55 Days into her alcohol-free journey , Kath Elliott was getting showered and ready for work when she discovered a large lump in her right breast. Two days later Kath was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 46.

After a regretful night involving alcohol and the authorities, Shell decided to seek support to help get on top of her relationship with alcohol. The journey involved quite a few twists and turns.

‘Every day is a gift’. Could I say these words as a young woman, or at any other time in my life, with the same conviction I do today? I wonder. There were so many days, especially in my early life, when I was afraid of what would happen next, as each day progressed from

After I stopped drinking almost thirty months ago, I had to admit to myself that I had become dependent on alcohol. I had probably, like many others, drunk too much for too long and too often. ‘Fine!’, I often thought, ‘it is what it is!’. Besides, this new life completely free of alcohol was really

Other than one unfortunate incident at the end of year 11 involving Southern Comfort and a ruined Guns N’ Roses t-shirt (from vomiting all over it), I didn’t really engage with alcohol until after I’d left school. $5 buckets of vodka and lemonade amongst friends was how I spent a Friday or Saturday night every

A few months ago we conducted a survey and members of the Hello Sunday Morning community shared stories about their relationship with alcohol and the impact we have had on their journey. We are very appreciative and humbled by their responses. These stories are honest, real and as very relatable – as they are genuine.

In early November, I hit a milestone of 300 days alcohol free. I felt surprisingly flat. The festive season was approaching and continuing to abstain from alcohol felt harder than it ever had before. Not drinking alcohol day-to-day didn’t bother me, it was just the social gatherings and celebrations which I was starting to find

Each Monday morning, I adjust a small matrix in the corner of the whiteboard in my office with the accumulated totals of weeks since Wine (233), Spirits (109) and Beer (20). I do so with a sense of elation, relief and cold realism, for I know I was, and may remain until I snuff it,

At the beginning of the 2020 lockdown, we did a series of Hangouts at Home with Hello Sunday Morning. The first interview was with Yumi Stynes, an Australian author, television and radio presenter who had two new books published this year – Welcome to Consent – a guidebook on what exactly consent is – and

What would you say to yourself a year after you decided to stop drinking? Read Rachel’s letter to herself, a year back.