Join comedian Nick Thune for a raw and hilarious conversation about his journey to sobriety—how it’s reshaped his comedy, strengthened his family, and transformed him as a father. With his signature wit, Nick shares deeply personal insights, proving that even life’s toughest moments can come with a punchline. Don’t miss this compelling episode of We're Out of Time with Richard Taite.For all things Richard Taite, the We're Out Of Time podcast, and Carrara Treatment Wellness & Spa: https://linktr.ee/richardtaiteIf you, or a loved one, are struggling with drug and alcohol issues please contact us:https://www.1callplacement.org/For more on Nick Thune:https://www.nickthune.com/Key moments from this conversation with Nick Thune & Richard Taite. Intro 00:00 "I heard your sober? Who told you?" 01:03I can handle this. I couldn't 02:49Nick's depths of addiction 08:54Fear of not being funny sober 12:25Clear minded in sobriety 15:25Nick on talking with his on about drinking and substances 22:4815 Minutes of fame 30:33Sober & Present father 39:20Nick, a pro snowboarder? 44:31
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I want to write comedy about the stuff that I really liked was Steve Martin, Martin Mole, these guys that could look like they're selling you something, but it's actually nothing. And I loved that. The most ideal reaction to my comedy would be a person in the audience laughing, saying to the person next to him, that was stupid.
i heard you're sober we told you you did i was on my way to vegas and i just decided i'm gonna land and have a drink and i'm performing tonight at this casino go down to the pool have a drink go to my show just so much alcohol and took it to my room and just drank it and then fell asleep and then woke up to pounding on my door the casino and hotel security because i was supposed to be on stage 20 minutes ago
And that's how quickly alcoholism just wrapped me right back up. We got to go to the bathroom at two in the morning, go downstairs, take the equivalent of like five shots because my heart hurt, my chest hurt. It didn't like make me think, maybe I shouldn't do this. How long did you go on that run for? 10 years.
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Nick soon. All right. Thanks for coming, man. I appreciate it. Yeah. Thanks for having me. Yeah. So I heard you're sober. We told you, you did before, before the gig. That's when I, yeah, that's when I do all my preparation for the show. It's very voluminous. It's about six minutes. Yeah. Yeah. It's nice. I mean, it's, it's nice. I do the same thing when I'm, you know, about to do a show.
I'm like, on the drive there, I should really investigate this. And luckily the LAS is doing a, do you ever do that where you're like wanting to listen to NPR and they're doing a donation drive and you're like, oh. There goes a week of me listening to radio because I cannot listen to them begging for money. I wish they had money. That'd be nice. That would be nice. Yeah.
When you don't have money, it kind of sucks. Yeah. I've been so poor that I couldn't pay attention. I went ahead and I was so poor, I had to buy six of the fake Top Ramen for a dollar instead of five for the real Top Ramen. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that was a bad time. There was a six. Was it a package of six? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no, I've been there.
Never really cared much for money or about it really, but it's nice. But yeah, sobriety for me, it's my second round of it. Final round. How much you had the first time? 12 years. Of how? Of like from Seattle, got sober at 17, moved to LA, stayed with it for a while. And then just decided, I think I, you know, I think it's what everyone does. It's like, you know, I'm an adult now.
I'm like, I've been on The Tonight Show. I've got a Comedy Central special. Like, I can handle this. And could not handle it from the first time that I did it, actually, which is kind of funny. Like, I was on my way to Vegas. And I just decided I'm going to land and have a drink. It's going to happen. I'm performing tonight at this casino.
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