Drunk-ish - A Sobriety Podcast

Paul Drayton on Alcohol, ADHD & Life After Alan Carr

This week I talk to Paul Drayton about the complicated relationship between drinking, anxiety, ADHD and that lovely little voice that insists maybe this time two glasses

Comedian Jackie Kashian on 8 shots, 11 beers, and Quitting

If you've ever quit drinking for three months and then decided the real fix was "just don't drive," this one's for you. Jackie Kashian is a stand-up comedian with over 25

Margaret Cho Drinks to Not Be Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho came on Drunk-ish this week, and I need you to understand the scope of this: she detoxed off alcohol, opiates, benzos, Adderall and kratom — which now comes

Sober On the Ultimatum - Edris Khalieque (Part 2)

Edris Khalieque is back for Part Two, and this is the half with the reality show in it. He and Jessica Grace went on The Ultimatum with a very reasonable plan — don't che

Before the Ultimatum - Edris Khalieque (Part 1)

Part One. This week I'm joined by Edris Khalieque, who is on the current season of The Ultimatum, has 16 years sober, and once walked into rehab with a very clear plan:

The Sober Curator's Sobriety Story

If you've ever moved to a new city thinking a fresh start would fix the drinking -- and then found yourself alone on the couch at 2 PM on a Tuesday with a bottle you swor

Magic, Medicine, Misery

In this episode I talk to comedian Zach Noe Towers, who spent the first five years of his stand-up career doing a shot before his set and a beer during it, convinced it m

What Anorexia and Drinking Have in Common is Everything

There’s a specific kind of person who hears “just have dessert sometimes” and counters with a 38-day countdown to her dad’s birthday cake. Misti Milner is that person, an

She Wasn't Like the Other People in the Room

If you've ever sat in a therapist's office for months working on everything except the thing you do every single night — same. My friend Rebecca Nelson Lubin has almost 1

The Diary of a Twenty Five Year-old Alcoholic

If you’ve ever woken up with an injury you couldn’t explain and just… made up a story about it, Elli gets it. She had her first drink at 13, her first blackout at 14, and

The Truth About Sobriety and Mental Health

If you've ever assumed sobriety would turn you into a calm, well-adjusted person who makes good decisions and drinks green juice while journaling at sunrise, Sara Christi

Tanya J Part 2: When Grief Tests Your Sobriety

Tanya J is back for Part Two, and I would strongly suggest listening to Part One first unless you enjoy walking into the emotional equivalent of a movie halfway through a

The Fixer Finally Asked for Help

This week on Drunk-ish, I’m talking with my friend Tanya J, whose sobriety story does not begin with teenage keg stands or dramatic college beer pong. Her drinking took o

Sober Moms, Teenagers, and the Big Alcohol Talk

This week on Drunk-ish, I’m trying something a little different: a topic episode instead of one guest story. I’m joined by Casey McGuire Davidson and Sara Kaufman-Bradstr

From Bar Fights to 45 Years Sober

This week I’m talking with my Rob Hill, who has 45 years sober and somehow manages to make attempted childhood sibling murder, lesbian bar fights, therapy, motorcycles, a

When Rehab Doesn't Fix Everything

This week I’m talking with Josh Welch, a criminal defense lawyer, husband, dad, and person in recovery who has been through it — rehabs, relapses, shame spirals, rebuildi

A Sobriety Story With a Plot Twist

This week, I’m talking with my friend Cindy — no last name, because we are classy and mysterious like that. Cindy takes us from growing up in Mississippi, to 1980s New Yo

Menopause, Muscle Relaxers and Relapse

This week I’m talking with Kira Reed, and wow, we get into it. We talk about the kind of childhood stuff that follows you around, getting launched into adulthood way too

Do You Need AA to Get Sober?

Stefanie decided to take a week off from guest stories to argue about AA with her friend Tamara Mello, who is sober but also takes the occasional gummy, which according t

The Worst Night of His Life Started at the Comedy Store

Stefanie sits down with her neighbor Josh Sautter, who broke his ankle and his leg riding a drunk electric scooter on New Year’s Eve and then called his mom from the hosp