7 Years 1 days - Fucked Up Fridays

7 Years 1 days - Fucked Up Fridays

How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? For comedian David Boyle, part of the answer is laughing at the chaos that came before. In this short, punchy "Fucked Up Friday" instalment of *I'm Quitting Alcohol*, he pushes through a fresh jiu-jitsu injury – "I copped a fucking brutal fucking knee to the throat" – to keep his streak of daily episodes alive.

Once he’s set the scene (and spat out a fair bit of saliva), Boyle hands the mic to a long-time listener, Adam, whose story takes everyone back to the "pathetic early days" of teenage drinking. You’ll hear about Slim, a dad in full-blown midlife crisis with bleached thinning hair, gold chain and ski sunnies, whose house accidentally becomes the unofficial underage drinking HQ.

The episode leans heavily into dark humour as Adam recalls cheap Bulgarian red wine cartons called Tinto, faked “working bloke” booze runs by a 15-year-old who looks 30, and a house slowly destroyed by drunk teenagers.

Boyle relishes every detail: ceilings splattered with red wine, carpets ruined, a random bloke known only as "Stabby" emerging from a waterfall of vomit, and a mysterious fridge note reading, "sorry, I spunked on your ham." Between the laughs, there’s a clear nod to how these chaotic nights fed into later alcoholism, capped with Boyle’s line: "Hope you enjoyed hearing about the pathetic early days of my alcoholism. I loved it. I fucking loved it.

I love slim." This episode suits people in or around recovery who still appreciate honest, unfiltered stories of binge drinking, early alcohol habits and the weird adults who enabled them. It’s fast, crude, and surprisingly reflective – the kind of story that lets you laugh at what once felt normal, while quietly reminding you why quitting booze might have been the best decision you ever made. So, who was your version of Slim?