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.

I quit drinking and had a glimpse of paradise

After recently re-watching the amazing, yet slightly unnerving, Gene Wilder in the classic film: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I could not get the following verse, from the song ‘Pure Imagination’ out of my head: ‘If you want to see paradise, just take a look...

Duracell Battery in my Back – An OYNB Testimonial

Taking the Challenge At 49 (50 in August) I noticed that I would habitually pull into the off license/supermarket for my nightly 3-4 bottles of beer. My habit never affected my day to day chores, but my bottle bank deposit showed what looked to be like a rugby team’s...

A Step Back from Drinking Alcohol – An OYNB Testimonial

A Step Back from Drinking Alcohol For a number of years now I’ve wanted to take a step back from drinking. Each time that I aimed to take a month off I got a few weeks in and then thought “Stuff it!” and fell back into the old habit. On the 18th of February...

Stop Drinking and Start Reading

Reading Changed My Life Books have changed my life beyond recognition. The day I started to read again was the day my life became ten times richer. It opened up new worlds and ideas I never thought possible. There is an inbuilt (probably from school) thought pattern...

Ollie Ollerton Appointed as One Year No Beer Ambassador

We are extremely proud to announce that Ollie Ollerton has joined us in the fight to make alcohol free cool. Ollie joined us after taking on the 90 day challenge which completely changed his life. He is passionate about getting others to realise the benefits of going...

A Word from Dry Drinker: Stuart's Story

We're lucky enough to have the co-founder of Dry Drinker share his journey to an alcohol free life, read it, soak it in and get inspired! Four years ago Stuart made the decision to to get healthy, change his drinking habits and get fit. At 5'11'' (180 cm), Stuart used...

How To Stop Drinking – A Little Taster

How To Stop Drinking – A little taster How to stop drinking is something that many people wonder, and they simply assume that it’s an impossible task At OneYearNoBeer we totally get this. We have all been there, just like you, we know what its like when you drink...

Quit Drinking and Learn To Relax

Quit Drinking And Learn To Relax Quit drinking and become much more relaxed – this may sound like an impossible ‘task’. After all, one of people’s top reasons for having an alcoholic drink in the first place is to help them calm down and unwind after a hard day at the...

Booze Free Summer Toolkit

Summer is coming and with the sunshine comes alcohol. Those peaceful sunsets, washed down with a glass of vino or the BBQ full of beer. It's at times like these an alcohol free lifestyle is challenged. But let’s not forget the very same occasions still lead us...

After a Year Off Booze – What’s Next?

365 Days Booze Free I made it through the year! What an incredible sense of achievement! A whole year!?!?? I made the decision to kick alcohol and caffeine from my life for 90 days, the last two drugs I regularly consumed. To see if I could do it, to prove to...

Stop Drinking and Start Appreciating Your Life

Stopping drinking is a time of reflection A strange thing happens when we stop drinking. When the beer goggles are removed it’s often a time of reflection and the chance to weigh up one’s life. This can often lead us to compare our lives to those around us. In truth...

Quit Drinking – A OneYearNoBeer Story

Quit Drinking - A Members Story For a number of years now I’ve wanted to take a step back from drinking. Each time that I aimed to take a month off I got a few weeks in and then thought “Stuff it!” and fell back into the old habit. On the 18th of February 2016 I went...

Stop Drinking – Stop Lying & brighten your world

When you stop drinking, you stop spoofing, which brightens your world As drinking escalates so does the web of lies required to support it. They go hand in glove. Let’s not lie to ourselves - when drinking, we lie, a lot. On the flip side when we stop drinking we...