Exploring sober lifestyle and the stigma attached to sobriety, cultural aspects of drinking and society as well as the many benefits of quitting alcohol.
Drinkers Guilt We’ve all done it – woken up in the morning just a few hours after going to bed with that rotten hangover, as a home drinker it is simply far too easy to go over the top, the alcohol is cheaper, there’s no competition for the toilet, no bar ten deep in people, […]
Ways to treat yourself without alcohol – I remember talking to my friend last year, she had been doing Dry January (I hadn’t) and she told me that come February 1st she was going to drink a bottle wine to reward herself for abstaining for a whole month – she deserved it, it was her treat […]
When you start thinking about quitting drinking or cutting down it is easy to focus on what you believe the positives of alcohol
Beer was my drink of choice for over 30 years, I started drinking at an early age from a can or two at the family barbeque and a free pint working in the pub kitchen to drinking every day until it became normal. In this article I talk about my own slow burn of destruction […]
What will I miss about drinking? If you’re thinking about not drinking, whether that be for a period of time, for good or just on weekdays, then it’s easy to focus on the perceived benefits that alcohol brings us and worry about all the things we will miss out on. It is scary, trying to imagine […]
Does Alcohol Affect Your Creative Writing? I once remember having a conversation with some friends who I was building a website for and telling then them that my own website had been built on Cruzcampo (Cruzcampo is a popular Spanish beer). Back in the day when I ran an online ecommerce business the theory that ‘content […]
Tips for giving up alcohol – #Take it slowly Are you behind with your planning? Are you feeling overwhelmed already? January 1st is traditionally the time to reflect on what’s gone before, what you would like to change, to remove or to add to your life. However, if like me you had all those ideas […]
10 things to spend your money on instead of alcohol – What could you buy instead??? Have you ever worked out how much money you spend on alcohol? Sitting down with a pen, paper and a calculator can be a real eye opener, it’s easy to throw a few bottles of wine into the shopping […]
Reasons to take a break from alcohol – Dry January and Beyond It’s that time of year again when we’re setting our intentions for the new year, vowing that this time it will be different and telling ourselves ‘new year, new me’ Many of us are also thinking about taking part in Dry January (I […]
Too many day 1’s Day one again quitting alcohol? Going back to Day one again and again is very frustrating, upsetting and soul destroying when you are quitting alcohol. I see it all the time, it happens to the best of us and I too had my fair share of day one’s until I finally […]
