Before I quit drinking, I didn’t really know any other sober women. Back then, I had a lot of misguided beliefs about alcohol-free living. I thought people who didn’t drink were probably a bit too serious and boring. If someone had shown me...

“I give up.” In early sobriety, there are days when it feels so tempting to say: “Enough! I’m fed up. I’m done with this. I’m tired of trying not to drink. I’m not going to bother with sobriety anymore.” I’ve been there myself. But...

“Whenever I try to stop drinking, my husband is really negative about it. He drinks much less than me and doesn’t understand why I can’t just have one or two like him. He’s always so sceptical about me trying to stop. He’s even bought...

It’s not very often that I have an epiphany about sobriety whilst watching a romantic comedy! I’d normally be reluctant to take ANY major life lessons from these movies… But the other day I was watching Bridget Jones’s Diary (the first...

I want to highlight two things that might be making your life harder right now. Particularly if you’re in early sobriety - or you’re trying to quit drinking at the moment. It’s all about the way we talk to ourselves… and what we do when...

It’s the last day of the month! Whether you found Dry January hard or easy, there are a few common thoughts that tend to pop up at this point: “If I can take a month off, does that mean I don’t have a problem?” “Will I be able to...

How's your Dry January going? By this point in the month, the goals you set at New year can seem a long time ago. If your enthusiasm for alcohol free living is waning - or you could do with a dose of motivation to keep going, I want...

Every December I ask the women I’ve been coaching this question: “What’s been your alcohol free highlight of the year - and is there a photo that sums up that moment?” The women I work with tend to be very private people, so it’s...

Imagine seeing your drinking up on the big screen, in a cinema. The opening scene looks fine - pretty harmless in fact. A bottle gets opened and you promise to just have one drink... But one leads to two… and you can guess what...