#She's Not Drinking

Sup! Welcome to my sober journey. I went public with. my decisions on 12th August. 2022 on my Instagram, here's the jist...

So there’s been a few positive vibes posts on my IG lately, surrounding my new found love of being mentally and physically healthier and making some lifestyle choices and after a long discussion with my husband (spuds @s7catch 🤜🏽🤛🏽) and most importantly myself, I’m putting it out there that SO much of it is down to a pretty big decision I made in June this year, to go alcohol free. That decision was cemented after having a few drinks over the weekend and wondering why the hell I’d done it to myself! I’ve always been a bit of a party girl, the last one standing, the one at lock ins and ‘such a laugh’ in doing it, but what nobody sees is the crippling physical and mental health toll it could take on me for DAYS afterwards. Pair that with a long and toxic history of alcohol abuse inflicted on my childhood and teenage years, and obviously having a lot of sober time since falling pregnant and having Halle, it’s fairly safe to say I’ve just become so OVER IT. I didn’t have an ‘alcohol problem’ as such, but to me, my brain and alcohol are a problem and so why wouldn’t I change that?

Most of my friends are already aware that I’m more into my HIIT than an ice cold cider these days, and get me wrong, my days of dancing, partying and being a bit of a foul mouth fun machine are not over by any means, they’ll just be done as my authentic self and with a lil mocktail in hand from now on. I guess wanna be a small part of ending the stigma on sobriety, without the inevitable OMG R U PREGNANT when I turn down a pint in a sunny beer garden, or people wondering why tf l’m posting sobriety content.