"I thought my life would be over if I couldn’t drink alcohol."
May 8, 2024 – 5 comments
"The longer I’ve been alcohol free the easier it has been for me to see what a crutch alcohol was for me, how I used it to stop feeling or caring, used it for self confidence, to ignore others, and that I had become more selfish because of it ."
April 10, 2024 – 6 comments
Listen to award winning author and podcaster Noelle talk about her early drinking years in her homeland of Ireland, her internal struggle to accept the reality of her drinking, what it took for her to change, and the shifting relationship she's had with herself in recovery.
April 3, 2024 – 4 comments
"The last few years I was a blackout solo drinker. I had a huge tolerance for alcohol and would drink until I didn’t know what was happening."
March 18, 2024 – 6 comments
Listen to psychologist and addiction clinician Simone talk about what attracted her to alcohol, learning to accept her introverted self, the advice she gives clients who are trying to quit, and the wonderful surfing metaphor she uses to describe the transition to a sober life.
February 29, 2024 – 4 comments
"I regained the ability be present for the people in my life, I had been absent through drinking for many years."
February 9, 2024 – 5 comments
"A common anxiety for people giving up booze is that they or their life will become boring. It won’t. It will be richer and more grounded."
January 26, 2024 – 1 comment
"I have so much more time, as before I was constantly thinking about my next drink, when I could have my next drink, how I was going to hide my next drink."
January 7, 2024 – 7 comments
"It was a metamorphosis. Drink was so embedded in every aspect of my life that stopping revealed a whole new me."
December 21, 2023 – 5 comments
Listen to city counsellor Matty talk about the boozy rugby culture of his youth, life in the navy, reaching rock bottom with his drinking, reconnecting with his family and Pasifika culture in sobriety, and the rewarding work he now does within his community.
December 14, 2023