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How It All Came About
My name is Jayne and I am not an alcoholic. That knowledge has held me back for years. Like what I imagine is probably most people, I always thought that there were 3 types of people when it came to alcohol: I can’t pinpoint exactly when it was that I started questioning my own drinking…
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The Last of the Summer Prosecco
SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 2022 Well, today is the first of what I hope will be at least 52 consecutive hangover-free Sundays. I’d like to say I feel good but, after what was probably my busiest week since pre-covid times, I just feel tired, fat and bloated. It has become a tradition in our house to…
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Something Better Change
SUNDAY 3RD JULY 2022 My first full alcohol-free week. Not only has it been one of my busiest weeks at work, with a big event coming up at the weekend and my colleague off sick so I’m pretty much going it alone, but it has been the last week of the school year. There is…
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Something Big
SUNDAY 10TH JULY 2022 My mood did indeed lift early in the week – I guess due in part to the slow down after a couple of really full-on weeks but hopefully also a sign that the last of the alcohol is out of my system. I’ve felt calm, relaxed and positive. I spent the…
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Celebrating Without Champagne
SUNDAY 17TH JULY 2022 I’d say I’m still feeling calm, relaxed and positive on the whole but I’m also aware that I’m incredibly irritable. I wish I weren’t – I hate feeling like this, especially when I don’t really know why and can only tentatively blame it on the residual effects of alcohol in my…
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Doing It For The Kids
SUNDAY 24TH JULY 2022 Less irritable this week – hurray! On the whole, I’m feeling much more calm and positive and the best part is that I know/hope I’m on an upward spiral – I’ve not got a boozy weekend coming up that’s going to send me straight back to square one. Last night I…
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Stress Relief
SUNDAY 31ST JULY 2022 I woke up this Sunday morning in a friend’s house in London after a busy week, a long drive and a late night. So, so glad not to be feeling even a tiny bit rough in someone else’s house. This week has been a revelation….. MY WHY I’ve read a lot…
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Chasing That Party Feeling
SUNDAY 7TH AUGUST 2022 I woke up back at home today after a great week away. My first alcohol free holiday as an adult! To be fair, it was really easy given that our hosts in London are tee-total and there was really very little occasion to drink the rest of the week anyway. On…
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Sober Revolution
SUNDAY 14TH AUGUST 2022 Not my best week. It has been so hot, which is nice when you don’t have much to do but awful when you’re trying to work in an office at 33 degrees. Other frustrations at work, a puncture and subsequent 8 hour wait for roadside recovery and all against the backdrop…
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Numbing Out
SUNDAY 21ST AUGUST 2022 It took almost 8 weeks but eventually it came on Monday – the overwhelming desire to just get drunk. I had a few notions like that during my last big purge so I was on the look out for it and to be honest, I’m surprised it took that long. Frustrations…