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Do you want to know a secret? I used to have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. But that isn’t the secret. The secret was that I kept this hidden, for a long time, and managed to function as a busy mother and business owner without anyone knowing that a problem...

Looking back, I was always someone who would have too many. I thought I was just doing the same as everyone else but I was really pushing that bit further and having more drink than others. I was always the one who wanted to stay later and have that 2nd, 3rd, 4th...

I had always been a big drinker and alcohol had always played a huge part of my life. I drank for every occasion, happy or sad and before long alcohol was my escape from the unhappy life it had created. As the years went on it was becoming more and more evident that...

For me, there was no defining moment that led me to address my relationship with alcohol. No pouring vodka on my cornflakes in the morning, no hiding bottles around the house. Like millions of people in their 40’s, drinking had become more regular and once the bottle...

I have been a drinker for as long as I can remember, initially a social drinker but gradually turning into a bottle of wine a night and more at weekends. I am an all or nothing kind of person. I couldn’t just have one drink so I would end up drinking too much and not...

My alcohol-free journey began as it often does, I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I’d always been a binge drinker, but the hangovers were getting worse, the anxiety was getting more extreme, I was drinking on my own more often. My life was getting more and...

I wouldn’t have said I was a huge drinker before taking this challenge, but I definitely used alcohol as a coping mechanism. I drank, whatever the occasion! I used alcohol to celebrate, commiserate, de-stress and relax. I really enjoyed a drink and wouldn’t dream of...

I decided to start the 28-Day Challenge at the beginning of April 2019. Despite numerous attempts and a variety of excuses I never managed to get past day 1, 2 or 3. I don’t know how many times I reset the start date for the challenge but it was definitely a lot.  My...

Why did I step out onto the scary ledge of going alcohol-free? Why, after years of heavy, daily drinking did I take on the biggest, most terrifying challenge that I could imagine – taking a break from alcohol? The simple answer – because I had to. By 2018, my life...

Growing up with an alcoholic father, I knew exactly where I didn’t my life to be heading. I was the drinker that used the phrase, “it’s for relaxation”, never drank out of sadness or out of anger, I just loved to drink and did it almost everyday. The thoughts of...

There’s a common misconception that drinking makes dating easier. We’re told that alcohol offers us that little bit of liquid courage we need to loosen up, to be ourselves. We learn through media exposure that alcohol makes us sexy, sophisticated, and carefree. We...

My first experience with Spartan up close was in July 2018 when I volunteered with OYNB. I knew it was something I wanted to do but had zero belief that I actually would. Forward to July 2019 and there I was, in a field in the midlands about to enter my first ever...

Before joining OYNB I wasn't really aware of how frequent my drinking had become. It felt pretty standard to me. Drinking wine and cider every Friday and Saturday (and Sunday if it called for a lazy pint or two) and sometimes enjoying bottles of wine in the week with...