Sober Dave: Emotional sobriety is the real goal. What’s underneath the drinking?

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

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