Alcohol Concern, the people behind Dry January, are currently running a summer campaign called Six Pack Swap. Unlike Dry January, you don’t have to cut out alcohol completely but the idea is to get people moving more, eating less and - crucially - drinking...

Not a lot of people know this about me, but I am a secret perfectionist. People tend to assume I am one of life’s laid back people. They think I am chilled. Zen. A take-it-as-it-comes girl. I think this is because I am often running late and I tend to...

I love trying out new things and seeing what’s possible. Sometimes it’s the little changes that can make a difference or lead to a breakthrough. Here are 5 things to try that have helped me or that have been really fun to do…

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'...

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...