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Top tips for managing your drinking after your dry challenge

If you’d like to drink more healthily and happily after a dry challenge, this blog has some tips to help you.

Top tips for managing your drinking after your dry challenge

If you’d like to drink more healthily and happily after a dry challenge, this blog has some tips to help you.
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Alcohol, Dyslexia, ADHD and me: Lauren’s experiences as a neurodivergent person

Lauren White | May 2024 | 8 minutes

Lauren White, a motivational speaker, life coach, counsellor and Alcohol Change UK Ambassador, talks about her experiences as a neurodivergent person and how this has impacted her relationship with alcohol.
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Millie’s Sober Spring hacks - Week nine

Millie Gooch | May 2024 | 8 minutes

Sober influencer extraordinaire Millie Gooch brings three weekly 'hacks' to power through your mid-week slump.
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Fraser Franks on Alcohol and Self-confidence: “For a long time I had all my confidence wrapped up into alcohol"

Fraser Franks | May 2024 | 11 minutes

Our ambassador Fraser Franks uses his own experiences to talk to us about the complex relationship between alcohol and self-confidence.
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Millie’s Sober Spring hacks - Week eight

Millie Gooch | May 2024 | 8 minutes

In this blog, Millie brings with her another set of brilliant weekly mid-week instalments to help you explore the sober lifestyle to the max.
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Becoming alcohol-free as a woman: What’s different?

Mandy Manners | May 2024 | 13 minutes

Life and recovery coach and Alcohol Change UK Ambassador, Mandy Manners, gives her view on the specific challenges and experiences that come with going alcohol-free as a woman.
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“Sobriety does not have a colour”: Black and Sober Podcast on navigating sobriety as an ethnic minority person

May 2024 | 13 minutes

Ricci and Alisha from the Black and Sober Podcast share their experiences of becoming alcohol-free and their mission to amplify black voices in sobriety resources.
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Millie’s Sober Spring hacks - Week seven

Millie Gooch | May 2024 | 8 minutes

Millie Gooch brings another of her mid-week instalments to help you explore the sober lifestyle to the max.
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What if my partner still drinks?

Dave Wilson | April 2024 | 10 minutes

We know that people with supportive family and friends tend to do better when making changes, but what happens if you feel like your nearest and dearest won’t (or aren’t able to) get onboard with your sober-curious lifestyle?
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Millie’s Sober Spring hacks - Week six

Millie Gooch | April 2024 | 8 minutes

Power through your mid-week slump and start exploring the sober lifestyle to the max with Millie's weekly selection of sage words, canny suggestions, and handy resources all hand-picked for you.
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Why going sober is more than just a celebrity trend

Janey Lee Grace | April 2024 | 12 minutes

Founder of The Sober Club and 90s hit maker, Janey Lee Grace, knows a thing about celebrities.
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Millie’s Sober Spring hacks - Week five

Millie Gooch | April 2024 | 8 minutes

Sober influencer extraordinaire Millie Gooch is back for another round of weekly hacks to help you power through your mid-week slump.
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Susan Laurie’s four top tips to help you adjust at work when you’re newly alcohol-free

Susan Laurie | April 2024 | 11 minutes

As well as being part of the Training and Consultancy Team, Susan is also Alcohol Change UK’s expert by experience.