52 minAlcohol
She hid her alcohol addiction behind modelling and travel
Sophie Sumner/Model, six years sober
21 conversations
Sober living and habits
The unglamorous daily mechanics of staying clean.
Getting clean is a decision. Staying clean is a routine, and the routine is boring. That is why it works and why nobody makes content about it.
These conversations are about the mechanics: what the mornings look like, who gets called when it is bad, what happens to the body, and the specific habits people credit with keeping them out of it years later.
The conversations
Every episode about sober living and habits
52 min
37 minHeroin and opioids
Heroin made him rob a jewelry store
Jimmy Abbate/25 years in recovery
43 minOther drugs
He tricked three doctors to feed his Adderall addiction
Anthony Scamardella/Eight years on Adderall, in recovery
55 minHeroin and opioids
She would rather have been dead than sober
Madeline/Seven and a half years sober
33 minAlcohol
Doctors told her one more drink could kill her
Raquel Herrera/Alcohol and drugs, in recovery
39 minAlcohol
Alcohol gave me stage 2 liver disease at 22
Karina Miesner/Nearly two years sober
40 minOther drugs
I overdosed on water and woke up from a coma
John Rokee/Near-fatal overdose, in recovery
56 minHeroin and opioids
The fastest way to break the addiction cycle
Corey Warren/Heroin and alcohol, in recovery
38 minGambling addiction
He lost six figures in 35 minutes, then the casino offered him a free room
Danny/Bet on Reset
55 minOther drugs
A Wall Street manager who ended up in crack houses
Dan Ryan/Thirty-eight years sober
41 minHeroin and opioids
I was a heroin addict in Kensington
Westley Morris/Thirteen years sober
53 minAlcohol
Famous at 18, in a psych ward at 25
Jonah Marais/Why Don't We
44 minGambling addiction
He answered 18 of 20 gambling questions yes at age 18
Sal/Gamblers Anonymous, since 1986
46 minHeroin and opioids
From a Level 4 prison yard to 13 years sober
Garet/Thirteen years sober
42 minHeroin and opioids
Her father bought two burial plots, one for her and one for himself
Jessie/Sober since 2022, Broken Bandit
43 minGambling addiction
Gambling addiction almost killed him by 28
Anthony Natoli/Tech sales, San Francisco
53 minHeroin and opioids
He overdosed in his father's car, then went to rehab for the fourteenth time
Alan Griffin/15 years sober, Banyan Treatment Centers
42 minHeroin and opioids
She lied about mahjong to meet her dealer
Jordi/Ten years of hidden opioid use
47 minHeroin and opioids
He snorted heroin while his two-month-old slept
Andrew/Heroin and oxy, now in recovery
1 hr 10 minAlcohol
She hid bottles everywhere
Sydney McAllister/Sober Syd
2 hr 3 minHeroin and opioids
I had a $1,200-a-day pill habit
Kevin Lanning/Interviewing me
Elsewhere in the library
Other things people come here for
- Family and relationshipsThe marriages that survived it, and the ones that did not.30
- Rehab and treatmentTwenty-five treatment centres, one that finally worked, and why.28
- Mental health and suicideThe nights people planned to end it, and what stopped them.22
- Gambling addictionThe addiction that leaves no track marks and no smell on your breath.21
- AlcoholHigh-functioning drinking, hidden bottles and the double life it takes to keep it going.16
- Debt and moneySix figures gone in an afternoon, and the years spent paying it back.16
Sober living and habits is one of 16 topics every episode of Nothing's Off The Table is tagged against. Search the whole library.
If you need help right now
You do not have to wait until you hit the bottom to walk into a room.
All resources and meetingsGamblers Anonymous
Free meetings in person and online, worldwide, every day of the week.
gamblersanonymous.org