The OYNB Podcast
The OneYearNoBeer Podcast will inspire you to take, or support your journey on a 30, 90 & 365 day challenge to stop drinking and focus on healthy habits.
“My Love Story, Thanks to OYNB” – Karl Elliott
On 1st June 2016, I quit alcohol. Not only was that the day I quit alcohol, but I also quit every dating site I was on. I made a conscious decision that I needed to find my true self, the real me. Not the one I had been hiding behind for the last 17 years while...
“I'm celebrating the life I've got back” – Madeline Gibson
DAY 365! Today marks so much more than a year off alcohol! I’m celebrating the life I’ve got back, after giving so much away to alcohol for so long. I didn’t even realise a year ago that anything was missing. I had accepted a really under par version of what was...
“I stopped being afraid of embarrassing myself on the dance floor” – Vanessa Addo
On 1st January 2019, I celebrated one year alcohol-free. It was after a heavy night drinking at a Christmas party in 2017, followed by a wicked hangover that lasted 2 days. I finally stopped and thought "why am I putting myself through this?" I suffer from...
“This one step changed EVERYTHING”
900 days ago I was fat... I was moody, sullen, undisciplined and relatively unhappy. My main focus was my weight: I was a walking cliché. A big fat guy who walked around wearing the “fat guy flag”, the ubiquitous untucked shirt! I had let myself go, hell, I never had...
[User-requested unpublish] Going alcohol-free has changed my life! – MK
For me it was an experiment... I had always wanted to try a year without drinking as an experiment to see how I would feel. Last October, I was living in Vietnam and several negative things had occurred in my life. I felt like I could either go over the edge and use...
3 wellness activities to do instead of drinking this Christmas by Ali Roff
Trade in groggy December mornings and those regretful January blues for a fresher feeling this Christmas and New Year, by shifting your mindset and focusing your attention to wellness. You’ll be ever so grateful come January 1st… Train for a New Year personal best...
OYNB Testimonials – Crossing the Finish Line! By Michael Hemling
As I cross the finish line in this 365-day journey, I stop and bow my head as an ode to Andy’s and Ruari’s leadership and dedication that has inspired so many to achieve their AF goals. There is an ocean of programmes out there but none of them have the power and...
My alcohol free party by Daisy Steel
Last weekend I decided to throw an alcohol-free party. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I wanted to celebrate the fact that I am very close to completing 365 days without booze. I was also hoping to show my friends you can still have a nice time without an...
What yoga can teach us about living an alcohol-free lifestyle by Ali Roff
Day 100 of going alcohol-free and I sit here in jubilation pondering on what started out as a ‘let’s just see what happens’ experiment. I didn’t even realise it had been 100 days until someone asked me – and it seems like it was meant to be. One question that’s come...
3 Surprising facts about alcohol that might just help you kick it for good…by Ali Roff
We all love a good fact, but it’s often surprising how little we actually know about the substances, foods and drinks we consume on a regular basis. So how much do you know about alcohol? And could learning these 3 surprising facts help you cut down, or switch out...
How to have an alcohol-free holiday … By Ali Roff, Psychologies Editor-at-Large
Could having an alcohol-free holiday be more enjoyable, fun, relaxing and meaningful than any other holiday you’ve ever been on? I’d navigated alcohol-free nights out and weddings, wine free dinners hadn’t phased me, and evenings in with friends had been much easier...
Wake up call: Why it’s time to treat alcohol the same way we do tobacco by Daisy Steel
The health risks associated with drinking alcohol are in the news again. Public Health England’s issued advice suggesting people have at least two alcohol free days a week. It’s aimed at middle-aged drinkers – statistics show that people aged between 45 and 65 are...
Alcohol and Weightloss: The real reason why you might not have found your healthy, happy body… By Ali Roff, Psychologies Editor-at-Large
We’re all eating organically, running weekend 10k’s, cooking with coconut oil and choosing avocado on toast over carcinogenic fry-ups. But could all of this be in vain, for the sake of a glass of wine after work, or those Saturday night G&T’s? Ali Roff,...