7 Years 135 days - Nor'easter7 Years 135 days - Nor'easter
I'm Quitting Alcohol
David Boyle talks about Boston’s nor'easter hype, a chaotic but warm supermarket chat, and the anticlimax of a storm that barely arrives, all framed within his ongoing sober routine. The focus stays on everyday humour, miscommunication, and how people love a good storm story even when nothing much happens.
7:13•27 Sept 2026
Nor'easter Hype, Supermarket Soulmates and Sober Weather Rants
Episode Overview
- Storm hype can bring people together, even when the storm itself is a non-event.
- Everyday sober life is filled with small, funny interactions rather than chaotic alcohol-fuelled drama.
- Weather forecasts and prediction tools still feel unreliable, especially for big events.
- People often react strongly to warnings, leading to packed shops and cancelled activities.
- Humour and ranting can be a way to process frustration and anticlimax in daily life.
“"He was saying stuff I could barely understand and I was saying stuff he could barely understand and I was like, I'll find you again, my soulmate."”
What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? On this short, sharp daily episode of *I'm Quitting Alcohol*, Australian comedian David Boyle chats about a different kind of drama: a much-hyped nor'easter that never really shows up. You'll hear Boyle riff on how everyone in Boston seems obsessed with the approaching storm. His son's football is cancelled, supermarkets are jammed, and strangers are stocking up like it's the apocalypse.
Amid the chaos, he shares a funny and oddly touching encounter with an Asian checkout worker with a thick Boston accent, who he jokingly calls his "soulmate" after a chaotic back-and-forth about the nor'easter and El Niño. The whole conversation becomes a kind of comic miscommunication: Boyle keeps asking if nor'easters are common, and the checkout worker keeps replying "it's coming".
As Boyle puts it, "he was saying stuff I could barely understand and I was saying stuff he could barely understand". It's a moment that captures the offbeat, human side of everyday sober life, where the drama isn't drunken mayhem anymore, it's cancelled plans and overblown weather forecasts. Set against the backdrop of Boyle’s long-term sobriety (7 years and 135 days, as the title suggests), the episode doesn’t preach or give neat recovery tips.
Instead, it offers a raw slice of his day: the build-up to a supposedly terrifying storm, the gentle drizzle that actually arrives, and a rant about how weather predictions still seem wildly inaccurate despite fancy "prediction AI analytics". For anyone who enjoys hearing about sober life in real time, with plenty of swearing, humour, and a total lack of gloss, this one gives a quick hit of relatable chaos and calm.
Have you ever noticed how much people love a storm story, even when the storm barely shows up?
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