Sea Arch alcohol free gin (spirit) was launched by Sarah and Geoff Yates, the couple come from the south coast of England and Geoff, a pastry chef by trade knows a thing or two about ingredients and creating flavours, Sarah and Geoff also own a wine bar in Torquay so are no strangers to the […]
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
Quitting Drinking – Why can’t I just moderate? Before I happily stopped drinking alcohol for good I used to get so frustrated and upset with myself. Why couldn’t I just be ‘normal’ like everyone else? Why can’t I just have a couple of beers at the weekend and be happy about it? Why can’t I […]
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 […]
Waking up on January 1st with a throbbing head and a sense of dread is how we usually feel, knowing that we’ve indulged in far too much excess over the festive season and need to change, yet we begin the day with that familiar feeling of unease about tackling the month without alcohol. We know […]
