Living alcohol-free and deliriously happy!

When people first take a break from alcohol, in those all-important first few days and weeks, it is commonplace to experience a little...

Can you pinpoint a moment in your life where everything changed? I can pinpoint loads of moments, but sadly many of them are tragic, and...

I finally got round to fixing a broken screen on my iPad last week. It had been broken for three years. As I left the screen repair shop...

It all started well enough, but eventually you were drinking alcohol every night. Stressful day at work? A drink will solve it. Long day...

Do you remember a movie called Sliding Doors? I loved that film, I like anything time travel or alternate reality based. Or sci-fi. Of...

I was enjoying another alcohol-free beer in a local pub a couple of nights ago, celebrating a colleagues retirement, and having a really...

How is your weekend going so far? I was just sitting around, listening to a gorgeous new track on the radio, and remembering how weekends...

The phrase "Happy, Healthy You" is a common one, especially in January or the summer months, when we all make new resolutions, or decide...

Dust off that library card, or give the local bookshop a call, because here are the top five 'Quit-Lit' titles that most helped me in my...

If you are a woman of a certain age, as I am now, you might be experiencing symptoms of the peri-menopause. Whilst some of us seem to...

So, you have decided to give alcohol a break for a little while. Maybe a month, maybe 100 days, or even a whole year. Congratulations!...

When people find out I am alcohol free, they often ask me, "Why?" Sometimes I can answer... because I feel better without it! And other...

Recently I had a terrible day at work. One of the worst work days ever, and this is saying something. My mood wasn't great, I had not had...

Today was weight loss group day. I attend every single week, and I have been doing pretty well recently. But recently I have been doing...

I am often asked why I did not simply moderate my drinking, instead of quitting alcohol completely. The simple answer is, it's easier....

For the decades that I drank alcohol, I am sorry to say that I used to look upon non drinkers with suspicion and disregard, assuming them...

I had a little 'alcohol-free win' today. I get loads of little wins every single day and night I am alcohol free, but today was an extra...

It’s just after 2am and I am jolted awake, my heart is pounding and my mouth is dry. My eyes ping open and adjust to the darkness as I...