10 Best Sobriety Podcasts to Help You Quit Drinking
If you’re working on cutting back or quitting drinking, then podcasts can be an incredible tool to support your journey. When I first quit drinking I went into Spotify and searched “sober” and started listening to podcasts. It felt like a private way to get support without anyone knowing what I was doing. That’s why when I had more sober time, I decided to start my own podcast to help others who are afraid of quitting drinking and need support.
There are so many podcasts to choose from. In this article I’ll share 10 of my favorites and a bit about the show and the host.
Sober Powered
I have to mention my own right? In the Sober Powered Podcast, I use science, psychology, and compassion to help you understand why you use self-destructive coping skills like alcohol, what happens in the brain to make drinking spiral out of control and prevent us from drinking in moderation, and how to develop the coping skills and emotional sobriety you need to quit drinking and stay sober.
2. Hello Someday
The Hello Someday Podcast helps busy and successful women build a life they love without alcohol. Host Casey McGuire Davidson, a certified life & sobriety coach, brings together her experience quitting drinking while navigating work and motherhood, along with experts in personal development, self-care, addiction and recovery, self-improvement and more.
Casey is one of my closest friends in the sober space and I highly recommend her podcast.
3. The Addicted Mind Podcast
The Addicted Mind Podcast is about understanding addiction from a research and treatment perspective. Host Duane Osterlind, LMFT dives into what drives the addictive process, explores the latest research on addiction, and talks about the latest addiction treatment options. He also explores what recovery from addiction looks like from a variety of different people.
In my opinion, Duane is the best interviewer out there. He creates such a safe space for his guest and knows how to structure the interview so that his guests can really shine.
4. The Sober Mom Life
Have you wondered if that wine might actually be making motherhood…harder? Maybe you’ve questioned your relationship with alcohol, but you don’t want to go to AA and spend time in dark church basements. Host Suzanne is sharing funny, open, honest conversations with other moms who have chosen to live an alcohol-free life.
Suzanne has created a wonderful community for moms that are looking for support and relatable conversations about quitting drinking.
5. Sober Friends Podcast
The Sober Friends Podcast is here to share our experience strength and hope overcoming our addiction to alcohol and drugs. Each week, Matt, John and Steve talk to people who have found sobriety and talk about topics that help keep the plug in the jug. If you are new, think you are alone and don’t know the next steps to getting help, you found the right place. We speak for no 12 step program but we do try to remain anonymous.
6. 2 Sober Girls Podcast
The 2 Sober Girls Podcast is your go-to alcohol-free lifestyle resource, catering to all stages of the journey. Join our hosts, Michaela Horvathova, a wellness expert and meditation teacher, and Erinn O'Neill, a health coach and sobriety mentor, as they guide you to embrace a new chapter of empowerment, joy, and fulfillment as you discover the amazing potential within you.
7. Happiest Sober
Join Madeline Forrest as she discusses all things sobriety: the highs, the lows, the challenges, the gifts, the tools, the messy middle, and everything in between. Above all else, she's here to show you that life can be happiest when you're sober.
8. Soberful
Veronica Valli and Chip Somers are experts on recovery. Chip Somers was most recently described by Russell Brand in his book 'Recovery' as a 'right social liability.' Together they have been sober for almost 50 years and have a LOT of stories, messes, experience and occasionally helpful advice to share on living in sobriety. They bring all of that (and more) to the Soberful podcast. This podcast is for anyone who wants to live an alcohol-free life, is struggling to get sober or who is in long-term recovery.
9. Sun and Moon Sober Living
Have you ever wondered why you keep turning to alcohol, drugs or unwanted behaviors even after they’ve caused you harm? Have you had a loved one gripped by addiction and questioned why they can’t just quit? Well then, you’re not alone. This podcast will help you understand what drives human behavior, and how to actually follow through on your intention to get sober and live a fulfilling life substance-free. In the Sun & Moon Sober Living Podcast, you will hear intimate conversations with those who have overcome addiction and are thriving in sobriety, and gain insights from leading experts in the fields of holistic recovery, trauma healing, nutrition, mental health, yoga & meditation, neuroscience and psychology. Mary Tilson is a certified Addiction Recovery Coach (IAPRC), Yoga & Meditation Teacher and International Retreat Leader. Sun & Moon Sober Living is inspired by her own battle with addiction.
