6 Years 342 days - Marathon

6 Years 342 days - Marathon

Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? Comedian David Boyle checks in from Boston with a raw, funny snapshot of life nearly seven years alcohol-free, where the chaos isn’t booze anymore, it’s gigs, gummies and shattered routines. You’ll hear him talk about walking into a Boston Marathon night crowd – drunk, rowdy yet somehow silent – and being thrown on stage first after the MC eats it.

As Boyle puts it, it “wasn’t a bomb, but it also wasn’t a fucking extraordinary smash either. It was like survival.” He breaks down the strange energy of a drunk audience that shuts down whenever he tries crowd work, turning the whole set into a lesson in persistence rather than glory. Instead of the marathon, he chooses sleep, CBG gummies and a turkey sandwich, openly admitting how fragile his mental health feels when his routine collapses.

With his wife’s friends visiting, late nights, junk food and broken sleep, he jokes that his life is held together by a “tightly wound fucking routine” where one small change can bring “the whole castle down.” Anyone trying to stay sober while juggling social life, work and self-care will recognise that balancing act.

There’s also a quick look at CBG and CBD, how they help his focus and his wife’s back pain, plus the reality of being flat and scattered after a few bad nights’ sleep.

Yet underneath the swearing and sarcasm is a quiet commitment: he stays to watch all twelve comedians and decides it’s time to start going out every night to “make some moves.” If you’re sober, sober-curious or just trying to hold onto your own fragile routine, this short, sharp check-in might make you ask: how do you keep your castle standing when life keeps kicking at the walls?