1000 Days Sober Podcast
Welcome to the 1000 Days Sober Podcast, hosted by Lee Davy—founder of the STRIVE Method and creator of the movement to live a SELF-led life, alcohol-free as fuck. This isn’t your typical quit-drinking podcast. Lee blends deep coaching insight with raw personal truth to help you break free from the Liquid Lie—the false belief that alcohol is natural, normal, necessary, nice, and noble. Whether you’re sober-curious or decades alcohol-free, each episode will challenge, provoke, and inspire you to live a life that feels truly incredible—on your own terms, in your own power.
Episodes
You wake up with a pounding head, your stomach in revolt, your Sunday in ruins—and you call it normal. But what if your hangover isn’t a side effect… but the entire point?
In today’s episode of the 1000 Days Sober Podcast, I pull back the curtain on the madness we’ve normalised: choosing to poison ourselves for a memory we barely remember, then laughing about it like it’s some kind of bad...
It doesn’t happen all at once.
Your child doesn’t rebel.
They vanish.
Little by little—at school, at practice, behind the bathroom door—they stop being who they are and start becoming who the world wants them to be. And most of us never notice… until it’s too late.
In honour of World Youth Skills Day, this episode g...
You can’t have what you want—but you can experience what you have.
This Preston Smiles quote stopped me in my tracks during one of my hardest seasons. I was stuck in fear, chasing the illusion of a “better future”… only to realise that everything I wanted was already around me—love, connection, enoughness.
In today’s episode, I invite you to stop searching for a feeling tomo...
What happens when a man loses his throne?
Not in some fantasy kingdom—but in the real world. When the job goes. The marriage ends. The body breaks down. The identity crumbles.
Today’s episode is dedicated to Stan’s father—a man who lost his eyesight, his sense of worth, and ultimately, his life. But it’s not just his story. It’s the story of thousands of men ...
It’s World Population Day—a time to worry about overcrowded hospitals, ageing societies, and resource collapse. But don’t stress… alcohol’s already solving the problem.
One drink, one fall, one suicide at a time.
In this short but savage episode, I unpack how alcohol isn’t just harming the drinker—it’s quietly shaving down our global numbers, one hospital adm...
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Did alcohol ever turn you into someone you didn’t recognise? For me, it wasn’t just the booze—it was the way I reacted to everything. Bees. Noise. People. I was a pressure cooker with no release valve.
On International Don’t Step on a Bee Day, I’m sharing the story of how giving up alcohol helped me reclaim my attention,...
You wake up with a pounding heart, a foggy memory, and a sinking feeling in your gut.
“Did I say something I regret?”
“Did I break a promise?”
“Why did I drink again?”
That’s the regret spiral—and it’s brutal.
In today’s episode, I walk you through 5 tools that can help you stop spiralling and start re...
You stopped drinking, but you still can’t stop doing.
You grind through the weekends, chase one more task, skip rest, and call it “purpose.” But what if that’s not your SELF talking?
In this deeply personal episode, Lee Davy flips the script on hustle culture and exposes the hidden firefighter that drives overworking long after the alcohol is gone. It’s not p...
What if the problem isn’t your drinking, your spending, or your spirals—but your nervous system’s capacity to hold pain, joy, and truth?
In this powerful conversation, Preston Smiles—author, coach, and embodiment guide—joins Lee to challenge the hustle-addicted, trauma-avoiding way most of us have been conditioned to live. Together, they explore how early childhood wounds, societal approv...
You say you’ve moved on. That you’ve forgiven. But your body? Your breath? Your triggers? They tell a different story.
In today’s episode of the 1000 Days Sober Podcast, I explore the hidden cost of unforgiveness—especially the kind that’s directed at you. The version of you who stayed too long. Who drank to survive. Who tried to hold it all together while silently falling apart.
Have you ever kissed someone… and felt lonelier afterwards?
Today’s episode isn’t about the cute kind of kissing. It’s about the kind you regret. The kind that didn’t feel safe. The kind that happened while alcohol whispered, “Go on—you deserve this.”
Whether you’re still drinking or years into an alcohol-free life, this conversation is essential.
Imagine arsonists launching a fire safety campaign. That’s exactly what it feels like when alcohol giants like Diageo, AB InBev, and Pernod Ricard team up with Meta, Uber Eats, and TikTok to lead a “responsible drinking” coalition. Sounds noble, right? But peel back the layers, and it’s nothing more than PR spin—designed to soften a deadly truth.
In today’s episode of the 1000 Days Sober ...
You wave the flag. You fire up the grill. You pop open a drink… because that’s how you’re supposed to celebrate, right?
But what if that drink isn’t celebration—it’s control?
What if your subconscious still believes:
“I need alcohol to feel free.”
In this July 4th episode of the 1000 Days Sober Podcast, Lee Davy confronts the hidde...
A pint. A photograph. A father’s approval.
What if your first drink wasn’t about the alcohol at all—but about being seen?
In this powerful episode, I reflect on a single, blurry photo from my childhood. I was 14, holding a pint, trying to become a man. But what I really wanted was my dad’s love.
This story isn’t just mine. It’s a...
You ever try to quit drinking and end up thinking, “What the hell is wrong with me?”
You’re not broken. You’re not weak. You’re just fighting the wrong enemy.
In this episode of the 1000 Days Sober Podcast, I reveal the truth about resistance—why it keeps you stuck, and why willpower has nothing to do with it. I take you back to a story from the railways, a moment when I qui...
Ever find yourself barking at your partner, then hating yourself for it?
I’ve been there—yelling in the kitchen, slamming doors, watching my marriage teeter on the edge… all while trying to convince myself I was “working on it.”
But I wasn’t working on it.
I was drinking through it.
And here’s the tr...
When the alcohol stops… the sugar often starts. But why?
In this eye-opening conversation with Mike Collins—aka The Sugar-Free Man—we explore the hidden trap that catches so many people after they stop drinking: sugar. Mike breaks down how sugar hijacks the brain, soothes our wounds, and becomes the silent saboteur of our emotional health.
We talk dopamine, p...
You’re feeling great on a first date—until they ask: “What are you drinking?”
Suddenly, the menu becomes a minefield. Do you soften the truth? Pretend you “barely drink”? Order a fake G&T?
In today’s episode, I reveal why your drink order isn’t just about thirst—it’s a litmus test for how deeply you’re living from SELF. From dodging the “I rarely drink” t...
You’ve stopped drinking—but the ritual remains. The bottle. The reward. The quiet moment that’s supposed to say, “You made it.” Only now it’s Heineken 0.0 instead of Stella.
But what if that ‘safe’ substitute is doing the same job the old poison did—soothing the PART that doesn’t want to feel?
In this episode of the 1000 Days Sober Podcast, I explore the emot...
You ever notice how nobody says they’re addicted to brushing their teeth? Or eating toast? But drink alcohol every day and still say you’re “fine”? That’s the power of the Liquid Lie—and its favourite trick is convincing you there’s no problem unless you’re an “addict.”
In this episode of the 1000 Days Sober Podcast, I challenge the addiction label and ask a more radical question:
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