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I'm Quitting Alcohol
David Boyle, 7 years and 46 days sober, vents about a brutally exhausting first day of the summer holidays juggling kids, heat, boxing, and car trouble. With plenty of swearing and humour, he shows how staying sober can still mean feeling utterly wiped out by ordinary life.
7:30•30 Jun 2026
Summer Holidays, Sober Meltdowns and a Rogue Nipple at the Pool
Episode Overview
- Long-term sobriety can still feel overwhelming, especially with full-time parenting during school holidays.
- Humour and honest venting can be a pressure valve for stress instead of turning back to alcohol.
- Free community spaces like parks and pools can help occupy kids but still demand a lot of energy.
- Being the main carer while a partner is busy with work can create resentment and burnout.
- Recovery doesn’t erase life’s hassles; it means facing them without numbing out, one exhausting day at a time.
“"If this continues, I don't know what the fuck I'm going to do. I can't do it. I can't continue doing it. It's day one."”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This short, punchy episode of *I'm Quitting Alcohol* drops you straight into David Boyle’s first day of the summer holidays, 7 years and 46 days sober, and already at breaking point.
You’ll hear Boyle, an Australian comedian, rant his way through a day that’s anything but glamorous recovery: dragging himself out of bed, feeding the kids, trying to keep them off the TV, then hours in the park under "fucking blistering sun" with mineral sunscreen that "doesn't help with heat stroke." It’s tired, sweary, and brutally honest.
The episode is perfect for anyone who’s sober (or thinking about it) and wondering what day-to-day life really looks like once the chaos of drinking is gone. There’s still chaos – it’s just kids, heat, broken cars and no escape. Boyle jokes that if the holidays keep going like this, "I'm not going to make it through the fucking week," and even half-seriously considers getting a job just to avoid full-time parenting.
You’ll also get his typically offbeat humour as he recounts a wardrobe malfunction at the pool – "a little bit of titty and a whole lot of fucking just" – followed by a slog to boxing and a last-minute mission to buy oil and coolant for the car. Stylistically, it’s raw, unfiltered, and conversational – like overhearing a mate vent at the end of a long day.
No tips, no tidy moral, just the reality that staying sober doesn’t magically make life easier, it just means you face it all with your eyes open. If you’re craving honesty rather than polished recovery speeches, this daily check-in might be exactly what you need – have you ever felt this done in, yet still kept going sober?
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