Finding Levity in Sobriety - With Audrey

Finding Levity in Sobriety - With Audrey

From Sober Awkward by soberawkward

August 30, 2026 · 56 min · Season 14 · Episode 10

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Audrey about finding humor in sobriety and the challenges of motherhood and college drinking.

This week, I’m joined by Audrey, host of the Dry Humor podcast, for a very sensible and grown-up conversation about motherhood, college drinking and whether spending your life taking the piss out of yourself is a healthy coping mechanism or simply a way of avoiding your feelings? Audrey lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, two children and two dogs. She has been sober since 11 July 2022 and is an active member of the sober community, including hosting peer-support calls for women. Her podcast, Dry Humor: Finding Levity in Sobriety , explores drinking culture and the messy business of building an alcohol-free life. We travel back to Audrey’s college days, when drinking too much was considered a personality, then explore the strange shift from party girl to parent. What happens when those hilarious stories from your past begin to look as though they might deserve a tiny bit more investigation? There’s mum guilt, embarrassing former selves, questionable memories, motherhood confessions and willy chat. We also ask when self-deprecation stops helping us connect and starts becoming another stick to beat ourselves with. Have we been saved by our ability to laugh at ourselves or…

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Host: soberawkward

Guest: Audrey

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Organizations: Dry Humor

Places: Atlanta, Georgia

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