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 have been reading the excellent book Mrs D Is Going Without by Lotta Dann, it really is an fantastic read and a must-have for any ‘quit-lit’ enthusiasts. In one of the chapters Lotta explains how she had an awakening when she realised that her drinking problem was a way of suppressing her emotions, in other words a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
How to put the glass down and stop drinking I am writing this after 58 days of not drinking and have been thinking about how hard I found it to actually say STOP. The 57 days that have followed on my sober journey have been far easier than the fear and dread that accompanied the …
