Social media addiction – the benefits of quitting Facebook

In 2019, I was a semi-regular Facebook user. But in October, I was over it! So I threw the towel in and haven’t looked back since. Peoples’ reactions were interesting. They asked me flakey, indirect questions like ‘We haven’t seen you post anything on Facebook lately, is everything ok?’ and ‘We didn’t see any of …

What Being Sober Has Meant to Me by Brené Brown

What Being Sober Has Meant to Me | Brené Brown — Read on brenebrown.com/articles/2019/05/31/what-being-sober-has-meant-to-me/ WoW. What a read! Do you ever read something and feel yourself nodding the whole time? That was me as I read this beautiful piece by Brené just now. This is the first time I have come across her thoughts and …

Alcoholfree 2 years on: an unintended consequence

While most people were nursing hangovers on New Year's Day, it marked two years off the booze for me. Since then, I feel like things are getting better and better. I no longer feel nervous, unsure of what drives me or makes me spring out of bed in the morning. Something rather extraordinary has happened …

Second summer without alcohol – and it’s amazing!

On 01/01/19 I woke with elation rather than a hangover - I had made it to two years without a drop of alcohol. To celebrate this milestone, I saved my drinking money and spent two weeks in Bali doing yoga and hiking. It was an incredible experience - head over to my twitter page if …

Two years sober – let’s mark it with a vacation!

Not sure what trained professionals would say about bribing yourself to overcome addictions. But I'm doing it and so far, it's working. 01/01/19 will mark two years since I decided to hang up my drinking hat. My 'reward to self' is a two week holiday in tropical Bali, Indonesia. And here I am! I arrived …

Sober lead up to Christmas 🎉🎄

Another year rolls by, but this lead up to Christmas is VERY different. This time two years ago, I was a highly functioning alcoholic. I was getting far too merry and into the pre-Christmas festivities. All across the city, people were having work drinks, Christmas work parties, farewell drinks etc etc etc... and I was …

689 days once my last drink

Hi friends! It's been a while. How's things? Are you keeping well? Have you started putting Christmas decorations out yet?!? Since we were last in touch, a lot had been going on. That's kind of why I have been a bit absent ... my social media has dropped considerably now that I'm learning new (alcohol …

Things that Almost Broke me when I Quit Drinking. Part 2 of 3: Who am I?

Drinking was my hobby. It was my go-to solution when I was happy, sad, celebrating, stressed. Or at least I thought it was a solution. Boy, was I deluded! This delusion stemmed from a lifetime of drinking, living in a high functioning alcoholic society and an upbringing where alcohol supposedly fixed everything. I knew no …

Things that Almost Broke me when I Quit Drinking. Part 1 of 3: Setting Personal Boundaries.

Inspired by your comments, feedback and ideas over the past 12 months, this is part 1 in a 3 part series. The purpose of this series is to confront the three things that almost broke me after I made the decision to quit drinking, 17 months ago. Here in part 1, I share my struggle …

How to be comfortable in our own company.

Yesterday marked 17 months since I stopped drinking on New Years Day last year. It's Queens Birthday weekend (not her real birthday) which means that in New Zealand, Monday is a stat. A stat is Kiwi slang for statutory holiday... if you're in the UK, I think you call it a bank holiday and if …