Matthew Murphy – A Sober Wombat

Matthew Murphy, front-man of the iconic UK band The Wombats, joins us in our first VulnerabiliTea House of 2025.

In this episode, Murph answers one of life’s most terrifying questions, “In what ways do you fear you could negatively impact your children?”

Chatting to Hugh, Ryan and Josh

Matthew Murphy, front-man of the iconic UK band The Wombats, joins us in our first VulnerabiliTea House of 2025.

In this episode, Murph answers one of life’s most terrifying questions, “In what ways do you fear you could negatively impact your children?”

Chatting to Hugh, Ryan, and Josh about his experience with panic attacks, anxiety and depression, Murph is extremely honest in sharing how alcohol became a crutch.

Becoming sober, which Murph describes as the best decision of his life, was not without its teething phase, and Murph goes into detail about what that withdrawal process was like and how he began to find joy in activities again.

Murph, thank you for soundtracking our youths (and current lives), and thank you for this chat.

Chapters
0:00
Soundtracking Someones Life
5:21
In what ways do you fear you could negatively impact your children
12:54
Can you help me make a friend
17:54
Experiences of past and projected future
23:24
Alcohol sobriety and an ultimatum
30:51
Were you a different person when drinking
36:11
The teething stage of being sober
41:29
The impact of antidepressants on creativity
47:24
In what ways could your children positively impact you
Transcript
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