From Tsunami Survivor to Two Years Sober: Susannah on Quitting Drinking

Susannah, known to many in the sober community as Sue's Sober, joins Sober Dave on One for the Road for one of the most quietly powerful conversations on the show.

Susannah lost her mum suddenly at 23. Three months later, on Boxing Day 2004, she was on Koh Phi Phi when the tsunami hit. She helped triage survivors, made impossible decisions, and came home to a London life of late nights, drink spiking, and assault on the tube — and a 20-year freeze response nobody named until she was diagnosed with complex PTSD in 2021.

Her drinking became a problem in her 30s after two traumatic births. Her GP didn't ask about it. Her therapist told her everyone has wine at night.

Inside: grief, freeze response, mum wine culture, the help she couldn't get, and how AA quietly saved her.

Quitting drinking, complex PTSD, grief, sober mum, sober journey.

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www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

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