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A Sobriety Story With a Plot Twist
Apr 28, 2026
50m 13s
Menopause, Muscle Relaxers and Relapse
Apr 21, 2026
44m 16s
Do You Need AA to Get Sober?
Apr 14, 2026
50m 38s
The Worst Night of His Life Started at the Comedy Store
Apr 7, 2026
54m 41s
From Blowing a .21 to Running Sober Adventure Retreats
Mar 31, 2026
45m 41s
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| 4/28/26 |  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 York, to getting sober young, to the complicated, sneaky way pain pills pulled her back into addiction after years in recovery. We talk about shame, secrecy, chronic pain, AA, bad boy choices, schoolteacher glamour, and the miracle of finally telling the truth when pretending has become a full-time job. Join us on YouTube to see Cindy's array of cool glasses! | 50m 13s | ||||||
| 4/21/26 | 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 early, and the many extremely bad ideas that can grow out of trying to outrun grief. Kira talks about her path from wild 80s partying into heroin addiction, getting sober, relapsing years later through prescribed muscle relaxers, and what it takes to come back again. We also talk about motherhood, secrets, honesty, and why so many of us are determined to parent nothing like we were parented. Please check out these episode over on YouTube | 44m 16s | ||||||
| 4/14/26 | 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 to some corners of Sober Facebook means she is not sober, which means she should probably turn in her badge. Wait, nobody gave her a badge. That's the whole problem. They talk about the imaginary sober rule book nobody can find, the 17-cups-of-coffee defense, the people who think antidepressants are cheating, and Stefanie's full-body confession about the time she got nitrous oxide at the dentist and spent the whole drive home wondering if her sober friends would judge her. To follow (and connect with) Tamara go to her IG @TamaraMelloCheck out her amazing jewelry collection at Etsy.com/shop/GreyByTamaraMello | 50m 38s | ||||||
| 4/7/26 | 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 hospital at 7am on January 1st. Classic. Josh got sober that week. From there things could only go up. We hear about meeting his wife because the world was ending (Covid, specifically), and somehow going from hosting a neighborhood pie eating contest so grotesque they had to downsize the Costco pies to running for Congress. Find Josh at JoshSautterforCongress.comFollow the show on YouTube for a look at Josh's baby face at YouTube | 54m 41s | ||||||
| 3/31/26 | From Blowing a .21 to Running Sober Adventure Retreats | I talk to Laura Van Antwerp, who once sat on her couch reading a book by the Buddha, candles lit, vibes immaculate -- while doing shots of Sauza Blue tequila with a pineapple back. Her ex-boyfriend walked in and said, "What happened to you?" and she thought he was asking about her day. He was asking about her drinking. Laura tried everything to quit drinking: the wine-only rule, the expensive-wine-only rule, the one-bottle-in-the-house rule, Dry January, even training for a marathon. She talks about how she said she was going to do things but never followed through, and how the shame of all of it kept pulling her back to the bottle until she figured out how to let it go. Laura now runs sober adventure retreats and takes women backpacking and whitewater rafting. She went from not being able to complete a Dry January to running a business. Sobriety looks good on her.Find out more about Laura @YourSoberPal or her website YourSoberPal.com (her Sober adventures are linked to from her website!)Subscribe over on YouTube | 45m 41s | ||||||
| 3/24/26 | The First Sober Comics and the Friends They Lost Along the Way | I talk to Rich Shydner, a standup comic who once performed on acid, had a roast beef sandwich thrown at him on stage by his tripping girlfriend, and thought “I am one with the bugs” while sitting in a stream covered in mosquitoes. So yeah, he’s done some things. He’s also been sober since 1985, which is longer than some of you have been alive, and he's doing great! Rich was part of the original sober comedy crew in LA — the guys who proved you could do the road without a drink. He also has very strong opinions about microdosing, which boil down to: “If I could microdose, I wouldn’t be in the shape I’m in.” Same, Rich, same. | 51m 18s | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | She Lost Everything—and Got Sober Anyway | In part two with Kristi Tanner, we get into what happened after everything fell apart: the second DUI, rehab, divorce, single motherhood, and the very weird miracle of building a life you actually want to be awake for. Kristi talks about getting sober with four little kids, learning how to be alone without losing her mind, and why her children now think rehab was basically the White House. Please check out Drunk-ish on YouTubeFollow Kristi Tanner on IG @MocktailMommy | 43m 15s | ||||||
