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I'm Quitting Alcohol
David Boyle shares a mix of bizarre online conspiracies and an update on his lung check, tying it all into his daily life in sobriety. The episode blends raw humour with a casual look at health and how he spends his time now he’s off the booze.
8:09•19 Aug 2026
Guy Fieri, Fake Trees and a Sober Comedian’s Lung Check
Episode Overview
- Online conspiracies can easily consume hours without adding value to life or health.
- Humour helps Boyle talk openly about his worries and distractions in sobriety.
- A supportive GP provides reassurance by checking his lung and arranging monitoring.
- Health professionals may suggest observation rather than urgent treatment when symptoms are mild.
- Feeling well enough to "waste time" can itself be a sign that things are improving.
“What happens if the tree's fake, what happens if Guy Fieri is not swallowing his food, what happens, tell me, does my lung get better at the end of this?”
How do people cope with the challenges of staying sober? This short daily check-in with Australian comedian David Boyle shows that sometimes the answer is: by wasting time on the weirdest corners of the internet. Across a few minutes, Boyle talks about falling headfirst into two bizarre online rabbit holes: the theory that TV food host Guy Fieri never actually swallows his food, and a man who’s convinced a mysterious "fake" tree is slowly edging closer to his house.
Boyle laughs at himself for spending "like two and a half hours down these two rabbit holes", admitting there’s "literally nothing" at the end of them that helps his life or his health. Underneath the jokes, you’ll hear a sober bloke checking in on something serious: his lung.
He recounts a visit to his GP, praising her as "a fucking great GP" and sharing that the initial signs on his lung are good, with hospital consultants suggesting continued monitoring rather than urgent intervention. That mix of medical updates and ridiculous conspiracies gives the episode its tone — raw, sweary, but oddly comforting.
For anyone on a recovery journey, this five-minute snapshot shows what day-to-day sobriety can look like: no grand speeches, just a guy talking honestly about how he spends his time, what’s worrying him, and how he distracts himself when things feel lighter. As Boyle jokes, "you can tell I'm better now because I'm fucking wasting my time".
If you like unfiltered humour, candid health chat and the kind of conspiracies that go nowhere, this instalment fits perfectly into his ongoing story of quitting alcohol one day at a time. It might leave you asking: how are you spending your own "better" days?
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