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Life Without Alcohol: How Going Alcohol-Free Gave Me My Life Back

Article from Tom, recently completing the JTT course: When I was drinking, I often felt like life was passing me by. After work, the main goal of every evening was to finish a bottle of wine (and usually to make a start on the next one). Weekends would begin late

Control Alcohol Coach Of The Year - Sandra Parker

Just the Tonic Coaching Wins Control Alcohol Coach of the Year 2025

I’m delighted to announce that Just the Tonic Coaching has been awarded Control Alcohol Coach of the Year 2025 by the Greater London Enterprise Awards—marking an incredible three consecutive years of receiving this recognition. This continued acknowledgment reflects the effectiveness of our approach in helping high-achieving professionals gain complete control

Navigating Sober Dating: Your Guide to Romance Without Alcohol

Dating can feel nerve-wracking at the best of times. When you’re newly alcohol-free or have taken control over your drinking, the prospect of sober dating might seem twice as challenging. If you’ve recently stopped drinking or are questioning your relationship with alcohol, you’re probably wondering: can I actually enjoy dating

Quotes About Alcohol That Hit Different

Real wisdom from people who saw through the illusion Let’s be honest about something. Most of us didn’t start drinking because we loved the taste or because we genuinely believed alcohol would improve our lives. We started because it was normal, expected, and frankly, everyone else was doing it. But

What Is A Functioning Alcoholic & What Are The Signs

When most people think of an alcoholic, they have an image of someone who has a bottle of vodka by the bed or someone who sits on a park bench swigging from a brown paper bag. But equally, an alcoholic could be a high-achieving businessperson in a smart suit. No

Sober Celebrities: Famous People Who Have Become Teetotal

There are many reasons to go sober. Consuming too much alcohol can affect your ability to work, it can affect your health and it can affect your looks. And for many famous celebrities working in the entertainment industry, that’s a risk they’re not willing to take. It’s why we’re seeing

The Myth Of The Self-Help Book

Once we finally acknowledge to ourselves that we have a problem with alcohol we are faced with the challenge of how to fix it. If you are anything like me, discretion is of the essence, you probably don’t consider yourself an ‘alcoholic’ and the thought of getting support in any

Alcohol And Your Weight

I read an article recently about how to shed what is now being referred to as “the covid stone!” It gave all the usual advice you would expect- avoid processed food, drink more water, exercise more etc etc etc. What was interesting is that it didn’t mention alcohol. Not the extra

Are You Waiting To Hit Rock Bottom?

Someone asked me today, what advice I would give to someone who drinks more than they intend to but is not an ‘alcoholic’. My response was that firstly I do not believe there is such a thing as an alcoholic. This puts the blame on the individual for being weak

There Is Always A Choice

I was talking to a friend recently who was feeling down about the impact lockdown was having on her day to day mood. She was lamenting all the things she couldn’t do and all the grim statistics around covid in the news. She was very upset and angry. The interesting

Someone Asked Me The Other Day What The Biggest Benefit Was On Becoming Alcohol Free

Now its a great question – but a difficult one because there are so many benefits. The things that immediately sprung to mind were more energy, better relationships, no hangovers, more money and feeling fitter. But when I thougth about it a bit more I realised what the biggest benefit

How Do I Know If I Have Long Term Freedom From Alcohol?

I got asked this last week and it’s such a great question I wanted to share my answer with you all. So many of us have several attempts to drink less or stop, only to slip up down the road and end up back at square one — only with