| 3/17/26 | I Thought I Needed Better Drinking Rules | This week I’m talking to Kristi Tanner, and wow, did we have one of those conversations where you start nodding so hard you practically sprain your neck. Kristi walks me through the long, messy road from party girl to mommy-wine survival mode to full-blown chaos, complete with blackouts, denial, rehab, hiding bottles, and trying to convince herself she just needed better “rules.” We talk about how alcohol can make you feel connected right up until it blows your life apart, and how easy it is to confuse shame with proof that you’re just a bad person. Please check out Drunk-ish on YouTubeFollow Kristi Tanner on IG @MocktailMommy | 57m 33s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | Celeste Yvonne on the Lie Behind "Mommy Needs Wine” | This week I'm talking to Celeste Yvonne, author of It's Not About the Wine: The Loaded Truth Behind Mommy Wine Culture, and I have to tell you — I kept saying "same" out loud while reading her Scary Mommy interview. Celeste grew up watching her dad's Nicolas Cage-level alcoholism and figured as long as she wasn't that, she was fine. Meanwhile, she's hiding bottles and white-knuckling through bedtime. We get into gray area drinking, the lie that is "mommy needs wine," and why online recovery meetings have been a game-changer for moms who can barely get to the bathroom alone. If you've ever thought your drinking doesn't count because it doesn't look like the movies, this one's for you.Check out Drunk-ish on YouTube and subscribe...please! | 45m 27s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 | The Sneaky Relapse: Lying, Shame, and Starting Over with Kim Evey | This week on Drunk-ish, my friend Kim Evey comes back for a do-over—because last time she was on in 2025, she wasn’t fully telling the story. We talk about what relapse can look like when you’re still saying the right things, still showing up… and quietly sliding into secrecy anyway. Kim gets brutally honest about perfectionism, shame, “sneaky” addiction brain, and how the smallest little off-ramps (skipping meetings, ditching meditation, isolating, even a video game spiral) can add up fast. Plus: pills, gummies, Ambien-hunting, and the moment her kid said, “You’re acting weird.” | 45m 22s | ||||||
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| 2/24/26 | Alcohol Free Was Easy, Quitting Weed Was Not with Sara Kaufman Bradstreet | I’m joined this week by Sara Kaufman Bradstreet, creator of No More Wasted Days, and honestly we could’ve titled this episode: The Nobel Prize in Making Rules You’ll Break By Tuesday. Sara and I talk binge drinking, brownouts, the fantasy of “I’ll only drink wine and beer,” and the oddly romantic chaos of being drinking partners—until one of you ruins the party by quitting. We also get into her Beachbody era where “I drink beer” was basically a brand pillar and what it’s like to go from alcohol-free to fully substance-free.Find Sara on her website to hit her up for coaching at NoMoreWastedDays.coHer podcast is No More Wasted Days whereever you download your podsor her IG No_More_Wasted_DaysFind this episode on YouTube | 48m 05s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 | Little Addictions: What Happens After You Quit Drinking with Catherine Gray | Catherine Gray, best selling author of The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, is here to talk about her new book Little Addictions, and let me tell you, this one hit close to home. We're talking about all the stuff we do too much of—phones, sugar, procrastination, people-pleasing—basically everything except drinking, which we've already quit. Catherine explains why her journalism friends literally coined the phrase "got Cath'd last night" because of how drunk she'd get, how she ended up topless in a hot tub at a work Christmas party, and why she now obsesses over peppermint tea instead of wine. Funny, relatable, and weirdly comforting.Little Addictions, is out today (Feb 10th) anywhere you get books. You can follower Catherine Gray on IG at @UnexpectedJoyOfTo