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″]
When you just know something has to change
I remember the day, I had been drinking red wine the night before (probably a bottle or more) as I did every single night. It was mid-morning and my head was full of the usual fuzzy feeling from having too much alcohol, then I noticed my hands, they were shaking uncontrollably. I had never had …
10 Fears you have to face in order to quit drinking alcohol
10 Fears you have to face in order to quit drinking alcohol When the first thoughts of quitting drinking started jabbing away at my brain (guilt and self-loathing I think it’s called), I never thought it would turn into anything more than exactly that, a few thoughts that I would keep on dismissing, before very …
How to tell people you are sober & don’t drink alcohol
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. …
90 Days – Don’t get complacent
It was 90 days of being sober this weekend, this is a pretty big milestone and I am amazed I have come so far, I clearly remember believing that I couldn’t even go one day without drinking red wine. The support of the Be Sober Facebook group has been amazing and the number of members …
Long Weekend Done!
So my wife is now back from her trip overseas, I had four days home alone (with my teenage son). I thought this may be a test of my sobriety strength but I kept myself busy around the house and took my son out to a couple of nice restaurants and the days flew by. …
Dealing With Raw Emotions…Sober!
When I stopped drinking I didn’t realise there were two parts to leading a sober life, the first is actually putting down the bottle and getting through the cravings (which thankfully come less and less as time goes by), I thought this was just about all there was to it and I would be rewarded …
