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Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Briana Cowan and Claire Mason

91 episodes

9 months ago

Bit of a different ep today folks, Breeza and Maso have got some news to share! It's not doom and gloom, but there are some changes on the horizon for Booze Free Bants. So buckle up for this one. Thanks to our Podcast partner Altina Drinks www.altinadrinks.com Enjoy 15% off Altina Drinks using BFB15. Altina are Non-Alcoholic wines built from Botanicals and Australian Native ingredients. An alcohol-free drink option that tastes great, without all the sugar! Altina make alcohol-free drinking s...

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Bit of a different ep today folks, Breeza and Maso have got some news to share! It's not doom and gloom, but there are some changes on the horizon for Booze Free Bants. So buckle up for this one. Thanks to our Podcast partner Altina Drinks www.altinadrinks.com Enjoy 15% off Altina Drinks using BFB15. Altina are Non-Alcoholic wines built from Botanicals and Australian Native ingredients. An alcohol-free drink option that tastes great, without all the sugar! Altina make alcohol-free drinking s...

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Self-Improvement

Personal Journals,

Society & Culture

Episodes (20/91)

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Bit of a different ep today folks, Breeza and Maso have got some news to share! It's not doom and gloom, but there are some changes on the horizon for Booze Free Bants. So buckle up for this one. Thanks to our Podcast partner Altina Drinks www.altinadrinks.com Enjoy 15% off Altina Drinks using BFB15. Altina are Non-Alcoholic wines built from Botanicals and Australian Native ingredients. An alcohol-free drink option that tastes great, without all the sugar! Altina make alcohol-free drinking s...

2 years ago

42 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Having a pash Dr Matt Agnew, the sober scientist!

Dr. Matt Agnew, we all saw him have a 'pash' on The Bachelor, but he is way more than the Bachie!! He is a 'pashonate' spaceman, a 'pashonate' robotronic enthusiast, he is one of the founders of Pash, a non-alc beer AND he is a sober dude. This ep is a banger (and the audio is 10/10, thanks Matt). Despite being the ultimate wing man on the sauce, Matt was having a battle with the bottle. This chat touches on using to booze to numb, mental health, the importance of sp...

2 years ago

1 hour 23 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Hangovers are the worst. They suck the life out of you, chew you up, and spit you back out. Oh, and that's just the physical stuff, the mental chaos of a hangover such as regret, shame, and self-loathing can really do your noggin in. After years of searching for a hangover cure, Breeza and Maso have found one - don't drink! This ep covers the sciencey stuff behind a hangover, the girls hear from listeners about their hangovers, and the girls share some of the brutal hangovers the...

2 years ago

49 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Feeling Smug with Loz Lakkin

Behind every alcohol-free drinks company is a sober/sober curious story, and the story behind Smug AF Cocktails is no exception. Owner of Smug, Lauren (Loz) Lakin is on the other side of the bar, normally Loz interviews people for Smug's IG (Breeza and Maso have both been interviewed), sharing stories of sobriety. So, with the tables turned, Loz was feeling a bit nervous! In this ep, Loz shares her story of being a boozy party girl, and a part of a family of 'big drinkers' (even Nan ...

2 years ago

1 hour

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Check in on the Breeza's and Maso's Sobriety

Sobriety isn't a destination, it's a journey - a wild journey at that! In this ep the girls discuss what's been going on in their worlds, and where their sobriety is at. Maso is staunch af (as F*&# - not alcohol-free 😉) in her sobriety, and has worked through some big emotions lately which she shares in the poddy. Maso is coming up to 2 years off the sauce, incredible!! Breeza had the blowout that Maso predicted was coming, and has come to the conclusion that after 10 months...

2 years ago

1 hour 11 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Lights, camera, action! Sober celebrities, there's more than you think!

Celebrities are in the spotlight for the good, bad, and the ugly! In this ep the girls shine a light on celebrities that are sober. From our onshore celebrities to Hollywood stars, they have all had a different journey to sobriety. Breeza and Maso, aren't going to name-drop in the show notes, so you'll have to tune in. But, they do think they forgot to mention hot rod Zac Efron, who stopped drinking in 2013 after a brief stint in rehab. This episode will surprise you. Whil...

2 years ago

59 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Wedged in a Hedge with Kirsty Webeck

Legends! In this ep Breeza and Maso banter with one of the biggest legends going around - Kirsty Webeck. Kirsty is a comedian and actor, and she has been living her life booze-free for the past couple of years. As Kirsty discusses, there was no ‘ah-ha’ moment that led her to stop drinking, no rock bottom, and no intervention - she just got to a point where she worked out that she felt so good without booze, so why drink? You will love this honest, no-frills, and funny chat with Kirsty, she is...

2 years ago

1 hour 16 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

What scares you the most about giving booze the flick?

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what scares you about giving up alcohol? In this ep Breeza and Maso share thoughts that popped into their heads when they were questioning their relationship with booze. Breeza talks about where she is at with her sobriety and why she decided to drink in Bali. Maso shares her inner thoughts and fears of what she thought she was going to miss out on or become when she stopped drinking. We also hear from you guys, the listeners, about what scares y...

2 years ago

53 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Natasha Green

Natasha Green has been off the sauce for 2 years. She has gone from benders to ice baths #vibe and she isn't looking back, she is loving her sober life. You may remember when Tash burst onto our screens on MAFS Season 7, 2018 (the marriage didn't last (spoiler alert). Partying was the norm for her until an indecent lead to her wanting and needing to change her relationship with alcohol. For those listeners that are binge drinkers or have been in the past, this ep is so relatabl...

