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Wow! Another year of sobriety under my belt. Another year of living my best life. I do feel the luckiest person in the world. Lucky I could change, lucky I am able to get out and do amazing stuff with amazing people all the time. I’ve abseiled, canoed, climbed mountains, hiked ultras, bouldering, paddleboarded, openContinue reading “3 Years Sober”

Since we last spoke I have walked an ultra-marathon (on Saturday) and reached 1000 days sober (on Sunday) – Yeay! Go me! Sounds all pretty positive eh? Well Saturday wasn’t so positive, and the disappointment still lingers, I didn’t finish my ultra-marathon, I had to retire from the event on medical grounds – heat exhaustion.Continue reading “Its been a while….”

Well this week has been a bit naff and I’ve been rather grumpy. 5 days ago I was pinged by the NHS Covid app to advise I had to self isolate for the next 5 days (it would have been 10 days but the day in question was 5 days prior) I’m doing 2 ultraContinue reading “Self Care Saturday – 950 days sober 😍😍”

I bloody loved doing this Instagram live tonight with Soberfish. I’ve followed Dawn on Instagram and Facebook and her blog since before I was sober. So she has been a massive part of my sober journey. So tonight to talk about my story with her was wonderful. Thank you Dawn Xx View this post onContinue reading “OMG”

Friday 26th Feb on Instagram 7pm Come listen to my sober story chatting to the woman who inspired me and helped me to go sober. She still inspires me every day 🙌 See you there ❤

5 Years today since my Dad died. Seems like a lifetime ago, but also like yesterday – weird. The trauma of those last days will possibly never leave me but over the years it fades a little more and I remember more of the good stuff. And there was so much of it. I hadContinue reading “5 Years”

This week was such a better week. I MADE time to walk each day, I did exercise on zoom, I had early nights. I also had my B12, full blood screen, restarted all my vitamins and supplements and booked some healthcare appointments to help with my aches and pains. I put myself and my sanityContinue reading “What a difference a week makes!”

Wow hasn’t it been crazy! I’ve literally burnt out from the last 6 weeks of constant 12 hour days. I didn’t have a break over Christmas so have only had a couple of days off in weeks. I work for the NHS so have been busy buying everything to build vaccination clinics from scratch whilstContinue reading “This weeks thoughts”

Well 2020, its been a blast! And I mean that…. I’ve fit so much in, done so much and tried to be positive the whole time. I believe this has been the reason I have come out of this unscathed and positive. Some of the good times from this year have been: I went toContinue reading “Happy New Year”

Im 800 days calmer, more diplomatic, more focused and determined, 800 days more grown up and responsible. Im also 800 days less of a prick, less of a drama queen, 800 days less of a negative self pitying attention seeking crying mess. I’ve very rarely suffered from anxiety since being sober, but I only realisedContinue reading “800 days sober!”