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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” …

The lies would start as soon as I woke up after drinking. I would first start thinking about how much I had drunk, usually having set a limit for myself which I would have broken. So I’d lie in bed trying to work out exactly what the amount was. This is a strange part of …

So in my hand I had the cause and solution of my problem. I would drink too much alcohol. Then the next day feel anxious, unhappy, sad, and the rest, then the way to get over that would be to drink again. Repeat. What did I need to do? Stop drinking. So why couldn’t I? …

The time I’ve wasted on alcohol in the past is pretty unbelievable. The hours I have sat there funneling the poison down the gullet is one thing, as are the hangovers. I dread to think of the time I’ve wasted actually hanging over. But what I mean here is the time I have wasted on …

Okay, so of course a Monday is still a Monday. And for some that may make them feel shit. However start looking at Mondays as an exciting and rewarding day. It not only makes another weekend sober but also the start of another sober week! Those two things are enough of a celebration! So fuck …

I never had the travelling bug, yes I want to see new countries but the backpacking thing never appealed. But lately I’ve been realising that stopping drinking and travelling have a lot of similarities. What the holy flip flop am I on about? Well let me explain… Research Before I stopped drinking I did a …

My dearest Liver, I would first like to take this opportunity to apologise for the way I have treated you over the last 20 odd years. It wasn’t you, it was me. I was thoughtless and put you under unnecessary strain. You never complained, you just kept on helping me in the best way you …

You do not need to drink everyday to have a drink problem. You can drink once a week, once a month etc and still have an extremely unhealthy relationship with alcohol. I was not waking up and pouring vodka on my cornflakes or having a shot of vodka with my boiled eggs. I also wasn’t …

So I’m seven months in and I’ve finally admitted, I no longer enjoy going out with people when they’re drinking. Or at least not for long! At the start I was trying to convince myself that I enjoyed sitting there with a Becks Blue but I actually get to ten (at the latest) and can’t …

So….self care. What the holy fridge magnet is that then? I’d never really heard it till I got sober but now I hear it a lot. At first I thought it was about wrapping yourself in seaweed and listening to the sounds of dolphins shagging whilst inhaling kale fumes. Well it’s not (and I apologise …