WHAT IF I LOSE MY MOJO?

I was fascinated to read this article in The Guardian. One of the most common themes I’ve encountered with people seeking recovery who have an interest in the creative spheres, or who make their living through creativity, is the fear of creating without using – or rather if they will Continue Reading

SAY SOBER, STAY SOBER – STIGMA FREE

This excellent, uplifting article by Maggie Doherty in The Guardian raises some fascinating areas for debate, study and I would even venture – research. The two things that jumped out at me concerned “stigma”, and non-alcoholic drinks. I touched on some thoughts about the stigma surrounding alcoholism in previous posts, Continue Reading

LIVE AND LET LIVE

A big thanks to the National Centre For Social Research For their latest (September2022) Report on British social attitudes. Their latest annual poll was reported on by those lovely people at Positive News   who reported the following:- “The majority of the UK public are now in agreement with so-called ‘woke’ Continue Reading

DRINKING PROBLEM – THINKING PROBLEM

Here we are part way through January and it’s two growingly popular monthly challenges, Dry January and Veganuary. I’m just thinking about the drinking one for now. I was reminded of an old saying reading Sam Thomas’s piece in The Independent this week. “Giving up drinking for a month proves Continue Reading

Guilt or “Something is Wrong”

Recently we posted an article, Second Life, by our friend Charlie Harrow. Charlie, a writer, busy on a number of projects. knows his stuff. In between his writing projects he had started developing reflective pieces on his experience with alcohol, alcoholism, recovery and more. This is the second in what Continue Reading