My crazy drinking rules
The Rules. Ah… the rules. Completely self imposed, they governed much of my drinking life. Long before I really acknowledged I had a problem, I was creating rules about when I could drink and how much I could have. The Rules were my way of trying to reign in my drinking…
The Sober School’s guide to… clubbing
All too often, sobriety gets a bad rap. It’s just assumed that when you part ways with alcohol, you wave bye bye to your social life at the same time. But this is a myth. An alcohol free lifestyle does not, I repeat not, mean signing up for a lifetime of early nights and cocoa before bed…
How I knew it was time to stop drinking
There are two questions I get asked a lot about the fact that I don’t drink. People who have no problem with alcohol tend to ask, “What made you decide to stop drinking?” This question is usually accompanied by raised eyebrows and a baffled, bemused or sometimes horrified expression…
When did we normalise abnormal drinking?
I feel very strongly that the mythology around drinking causes a lot of damage. Having moved from a binge drinker, to a heavy drinker, to a drinker in denial, to one struggling to quit and – finally! – someone who is happy not to drink at all, I’ve seen it from all sides…
Do I have a drinking problem? One simple test
If you’re browsing this website, the chances are that at some point you’ve googled the question ‘am I an alcoholic?’ But perhaps a better question to ask is ‘do I have a drinking problem?’ At The Sober School we tend to use the term ‘drinking problem’ rather than ‘alcoholic’…
Why sobriety rocks
When you stop drinking, you’ll quickly notice lots of changes and benefits – some big, some small. Some days it’s easy to take it all for granted and forget just how bad things were. So here’s my list of all the things I love about not drinking. It’s a work in progress…
