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 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. …
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 …
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 …
So it’s day 81 today and I am feeling good, I am recovering well after my recent operation and slowly getting my sense of calm and peace back. The last couple of weeks have been pretty uncomfortable and I haven’t really felt relaxed, it was a bit of a test having a pretty big operation …
This weekend was the parent’s formal dinner at my Sons school, I was pretty nervous as Saturday approached. This would be my first big function where beer and wine would be flowing, on top of this I didn’t know anyone attending (other than my wife) and I have recently had an operation that means my …
Today is my 75th day sober, when I started out on this journey I couldn’t even see myself going a few days without an alcoholic drink, now I just don’t want one. I am actually starting to feel proud of what I have achieved! However, I also remain cautious, the last thing I want to …
Whenever I get the occasional urge for wine (will they ever stop?), I try to take a step back and remind myself of all the reasons why I stopped drinking alcohol in the first place. As time goes by there is a danger that I might start looking at wine with rose-tinted glasses and forget …
For me it had been coming for a couple of years. The joy had vanished from my evening bottle (or more) of wine long ago and it had become a struggle as I dealt with the mixed emotion of knowing I was drinking too much and wanting to cut down, competing against my thirsty-self who …
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 …
