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

I am in control, I am accountable – Claire Jones

I didn't find the challenge particularly difficult as the benefits were apparent very quickly and I wanted to keep building on what I had achieved. I joined OYNB after a culmination of events. I had witnessed the sad demise of a much-loved family member to alcohol. A...

Life changing, magical and transformational – Phil Jordan

I no longer wish to spend a single moment doing anything that doesn’t excite me or drive my passion. I joined OYNB in April 2019. I had previously considered myself to be a typical drinker who drank at weekends and occasionally in the week. I had always been aware...

The best Christmas present I could have ever wished for // Suzanne Shaw // OYNB

A year ago during the lead up to the festive holidays, the thought of spending my Christmas completely alcohol-free would have filled me with absolute dread. A Christmas with no Gluhwein?! I’m a quarter German, are you mad?! No Prosecco? No Bucks Fizz? No Baileys or...

My entire mindset has shifted – Julie Dawson

OYNB is the best. I would not hesitate to recommend OYNB to anyone and everyone!! I joined OYNB 2 years ago after an especially heavy Sunday afternoon out with friends that went on well into Sunday evening. You know the afternoon I mean. The anticipation of going out...

The beginning of the rest of my life – Selina

I live a life of colour, no longer numbed by the effects of alcohol I never considered myself as having a problem with alcohol, a child of an alcoholic mother, and a wife of an alcoholic husband, both of whom dying from alcohol related deaths. I had had a period of 12...

Compared to before I started is night and day – Curtis Cochrane

I was never a during the week drinker - but soon as Friday came, I would get this feeling that I have completed the week and it was time to reward myself. It was my time to wind down and relax as I was giving so much of myself to my clients, kids and work. Friday was...

Beyond anything I had ever anticipated – Sarah-Jane Sidebottom

I’m proud to be free of alcohol. Proud to be a “flag waver” for OYNB and for the thousands of people who belong to it. OYNB……it was always popping up on my social media and with equal regularity I would hesitate, maybe glance at the smiling pictures of participants or...

I could have been doing all this years ago! – Gillian Brown

I threw myself right in to it and I have not looked back I started drinking in my early teens as that is just what everyone did. Every weekend I’d sneak to the local park with my friends. It all just carried on from there and there never really seemed any need for...

Without the OYNB community, I wouldn't be where I am today – Sean

I had this new found empathy for people I didn’t even know and found myself reaching out to them and offering genuine support to help them through their tough times. Like many in my era, it was the parent’s thing to do, to give you a sip of beer or wine when you were...

I achieved all of that and more! – Naomi Morgan

I lost 3.3kg in three months, smashed loads of PB’s at the gym, sleep like a baby, have a clear head and great concentration, my skin looks amazing and my eyes really sparkle – that’s actually a thing!! I started drinking at the age of 14, mainly white lightning and...

I have learned to make myself a priority – Bimia Hammel

I hung on every word of those ahead of me and took advice from those whom paved the way before me. Looking back now, I realise I have always had a tricky relationship with alcohol. Although it varied in intensity over the years, it has always been present in my life...

I am now living my life as opposed to existing – Pippa Crouch

My biggest change is me. I now know who I am, and that I rather like this person. My life before ONYB is one that will probably resonate with a lot of people out there. On paper, I have it all – the fantastic family, the lovely house, good car and amazing job. I, like...

I am working at being the best I can possibly be – Craig Jardine

The World is a future adventure now and I no longer feel like I am under a grey cloud of unhappiness and tiredness. Before joining OYNB I was a binge drinker and typically used alcohol to numb stress. I had given up drinking for various periods in the past, but when I...