How about adding an extra gift to your shopping list this year? A Gift for YOU — the gift of sobriety. When we finally accept that we are drinking too much and need to make a change we feel depressed. We feel resentful of those “normal” drinkers and exasperated with…

If you’ve been working hard to cut down or even ditch the drink all year then it’s possible you are facing the festive season with some trepidation — and a concern that you are going to undo all the progress you’ve made. So let’s make a plan for those parties…here…

Dare to be different… — How about we play it a bit differently this year? How about we resist the brainwashing — and get smart. How about we unplug from the matrix? How about being a rebel not a sheep? December is particularly difficult for people in early sobriety. We all have to tackle several…

Explore the benefits of digital sober communities. — It’s testament to the power of the liquor industry that drinking alcohol has become a social norm. (In spite of the considerable amount of evidence that alcohol harms our physical and mental health). It’s human nature to want to fit in so if we go against the norm we feel…

Are you at a crossroads in your life? Some of the choices we make in life can change the trajectory of our future. If you know you’ve been drinking too much for years and have tried (and failed) to cut down numerous times then…

However long we’ve been been sober we can never get complacent. Relapse rates are high and in a society where drinking is the norm we need to find ways to strengthen our sobriety on an ongoing basis. Although there is no “cure” for addiction, there are things we can do…

Many of us start drinking at college just to fit in, then we find ourselves at work entertaining clients or just letting our hair down with colleagues on a Friday night as part of the “work hard play hard” culture. As we get older, we switch to using a glass…

Why not celebrate Independence Day by declaring your independence from alcohol? If we become dependent on alcohol our lives begin to shrink. We gradually lose interest in everyday pleasures and spend all our time engaging in activities which include alcohol. As we become more dependent we begin to drink alone…

Janet Gourand — My first few months of sobriety were tough, very tough. The benefits of quitting alcohol started to appear as promised. I lost weight, slept better, my skin looked great, eyes were clearer. I saved money and yes I even learned to love mornings! Yet in spite of all that good…