For this episode Toni is joined by Dave Wilson, aka Sober Dave.
Dave, 59, is a grey area drinking coach, a motivational speaker, host of the One for the Road podcast and a best-selling author of a book by the same name.
Dave got sober five years ago following a series of rock bottoms that culminated in risking his life while sleeping rough.

In this episode we discuss:
- The rock rock bottom that resulted in Dave getting sober
- How men take longer to admit they have a drinking problem and/or ask for help
- The concept of emotional sobriety and why it's so important to find out what's underneath the drinking
- The importance of changing up our routines and reverse engineering our triggers to set ourselves up for sober success
- The hamster wheel of doom that traps so many of us: a cycle of drinking to numb the chaos, which causes more chaos... and on and on...
- Different ways to regulate your nervous system
- Why we need to plan our not drinking (and how we're going into February)
- The loneliness of being an alcohol addict
- The questions to ask yourself to keep you motivated during a sober stint

**NB there are a couple of swearwords in this episode - in case of little or sensitive ears**

PODCAST NOTES + LINKS:

Check out Dave's Lives on Instagram ⁠@soberdave⁠

Tickets for Dave's ⁠Dry Jan 10k event⁠ (Sun 28th Jan)

Dave's website - ⁠www.soberdave.co.uk⁠⁠⁠

One for the Road Podcast⁠

One for the Road Book

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