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...

Christine offers some literatary suggestions for books she recommends to clients or anyone else who asks!

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

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.

The term "Dry January" has been around for decades, but it was ten years ago that Alcohol Change UK registered it as a trademark and has...

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

This is a big one, because the impact alcohol has on both your physical and mental health are significant. There is no denying it.

One of the unexpected bonuses of being sober is the sheer amount of time you get back. Time that, if I’m totally honest, I just hadn’t...

When people say they've done work on their relationship, what do they mean? Here is my guide to looking at your relationship with alcohol.

"I was wondering..." is a phrase I'm hearing more and more at the moment; which made me wonder what people would ask me anonymously

Hearing about the concept of Grey Area Drinking made the penny drop so loudly I'm pretty sure my ears are still ringing.