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Thousands of people have transformed their relationship with alcohol using OYNB. Read about their journeys below!

I was so happy to write Day 365 in my journal – Hayley Fry

I don’t have a relationship with alcohol anymore it doesn’t fit my lifestyle. I chose to sign up for the free 28-day alcohol-free challenge OYNB was offering at the start of the lockdown to help out those who were finding lockdown difficult and to try to curb the...

Behind the wine was a hidden personality! – Christine Woodman

I started with a 90-day challenge, then upgraded to 365 days to see how much more I can achieve. I’ve always liked a drink – wine was my poison – and I was one of those unfortunate drinkers who didn’t have an off switch (or if I did it didn’t work). I used to enjoy a...

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...

Living life on my terms – Caitlin Knox

My life has fundamentally shifted and there’s no way I’m going back! I drank daily, usually 3 or 4 drinks before I made my way to bed. Anytime something stressful happened I would say ‘I need a drink’. It is so easy to get caught up in the memes that glorify having a...

I have had a brilliant time alcohol-free – Rachel Oldridge

The merging of self-determination, peer support and the ready-made excuse of doing the challenge were a winning combination When I decided to go alcohol-free in July 2019, it was after many small and rather half-hearted attempts to reduce or cut out alcohol from my...

What’s changed? Literally everything! – Steph Gunn

My relationship with alcohol has completely changed and I know there is no place for it in my new life, the life I love and cherish. I’ve enjoyed a drink for as long as I can remember. As a teenager, in defiance of my parents, (who were tee total) socially with...

I have learned how strong I really am – Tariq Awan

I am completely in control of my life and the choices I make! Life before OYNB was a very dark place that seemed to lack all hope. I was struggling a lot being a student and handling a toxic relationship with alcohol, it was everywhere I looked. I would say that over...

After the first two weeks, the good stuff started to happen! – Catherine Smith

My head was in exactly the right place, and I had the support network of the OYNB Tribe which became far more important to my success than I realised. Before finding OYNB, I didn’t consider myself to be a ‘drinker’. Like many of my friends and colleagues, I was a two...