Be Sober – Quit Drinking with Simon Chapple the Quit Alcohol Coach
Welcome to the Be Sober Blog – I am Simon Chapple, Sober Writer, Speaker and Coach for This Naked Mind. At 44 years old I decided enough was enough and stopped drinking forever. If you want to change your relationship with alcohol this website and the Be Sober private Facebook group could be the right place for you. My mission is to spread the word about the benefits of a life without alcohol – Be Sober and my story have been featured on the BBC, in the news and on Club Soda and This Naked Mind. If you want to change your relationship with alcohol check out my book – The Sober Survival Guide.
For nearly all of my adult life just about every social occasion or event involved drinking. My social life and drink went hand in hand, the thought of going out with friends for an evening without sinking a few pints of beer seemed ridiculous, why would anyone do that? Of course, I couldn’t stop drinking …
Alcohol triggers are all around us and it is important to have a strategy to deal with them, watch the video below to hear my experiences and advice to help you on your own sober-journey.
The festive period can be a challenge for us sober-warriors, we find ourselves around friends and family who are often drinking and celebrating as well as the dreaded work parties and New Years Eve gatherings that arise at this time of year. I got through Christmas, I don’t think about drinking much these days, a …
When starting out on the sober journey there are a few things you need to ensure you are best placed to remain alcohol-free long-term. The most important tools that I found on the path to sobriety are: Sober Books – To help educate me so I understood the dangers of alcohol. Also, books like This …
FOLLOW NOW TO BE PART OF MY INSTAGRAM COMMUNITY I use an App on my phone to track how many days I have been sober, I used to check it daily but in recent weeks I have been looking a lot less.A lot of people have asked me when they will stop being obsessed with …
I recently had the opportunity to interview Annie Grace author of This Naked Mind and founder of The Alcohol Experiment. This Naked Mind was the book that enabled my to change my own relationship with alcohol, it made me adapt my mindset from ‘Can’t Have’ a drink to ‘Don’t Want’ one, so I was really …
If you are calling yourself a failure after trying to quit alcohol for the 100th time and slipping up by having a drink, my advice is to take a step back and a deep breath. First of all, you are not a failure. The fact you have realised you have a problem with drinking and …
My drinking habit had generally been to break open a bottle (or more) of red wine in the evening after my Son had gone to bed, I would normally watch TV and drink with my Wife. Generally, she would have one or maybe two glasses and I would go through the whole bottle and often …
Interview with Milly Day, social media manager and soon to be guide for Recovery Trekking I am really excited to have the chance to interview Milly Day. Milly is part of the founding team behind Recovery Trekking, which offers a unique path to recovery from addiction. You can find out more via their website: www.recoverytrekking.com or …
This has been quite a week in my little sober-world… It has been one full of milestones, three of them to be precise. First of all, the Be Sober private Facebook group is about to reach 600 members, which is quite frankly incredible. The group is simply amazing, we have members from all over the …
