How my life has changed, how I have changed I am a life and sobriety coach. I help people quit things in a way that feels good. I have quit many things including, of course, alcohol, cigarettes, dying my hair, wearing makeup, and most recently — social media. I first…

Thank you for sharing such a personal story and written so beautifully. I loved the part you wrote about being made of magic and being tricked. and I agree, there is everything wrong with alcohol yet we are the ones somehow blamed for not being able to 'handle' this addictive substance. I quit five years ago and while I have gone through some really difficult times since quitting, it's nothing compared to the shame and horror of the drinking days. I do feel like I have my magic back. I am back.

A Morning Routine For Sobriety It’s 4 am, and I’m awake. My teenage son is coughing in the room next door and my husband has just got up to make tea. Because he can’t tell the time, my dog thinks it is time to begin the day and jumps up…

It is almost two years since I had my last drink. At the time, I didn’t realize it would be, but that random day at the end of March 2018 finally led me to be able to start living my life the way I had been (drunk) dreaming of for…

Why the opinions of other people kept me stuck When I stopped drinking over a year ago, I didn’t tell anybody except my husband who also stopped drinking at the same time, and of course I explained to our kids that we were having a break from beer, that’s it…

Over a year into sobriety and I’m still struggling with nicotine addiction — The title of this piece says it all really, I know that unlike quitting alcohol, my mindset just isn’t right yet. But why I wonder? I am going through a phase at the moment which is very similar to the final weeks of my drinking days. …

The thought of surviving in my own home without alcohol terrified me — after all what else was I supposed to do? Working from home and being a stay at home Mum is what allowed my drinking to get out of control. I was, after all, free from the judgement…

The Joy Of No Hangovers Is Just The Start — When I realized that I had to quit drinking I had the same thoughts and feelings as we all do, whether we want to stop completely or just cut down it is easy to focus on what we believe the positives of alcohol to be. We then get really cold…

How to Cope When Soothing Yourself with Alcohol is no Longer an Option — I am an introvert, I spend a lot of time in my head and yes, I do have full on conversations with myself too. Thankfully though since quitting drinking over a year ago, my mind is no longer a crazy battlefield, the conversations are no longer fraught with negative self…