Ruari Fairbairns | One Year No Beer

Compared to before I started is night and day – Curtis Cochrane

I was never a during the week drinker – but soon as Friday came, I would get this feeling that I have completed the week and it was time to reward myself. It was my time to wind down and relax as I was giving so much of myself to my clients, kids and work....

Explained: The OYNB journey from the offset to the finish line // OYNB

Your alcohol-free journey is yours and you can approach it any way you like. However, there can be great benefits following in the footsteps of those who have gone before you. Forging your own path along your alcohol-free journey and making decisions for what best...

Beyond anything I had ever anticipated – Sarah-Jane Sidebottom

I’m proud to be free of alcohol. Proud to be a “flag waver” for OYNB and for the thousands of people who belong to it. OYNB……it was always popping up on my social media and with equal regularity I would hesitate, maybe glance at the smiling pictures of participants or...

Taking a moment for reflection

Taking time to reflect on specific events, moments or periods of time can be a beneficial practise for anyone, but arguably even more so after the whirlwind that has been 2020 so far. Reflecting on things that have happened in the past offers our brain the...

I could have been doing all this years ago! – Gillian Brown

I threw myself right in to it and I have not looked back I started drinking in my early teens as that is just what everyone did. Every weekend I’d sneak to the local park with my friends. It all just carried on from there and there never really seemed any need for...

How to host your own alcohol-free virtual event

In this new age of social distancing and reduced access to restaurants and bars, we are learning new ways to connect with one another online. Whether you are wishing to spend your weekends chatting away with your nearest and dearest, or making new friends in online...