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8 AF weeks in: this is what I’ve learned during what has felt like a semi-miraculous turn around in my life
8 AF weeks in, this is what I’ve learned during what has felt like a semi-miraculous turn around in my life. A traumatic marriage break-up 2 years ago led to a major increase in my drinking, which I used to avoid what had happened. But about 6 months down the line I...
Mindfulness for an Alcohol-Free Summer Series: Practice 1 – Noticing Your Thoughts by Ali Roff
Mindfulness is all about being in the moment – but it’s not just about noticing the breeze on your skin and the sounds of the birds in the trees. In fact, we practice seeing these things so that we can begin to notice how we are inside – what we are feeling, thinking,...
The truth about alcohol and sleep by Daisy Steel
Today I have been alcohol free for 183 days and if you were to ask me what the biggest benefit has been, I would say sleep, sleep and more sleep. I have suffered from insomnia for years – often waking in the middle of the night unable to get back to sleep, or spending...
A life less ordinary: How saying no to alcohol helped me find true success by Ali Roff
Could alcohol be holding you back achieving your dreams? Ali Roff shares how she created a life less ordinary by ditching the booze and cultivating real self-belief… I’ve never been that person who is the life and soul of the party – you’re more likely to find me in...
My alcohol free experiment by Yvonne McAdam
Day 14 of my AF experiment and I wake up dry mouthed with a bit of a headache..... no, I didn’t have anything to drink last night..... in fact, I realised I had barely had anything to drink at all - not even water - and that’s when I realised through the hazy morning...
“Giving up alcohol has made me slimmer, means I actually remember the fun I’ve had and has done wonders for my sex life. What’s not to love?” by Suzy Bashford
This was the question posed to me by my friend Sarah recently, while we were out mountain biking in the awesome Cairngorms where we live. I hadn’t seen her for a while and she looked frickin’ fantastic. Skin glowing, eyes sparkling and she was riding the bumps and...
More benefits than you might think… by Anne Farthing
A few years ago, I gave up alcohol completely for a few months for health reasons. It was hard, but not too hard, and the really great thing about it is that it has reduced my tolerance, so now I rarely want more than one glass. Better sleep, more energy and better...
On January 1st 2018 I decided to give up booze for a year…this is my story so far by Daisy Steel
I decided to stop drinking at the beginning of the year. It was a decision I’d been hurtling towards after what seemed a crazy few years. When we moved to the country from London, I’d envisaged an idyllic life of home-baking and gardening, more time to spend with our...
Can’t sleep after giving up drinking? Here’s why a sneaky nightcap isn’t the answer by Christine Morgan
If you’ve just stopped drinking, one of the things that could drive you back to the bottle faster than Boris Johnson gets stuck on a zip-wire is the lack of sleep. You remember sleep, right? It’s widely known that sleep difficulties are common in people recovering...
SIMPLICITY + CONSISTENCY = SUCCESS by Brian & Carrie
Today's blog is written by Brian and Carrie, who are the superstars of Brian and Carrie Live. Tune in live everyday to Eliminate your Limits! “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate” That quote from Carl Jung is a...
7 alcohol-free hacks you must know about this bank holiday
A long weekend can kick-start many of our alcohol triggers. The combination of a bank holiday and sunshine can derail the best of intentions. But just a quick reminder before we get started — the buzz you will get from sticking to your healthy intentions will far...
How do you drive an introvert to drink?
Last Saturday, five minutes before I was due on stage to talk at the fantastic 'Change your world' conference, my co-presenter and co-founder of OYNB Ruari said: ‘I am not feeling this speech; I’m thinking we throw out the slides and just talk.’ What the…????!!!!!...
This is why just ‘one' drink can change your life
The lads are going for a drink. You decide to join them for a quick 1. But it’s not 1, it’s 4. You miss the train and tell a few lies to cover up the 1 that was really 4. ‘The train was cancelled, I had a meeting…’ Your partner knows deep down you’re lying. Its a...
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