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After Hours with Jimmy Thistle

Join Jimmy Thistle for After Hours — a brutally honest, funny, and heartwarming podcast about alcohol, addiction, and recovery. Each week, Jimmy chats with real people who’ve faced the highs, lows, and hangovers of drinking culture. Through laughter and raw honesty, they explore what happens when we question our relationship with alcohol — and what life looks like beyond it. Whether you’re sober, sober-curious, or just curious, After Hours proves recovery can be real, relatable, and even a

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Episode 20 - Louisa Evans

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2025/04/21

Louisa was a nearly nightly bottle of wine drinker and had been since her 20's. When Louisa became a mother, the pressure to cope with motherhood with 'wine o'clock' increased and it seemed like the most natural thing in the world to turn to a glass of wine or two (or three) at the end of the day to cope.In her day job, Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Hypnotherapist and so she was finding a real incongruence with the advice she was giving other people and yet struggling herself

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Episode 19 - Sam Lowry pt. 2

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2025/04/14

At 29, Sam was on his knees, physically, mentally and spiritually shattered. He hated himself and wanted to die. This coupled with a life of chronic alcoholism of which his journey began at a young age, was a tragedy in waiting. His name is Samuel, and by the grace of some elusive entity he managed to crawl out of the abyss and got sober in 2013. The past eleven and a half years or so have been filled with joy, passion, love, adventure, presence, heartache, heartbreak and all the messy stuff in

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Episode 18 - Sam Lowry pt. 1

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2025/04/11

At 29, Sam was on his knees, physically, mentally and spiritually shattered. He hated himself and wanted to die. This coupled with a life of chronic alcoholism of which his journey began at a young age, was a tragedy in waiting. His name is Samuel, and by the grace of some elusive entity he managed to crawl out of the abyss and got sober in 2013. The past eleven and a half years or so have been filled with joy, passion, love, adventure, presence, heartache, heartbreak and all the messy stuff in

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Episode 17 - Gary Mairs

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2025/04/07

Gary was in a rut with his drinking, at the end it was all consuming and despite having a good job, being well traveled and having met the love of his life. It was all falling away, he would drink daily and not care about anything else, losing friends and his love he finally decided to change things and started walking, walking back to sobriety…Listen to Gary’s story here…You can find Gary at:https://www.instagram.com/sobernsoundGary's Linktree:https://linktr.ee/sobernsoundMy Instagram

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Episode 14 - Thea Ozenturk

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2025/03/18

Thea is the Chief Operating Officer at Motiv8 Addiction Services on the Isle of Man and is wealth of knowledge surrounding addiction and recovery support.In 2025, Thea celebrated 33 years of working in the IOM local addictions field. As well as managing services, she continues working with people impacted by drugs, alcohol and gambling problems through Motiv8.You can find Motiv8 at:https://motiv8.imThe article about Ketamine Bladder is found

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Episode 13 - Marissa Cherepanova

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2025/03/14

Marissa is a renowned leader in the female empowerment movement and a dedicated advocate for women in leadership. As the CEO and visionary of the No Girl Left Behind Organization, she drives global initiatives that inspire and empower women through transformative workshops and events.She is also the founder of “Inspire with Marissa,” where her motivational speaking empowers women to reach their highest potential. Honored as P.O.W.E.R.’s 2024 “Woman of Empowerment,” Marissa serves on Linfield

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Episode 12 - Henry Beercock

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2025/03/11

Henry, still a young man and decided that his life would be so much better without alcohol and after years of issues and dark days he finally managed it..Listen to Henry's story here...You can find Henry at:https://www.instagram.com/zen__henFind Henry's details and other ventures here:https://www.hopp.bio/zendurance?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZphR_rdM4EQSqO30pQHPl6DNvzXJKiaS5BDPE2053EhemNl2PP97SgX4A_aem_6kZSzPA48e2L9FaMsA2gbQMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find

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Episode 10 - George

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2025/02/26

I met George in the rooms of NA a few months after I got sober and we were great support to one another in those early days and although we haven't seen each other for a few years now we have kept in touch and you will hear here, just how incredible George's life has become since giving up one thing...My Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleBuy me a coffee…https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt

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Episode 9 - Ian Marks

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2025/02/23

Ian has a quite similar story to me and although he was in-between an oblivion drinker and grey area he still saw it as a massive negative issue on his life and so set out to do something about it!You can find Ian at:https://www.instagram.com/sober_retakeThe films we discussed are:Beautiful Boy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226837/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_128 Days: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191754/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_2My Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other

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Episode 8 - Ade

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2025/02/17

Ade has just reached 500 days of sobriety but it has taken him a lifetime of debauchery to get there and he is starting to realise that this is the best way of life. Listen to his amazing story here...You can find Ade at:https://www.instagram.com/thesobercleanpoetMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleBuy me a coffee…https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt

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Episode 7 - Michael Sargood

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2025/02/10

Michael had gotten to the point where he thought about taking the unthinkable route out of his hell. He didn't and now he is here to tell us his story!Some triggering topics discussed, so please take care when listening...You can find Michael at:https://www.instagram.com/happywithoutthehoochMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleBuy me a coffee…https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswithjimmyt

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Episode 6 - Olivia Taylor

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2025/02/07

Incredibly powerful conversation with Olivia Taylor, the extremes of her addiction from a very early age to educating herself on recovery methods and now working full time helping others. A real powerhouse of a story!This is a very candid chat and there are some triggering subjects so please take care when listening. You can find Liv at: https://www.instagram.com/sobercoasterlife https://linktr.ee/sobercoaster We also discussed the Podcast, The Big Drink Rethink by Anna Donaghey and the link for

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Episode 5 - Martin

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2025/02/03

Had a great chat with Martin today about his addiction to heroin and other substances from an early age. We discuss his childhood trauma and then his subsequent recovery and the help and support that he provides in the community.This is a very candid chat and there are some triggering subjects so please take care when listening.My Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleThe link for NA(Narcotics Anonymous)

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Episode 4 - Danny Konik

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2025/01/31

Danny is right at the start of his Sober Journey and I get the chance to chat with him on 31 days sober!You can find Danny at: https://www.instagram.com/dannykonikMy Instagram is:https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmyAnd you can find all my other links at:https://linktr.ee/jimmythistleLink to the Louis Theroux film - Drinking to Oblivionhttps://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-drinking-to-oblivion/Link to Hazel Martins BBC report - Bing Drinking and

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Episode 3 - Kate Turner

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2025/01/27

Kate is a mother, she has three children and was a grey area, binge drinker who had a tough childhood but decided one day on a hike to give up alcohol completely. She has 145 days under her belt and is looking forward to living a sober life.You can find Kate at: https://www.instagram.com/sober_in_the_peaks My Instagram is: https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmy And you can find all my other links at: https://linktr.ee/jimmythistle

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