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A podcast where people who have overcome addiction tell their stories in the hope that it will reach those in active addiction to show that it is possible to recover and live fruitful lives. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Awhi-T/support
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Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast

Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast

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Lee & Josh present your weekly pod from the other part of the rugby club. All the latest rugby news plus war animals, Player Spotted, the odd song and the occasional dodgy impression. Find us on the Sport Social website: https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/blood-mud-rugby-podcast
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Welcome to "Over the Influence," the podcast that champions a vibrant, alcohol-free lifestyle! Join hosts Sharon and Ben as they delve into inspiring stories, insightful discussions, and practical tips for navigating a life without alcohol. Each episode features candid discussions with guests from all walks of life who have embraced sobriety — celebrity influencers, health experts, and everyday heroes — who come on to share their journeys, challenges, and triumphs along the way. Whether you’ ...
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The Dropout Degree podcast with Josh King Madrid, also known as "JetSet", has been ranked as a Top 10 Business Podcast for more than 2 consecutive years (2017-2019) and has over 1M+ downloads. The goal of The Dropout Degree is to share our experiences as a young up-and-coming entrepreneurs, share inspiring stories from the most relentless business moguls and influencers, and educate you on anything and everything that you would never be able to learn in an academic classroom; to help you fin ...
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A shambles of a couple of days results in a late pod, but a great one as Lee is joined by Rhi Garth Jones to chew the rugby and other things. This is a one-off public feed example of the full episode that is usually available at patreon.com/bloodandmud get over there to guarantee this every week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic…
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In this episode we welcome the fantastic Barbara Williams on to the podcast! Barbara is using her sobriety to try and encourage more women of colour to make the choice to quit alcohol through her online profile @sober_in_colour. Barbara has been sober now for a few years and noticed while attending sober events that there were not very many ethnica…
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Josh is back from his holiday and joins Lee to pick apart all the usual happenings in a week of rugby. Also features possibly the most perfect Player Spotted ever submitted. patreon.com/bloodandmud for more content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesΑπό τον Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast
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In this episode we have one of our wonderful community members Melodie on the pod! At the time of recording, Melodie is one year, one month and one day sober. She admits herself that it has been a really tough task to achieve that streak, but when she’s struggling she remembers why she’s doing it: to give her kids the best life she possibly can. We…
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Robbie Owen joins Lee in the absence of Josh to pick the bones out of the opening weekend ponder whether Antoine Dupont is rugby's Will Hunting. *lee's mic had some issues this week, so sounds a bit boxy. Apologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesΑπό τον Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast
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In this episode we welcome back the founder of The Sober Summit, Maggie Klaassens, who is also one of our fantastic community members! The Sober Summit is taking place this week from 25th September through until 27th September. There’s a free option, or if you want to get all of the brilliant content on offer you can upgrade to the all access pass.…
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In this episode we welcome back Andy Delderfield, the founder of Alcohol Free Runners and a member of our AF community. Andy is completing his hat-trick of Over The Influence appearances today, joining us for the third time to share his message that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. Speaking of extraordinary things, Andy came onto the po…
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We've gone worldwide again this week as we are joined by the wonderful Hayden Syers on Over The Influence! Hayden is one of our fantastic community members who is now sixteen months alcohol free. He's here to talk particularly about the societal pressure men have to drink excessively in social situations and how it's about time that the culture cha…
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This week we are joined by one of our fantastic community members Rafael Briceño on Over The Influence! Rafael is here with a simple question: if today was your final day, would you want to spend it drunk? There's a good chance that the answer to that question is a firm no. If quitting drinking is what it takes to start living, then make it happen.…
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This week we are joined by the fantastic Ali Press on Over The Influence! Ali is a counsellor and coach from London who has a passion for helping people who in some way feel different. Whether that difference comes in the form of neurodivergence, gender, sexual orientation or anything else, Ali is spreading the message that understanding yourself i…