2 years ago

59 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Justine Whitchurch

Imagine hearing the words; 'You have 3 months to live.' These were the words told to Justine Whitchurch over 10 years ago. Justine is a personal trainer, author, model and motivational speaker. Having experienced a near-death alcohol addiction, Justine now lives her life with health and fitness as the core foundation. Breeza and Maso have been following Justine on Instagram for a while now, and she looks as good over zoom as she does on the gram. Justine is a pictu...

2 years ago

1 hour 15 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Ever done anything on the sauce that you regret? Welcome to the club, you are not alone. In this episode Breeza and Maso share stories of regret when they drank. From big hitters like choosing booze over babies, to all the time they will never get back from being hung over. Thank you to the listeners that also chimed in for this episode and shared their regrets on the booze. The girls shine humor on the regrets - cos if you don't laugh, you'll cry. And to make everyon...

2 years ago

47 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Damien Rider

Buckle up folks, you are about to enter the classroom of Damien Rider. Damien is a life coach, mindset mentor, multi-world record athlete, founder of One Breath Meditation, author, film producer and a TED Speaker - fair to say he has done a bit! In this ep, the girls chat to Damien about his abusive childhood at the hand of his Mum's alcoholic boyfriend, which caused him great pain, ultimately leading Damien to self-destructive behavior with alcohol and drugs. Damien has gone on to bu...

2 years ago

1 hour 11 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Season 3 - Back in the hot seat talking about changing habits!

Breeza and Maso are back on the tools for season 3 of Booze Free Bants. The girls have got some exciting things in store for season 3, including 2 new poddy partners (see below). In this ep Breeza and Maso talk about their experience of changing (not breaking habits). Drinking and smoking are both habits that the girls have changed. Tune in to hear what worked and what didn't work, and why! As you'll hear in this ep, don't quit quitting. It may not be smooth sailing the first ti...

2 years ago

55 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Whah! Season 2 wrap up (we will be back for Season 3!)

What a ride season 2 has been! Maso has been on a huge journey after an 8-year relationship ended, she has shared the ups and down with you our listeners, and in return, Maso has received some beautiful heart-warming messages of support. Maso has ridden the emotional rollercoaster sober, it's a huge accomplishment. And for all the work she put in, she is wrapping up season 2 on a high! For Breeza, it's been her first crack at sobriety, and as you would have learned this season, ...

2 years ago

57 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Drew Wild the Addiction Guy

What a wild ride with Drew Wild! Drew's story of addiction started with dabbling in a bit of pot, when he was in active addiction with booze and drugs he was living in his car. In this ep you will hear how Drew challenged the status of quo of addiction being a disease. Not satisfied with that answer, Drew went searching and carried out a a huge research project on himself! Drew believes that, quite simply, the vice eg the drugs, booze, social media or food is just ...

2 years ago

1 hour 27 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze, Bingeing and Blackout!!!

Has your drinking ever made you blackout? What's the worst thing you've done in a blackout? Breastfed, driven, slept with a stranger, vomited, said awful things, or ended up in a strange place (not all in the same night....) Unfortunately these are the dangerous and reckless situations that Breeza and Maso has found themselves in when drinking and in a blackout. So why do some people blackout when drinking, and others don't? Buckle up for this episode as the girls share the...

2 years ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies with Lucy Quick

In 2018 professional working Mum, Lucy realised that her excessive had to stop. In this episode, Breeza and Maso chat to Lucy about how bad her drinking really got, why she decided to quit, and most importantly how she quit, and has stayed sober for 4 years and 4 months at the time of recording. Lucy's story is super relatable to Breeza and Maso, her black-out drinking, her drinking to numb, and how her life changed once she stopped drinking and did the work. Lucy is the co-founder o...

2 years ago

1 hour

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

When you miss the good times on the sauce

Howdy folks, this ep is bringing all the feels! Breeza and Maso discover they are both feeling a bit meh and are missing the loosey goosey times on the sauce. In this ep, the girls discuss that it's not all rainbows and lollypops in sobriety (or in Breeza's case moderating). There are times when they have both wanted to dive down a bottle of rose to have a night of mischief. The sober space is a super positive space, but in this ep, you'll hear a couple of negative nancys...

2 years ago

58 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Jimmy Buckley

They don't come more gruff and burly than Jimmy Buckley, but at his core, he is a big softie, with a deep and infectious belly chuckle. Jimmy played in the Victoria Football League from 1976 - 1990. What a time to be alive! His week consisted of playing footy with his mates, winning games, then frothing on with the boys to celebrate. Jimmy has many fond memories of these years. But what happens next when your footy career ends, you have no job and the boredom kicks i...

2 years ago

1 hour 14 minutes

Booze Free Bants - Your Sober Pod!

Booze Free Bants with Buddies - Aaron and Rish from NON

The girls have got their first-ever scoop! Yep, your ears are about to hear something that the rest of the world doesn't know - and the best part is you can be part of this world first at Pub With No Booze (scroll down for tickets). Now, enter the classroom of NON, your teachers are Founder, Aaron Trotman, and GM Rish Ravalia! NON is an alternative wine, but it's like nothing else on the market. The flavours are REAL, and each bottle is prepared in a michelin star kitchen by 4 chefs. A...

2 years ago

1 hour 9 minutes