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With another year come and gone – what a year it has been! As I reflect on 2022, it’s clear there have been many great achievements, but there is much work that still needs to be done.

For Emma it wasn’t until she was faced with serious health challenges, was so forced to address her relationship with alcohol.

For Tom, years of drinking started to take a toll on his self-esteem. Slowly he began to suspect that he had no longer been in control, but rather that alcohol was controlling him. It wasn’t until once he stopped drinking – was he able to rebuild his self-esteem and build a better relationship with himself.

Fonnie shares how being alcohol-free has allowed her to jump into a new exciting stage in her life.

Emma’s very personal story and lived experience. How listening to her inner self provided perspective, acceptance and empathy, which helped her break the cycle of alcohol dependency.

Good question. I sometimes ask myself the same thing. But one thing I know for sure. I am a better leader, a better husband and a better father without alcohol in my life.

There is no way on this earth I could have moved into executive leadership and then as a CEO if drink was still in my life. The pangs of anxiety, the huge self-doubt, the procrastination – these are crippling on any day of the week but as a leader, I need to be present, I need to make difficult decisions and I need energy to do that. Alcohol robs you of these things.

Don’t get me wrong, I have got a long way to go. My natural default is to crawl into a ball and hide in a corner when things get too much. I still find it hard to work through my emotions.

But to feel things and appreciate things is a gift. Surely that’s something worth fighting for, right?