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From mourning the loss of alcohol to building a vibrant new life filled with running, purpose and freedom This week on Sunday Sober Stories, I’m delighted to introduce Zoe Brough. At 48, Zoe has rebuilt her life in ways she never imagined possible when she first questioned her relationship with alcohol. After years of believing that drinking was part of her identity as someone who worked hard and played hard, she discovered that life without alcohol wasn’t smaller or more bor

I didn't know what anxiety was. I just knew wine helped Just after my 40th birthday, following a pretty disastrous girls’ trip to Ibiza (a story for another time), I went to the doctor and cried for 10 minutes straight. But it all started long before that. When you look back and piece it together, it’s clear that my relationship with alcohol - using it to manage uncomfortable feelings, confidence and stress - began in my teens. At 15 it was fun and rebellious. I’d been labell

Today's Sunday Sober Story comes from the lovely Romana Richards, who has been alcohol-free since January 2021 Romana’s story is one so many women will relate to; on the outside holding everything together while privately battling shame, anxiety and the exhausting cycle of trying to moderate. After a blackout during lockdown became her wake-up call, she made the decision to step away from alcohol for good. Now, she describes sobriety not as restriction, but as peace. From res

Five months sober and still feeling flat, foggy and not quite myself - this is the post I wrote back then, and what I’ve since learned about perimenopause, hormones and finally feeling like me again I wrote this over two years ago in Sassy Sober Mum’s now sadly closed Thrive group which I joined when I first got sober. I remembered writing it, but now I’m three years down the line, I couldn’t remember how I felt. So I asked Teri to send me a copy of what I wrote in Thrive, as