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.
So I had been sober for a fortnight, I never (ever) thought I could have done this and I also knew I would never go back to drinking. The first few days had been quite hard, after 20 years of reaching for the wine almost every night it had been a huge life change and …
When I stopped drinking I took a selfie on day 1, then another a couple of weeks later. Straight away I noticed a huge difference in my skin, it was way less blotchy, clearer and looked generally healthy. I couldn’t believe the difference, my face was also less bloated and looked noticeably slimmer. On top of this …
When you quit drinking it is worth having a new ‘go to’ drink that you can fall back on, obviously one without alcohol. Thankfully we now have plenty of choice and a fun part of the alcohol free journey is trying them out and discovering new tastes and flavours, especially as you will probably have …
I was looking back over my journal, on day 1 I listed all the reasons for stopping drinking and later in the journey I listed all the amazing benefits. So many of them were unexpected, I have listed my top 12 benefits of stopping drinking below: Way less anxiety – I have suffered from heightened …
Until a few weeks ago I had never heard of PAWS, but now I know all about it! PAWS stands for Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, it can effect anyone who has quit drinking and tends to rear its ugly head around a month or so into the sober journey. My experience of PAWS was a sudden …
Do you journal your sober journey? When I finally made it past Day 1 of not drinking (after many failed attempts), I decided to keep a journal and write down my experiences, I felt that it would help me look back at the highs and lows and hopefully see how far I have come over …
