Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!

The Sobriety Experiment: Stop Looking for the Missing Piece

Episode Summary

Have you ever wondered why, even after months or years of sobriety, a part of you still remembers alcohol fondly?

Does that mean you’re destined to drink again?

Or could it simply be that your brain is doing exactly what it was designed to do?

In this episode, Lynette explores a thoughtful question from a Tribe Sober listener who has spent years learn...

This week Janet talks to Tribe Sober member Lynn Griffith from Durango, Colorado, who shares her powerful journey from decades of drinking to discovering the freedom of an alcohol-free life.

Lynn first began worrying about her drinking back in 1999, yet it took many years, several attempts at sobriety, and countless moderation strategies before she finally found lasting freedom. In this honest conversation, she reflects on the exha...

Recovery Rewired: Why Knowing Better Isn’t Enough Episode 3: Recovery Is Repetition Creating From the Future Instead of the Past

This week we conclude our three-part Recovery Rewired series with perhaps the most important question of all:

If I understand my patterns and I can see what’s happening, how do I actually change?

The answer is surprisingly simple:

Recover...

Recovery Rewired:  Why Knowing Better is not Enough

Episode 2:  The Theatre of Surprise

Why we keep repeating what we already know

In this second episode of the Recovery Rewired series, Lynette explores one of the most powerful concepts in recovery, emotional growth, and self-awareness: The Theatre of Surprise.

How often have you found yourself saying:

...

Episode 1: Why the Brain Chooses Alcohol

Why do intelligent, capable people continue to struggle with alcohol even when they know exactly where it leads?

In the first episode of our new three-part Recovery Rewired series, Lynette explores a powerful truth:

The brain is not choosing alcohol because it is weak. The brain is choosing alcohol because it is predicting.

Drawing on n...

On last weeks podcast I talked you through the Breaking Free course in detail so do have a listen if you missed it

I recently hosted a discussion on Zoom with four Breaking Free graduates which will give you a real insight into the results that people are getting…

On the podcast you'll hear the soundtrack from that discussion

So if you want to be sure of a place on the next BF program which kicks off soon then please sign up...

On this weeks solo episode I talk about our 3-month Breaking Free program which we run just three times a year. 

Registration for the current program is open   - more info on tribesober.com

We limit each Breaking Free group to 20 so you’ll always get personal attention

In this episode:-

• I talk about the warning signs of alcohol dependence as well as the benefits of an alcohol free lifestyle
• The Breaking Fr...

Today’s guest is Liz, a 51-year-old writer living in the UK, who joins us to share her story about gray area drinking, late-diagnosed ADHD, and finding freedom through an alcohol-free life.

In this episode:

• Liz explained how alcohol gradually became woven into every aspect of her life  She reflected on years spent trying to moderate, feeling deprived on non-drinking days 
• We explored how late-diagnosed ADHD an...

Creating From the Future Instead of the Past Why the Brain Chooses Alcohol and How Recovery Rewires Us

In this week’s episode, Lynette explores why lasting sobriety is not simply about willpower — it’s about understanding how the brain works.

Our brains are prediction-making machines. They are constantly reaching for what feels familiar, even when those familiar patterns are hurting us....

Nigel Jones is a hypnotherapist, life coach and author of Walking Back to Happiness.

He is over five years alcohol-free — and in this conversation he shares a powerful insight that sits right at the heart of lasting change:

👉 Identity

We talk about why so many people struggle to quit drinking… why willpower alone doesn’t work… and how shifting from “I’m a drinker trying to stop” to &ld...

From Stopping Drinking to Truly Living: Your Path to Purpose

We often talk about stopping drinking… and yes, that is the first powerful step.

But what happens next?

Because for so many of us, alcohol was never the real problem. It was the coping mechanism. The plaster over something deeper — our unhappiness, our uncertainty, our disconnection, our sense that life...

Today I’m joined by my colleague Monica.

She’s the Community Manager for Tribe Sober and she’s also celebrating her 5th Soberversary next week.

I’ve known Monica since her first Day One and it’s giving me such joy to walk alongside her on this life changing journey.

In this conversation, we explored:

• Why so many people struggle for years before reaching out for help
• The trap of trying to do it al...

From Pain to Power: Why Your Past Doesn’t Define You

✨ Episode Overview

Have you ever felt like your past is the reason you struggle… the reason you drink… the reason you feel stuck?

In this powerful episode, Lynette explores the truth about our past and how the meaning we give it shapes our present experience.

Drawing from her own journey and coaching exp...

In this episode, I chat to Tribe Sober Ambassador Lynne, who spent years as a “normal” drinker - functioning well on the outside, but quietly questioning her relationship with alcohol.

There was no dramatic rock bottom. No crisis. Just a growing awareness that something wasn’t working anymore.

Lynne shares how her nightly whisky habit slowly increased in quantity and shifted from a reward to something that no long...

📝 Show Notes

🎙️ From Rock Bottom to Real Self: The Power of Returning to Yourself

🎶 Intro & Outro Music: “Remember” by Sutherland

What if rock bottom isn’t the end… but the beginning?

In this episode, Lynette explores the journey from rock bottom—or what we sometimes call a high bottom—into self-leadership, emotional power, and a return to your true self.

Inspired by the story of ...

In this episode, Janet talks with clinical psychologist Dr Sarah Michaud, who has been sober since 1984 and specialises in addiction and codependency. Sarah shares her powerful recovery story and explains why codependency is often the missing piece in long-term sobriety.

In this episode

• Growing up in a family affected by alcoholism

• Why addiction often begins as a way to escape emotional pain

• The moment that led Sarah ...

Episode Title:

When Strategy Isn’t the Problem — Identity Is

Episode Description

Many people who want to change their relationship with alcohol believe they simply need a better strategy — more discipline, better rules, or a stronger moderation plan.

But what if the real issue isn’t strategy at all?

In this episode, Lynette explores a deep...

Tribe Sober - inpiring an alcohol-free life!

My guest this week is British Psychiatrist Dr Tony Rao.  He is an international expert of alchohol misuse in older people - with more than 20 years experience in this area.

He works with Baby Boomers in the UK who have alcohol issues - I was one of those for many years so found this conversation fascinating..

In this Episode

• Dr Tony explains how his interest in the field starte...

🎙 Episode 4: Falling in Love With Your Brain

Love Series – Tribe Sober Podcast

This month we’ve been exploring love.

Love as compassionate witness.

Love as unconditional.

Love as unbreakable across time.

And in this final episode of the series, we go deeper.

What if one of the fiercest acts of self-love in sobriety is fa...