Put yourself first, put yourself before your drinking and join me on a 7 day sober retreat – A New Stop Drinking Course. I have learned a lot since I stopped drinking on March 28th 2018, but perhaps the most important lesson of all is to put myself first. There is a fabulous quote which […]
From the initial reports of panic buying of loo rolls and alcohol at the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, lockdown drinking is a phrase that most of us are familiar with. While some people jokingly talk of get togethers over Zoom with wine, there is a worry that the increased alcohol consumption, drinking in isolation […]
Sober Bliss Meets Voice of Calm. Talking to people who are on the same journey to sobriety as I am, is so inspiring, supportive and comforting and I think there is such power to be had from sharing and listening to other people’s stories. That is why I decided to create the Sober Bliss Podcast […]
“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 […]