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Comedian David Boyle talks about ditching his smartphone, then answers an anonymous listener’s dilemma about visas, overseas dreams, and protecting assets in a new relationship. The episode blends sober reflection with blunt financial and relationship advice, all delivered with Boyle’s trademark raw humour.
11:20•13 Oct 2026
Smartphones, Sobriety and Safeguarding Your Assets with Boyle
Episode Overview
- Reducing smartphone and social media use can ease mental strain and support a clearer sober mindset.
- Avoid rushing into partner visas; test the relationship by living life together first, potentially overseas.
- Consider moving properties and investments into a trust or similar structure to protect assets in case things go wrong.
- Be prepared to financially support a partner with fewer resources if you invite them into an overseas lifestyle.
- Investing in professional accounting advice can help set up financial structures that reduce future legal and emotional fallout.
“The worst option is not protecting your assets and staying in Australia and going for the visa straight away.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? In this instalment of "I'm Quitting Alcohol", Australian comedian David Boyle mixes phone addiction, financial paranoia, and relationship drama into one fast-paced rant that’s both funny and oddly practical. Boyle kicks off by explaining his switch to a "dumb phone" – stripped back to WhatsApp, maps and banking.
He describes the last few days of smartphone overuse as "hellish", especially his time on X, Instagram and TikTok, and urges people to get off these platforms because of how rotten they can make you feel. There’s a clear link to his wider sober journey: cutting digital noise to keep his head clear. Then it’s "Ask Boyle" time.
An anonymous listener from Australia, aged 34, lays out a serious dilemma: a solid job, two properties, a healthy share portfolio, dreams of living in Thailand or Spain, and a new relationship with a woman on a student visa. He’s torn between locking into a partner visa in Australia and chasing the overseas lifestyle, while worrying about protecting his assets. Boyle’s response is blunt and practical.
He tells him not to rush the partner visa, to go overseas first and see if the relationship survives real life together. He also stresses that if the listener takes her with him, he’ll probably need to pay her way and shouldn’t resent that.
On the money side, Boyle pushes hard for asset protection: "What you want to do is before anything gets any more serious you want to move all your assets into a trust." He even suggests paying for a good accountant to set up the right structure. The episode mixes sobriety, lifestyle design and relationship realism, all wrapped in Boyle’s trademark swearing, humour and no-filter honesty.
It’s a quick hit for anyone sober or sober-curious who enjoys straight-talking advice with a laugh. Could a raw, daily sober monologue be the brutally honest perspective you’ve been looking for?
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