I’ve always been fascinated by the sheer number of celebrities who quietly don’t drink alcohol. I’m not talking about famous people who’ve fought well-publicised battles with booze. I’m more interested in the celebs who quietly decided that Hollywood’s...

The morning after I’d been drinking, I’d often wake up in the early hours and wonder: “What the hell is wrong with me?” “Why do I keep doing this?” “Why can’t I just get my act together?” Lying in bed with my eyes closed and my head pounding,...

Opening a bottle used to be my reward whenever I felt I’d worked hard or achieved something. So when I tried to “be good” and not drink, I’d last a few days, only to go and ruin it with wine 🤦‍♀️ Looking back now, it was...

In my drinking days, I must have googled “Am I an alcoholic?” so many times. I didn’t think I actually was an alcoholic, but my drinking was making me feel really bad. Fast forward to today and an awful lot has changed. Not only am I ten years sober,...

Something pretty big happened to me 10 years ago: I quit drinking. In April 2013, I thought I was just taking a break and giving sobriety a test drive… but alcohol-free living turned out to be so good, I didn’t want to give it up! I could never have...

How do you know when it’s time to quit? If you’re a grey-zone drinker like I was, the chances are it’s not that clear. Perhaps your life looks pretty normal from the outside? You’re still showing up and taking care of the 101 things on your to-do...

Last night’s Oscars got me thinking about what makes a great movie. In all honesty, if a director had to make a film about my drinking story, it would be incredibly dull. Watching me fall asleep on the couch after ploughing through a bottle of wine,...

Why do you drink? What benefit or service are you hoping alcohol will deliver? The answers to these questions look different for different people. But there’s one thing I can say for sure: No matter what problem you’re trying to mask or fix, alcohol...

When I coach women to quit drinking, the topics I love the most are mindset and thought work. There’s so much deep stuff in there to explore. But before we get to that, I always spend some time making sure they’re getting the basics right. We all...