S3 Ep215: Samantha Southern: Solace

Warning: this podcast contains references to suicide and suicidal thoughts throughout. This week we welcome the wonderful Samantha Southern from onto Over The Influence! Sam felt like she needed to stop drinking alcohol, but it wasn’t because of what it was doing to her; it was the reasons that she was drinking that worried her. As you’ll hear in this episode, she has suffered some tragic bereavements and she felt that she was drinking to avoid confronting those feelings head on. Samantha is now turning her experience into a force for good and she is now coordinating The Solace Suicide Prevention and Support Project which is a new initiative by Empowerment Charity, in collaboration with Public Health Blackpool. Thanks so much to Sam for coming onto the podcast to share your story and we encourage anyone who is has been affected by what we have talked about in this episode to please reach out to Samaritans who you can reach via their website or you can call 116 123 in the UK for free. --- Get In Touch: Of course, you can always get in touch with us (publicly or privately) on our socials - @alcoholfreepod on Instagram, or search for "Over The Influence" on Facebook . We'd love to hear your story - please get in touch with us directly at otihq@overtheinfluence.co.uk or go to our website, --- The Premium Podcast: If you love OTI and you'd like to hear behind the curtain,

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S3 Ep215: Samantha Southern: Solace is an episode from Over The Influence.

This episode is 43:39 long.

This episode was published on May 12, 2025.

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