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Comedian David Boyle riffs on calling a UFC fight, surviving a day with four kids on almost no sleep, and going overboard at a Brazilian all-you-can-eat. He ties it back to his nearly seven-year sobriety journey, highlighting how small slips in food and routine echo old addictive patterns.
7:38•11 May 2026
UFC Calls, Kids on Sugar Highs and Meat Sweats: Nearly Seven Years Sober
Episode Overview
- Sobriety doesn’t remove life’s chaos; it just means you feel every bit of it, from UFC all-nighters to early-morning kids’ sport.
- Old habits can creep back in through small choices, like one pasta meal leading to several days of overindulgence.
- Parenting on little sleep can test patience, especially with other people’s children and unclear boundaries.
- Food or other comforts can easily become a new obsession after alcohol, so awareness of that shift is crucial.
- Getting back on track often means returning to simple routines like exercise, creative work, and shared accountability.
“I was all good and then my wife’s friends came from fucking New York… I had that pasta and now it’s hard to get everything back on track.”
What insights can experts and survivors share about addiction? Here, comedian David Boyle brings his trademark chaos and honesty to a short, sharp snapshot of life nearly seven years alcohol-free. Across roughly five minutes, Boyle swings from UFC predictions to parenting meltdowns to a Brazilian meat feast, all while staying rooted in his ongoing shift from “alcoholic maniac to sober lunatic”.
He proudly reminds you he called the Sean Strickland fight result, then admits, with typical bluntness, that he doesn’t actually think Strickland won: “If I’m going to be brutally fucking honest with you, I didn’t think he actually won the fight.” Running on four hours’ sleep after staying up for the fights, he’s then thrown into looking after four kids, discovering quickly that other people’s children expect kindness he has zero interest in faking.
His parenting style is summed up in one hilarious line: “If you don’t eat your fucking lunch in my house, you don’t get shit. I don’t care if you’re full.” It’s rough around the edges, but that’s the charm. Food becomes the new obsession as he raves about an all-you-can-eat Brazilian restaurant and describes lamb fat so vividly you’ll almost taste it yourself.
He admits his eating habits have slipped since a pasta dinner with his wife’s friends, and you can hear the familiar pattern of “just one treat” creeping back. Anyone who’s swapped alcohol for other comforts will recognise that drift. By the end, Boyle pulls the focus back to routine and recovery: jiu jitsu, comedy, getting back on track, and the sense that he and his audience are stumbling through this sober life together.
If you like your recovery chat fast, filthy, honest, and funny, this one might hit the spot. How do you cope when old habits start sneaking their way back in?
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