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SOBER AS F*CK

Sober as F*ck

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 119

Sober as F*ck is a raw, unfiltered podcast on sobriety, mental health, and personal growth. Hosted by Jess and Ryan, each episode delivers real stories, practical tools, and honest conversations about rebuilding your life with discipline, clarity, and purpose. From addiction and recovery to mindset, fitness, and relationships, this show is for anyone sober, sober curious, or ready to level up. Expect powerful guests, actionable insight, and real talk that actually moves you forward. New episodes every Wednesday.

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Sober Halloween: Facing Fears & Making Memories We Actually Remember

Season 3 · Episode 43

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 • Duration 34:49

Haunted houses, questionable wigs, and a Halloween we’ll actually remember. Jessica and Ryan are dressed as Daphne and Fred for this episode of Sober as F *ck, and the conversation is as unfiltered as the costumes are ridiculous.

We’re recapping Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando, where Jessica went from closing her eyes through haunted houses to leading the way. We get into facing fears, our favorite Halloween costumes, and why Stranger Things brought back more than just a love for ’80s music.

Underneath the jump scares and terrible hair is an honest conversation about sober holidays, parenting, and being present. Ryan reflects on Halloweens lost to drinking, the guilt that still surfaces in recovery, and learning to appreciate today without getting stuck in yesterday.

Whether you’re sober, sober curious, or just here for the Halloween chaos, there’s room for you here. Turns out, you can scream, laugh, and make some pretty fucking great memories without alcohol.

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Army Vet Joe Yurick: High-Functioning Alcoholism & Finding Freedom in Sobriety

Season 3 · Episode 41

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 • Duration 01:04:41

He survived military deployment, built a successful business, and raised a family. But the hardest battle Army veteran Joe Yurick ever fought was against his own alcohol addiction.

In this powerful episode of Sober as F*ck, Ryan and Jess sit down with Joe Yurick, U.S. Army veteran, entrepreneur, and co-host of This Sober Vet Podcast, to discuss high-functioning alcoholism, military drinking culture, addiction recovery, and the life-changing freedom of sobriety.

Joe served in the U.S. Army in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. From underage drinking in high school to alcohol-fueled nights in the military, drinking became more than a habit. It became part of his identity.

Even after returning to civilian life, Joe maintained a successful career, built a veteran-owned business, and provided for his family. On the outside, everything appeared under control. Behind closed doors, he was hiding liquor throughout his home, drinking in secret, and convincing himself he couldn't possibly have a problem because he was still functioning.

Everything changed when his wife discovered the hidden bottles and gave him a choice: alcohol or his family.

Joe shares the painful reality of quitting alcohol, the intense withdrawal he experienced, and the emotional struggle of discovering who he was without drinking.

With more than four years of sobriety, Joe now describes a life built around authenticity, accountability, family, and purpose.

IN THIS EPISODE:

🎖️ How military culture normalized excessive drinking and reinforced Joe's relationship with alcohol

🍺 Why high-functioning alcoholism can hide behind success, responsibility, and discipline

💔 The moment his wife confronted his secret drinking and demanded change

🧠 The physical and emotional challenges of alcohol withdrawal and early sobriety

💪 How therapy, faith, supportive friendships, and accountability helped him recover

You Have to Change Everything: Stephen O’Neil’s Story of Addiction, Relapse & Recovery

Season 3 · Episode 40

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 • Duration 51:36

What happens when you stop treating recovery like a temporary fix and finally decide to change everything?

This week on Sober as F*ck, Jess and Ryan sit down with Stephen O’Neil, co-host of the award-winning podcast Chaos and Recovery, for an unfiltered conversation about addiction, relapse, family, fatherhood, the 12 Steps, and rebuilding a life that once felt completely beyond repair.