watch this episode check it out on YouTube | 54m 29s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 | Good Hair, No Bra and Generational Trauma with Vicki Moser | This week I'm talking with my friend Vicki Moser about anxiety, complicated childhoods, and how sobriety helped her rewrite the story she'd been telling herself for decades. Vicki shares what it was like growing up painfully shy, caring for her sick mom while still a teenager, and eventually finding herself drinking to cope with all of it. We get into the messy middle of recovery, the freedom that comes from owning our mistakes with our kids, and why "powerful, courageous, sober woman" is the only story she's telling now. Plus, we bond over good hair and no bras on Zoom. You know, the important stuff.Please check out Drunk-ish on YouTube to see Vicki's hair for yourselves and don't forget to subscribe while you're there! | 49m 47s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | The Margarita That Started My Relapse with Colleen Saldana | This week I’m talking with Colleen Saldana, a therapist at a recovery center who somehow manages to be both deeply wise and extremely relatable. Colleen got sober at 21, relapsed at 38, and tells the whole “I’ll just have one margarita” story in a way that will make you laugh… and also clutch your water bottle tighter. We get into growing up around alcohol, anxiety, an eating disorder, the way addiction plays the long game, and what finally helped (detox, sober living, sponsorship, and doing the actual program). It’s a big, hopeful, been-there conversation. Check out the show on YouTube and subscribe! | 44m 15s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | I Hit Rock Bottom and Then I Lit it On Fire with Danielle Mercier | I love this episode because Danielle Mercier is basically a walking cautionary tale and a motivational poster at the same time. We get into her early “party girl” years, her brief era of thinking Las Vegas was a wholesome alternative to LA (amazing logic), and the moment her drinking finally caught up with her in the most dramatic way possible. From there, Danielle talks about getting sober, finding her people in 12-Step, and building a life so full she actually likes herself now—which is kind of the whole point, right? Also: cocaine on a soap opera set. You’re welcome. | 54m 52s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | (Part 2) When You Can't Accept the Unacceptable with Margot Rose | We’re back with Margot Rose for Part Two where Margot takes us somewhere heartbreaking and profound—family, divorce, regret, and the kind of loss that changes the shape of your whole life. We talk about what sobriety looks like when the “easy button” doesn’t exist, how shame can shove people out of the rooms, and why sometimes you do what you have to do just to get through the day. And then—hope: the promise she made, the art she created, and what it means to keep showing up.Find Margot on IGTickets to UnconditionalWatch the episode on YouTubeand please like and subscribe to YouTube or to this audio podcast! | 35m 42s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | We All Need a Parade with Margot Rose | I’m with Margot Rose this week, and let’s just say: if you’ve ever wanted a sobriety parade, you’re among friends. Margot and I go way back—16 years back—and we revisit the era when I was… not exactly a delight in sober spaces, and she was the rock-and-roll, sharp-edged voice I desperately needed. We talk Staten Island Ferry busking, the “white wine and coke” cocktail (please don’t), quitting cocaine but keeping the drinking going, and the extremely slippery slope of meds that are technically “as directed.” Also: we split her story—come back for Part Two. Find Margot on IGTickets to UnconditionalWatch the episode on YouTubeand please like and subscribe to YouTube or to this audio podcast! | 42m 15s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | Dry January...Or Just Not Drinking with Tamara Mello | Tamara Mello is back (again… third? fourth? who’s counting), and I’m thrilled because she just hit three years sober with a January 2 sobriety date — which makes this time of year feel extra real. We talk about why “just moderate” can feel like a full-time job, why taking drinking off the table can weirdly bring relief, and how the holidays can either break you… or show you what you’re made of. Plus: sober parties, social anxiety, accidentally sipping the wrong drink, and why drunk people get louder while everyone gets less interesting.Find Tamara's Etsy shop here: HERESubscribe to Drunk-ish on YouTube | 47m 01s | ||||||
