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As a long-term member of Alcohol Coaches Australia, I wanted to share with you that our original website has been revamped with a fresh, clean look. Alcohol Coaches Australia still functions as an online directory that helps people find and compare Australian alcohol coaches. Each coach listed is certified and their coaching approach reflects the methodology instilled at the This Naked Mind Institute or equivalent. They share a common, compassionate desire to help people chan

Nobody tells you about the blue wrens. They tell you about the liver. They tell you about blood pressure and sleep cycles and the number of calories you are no longer consuming. How the mind will become clearer. All of that is true and all of it matters. But the thing that actually stopped me one afternoon, about three months after I stopped drinking, was a pair of tiny blue wrens flitting about in our garden. I stood there watching them, genuinely watching them, as they mo

Let’s Be Real for a Second Most blokes know there’s more in the tank. You’ve got experience, wisdom, and a gut feeling there’s another level waiting but somewhere along the line, life’s routine, work stress, or a few too many nights at the pub got in the way. That spark you used to have? It’s still there, buried under years of “I’ll sort it later.” That’s where coaching comes in. Not fluffy “positive vibes” talk, but real, practical guidance to help you clear your head, reset

Through trial and error, hit and miss, test and learn, we have learned how to survive and thrive in our world.

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

For the last 9 years I have been flying an aircraft I built myself. I think I'm pretty reasonable at flying it, I have learned what to do and when, what flight control and throttle settings to use, what speeds to maintain for the various phases of flight. How the engine sounds, how the aircraft behaves and so on. What's this got to do with being alcohol free? Bear with me there is some relevance. You could say I have formed a lot of neural networks that make it easy for my b

We purchased some sad looking belladonna lily bulbs on special at the local nursery several years ago. We planted them in sunny spot looking forward to late summer blooms taking over that area in six months. Over winter the bulbs store energy from the foliage, but the leaves in the first year were small and lacklustre. No flowers that summer! Next winter a bit more foliage but the local rabbits started to dig them up. As they are poisonous no leaves were eaten but they caused

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

"Pick me, pick me", I exclaimed excitedly as we approached the RBT (DUI) stop ahead. Slowing down in anticipation of a stern finger point to the kerb, I looked over to my wife who had a bemused look on her face, she uttered just one word. "Nutter." "I hope they ask me when I had my last drink.. 'yes sir, years ago..' haha". Darn, not today as they waved us on. Genuinely disappointed I motored past the stop observing other motorists going through the "breatho" drill. I could

If you are like I was, a long term binge drinker you may not even be aware that all your day to day experiences are more than likely being filtered and dumbed down by the effects of what's going on in your brain. As vision is your primary sense, its like you are living with glass bottomed goggles on. Say what? Yep, your brain can anticipate the ingestion of alcohol and compensate for it, damping down the artificial buzz alcohol gives you. The effect over time is make everythi

The theatre dimmed, the audience quietened we had come to see our granddaughter perform in the combined schools concert. The kids began the first performance to cheers and clapping, their little faces lit up with delight at being on stage for a real audience. As the performances went on, I began to notice a pattern in the performers, and it was with compassion and warmth that I realised there was a cross section of kids all doing their absolute best on stage with smiles on t