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Last night I went for food with 2 old friends (they’re not old, the friendship is) to celebrate my birthday. It was a lovely night and I laughed loads, caught up with them both, asked for advice on a situation and of course managed to ram lush food into my flapjack hole. We were there …

For years I knew my drinking of alcohol wasn’t “right” and that it was causing problems in my life. Could you tell from the outside? No. But I knew. I knew that once I’d started I found it hard to stop. I knew that once I’d started I would always find an excuse for “one …

So today a muggle asked me (yep, I now call people who still drink muggles. Thank you J.K. Rowling), “How do you relax if you don’t drink?”. So I answered “Well it was the drink that was stressing me out. So now I don’t drink I just am relaxed”. He just sort of stared at …

I’ve just been on holiday for a week and you know what, the start, without alcohol, was tough. It caught me a bit unexpected if I’m honest as I’ve already done one holiday without the anxiety juice and it was easy. However, that holiday was in a medieval town in France in winter. This was …

I have only just realised that I now remember every waking hour of my life. Don’t get me wrong, I still forget stuff like names (not my own) and birthday dates (definitely not my own) etc. But I no longer spend time time trying to piece together things that may or may not have happened …

Since being sober I see others struggles more. Anyone else feel like this? I don’t just mean peoples struggles with alcohol. I mean generally. I’ve always been a pretty sensitive person (Beaches is a favourite film of mine so, you know) and thought of myself as emotionally intelligent but recently I feel like bloody Whoopi …

Yesterday I got angry. Because not once, not twice but thrice was I was targeted by sponsored ads or posts that contained alcohol via instagram. Was it showing me the devastation it can cause to peoples lives? No of course not, it was all pastel pinks and roses with glasses of fizz and crap being …

Being sober is something I need to keep working on. When I was six months in  I thought I’d cracked it then went out for a night and actually had to leave (less Cinderella more thief who’s been caught nicking doughnuts). Since then I do regular things to keep on top of it. I’m gonna …

So, ” you do you” is a sentence/saying I have heard said a lot. But it was only the other day that I really understood it. It’s actually very simple but also really hard to do! We, or at least I am, always comparing myself or my journey to others. So here’s a little reminder….. …

So….I want to share a technique I learnt ages ago from a gratitude book, that I’ve adapted. It may sound a bit out there (so put the handbrake on your eye roll please) but it really isn’t. They suggest as each foot touches the floor in the morning you say “Thank you”. One foot “Thank” …