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This episode contains references to abuse which some listeners may find distressing. This week we are joined by the wonderful Seana Smith on Over The Influence! Seana is an author who is originally from Scotland and is now based in Sydney, Australia. We are also delighted to say that Seana is one of our own, not only a Brit but part of the OTI crew…
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This episode contains references to suicide which some listeners may find distressing. This week we are joined by the fantastic Michael Sargood on Over The Influence! You might have seen Michael on his social media page happywithoutthehooch, generally being hilarious and honest about his experiences in sobriety. The loss of a loved one and a bad re…
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This week's episode comes from base camp following a challenging (yet rewarding) hike up Ben Nevis with the wonderful OTI community members! We have some of those wonderful members chatting with Ben and Shaz to discuss the hike and their experience of OTI. If you think this sounds like a laugh and would like to get involved, go to overtheinfluence.…
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In this episode we are delighted to welcome Caroline Evers-Endacott to Over The Influence! In 2018, the loss of a loved one led Caro to rethink the way she was living her life. She left her fast-paced city career behind, and started developing a new lifestyle for herself. Caro started her training in therapy and today, she is an integrative therapi…
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It's one of our faves, the wonderful John Whaite is back on the pod! Since we last spoke to John on the pod, he has been diagnosed with ADHD. He talks to us about how he thinks his drinking and ADHD were related to one another, and how life is so much more manageable now that he has both under control. We're so grateful to John for coming on to the…
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Josh is joined by Robbie 'Squidge' Owen to dissect a fascinating weekend of cross-hemisphere rugby… drop goal magic, the best number 8 in the world, what are Wales actually trying to do, ill-advised branding decisions, and whatnot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesΑπό τον Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast
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This week we welcome the wonderful Pippa Morris onto the podcast! Pippa gave up drinking around the same time as our Ben after the first lockdown in 2020. She tried out moderation too and then decided that after successfully completing her first year with no alcohol, that the sober life looked good on her. It's an open and honest conversation about…
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We don't have a guest this week because blimey have we got some big news for you! --- Get In Touch: Of course, you can always get in touch with us (publicly or privately) on our socials - @alcoholfreepod on Instagram, or search for "Over The Influence" on Facebook. We'd love to hear your story - please get in touch with us directly at otihq@overthe…
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This week we welcome the fantastic Sarah O'Mara onto the podcast! Sarah is the Drug and Alcohol Lead for Lancashire (our Shaz's neck of the woods!) and in her role with Red Rose Recovery she and the rest of the organisation provide a support platform to individuals from vulnerable groups to reduce their dependency on drugs and/or alcohol so that th…
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This week we welcome the wonderful Ellie Webb to the podcast! Ellie is the founder of one of our favourite AF drink brands, Caleño. While taking a break from alcohol in 2017, Ellie was shocked at how limited the drinks options were for people who didn't drink. We've all had the conversation with the bar person where they've looked back at us blankl…
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Our community member Ian Thurlbeck is back for his third round in the OTI ring! We spoke to Ian after one year, then two years and so now we're catching up with him again after four years to find out what alcohol free life is like for him further down the road. We chat about the new habits he has formed as a result of ditching alcohol and how the i…
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This week Shaz and Ben are joined by Alex Clapp, a sober events organiser with his company Claritee based in the North West of England. Alex chats everything from pickles to pandas on this episode (it'll make sense) and shares his story of how sobriety has opened a whole new world to him that he didn't know could exist on the other side of ditching…
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Josh is joined by newly minted PhD Rhiannon Garth Jones to discuss a wild final week of the URC regular season, two tightly contested Premiership semi-finals, and a weird, bad and confusing Wales squad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesΑπό τον Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast
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We're delighted to have a member of our OTI Community on the pod again this week, and it's the wonderful Annie Knowles! Annie is a NHS Healthcare worker and IPHM Sobriety Coach who, just like us, is singing about the joys of sobriety. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the stress of working in hospitals led to Annie drinking more. The realisation that h…
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Josh returns from a week of getting up close and personal with the MLR to be joined by Patricia Viera from Ruck N Roll to break down all the action from this weekend's Champions Cup final, the important international differences between McDonalds, and the mystery of Alisha Butchers' 8-hour goldfish… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch…
