through one hard night, a forgotten note, and personal responsibility.
The episode treats quitting alcohol as a private reckoning rather than a tidy breakthrough. A guest describes drinking every day, waking hung over, living in fight-or-flight, and becoming mean when alcohol was in charge.
Suzie's sobriety story finds hope in accountability, family repair, and showing up for her grandchildren.
Suzie's story turns on the cost of drinking and drug use inside family life in Torquay, where she was often emotionally and physically out of reach for her daughter.
Recovery stories, told from the room.
Recovery stories without polish or distance.
Susie's prayer led to a bright light and a voice saying 'I'm here,' instantly removing her craving for alcohol.
How I Quit Alcohol episode 387 examines Jo Kinna's account of childhood trauma, family dynamics, and alcohol dependence.
Cindy from Phoenix, Arizona and South Dakota says she started drinking at 3 years old and was openly drinking at 12 or 13 around her family and at trappers conventions in Colorado.
Ty returns to the How I Quit Alcohol Zoom room three months into a planned 12 months off alcohol, and Danny Carr frames the conversation around identity change.
Sam Brown joins How I Quit Alcohol to talk about relationship repair, retreats in Bali, and why she now teaches from her own marriage of 30 years and 25 years of marriage.
Solo host discusses how to thrive in long-term sobriety, emphasizing that self-regulation and checking in remain relevant regardless of time sober.
Dani introduces a conversation with Ash Butters about long-term sobriety, cutting through excuses, and the importance of community and self-care in recovery.
Dr Luke Sniewski discusses how we change and why we often resist it, with a focus on sobriety and personal growth.
Host announces retreats and introduces the podcast before the main interview with Ty about taking a year off from alcohol.
Yvonne from Gladstone, Queensland says her first serious drinking happened at 14, when she drank from a friend's parents' cabinet and ended up violently sick.
Chris Gimpel shares his personal journey and the steps he took to achieve sobriety and personal growth.
A podcast episode introducing New Year's Day mind hacks for sobriety with guest Ash Grunwald, preceded by announcements about retreats and a sponsor message.
Dani introduces a conversation with Katie, a graduate of the How I Quit Alcohol program, about her journey with sobriety and resentment.