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Exploring sober lifestyle and the stigma attached to sobriety, cultural aspects of drinking and society as well as the many benefits of quitting alcohol.
Thinking of Quitting Drinking? Before I quit drinking, I knew that I wanted to, but just didn’t know how to. I spent a long time, months? Years? Planning and dreaming about what my life would look like when I was finally free from alcohol. I knew what I wanted, what I would do with my […]
Why Create a Vision for Sobriety? In all areas of life, not least your sobriety, it is important to have a clear vision of what you want. I read a post today saying, “start where you want to end” and it really brought home to me the importance of having a clear why, a reason, […]
Transform Your Drinking, Transform Your Life – You might have heard words associated with sobriety such as hard, boring, difficult, dull or scary. It’s true that these are some words which describe your experiences as you begin to transform your drinking. After all, when you remove alcohol, when you stop numbing and blurring the edges, […]
Quitting drinking, whether with the idea of quitting for good or just taking a few months off, can reveal holes in our lives that we used to fill with drinking and we then search for ways to fill this hole with something else, to make us whole again. This blog post is an introduction to […]
10 Best Documentaries About Alcohol Addiction (BBC, HBO, NETFLIX) Here we have the 10 best documentaries about alcohol addiction covering a wide range of issues from the affects excessive alcohol consumption has on society, mental health and physical implications. This list includes documentaries about alcohol that come from various different angles, all are well worth […]
Positive affirmations for sobriety The path to sobriety can be a bumpy one. One minute you are coasting along and everything is well with the world, then, bam! You get hit by a wave of negativity. You feel down, anxious, depressed and you start to question why you are doing this, you might even blame […]
How to Quit Drinking When you are Stuck At Home In light of the recent Cornavirus outbreak, I wanted to share with you some tips on how to protect your sobriety and quit drinking when you are stuck at home. I never thought I’d see Covid-19 and sobriety in the same sentence, but this outbreak […]
Motivation to Quit Drinking Alcohol With Coins in a Jar This week’s podcast episode talks motivation to quit drinking alcohol with coins in a jar. I talk to a wonderful, inspiring lady form south Africa, called Jo who began her journey to sobriety by starting a Facebook Page called Coins in a Jar. Jo wanted […]
If you are reading this, then the question, how to know when to give up alcohol, has probably been playing on your mind. Perhaps you have been Googling, “am I am alcoholic?” or maybe you have been trying to stick to the ‘guidelines’ or comparing yourself to your friends and family, or worrying about how […]
Self love is key in sobriety, so is self respect and self care but what exactly does this mean and how do you go about showing yourself love and making self care part of your every day life? When I first quit drinking, I had no clue about this. I thought it was all manicures, […]