Unless they live on the edge, most people don’t wake up one morning and then decide to run a marathon in the same afternoon. Instead, they prepare for it and more importantly, they do their research. They read books about running, they trawl reviews on the best pavement-pounding trainers and (as someone who has never been remotely interested in running a marathon, this is pure guesswork) they probably watch Inspirational YouTube videos of Mo Farah. The point is, if you want to do something, learning about it can only really benefit you in the long run. Here’s my tips for a Sober Spring swot-up:
April 2022 |
5 minutes
Millie Gooch, founder of the Sober Girl Society, brings us some brilliant tips on tackling Sober Spring - the three-month sabbatical off alcohol.
Read quit lit
Yep, there’s a whole genre of literature out there for people ‘quitting’ and all of them as helpful as the next. These are some of my favourites:
The Sober Girl Society Handbook (I wrote it so yes, I am biased)
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
Sunshine Warm Sober
The Sober Lush
Drink?
Quit Like a Woman
Sober Curious
This Naked Mind
Listen to podcasts
If you prefer to get your information audibly in bitesize chunks then one of the many sobriety podcasts might be helpful to you. My top listens are:
Seltzer Squad Pod
Sober Curious
Love Sober
One for the road
Recovery Disco
The Alcohol Problem Podcast
Watch documentaries & television programmes
Lastly, if books and podcasts aren’t your thing, there’s some great TV documentaries out there with loads of helpful info as well as programmes that actually give some quite accurate depictions of problem drinking. Here’s some that I love:
Hayley Goes Sober
Risky Drinking
A Royal Hangover
Drinkers Like Me
And Just Like That
The Flight Attendant
The Queen’s Gambit
