Behind The Smile with Ash Butterss

Ashleigh Butterss

Behind the Smile is a mental health, recovery and personal growth podcast hosted by TEDx speaker and coach Ash Butterss. Exploring alcohol, addiction, sobriety, trauma and emotional wellbeing, it reveals the raw reality behind the facade of people's "perfect lives." After getting sober in 2020 and leaving corporate life, Ash now shares raw conversations, expert insights and powerful stories to help you heal, grow and reconnect with your true self. Expect honesty, practical tools and real talk that proves when we recover out loudly, no one has to suffer in silence.

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Behind The Smile with Ash Butterss

Episodes (161)

Sun Feb 8th Ep 161. What It Really Takes to Get Sober in a Drinking Culture, with Vim Verma
Sun Feb 1st Ep 160. Finding Freedom in Recovery, with Ash Murray
Jan 25th Ep 159. From Self Destruction to Self Discovery: How Almost Losing Everything Saved Him, with James Date

Behind The Smile with Ash Butterss

Feb 8, 2026
1 hours
61 MB

In this episode, Ash has a raw conversation with husband, father, and sober human Vim Verma as they discuss addiction, identity, and what happens when you finally stop running from yourself. Vim opens up about growing up in a mixed-race culture where drinking was normalised, emotions were rarely spoken about, and asking for help felt almost impossible. Together, they unpack the quiet pressures of family expectations, the heavy emotional charge of the holiday season, and the stigma that keeps so many people suffering in silence. There are moments of grief, moments of clarity, and...

Behind The Smile with Ash Butterss

Ep 161. What It Really Takes to Get Sober in a Drinking Culture, with Vim Verma

Ashleigh Butterss

00:00 -01:06:47