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.
I am excited to share a guest post from Alex and Lisa founders of the Sober Experiment. Find out more about their awesome 30 day supported challenge to alcohol freedom at: https://www.soberexperiment.co.uk/ Guest post below Alex and Lisa met at secondary school through their parents. Both upbringings involved alcohol as a normal part of life. …
With Christmas just around the corner comes a time when many of us like to over-indulge. This can mean drinking a lot more alcohol than usual. I remember how I used to use the festive period as an excuse to buy much more red wine that I would normally have (as if I wasn’t having …
I was really honoured to be invited onto BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex breakfast show to discuss Sober October and my story with hosts James Cannon and Lesley McCabe. You can listen to the full radio interview right here: [wdi_feed id=”2″]
Sometimes you have to step outside your comfort zone if you want to move forward in your life and achieve your goals and find happiness. That doesn’t just apply to quitting drinking. Your love life, your career, your health and your all round happiness often require you to take a step into an area that …
In a recent coaching session we spoke about Liberation v Fixation. The topic made me stop and think and it really hit home to me how much I was ‘fixated’ when I was drinking. If you are reading this blog you have probably asked yourself the dreaded question ‘Am I An Alcoholic?’, I know I …
Someone asked me an interesting question this week – ‘Do I feel a sense of shame when I tell people I don’t drink’. My immediate answer was ‘HELL NO’ – In fact it is the complete opposite, I am proud of being sober and the positive changes I have made to my life, why on …
I have spoken before about the ‘Big Domino’ and how when you push it over so many other amazing and unexpected things happen. It really is so true! When we quit drinking we have our own reasons for making the decision. Usually health, relationships, regretful behaviour or the pain of addiction, we don’t think about …
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 …
