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What are my top 5 benefits of going alcohol free? There are many but I have listed my top 5 with bullet pointed explanations.

Are you like a moth to a flame with alcohol? Back in 2007 when I first stopped drinking, I used willpower. Conditioned my mindset, stopped the behaviour, and then spent the next eight years arguing with myself about staying stopped. Whenever I hit a bump in the road, I countered any desire for a drink with the internal rhetoric of a crazed temperance advocate. That internal rhetoric was on and off for the eight plus years I was not drinking. At times it was barely a whisper,

Sometimes you just have to stop for a moment, take it in, and reflect on the unexpected gifts that are around us every day. It might have been a rain shower or a full on storm. A rainbow reminds us of the beauty of nature and simple joys. Joys that can inspire us to feel gratitude for the life we have, and the potential in all of us for a better future if we choose. To appreciate its colour, its vibrancy, and to remember that like a rainbow sweeping across a dusty plain, life

Sunday morning, clear mind, clear skies. Perfect! There is a joy in doing something you love well. For me pulling off a perfect landing always brings a smile to my face. Usually its about one in every three landings, there is always a little something that will happen to make it less so. A gust of wind, a little too much power, a little too much speed. It takes concentration and coordination to fly well. In my drinking days, even though I made sure there were sufficient hours

Well dry January is done, whats next Feb-fast? Back to "normal" drinking? Personally I couldn't see the point of white knuckling through a month of abstinence, telling myself it was for my greater good but knowing that once the time had ended I would make up for it. Am I so out of control, I have to get sponsored to stop drinking for a time? Binge drinking is like that. I know from experience after deciding in 2007 to stop my binging by going cold turkey. I then spent eight y