Stephen’s substance use began young and eventually progressed into years of cocaine, pills, methamphetamine addiction, repeated relapses, homelessness, arrests, detoxes, treatment programs, sober living, and roughly 15 to 20 trips to rehab. At his lowest, relationships were fractured, contact with his children was limited, and even the people closest to him were preparing themselves for the possibility that he might not survive.

After years of trying to use recovery as a temporary escape from consequences, Stephen finally began doing the deeper work. Drug court, intensive outpatient treatment, daily meetings, accountability, service, and an honest commitment to the 12 Steps helped him begin rebuilding his life from the ground up.

Today, Stephen is rebuilding relationships with his children and family, recently married the woman he once thought he had lost, is preparing to welcome another child, and is using his experience to help others through Chaos and Recovery. He shares why recovery had to become something he did for himself first, how giving back keeps him connected to sobriety, and why patience is one of the hardest but most important parts of long-term recovery.

Stephen also shares one of the most powerful full-circle moments of the episode: years ago, while struggling with his own recovery, he spent more than a year driving a young couple and their baby to meetings every week. Years later, he unexpectedly saw them again. They were still sober, and the baby he once drove to those meetings was now eight years old and growing up with sober parents.

This episode is about more than quitting drugs or alcohol. It’s about ego, instant gratification, accountability, family, community, service, self-respect, and what becomes possible when someone keeps getting back up.

You Don’t Need to Hit Rock Bottom to Quit Drinking | Suzanne Warye

Season 3 · Episode 39

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 • Duration 57:47

What if sobriety isn’t about giving something up, but finally realizing how much you have to gain?

Suzanne Warye is back on Sober as F*ck for a conversation that goes way beyond quitting drinking.

Suzanne is the creator and host of The Sober Mom Life and author of The Sober Shift: A Modern-Day Guide to Living an Abundant Sober Life, now available in paperback. She joins Ryan and Jess to talk about changing the way we look at alcohol, motherhood, sobriety, identity, and what happens when you stop waiting for a “rock bottom” before questioning whether alcohol still belongs in your life.

Suzanne shares the philosophy behind The Sober Shift: moving from seeing sobriety as deprivation or punishment to recognizing it as an opportunity for freedom, abundance, self-trust, and a completely different relationship with yourself.

They get into:

• Why you don’t have to identify as an “alcoholic” or lose everything before examining your relationship with alcohol
• The fear and self-doubt that can come with choosing sobriety for yourself
• Why moderation can become an exhausting cycle of rules and negotiation
• Alcohol marketing and the industries that benefit from keeping drinking normalized
• Mommy wine culture and how deeply alcohol has been woven into parenting and everyday life
• Learning who you are again without alcohol
• Motherhood, teenagers, technology, music, and raising kids without pretending your own past never happened
• Why authenticity and showing the imperfect parts of life connect more than trying to appear polished
• The decline in alcohol use among younger generations and Suzanne’s concerns about vaping, synthetic substances, and other emerging trends
• Why honest conversations and informed decisions about alcohol matter

And because this is Sober as F*ck, the conversation also somehow finds its way through parenting, true crime, terrible horror movies, clowns, questionable music choices, bodily functions, and the kind of completely unfiltered conversation you only have with people you actually like.

Are We All Addicted to Something? The Addictions We Don’t Talk About

Season 3 · Episode 38

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 • Duration 37:26

Are we all addicted to something, or have we started calling every habit an addiction?

Addiction isn’t limited to alcohol and drugs. Gambling, social media, food, shopping, exercise, work, sex, technology, and other behaviors can become compulsive. But where is the line between something you love, a habit you rely on, and an actual addiction?

In this episode of Sober as F*ck, Ryan and Jess get candid about addiction, compulsive behavior, coping mechanisms, and the vices people don’t always recognize in themselves.

Jess examines some of her own obsessive tendencies, from working out to absolutely crushing audiobooks, while Ryan and Jess unpack a bigger question: When does a healthy or harmless behavior cross the line into something that is controlling you?

