Tag: parenting
A choice I don’t regret: A year without drinking
This week’s guest blog is from Leonie, one of the featured stars from Hello Sunday Morning’s ‘The Talk We Needed’ Campaign. It’s life changing when I see how different I am as a woman today, as mother, wife, friend and daughter, and apparently I am changing lives by living life out loud! I am enjoying
The moment that made me decide to stop drinking: a mother’s story
I decided to stop drinking and have my last drink on 28th December 2018. Although I was not an everyday drinker, I was what some may call a ‘problem drinker’ – I would binge drink. I am a 55-year-old single mum of an 18 year-old. When I broke up with my partner in March 2003,
The best reason to give up alcohol: a personal journey
This week, we have a guest post from our mates at Sober in the Country, curated by Shanna Whan. I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience of beating their alcohol addiction. In my case, there was this tiny, seemingly inconsequential moment – the kind that happens thousands of times a day – that proved the