| 12/30/25 | Best Of: Kathleen Wilhoite | I'm taking one more week off for the holidays but next week I'll be back with all new episodes! This is a great interview with Kathleen Wilhoite — actress, musician, writer, teacher, and one of the most honest, hilarious, and compelling people I’ve met. We talked about getting fired from a movie before even filming (swizzle sticks in a jean jacket were involved), and finding herself again through songwriting, teaching, and recovery. We also get into what long-term sobriety actually looks like — spoiler: it’s not always serene yoga mornings and green juice. It’s messy, hard, beautiful, and sometimes involves yelling into the void (and then calling your sponsor). I can’t wait for you to hear it.Please go here to watch on YouTube: To follow Kathleen on Insta: @RealKathleenWMy insta: @SWilderTaylor | 1h 08m 19s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | Best Of: Tamara Mello Bonus - Talking Bipolar | Tamara Mello came back a few days later to get a little more into dealing with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder along with her sobriety. It was a great discussion and worth bringing back especially right now around the holidays. | 36m 01s | ||||||
| 12/23/25 | Best Of: Tamara Mello Wonders Why She Can't Drink Like a Normal Person | We're going back to the beginning with a fan favorite, my friend, Tamara Mello. Tamara is an actress (She's All That, Popular etc.), a mom and a jewelry designer (Grey By Tamara Mello on Etsy) and she's getting real on coming up on 3 years sober. | 58m 03s | ||||||
| 12/16/25 | The Last Time I Went to Jail with Tara Motter | This week I’m catching up with Tara Motter, and it really does feel like a girlfriend hang… except with microphones and considerably more accountability. We talk about the whole “cool wine mom” era (oops), the way drinking can turn into your entire personality, and Tara’s truly iconic alter ego, T-Rex. Tara also tells the story of the night she hit bottom—yes, there was a taxi situation, yes, there was jail—and how she rebuilt from there with meetings, honesty, and a plan that actually worked. Funny, real, and weirdly hopeful. You can find Tara on her TikTok,Her IG @RecoveringFromSomething or her Substack which is Recovering From SomethingYou can watch this episode HERE | 58m 48s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 | From DUI to Off-Broadway: Sean Daniels Turns Alcoholism Into Art | If you’ve ever wondered whether “drinking is just part of my personality” is a solid life plan, this episode is for you. I’m joined by the hilarious and brutally honest Sean Daniels, a theater director who managed to get fired from his dream job for day drinking, then turned his mess into an Off-Broadway play and a whole nonprofit, the Recovery Arts Project. We talk relapse (so much more common than people admit), brain chemistry, secret Mormon drinking, and why nobody brings you a casserole when you go to rehab. Come for the drunk stories, stay for the hope. | 57m 44s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | The Sober Diaries: Clare Pooley Gets Real | If you’ve ever Googled “Am I an alcoholic?” at midnight (hi, welcome), you’re going to love this week’s conversation with the author of The Sober Diaries, Clare Pooley. We get into her days as “Sober Mummy,” why she once hid red wine in a coffee mug, the absolute hellscape of dancing in heels sober, and how quitting drinking somehow also led both of us straight into the arms of sugar. Clare’s stories are sharp, hilarious, and painfully relatable. Grab your fancy sneakers and join us.Clare can be found at her website ClarePooley.com and you can find her books everywhere. | 48m 13s | ||||||
| 11/25/25 | Perfectionism, Postpartum and Putting Down the Wine with Dana Bowman | If you’ve ever taken an “Am I an alcoholic?” quiz and argued with every single question… you’re going to love this one. Writer and mom of two Dana Bowman joins me to talk about growing up with a “dry drunk” dad, becoming the straight-A, teacher-of-the-year perfectionist, and then secretly drinking her face off on the couch. We laugh about wine-mom culture, hiding bottles in boots, and that first meeting where a guy with a spiderweb head tattoo basically saved her life. We also hit relapse, menopause, sugar binges, and her new book on sober menopause. Check out Dana's websiteWatch the episode here | 52m 01s | ||||||
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