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Notes on coaching, life after treatment and the practical business of staying sober. Written from lived experience, not a textbook.
Seven years on: what sobriety actually delivered
I stopped drinking expecting to lose something. What I found instead was everything alcohol had been promising me for twenty-five years.
Read the post →Your first appointment, and what happens after it
The initial appointment carries no obligation. Here is what it involves, what I will ask, and what you can expect if you decide to carry on.
Read the post →Socialising without a drink in your hand
The first sober wedding, work party or family dinner is rarely about the alcohol. It is about the rituals built around it, and what to do with your hands.
Read the post →Relapse prevention as self-growth, not surveillance
Prevention framed as vigilance keeps you facing backwards. My model addresses cognitive, emotional and behavioural issues around building a new life instead.
Read the post →Life after rehab: the part nobody prepares you for
Treatment ends and the structure goes with it. The gap between finishing a programme and building a life is where most people need support and rarely have it.
Read the post →What a sober coach actually does
Not a therapist, not a sponsor, not a counsellor. A short account of what the role involves and, just as usefully, what it does not.
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