Sobriety Insights

Sometimes our characters seem to be intertwined with alcohol. The party animal. The wine connoisseur. The drinking legend. The life and soul. Maybe you're just always the one who's up for a drink, or you're the organiser of every boozy brunch or girls' weekend. We build these little identities around drinking without even realising it. It happens so gradually you don't notice it happening. And when you've been that person for years, even for decades, the thought of stepping a

There is something powerful about deciding not to drink. And yet, for many women, it is not the decision itself that feels hardest. It is everything that comes with it. It is the sense that you have somehow stepped outside of what is expected of you and, perhaps most unsettling of all, the feeling that people are looking at you differently now. Setting boundaries around alcohol is not just about what you drink, it's about how you hold yourself in a world that is very used to

So many women try sobriety, expecting to feel instantly free the moment they stop drinking. When that doesn’t happen, they blame themselves, assume they’re weak, and often end up stuck in a tiring cycle of stopping and starting again. The problem is that most of us are taught to focus on the drink in our hand, not on the thoughts in our head, the triggers in our lives, or the beliefs we’ve absorbed about alcohol since childhood. Sobriety isn't just about taking alcohol away;

If you spend any time scrolling through sober accounts online, you might think sobriety instantly transforms you into a glowing, 5 am-rising, journal-writing, ice-bathing beacon of health and productivity. The kind of person who meal preps quinoa salads, runs 10k before breakfast, smashes through a busy workday, and is tucked up in bed by 9 pm. Perfect, right? But life isn’t perfect. It’s real. It’s messy. And sobriety, while wonderful in many ways, doesn’t magically fix ever

Many women with ADHD find themselves in a complicated relationship with alcohol, and it’s not about weakness or “lack of discipline”. It’s about how the ADHD brain is wired, how dopamine works, and why alcohol can feel like instant relief (until it starts to cause harm). ADHD, Dopamine and the “Quick Fix” of Alcohol ADHD isn’t just about distraction; it involves differences in the brain’s reward and attention systems, especially around dopamine – the chemical linked to motiva

Most people expect hangovers to improve when they take a break from alcohol. What often comes as a surprise is just how many other parts of your body start to recover too, and how quickly that can happen. From the first day without alcohol right through to years down the line, your body is behind the scenes, getting on with repairing, rebalancing and protecting you. If you are currently participating in Dry January or considering taking a break, this is a rough guide to what