At first this might feel like I’m off subject but I promise you I’m not. In July 2019 on the BBC there was a programme called Panorama. It was about how from 2020 LGBTQ+ Relationship Education will be included in Primary schools. It also showed that some parents are protesting against this and also getting …
Read More Time for changeNo, this is not a post about Halloween. It’s a post about the way we’re tricked into thinking that alcohol is a treat. And that’s what it is, a trick. From a young age we are surrounded by this little tit of a drug and told that it’s a reward, that it relaxes us, that …
Read More Trick or treat?Just got back from my 3rd sober holiday and it was chuffing awesome! I 100% never thought a holiday would actually be a holiday without alcohol but it’s yet another lie that’s been fed to us amigos. Even when I dared to dream that one day I could stop drinking I would think “but I …
Read More Sober holidaysSo today marks a whole year since I stopped drinking. I never thought I would be able to say that or if I did imagine myself with no poison inside me I certainly didn’t think I’d be happy about it. I imagined life sans alcool would be dull and boring. Little did I know that …
Read More One Year No BeerWhen I was drinking alcohol I would say quite a lot of shit that actually meant something else. Excuses pinged out of me like farts and although I was worried about my drinking for years I acted as if all was great. I didn’t even realise I was doing it but here are some things …
Read More Alcohol lies…..If you’ve stopped drinking or on a Ross & Rachel break, you will know that there are certain questions people ask. I will always be respectful when I give my answers as I understand why they’re asking. And I used to ask them myself (pissed of course). But this post is the answers that flash …
Read More Questions & AnswersGood riddance to hangovers, they are no more I’ve packed their bags, thrown them out the door. No more awful night sweats, no more ugly drama, No more my breath smelling like the arse crack of a llama. Now I wake up grinning just like the Cheshire cat. You know what dear hangovers? You really …
Read More An ode to hangovers……If you look up the dictionary definition to this it says- “the protection of oneself from harm or death.” So is staying off the crazy juice self preservation? You can bet your bottom doughnut it is. Does alcohol cause us harm? Yes hun. Can it cause death? I’m sorry but I’ll have to answer yes …
Read More Sober self preservation…..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 …
Read More Sober socialising…..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 …
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