They get into:

• Why addiction goes far beyond alcohol and drugs
• The difference between habits, compulsions, and addiction
• How society normalizes certain potentially harmful behaviors while stigmatizing others
• Why people can replace one unhealthy coping mechanism with another
• Social media, exercise, work, food, gambling, and other modern-day vices
• The role denial can play when a behavior starts interfering with your life
• Why self-awareness matters in sobriety and recovery
• And whether Jess's audiobook obsession actually needs an intervention

This isn't about labeling every guilty pleasure as an addiction. It's about getting curious about why we do what we do, what we're trying to escape or change, and whether we're still the one making the choice.

Because sometimes the most important question isn't, “Am I addicted?”

It's: “Can I stop, and what happens when I try?”

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Stop Chasing the Day: Sobriety, Mental Health & Finding Yourself with Nic Collins

Season 3 · Episode 37

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 • Duration 48:08

Ever feel like you’re chasing the day instead of actually living it?

Nic Collins knows that feeling. After years of heavy drinking, hiding his emotions, and trying to be who everyone else expected, he found himself in a jail cell wondering how his life had gotten there. What started as a two-week break from alcohol became more than seven years of sobriety.

In this episode of Sober as F *ck, Jess and Ryan sit down with Nic, a therapist, keynote speaker, author, and ultramarathon runner, for an honest conversation about alcohol recovery, men’s mental health, and building a life that feels like your own.Nic shares how a decade of consistent therapy helped him understand himself, why he left a nearly 20-year corporate career to become a therapist, and how sobriety gave him the energy to stop postponing the things he wanted to do.

We get into:

• Emotional masking, people-pleasing, and the exhaustion of chasing approval.

• The therapy work that helped lay the foundation for his sobriety.

• Taking alcohol-free life one milestone at a time.

• Finding connection and joy through trail running and adventure.

• Changing careers, embracing authenticity, and learning to enjoy where you are.

Nic is a mental health professional, author, speaker, coach, sobriety advocate, ultramarathon runner, and co-host of The Constant Quest Podcast.

📸 Nic: @nic_collins_authentic

🌐 NicCollinsAuthentic.com

🎙️ The Constant Quest Podcast

📖 Author of ADVANCE

🎧 Watch the full conversation with Nic Collins on Sober as F*ck at SAFPODCAST.COM

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Everything Looked Fine Until It Didn’t: Jonathan Ball on Hidden Drinking & Breaking the Cycle

Season 3 · Episode 36

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 • Duration 01:09:44

What if your life looks completely fine on the outside, but you know something isn’t right underneath?

This week on Sober as F*ck, we sit down with Jonathan Ball, alcohol-freedom coach and creator of CreativeAF Coaching, for a conversation about the kind of drinking problem that can remain almost invisible to everyone except the person living it.

Jonathan had the career, the education, the marriage, the ambition, and the outward appearance of having his life together. But behind the scenes, alcohol had become tangled up with anxiety, burnout, overworking, isolation, and the constant pressure to keep performing. He could still work. He could still exercise. He could still show up. And for years, those things helped convince him that his drinking couldn’t really be that bad.

Jonathan opens up about spending more than a decade trying to moderate his drinking, eventually becoming alcohol-free for roughly two and a half years, and then turning back to alcohol while grieving the sudden deaths of his father-in-law and his father. What started with one margarita gradually led him straight back to the patterns he thought he had already escaped.

But his second time getting alcohol out of his life was different.

Instead of only removing the drink, Jonathan began examining why he drank in the first place. Through This Naked Mind and his subsequent coaching certification, he started digging into human behavior, psychology, beliefs, shame, self-worth, and the deeper patterns driving his choices. That work ultimately became the foundation for the coaching he does today.

We also get into the stigma surrounding the word alcoholic, why Jonathan once believed there were only two categories, “normal drinkers” and people who needed traditional recovery, and why discovering that there are multiple paths to changing your relationship with alcohol was so important to him.

