John Robbins

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3,052 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard Aug 2025 last heard 19 Jun

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On The Mend · The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

Alcohol offered me a life without difficulty, effort and struggle and created a hell of a lot more than it took away.

So, and there's reflections from, I also have a podcast called How Do You Cope?

And there's reflections on some of the conversations I've had with people in the book.

So Amanda Knox talking about her experience of being in prison in Italy for a murder she did not commit and what she learned about stoicism and

And Zen mindset and acceptance was huge for me.

And interviewing my favorite musician, what he was saying about technology was very helpful.

So there's reflections from that in there as well.

You have to want to.

And there was a long time in my life where I sort of wanted to, but I didn't really want to.

And I don't know whether for me it was a conscious experience of suddenly wanting to, or whether it was just like...

For so long, I had these two forces, which was the fear of drinking and the fear of not drinking.

And the fear of not drinking would always win.

And they would clash together every day.

But I was always more afraid of not drinking than afraid of drinking.

And I think I got to a point where I finally became maybe 1% more afraid of drinking than I was of not drinking.

And as soon as that was the case, I had to work towards not drinking.

And it was really difficult because it meant I had to change.

And I know people who've stopped drinking and haven't changed at all.

And they're a fucking pain in the ass.

They're an addict without their thing.

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