“I stopped drinking and became a Mum again” – Sober Bliss Yes, I did and no thanks to the blatant marketing and advertising aimed at women and even aimed at Mums in particular. More and more women are drinking, over a ten year period high risk drinking among women has risen by over 60%. […]
Feeling Down in Sobriety? In the Blissfully sober Facebook group, we had a discussion this week about feeling down in sobriety. This is common yet it can come out of the blue. You know, in the early days, once you get over the initial detox and recovery process, you seem to be on a high, […]
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, […]
10 Effective Ways to Deal With Alcohol Cravings. I have had lots of messages from people lately about how they are struggling with cravings for alcohol at the moment, more so than usual given the situation we are currently in. I understand why, we are being bombarded with memes on social media about how drinking […]
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 […]
8 things I’ve learned from two years of sobriety – On March 28th 2020, I celebrated two years of sobriety. Well, I say celebrate I didn’t go out due to the current situation we are living in at the moment but I did have some cake. Actually, the day almost passed me by without realizing […]
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 […]
Coronavirus and Alcohol In my local supermarket it is not only the loo rolls that are suffering a hit, but the alcohol isle is looking pretty scarce too, why is that I wonder? I know exactly why actually, it is because whenever something bad, or uncertain or worrying or stressful happens, our immediate reaction is […]