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Sharon is back recording pods following her surgery so her and Ben are catching up to see what she's missed. Welcome back Shaz! --- Get In Touch: Of course, you can always get in touch with us (publicly or privately) on our socials - @alcoholfreepod on Instagram, or search for "Over The Influence" on Facebook. We'd love to hear your story - please …
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This week on the pod we have the wonderful Dana White-Guerrie joining us all the way from Colorado, USA! Dana battled with a variety of addictions for decades, having a devastating effect on her mental health. Now, she's living clean and loving every moment. You'll be sure to find Dana a breath of fresh air and if you would like to find out more ab…
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With Lee in a hotel in Carlisle, Josh is joined by Robbie 'Squidge Rugby' Owen to dissect the weekend's rugby action. Along the way we have some in-depth chat about World Rugby's new laws, the irresistible machine that is Leinster, what Andy Farrell's urinal etiquette says about his winning mentality, and wonder how anatomically correct is the Yoan…
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We're delighted to welcome back author Sarah Turner, who's also known as The Unmumsy Mum! We catch up on how Sarah is getting on with alcohol free life with some honest chat about how once you come down from the initial high of going alcohol free, there's a settling in period as you get comfortable with the new you. If you'd like to find out more a…
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In this episode we welcome the fantastic Gary Mairs onto Over The Influence! Gary is ten years (yes a whole decade!) alcohol free and is smashing life. Following a challenging first year of sobriety, Gary ditched the alcoholic label and decided to leave that life behind him completely. Recently, since the birth of his lovely daughter, he decided th…
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This week, our Shaz is the one doing all the talking (even more so than usual). You may or may not already know that she's about to take some time off so we thought it best that we let you know why. Of course, she's a trooper and when Shaz is back she will be back better than ever but it never hurts to have a few words of support so feel free to dr…
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In this episode we welcome our lovely community member and jet setter Sue to the podcast! Sue is just about to hit her two year alcohol free milestone, an amazing achievement and we're so proud to have been a part of her AF journey. We talk all about why Sue felt it was time to knock drinking on the head for good and how joining our Over The Influe…
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More W6N action and the European quarters to chew over, as well as hard tech on the Titanic more content and a sense of fulfilment can be found at patreon.com/bloodandmud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesΑπό τον Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast
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In this episode we welcome Kelly from Scotland onto Over The Influence! Kelly has just celebrated a whole year alcohol free - although she has been part of our OTI Community for a little longer than that. Kelly's story is about the importance of keeping on - and even though it has been far from easy, she talks about why being AF is so important to …
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The last 16 of Europe is pulled apart alongside the filmography of The Rock, and irritating bread. patreon.com/bloodandmud for this full episode featuring analysis of this week's games. Also access to the FB group and lots of bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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In this episode we welcome Scott Woolley onto Over The Influence! Scott is a FDAP Substance Misuse Professional and the founder of Arclett, which is a community brand devoted to removing the stigma attached to sober living. Scott quit alcohol at 26 to spend less time hungover and spend more time exploring his passions, the culmination of which is h…
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This week we welcome the fantastic Venessa McPhie onto the podcast! Venessa is a listener to the pod and was keen to share her story with all you other sober curious folks out there. Following a traumatic experience caused by alcohol, Vanessa decided it was time to rid herself of alcohol once and for all. She now runs the Facebook page The Sober Bu…
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Lee is joined by Jess Hayden to talk about her new book The Red Roses as well as her journey to and through rugby, including not exactly putting her shoulder into Siwan Lillicrap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesΑπό τον Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast
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This week we have one of our own on the pod, Big Dan from Essex! Dan has successfully smashed his one year milestone and now in his year two, he’s looking to spread the sober message. He’s an absolute breath of fresh air and we know you’re going to love hearing what he has to say. Thank you again to Dan for coming on the show and sharing your thoug…
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The finale of the Men's Six Nations is pored over, among other things. Full episodes, additional episodes, access to FB group and more can be yours by visiting patreon.com/bloodandmud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesΑπό τον Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast
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This week we are joined on the podcast by the fantastic author Justin B. Long! Justin takes us through the reasons why his drinking got out of control, stemming from his difficult childhood. If you'd have told him fifteen years ago that he is where he is today, he wouldn't have believed you. His books include his inspirational memoir The Righteous …
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