6 Years 331 days - Fucked Up Fridays

6 Years 331 days - Fucked Up Fridays

Curious about how others manage their sobriety while life keeps throwing jabs? This episode of *I'm Quitting Alcohol* drops you straight into David Boyle’s messy, hilarious, very human week as a long-term sober bloke under fire. Boyle kicks off by ranting about the unexpected backlash he’s getting for not having a conventional job.

A colleague of his wife takes a swipe at him, then his five-year-old daughter lands the knockout line: “Mama, when is dadda gonna get a fucking job?” For someone over six years sober and chasing purpose, those little digs sting, and he lets you hear the frustration and absurdity of it all.

You’ll also hear him obsess over sleep, blue-blocker glasses and “zone 2” training, showing how sobriety doesn’t magically make life calm – it just means you’re facing it without booze as a buffer. Then it’s time for “Fucked Up Friday”, the weekly segment where listeners send in their wild drinking stories. This week’s star is Dan from England, who shares a chaotic lads’ trip to Hamburg in 2009.

What starts as a quick lap dance from “two South American babes” turns into a classic tourist scam, complete with €100 bottles of water, a grim bar in the red-light district, a growling bouncer, and a mad dash for the door.

As Dan puts it, “Just a few moments before, I was getting a lap dance, and now we’re in a bloody combat.” The episode suits people in recovery who miss the chaos of their drinking days but don’t want to go back, as well as anyone who just wants an honest, sweary laugh about past stupidity and current struggles. It’s short, sharp, and very Boyle.

So, whose side are you on – sober present you, or the part of you that still laughs at those old disasters?