Eusebius McKaiser talks about his Relationship with Alcohol

  Tribe Sober - Your guide to alcohol-free living! After running Tribe Sober for 5 years and helping hundreds of people to ditch the drink and embrace alcohol-free living I've learned a thing or two.  My biggest insight has been that sharing our stories around alcohol is the most powerful way we can help others - that's why the heart of this podcast is recovery stories. This week I'm chatting to broadcaster, political analyst and author Eusebius McKaiser.  Eusebius hosted a daily radio show in South Africa and often invited me as his guest to discuss all things alcohol related.  Many of our community found their way to Tribe Sober via his show so I am truly grateful for his ongoing support and friendship. In this Episode For those of us missing his radio show Eusebius reminded us of all the other ways he engages.. He writes regularly for the Mail & Guardian - read one of his thought provoking articles here Eusebius is of course the author of three books - Run Racist Run, A Bantu in My Bathroom and Could I Vote DA - link to all 3 books is HERE His latest project is a book show called Cover to Cover - three episodes already in the can - here is Episode 1 We talked about his relationship with alcohol - he began drinking at college and then binge drank during his 20's and 30's Always competitive academically he still passed all his degrees and build a successful career Eusebius signed up for Dry January a couple of years ago and to his surprise maintained his alcohol free period for six months He then signed up for the next Dry January and apart from one glass of wine has not had a drink for a year He thinks his alcohol free lifestyle may be permanent this time and we discuss the benefits that he is experiencing He explained how he has substituted different kinds of music for alcohol - to stimulate the right mood when he is writing We agreed that as we get older we tend to start "self medicating" with alcohol - convincing ourselves that it's "fun" Eusebius wrote a blog for our website called "Sober Diary Reflections" - you can read it here He mentioned my Goodbye to Alcohol letter which you can hear me reading out on his show here Eusebius feels strongly that it's not our job to justify the fact that we are not drinking and that the onus should be on those challenging us We talked about Earthchild and how the children on the Cape Flats rarely get to experience quiet and a feeling of peace The yoga classes provided by Earthchild can bring those children some relief from their difficult environment So please donate to our Earthchild Fundraiser - and get 30 days of community and online support - the link is HERE   More info Subscription membership for Tribe Sober join up HERE To access our website click HERE To join our Dry January Annual Fundraiser click HERE - a small donation will provide you with community and online support during January Episode Sponsor This episode is sponsored by the Tribe Sober Membership Program.  If you want to change your relationship with alcohol then sign up today.  Read more about our 8-step program and subscribe HERE.    Help us to spread the word! We made this podcast so that we can reach more people who need our help.  Please subscribe and share. We release a podcast episode every Saturday morning. You can follow Tribe Sober on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  You can catch our FB live on Saturday mornings (11am SAST) and you can join our private Facebook group HERE Thank you for listening!  Till Next Week Janet x