If you’re sober (or trying to be), an issue you might have to deal with at this time of year is having drinks pushed on you. Here are a few examples of things you could hear: “What do you mean you’re not drinking? Don’t be boring.” “I’m not taking...

Many people want to numb out these days. We're living in difficult times - and when things are tough it can be tempting to drink more, just to get a break at the end of the day. You crave that numbness. That feeling of turning off the world...

If you’ve been thinking about stopping drinking for a while, then I suspect you already know what alcohol is costing your physical and mental health. You know the cost of being hungover… and the countless repercussions that has for you. You’ve probably...

I was at an event recently where one of the speakers said something that I’ve been thinking about ever since. She said, “If you choose the easy path, life will end up being hard for you. If you choose the hard path, life will wind up easy.” I can’t...

It may only be the first week of November, but at this time of year, there are two types of messages I start to see in my inbox: “What’s the point of even trying to quit drinking now? It’s going to be too hard – there are too many parties and...

In my part of the world the clocks have just gone back, so yesterday we got a whole extra hour in the day. I love it when that happens! But it got me thinking about how important time is. Which made me wonder whether you know how much time alcohol...

Did you see the singer Adele talking about her sobriety last week?  Her comments were widely reported because she described herself as a “borderline alcoholic” and said she really missed drinking. There’s so much I’d love to say directly to Adele...

The other day I got an email from someone who follows my blog. She wrote: “I’m so mad with myself. I managed almost a whole month without drinking but for some reason I bought some wine one Saturday evening, at home alone. “I only had one glass...

You promise yourself that you’re not drinking. But then… Work was sooo bad, you need a drink afterwards. You go out and everyone else orders wine, so it’s hard to say no. You get home and find your favourite drink chilling in the fridge. Has...