Quitting alcohol is bloody tough. It's been over three and a half years since I last had an alcoholic drink, but I still remember those days when I was spiralling; frightened that I couldn't keep drinking like I was, but equally frightened that I couldn't stop.

Surviving the building work wasn’t by chance.  I prepared for the upheaval, put strategies in place, and (mostly) stuck to them.

Today sees the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, and its seems like a perfect time to talk about my own experience of mental...

When I first quit alcohol, I wasn't really sure what to expect. Initially, and I suspect I'm not alone in this, the focus was on one...

This morning, I caught up on a powerful documentary on alcohol - the BBC's 'Panorama: Binge Drinking and Me'. You can currently find it...

I googled the definition of loneliness and it made me angry. We need to redefine it and here's why.

Last week I had the craziest day of my life - I argued with an angry man on national radio...

I spend a lot of time with my clients talking about overwhelm and the associated stress and anxiety that it can bring.  Everyone can feel...

Living alone presents a unique challenge if you're starting to be privately concerned about your relationship with alcohol. I wrote a...

I can confidently write that my drinking wasn't about the alcohol. It was a readily available, perfectly legal way to numb out my life.

There are some times of the year which are undisputed in the impact they could have on your sobriety. Christmas is perhaps the most...

I love living alone. This arrangement can lead to unique challenges if you're starting to worry about your relationship with alcohol.

As I was putting it together, something became apparent. And that was the difference between Year 1 and Year 2 of my sobriety.

I was lying in bed, head pounding and feeling sick after another night that didn’t go to plan. This had to stop.

I talk a lot about the positive impact sobriety has had on me. But today, I want to talk about some of the times I didn't quit.

This is going to be good; and I know this because of all the posts I have written about the costs of alcohol, this I've dreaded the most

I often say that my drinking didn’t affect any of my romantic relationships, but actually I don’t think that’s true.

Then this week, the biggest test in my sober journey was thrown at me. One of my cats died unexpectedly.