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.
When I was drinking every day I had a really short temper, I would get stressed out about the smallest things and I would let everyday problems turn into anxiety monsters in my head and spend all day (and night) worrying about them. This resulted in endless arguments with my Wife and Son, looking back …
I can’t believe it has been 4 months since I made the monumental decision to stop drinking alcohol forever. For over twenty years I had drank red wine pretty much every day, usually a bottle a night, sometimes often more. As the years went by my dependency got worse and it started to dawn on …
Since I quit drinking alcohol I have enjoyed trying many different alcohol-free drinks, however one area that is a cause for some controversy among the sober community is alcohol-free beers and wines. Some people love them, some people don’t go near them. Personally, I enjoy a cold bottle of Becks Blue, but I wouldn’t go near …
After a month of being sober and knowing I would never return to drinking alcohol I was feeling really pleased with myself. This was possibly the biggest achievement and most positive life-change I have ever made, I never thought I could have done this! I wanted to tell people, surely everyone else would be as …
Dear Red Wine (specifically Ms Shiraz) I remember the first time we met, you swept me off my feet. Nobody had ever made me feel like this, I was wild, free and uninhibited with you. Your beauty, power, smell and taste gave me confidence, wit and a whole new perception on things. You allowed me …
When you start out on the sober-journey it can feel amazing, you are so proud of what you have achieved and find yourself going through what could be described as a ‘honeymoon’ period where everything is pink clouds and happy days, it is an amazing experience. You want to tell the world and shout about …
I am writing this at Rome airport on my way home to London following a trip with my teenage son. Everything was going great until we were about to board the plane home, at which point we were informed there was a technical problem and we wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon! After a long period …
I am writing this on a trip to Rome, it is my third holiday since I quit alcohol. I was really anxious before my first sober holiday, every trip before had been soaked in red wine and I always made sure I had a good supply and that wine would be available where we would …
I was browsing through a few old photos on Facebook and couldn’t help noticing how many of them involved alcohol, with my clear sober eyes I can now see how damaging my behaviour was. I always seemed to be at the centre of the party and the one who always had to go that bit …
After a couple of weeks sober and realising that I would never return to drinking alcohol again I was feeling rather proud of myself and started to feel like I wanted to tell people, however, I had read in some of the sober-books that not everyone might be as excited and enthusiastic as I was. …
