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 starting out on the sober journey there are a few things you need to ensure you are best placed to remain alcohol-free long-term. The most important tools that I found on the path to sobriety are: Sober Books – To help educate me so I understood the dangers of alcohol. Also, books like This …
This has been quite a week in my little sober-world… It has been one full of milestones, three of them to be precise. First of all, the Be Sober private Facebook group is about to reach 600 members, which is quite frankly incredible. The group is simply amazing, we have members from all over the …
I am delighted to have this wonderful contribution from Heather, a founding member of the Be Sober private Facebook group. Heather shares below how creating a ‘Positive Me’ page is a great way to help you treat yourself with loving kindness. Heather says: Positive Me – “I spoke to someone recently about writing a diary …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
