SHAIR 108: "Kick the Sugar Addiction" with Sarah Roberts, get real, get happy, get sober!SHAIR 108: "Kick the Sugar Addiction" with Sarah Roberts, get real, get happy, get sober!
The SHAIR Recovery Podcast
Omar Pinto talks with Sarah Roberts about her journey from alcohol addiction to sobriety, and how sugar became her new challenge. She explains how health, nutrition and honest self-reflection helped her create a sustainable, happier lifestyle and support others facing similar struggles.
1:24:31•7 Mar 2017
Kick the Sugar, Keep Your Sobriety: Sarah Roberts on Food, Shame and Self-Love
Episode Overview
- Quitting alcohol without addressing sugar and food can lead to powerful addiction transference.
- Structuring your day with simple practices like gratitude, hydration, movement and a solid breakfast can strongly support recovery.
- Treating the body as a “temple” through real food, sleep, movement and self-care can transform how you feel about yourself in sobriety.
- Coming out publicly about alcoholism can dissolve shame and open unexpected connections and opportunities.
- Relapse can become a turning point if it’s used to honestly assess who you want to be and what life you want to build.
“If you can trust the process and work towards getting what you want, you will be living a lifestyle you love.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This conversation on The SHAIR Recovery Podcast brings together host Omar Pinto and guest Sarah Roberts for a high-energy look at what happens when alcohol leaves, but sugar rushes in to fill the gap. Sarah, who describes herself as an alcoholic and over a decade sober, shares how her recovery began with a DUI, suicidal thoughts, and the terrifying realisation that her entire life had to change.
Too ashamed to walk into a meeting and say “I’m an alcoholic”, she built her own path through health, nutrition and fitness, using them both as a disguise and, eventually, as a genuine recovery framework. She explains how quitting alcohol led straight to binging on “tubs of Ben & Jerry’s”, and why she believes addiction transference to sugar is so common in sobriety.
Her 28 Day Kick the Sugar Challenge grew out of her own need for a strict reset: complete abstinence from sugar to get perspective, backed by structured meals and group accountability.
As she puts it, “If you can trust the process and work towards getting what you want, you will be living a lifestyle you love.” You’ll hear how Sarah launched her blog, Sarahtalksfood, came out publicly as an alcoholic after years of shame and secrecy, and began coaching others through sugar freedom and self-care.
She talks frankly about growing up in a family where alcohol was normalised, the pain of relapse after four years sober, and learning to replace self-loathing with gratitude and genuine self-respect. This episode speaks directly to people in recovery who are wrestling with food, body image and sugar, as well as anyone who wants practical, no-nonsense ideas for feeling better in their own skin. Could changing what’s on your plate be the next big step in your sobriety?
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