Today, Jonathan works primarily with driven, ambitious professionals, particularly men, who may be succeeding by every external measure while privately knowing alcohol is taking more from their lives than they want to admit. His message is simple: you do not need a catastrophic rock bottom to want something better for yourself.

Sober, Golf, and Building a Brand with Purpose | Joe Annotti of Skull and Bogeys

Season 3 · Episode 35

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 • Duration 01:06:42

What happens when the thing you love is deeply connected to the thing you’re trying to leave behind?

In this episode of Sober as F*ck, Ryan and Jess sit down with Joe Annotti, founder of Skull and Bogeys, a golf apparel brand built around sobriety, purpose, community, and giving back.

Joe opens up about his path to sobriety, why recovery finally had to become something he chose for himself, and what it was like returning to the golf course without alcohol. For years, drinking and golf had gone hand in hand. Getting sober meant learning how to enjoy the game, and his life, without relying on alcohol to be part of the experience.

Joe also shares the story behind Skull and Bogeys, including how his love of pirates, golf, and an unexpected idea about “armor” from his kids helped shape the brand. What started as an idea became a mission-driven company committed to supporting the recovery community, with 25% of net profits donated to charitable partners including Namaste Sober and Bastion.

Ryan, Jess, and Joe get into:

• Why Joe says he had to get sober for himself
• Navigating golf culture without alcohol
• The connection between drinking, identity, and belonging
• How therapy and self-work helped Joe rebuild his identity
• The story and meaning behind Skull and Bogeys
• Creating a sober golf community where people actually feel like they belong
• Building a business around purpose instead of just profit
• Why support and authenticity matter in long-term recovery
• And one unforgettable Mardi Gras story involving Joe on top of a car

This conversation is funny, vulnerable, and real. It’s about more than quitting drinking. It’s about figuring out who you are when alcohol is no longer part of the equation and building a life you genuinely want to be present for.

Whether you’re sober, sober curious, navigating addiction recovery, or simply trying to build a more authentic life, Joe’s story is proof that removing alcohol doesn’t have to make your world smaller.

The Wellness Lie: When Alcohol Gets a Health Makeover

Season 3 · Episode 34

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • Duration 28:16

What happens when alcohol gets a wellness makeover?

In this episode of Sober as F*ck, Jess and Ryan break down the growing trend of alcohol and THC brands using the language of health and wellness to sell products: low-carb, organic, clean, natural, sugar-free, vitamin-infused, and “get the buzz without the booze.”

They dig into the “health halo” effect, where clever marketing can make a product feel healthier simply because of the words on the label. But does adding vitamins, cutting carbs, or calling something “clean” actually change what you’re putting into your body?

Ryan shares how alcohol affected his weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, testosterone, and overall health, and how dramatically those markers changed after he stopped drinking. He also looks back at the mental gymnastics of choosing low-carb beer and restricting food while continuing to drink heavily.

Jess and Ryan also tackle the rapidly expanding world of THC-infused and alcohol-alternative drinks, especially products marketed with promises like “get the buzz without the booze.” For people with a history of addiction, substance misuse, or using substances to escape and numb out, replacing alcohol with another mind-altering substance may not be as simple as the marketing makes it sound.

This episode isn’t about telling anyone what they can or can’t drink. It’s about recognizing the difference between wellness and wellness marketing, questioning the claims being sold to us, and understanding that a healthier-looking label doesn’t automatically make a product healthy.

Plus, Ryan has developed a slightly concerning relationship with his new sleep mask, Jess has questions, and somehow Bob Ross, keto, “Mommy Needs Wine” culture, dancing cats, mushrooms, and the Kardashians all make their way into the conversation.

If alcohol culture is changing, the marketing is going to change with it. The question is whether we’re paying attention.

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🔗 Linktree: linktr.ee/Soberasfck📸 Instagram: @safpodcast_jess.ryan🎵 TikTok: @soberaftok🎥 YouTube: Sober as F*ck Podcast

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