Alex Norwood-Hill: How A Rock In Ibiza Made Him Quit Drinking
He'd polished off a bottle of Calvados and woken up on the kitchen floor. Four in the morning, lights still on. His wife found him there.That wasn't the moment Alex Norwood-Hill quit drinking. The rea...
9 Aug 20231h 7min
Sober After 15 Years of Wine O'Clock: Susan Christina
Susan Christina is Irish, lives in Madrid, and for fifteen years drank a bottle of wine a night while running a family, a career, and three boys. Nobody knew. She walked through the door, dropped her ...
2 Aug 20231h 11min
From 10 Years of Failed Moderation to Sober: Louisa's Story
Louisa Evans drank a bottle of wine a night, alone, watching Coronation Street. She was also the therapist helping other people quit their habits.She first tried to stop in 2012. Lasted five days.For ...
12 Jul 202357min
From a Psychiatric Ward to Sober: Laura Dockrill's Story
Laura Dockrill thought new motherhood would glow. A week after giving birth to her son Jet, she was hearing voices in the radio and convinced the teddy bears were filming her on CCTV.That was postpart...
5 Jul 202354min
Quit Drinking, Started Again, Then Quit for Good: Mandy Manners
Mandy Manners siphoned her parents' homemade wine at six years old. By her late twenties she was a French university teacher in heels and a suit, picking up her toddlers stinking of Belgian beer.She h...
28 Jun 20231h 1min
Losing My Sister to Alcohol at 38: Amber Hughes's Story
Amber Hughes was 22 when professionals told her she could not take her sister home. Hannah was four times over the limit, sleeping rough in Oxford, and 40 units of wine a day deep.Hannah had a flat. A...
21 Jun 202351min
From Cocaine and Wine to 57 Days Sober: Gemma's Story
Gemma Rose Barnes walked onto Married at First Sight UK looking for a husband. She was also hiding an addiction.For years wine and cocaine moved together in her life. Lockdown made it daily. By the ti...
14 Jun 202353min
Menopause, Alcohol, and Why Women Drink More at 45: Dr Rebecca Lewis
Hot flushes. Brain fog. Anxiety. 3am wake up. Bloating. Low mood.That list works for excessive drinking and for perimenopause. Which is exactly why so many women in their 40s and 50s cannot tell which...
7 Jun 202344min
