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 ‘ Just One More Day’ ⭐️Time to prepare folks⭐️ ▶️ Clear the decks get the booze out of the house. Keep all temptation away! ▶️ Decide what you’re going to do when you would’ve been drinking - this is important - believe it or not you’re going to have a load more time on your hands. ▶️ Timefillers: Self Care - long baths, face packs, manicures, pedicures etc. Watch that list of Box Sets & Films that you just haven’t got round to watching (if you haven’t got a list - start one - ask friends & family for recommendations. Declutter: Go through your stuff! Get rid of the stuff you don’t use or need anymore- it’s a really good feeling! Take up a New Hobby or pick up an old one. ▶️ Distract Distract Distract     

I'll come back to this statement in a minute... I don't know about you but I find the days between Christmas & New Year full of inner nervous energy, feelings of anticipation running through my veins. A time to reflect before a New Year begins again. A Fresh New Year! My mum used to say 'make the most of it because the older you get the faster it goes' how true this is mum! Make the most of every day. Live every day as if it's your last. Since having kids I've alway woken up early in readiness of launching into whatever the day may bring. A lay in doesn't seem to exist post children - don't get me wrong, it's not unheard of for me to 'go back to bed'. Today is my youngest daughter's 17th Birthday where has the time gone? Yet another example of time flying by. One of the best things about not drinking is the accountability of my time. Back in the day I lost hours, often days because I'd fallen victim to a night out drinking & t...

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Who wants to join me? Sleepless nights are haunting me a bit not for any other reason than I've got so much running around my brain!!! Which includes this blog & what to write, in what order, how I can help etc  I'm just going to shoot from the hip with this journey & hopefully most of you will end up nodding as you read my posts because it all sounds so familiar. Booze is a funny old subject - right at the beginning of my sober journey I felt almost embarrassed to say to people that 'I don't drink'. I think the main reason for this is that people assume you're a right old alchie if you decide to give it up. I've gone full circle with this view now & actually feel incredibly proud to say that 'I don't drink'.   Embarrassment turns to Pride over time, it takes time! Dry January is the easiest way to start your Sober Journey - Everyone's doing it. It's not going to make you stand out in the crowd - it's quite a popular resol...

  Ain't that the truth? My life is so different from 10 years, 20 years, 30 years ago. I'm 53 now which seems way over the halfway mark, if you get my drift. My Dad died at 65 & that really made me reevaluate EVERYTHING! I went from a high flying business owner with a successful business in Mayfair to a full time student studying a degree in Contemporary Craft at Brighton Uni. Couldn't have be more extreme!! Extremes! This is what this post is about. I'm a little more cautious about 'Extremes' these days - I'm not slow & steady but my mortality has become of the utmost of importance to me. I want to live as long as possible not for anyone else but for ME! So I try to do everything I can to make this happen. Back in the day....I really didn't think I'd make it to 30 let alone 40! When I was fast approaching 50 is when I changed my outlook - 3 of my friends died, 2 alcohol related. They both enjoyed a drink but it was actually the 'long ter...

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  Well at least it wasn't 0303am which is when my eyes have opened for the past 3 mornings. Today it was a bit more reasonable - 5.11am - Woooo! Hoooo! Still a restless sleep with so much stuff whirring through my brain!!! Gorden Bennett!  What with Lockdown, Christmas, a New Year, the landscape of our daily lives suddenly changing it's no wonder that we're struggling to have a decent shut eye! Personally, my works been directly affected by covid. I work within care settings providing freelance activities so that was put abruptly on hold at the end of March. So here I am writing my first blog on a subject that I'm all too familiar with: How I successfully knocked the booze on the head. How this came about & why it was the BEST decision I've made in my life. Sleep was always a huge problem when I was drinking. Getting to sleep after 2 or 3 or 4 glasses (no not bottles!) was never a problem, in fact often I would crash out on the sofa! It was the 'twilight...

 

  Have you been knocking back a bit more wine during lockdown?  Stress levels have increased on so many levels. What is the new normal? Our landscape is forever changing... it’s driving me mad & I’m certainly eating more!  Boredom creeps in, can’t see friends, can’t be bothered to go for a walk, no work, little money, the list is endless.... Christmas.....put my hands over my ears La la la la I don’t want to hear it.... Ok so here I am asking if you’d like to do Dry January together? 31 days without booze. It sounds daunting doesn’t it?  Think about it....get Christmas & New Years Eve out the way....New Year 2021...clean slate.... #dryjanuary #letsdothis #anythingispossible #yoursobercoach #letssmashthis #soberjanuary #alcoholfree #onemonth

This is the app that I use to count up my sober days. I found this really useful even if you want to just cut down you can keep an eye on how many  sober days  you've achieved. You'll find it in your app store. Here's a link to their review I am sober    

Monday Morning mid December now fast approaching Christmas. What a year it's been - the Covid Year - who'd have thought it eh? This is my first blog ever & I wanted to share my experiences of becoming sober, how I did it, my top tips, stuff that worked for me, my epic fails, my successes etc. I know, I know you're thinking 'hang on the minute we haven't even got through Christmas yet give me a break!!!' Indeed my friends. This blog is here to help you from January 1st 2021 as you start Dry January. So buckle up, save my blog address & I'll see you back here on Friday 1st January 2021. Enjoy your Christmas as much as you can. In the meantime I'll be posting random stuff for you to read this side of Christmas, if you fancy.....