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Discovering my Alcohol-Free Me – Andrew Ryan

AFM is so much more than taking a break from alcohol. It was transformative in all honesty. Over an extended period, I went from a heavy social drinker – after sport, at events, celebrations, dinner parties to a heavy drinker where alcohol was being used as a coping...

“It’s the toast that is important not what’s in the glass” – Mary McAvoy

Reading how everyone else was navigating their journey only helped cement what I was trying to accomplish. Alcohol is so normalized in the media and in society so I didn't really think about it being a problem. It was just something that you did when you were out...

Wow, the outcomes for me are huge – Stephen Fonquernie-Fisher

I have watched every single OYNB video that is emailed each day and I try and embrace what is being suggested. I have suffered with anxiety most of my adult life, I have always been a weekend drinker with one other night in the week, normally a Wednesday. I used to...

It’s simply the best thing I could have done for myself – Meredith Mollica

I expected to feel better, but I had no idea HOW much better I would feel almost immediately. Life before OYNB had been a gradual increase of drinking over the course of many years. I had been conditioned to believe that alcohol equalled FUN. And without alcohol, I...

Having this group to take the challenge with is crucial – Tyler Davis Jones

I was surprised that if I replaced my routine of making a G&T with making a tasty cup of herbal tea, I still got the relaxing ritual without the hangover As a real estate broker there is always a reason to drink. You win a negotiation, you drink. You lose a...

I finally “got it” – Christine Morgan

I don’t crave it, I don’t even think about it. It's amazing! I joined OYNB because I had exhausted all other avenues to reduce my alcohol intake. My family, particularly my husband, had really had enough and had tried everything they could think of to help me. You...