Greetings and salutations

Ritual non-alcoholic gin with Fever Tree tonic, freshly squeezed lemon and Waterford crystal glasses.

Welcome to Sober Furious, a place to get furiously serious about being sober curious, vilify your experiences with drinking alcohol and learn some tips, ideas, recipes and non-alcoholic drinkie poo suggestions to help you on your journey to sobriety.

Making a decision to quit drinking alcohol in a world where everyone is obsessed with drinking alcohol is not easy, but it is a hell of a lot easier when you have great alternative drinks to keep you on the wagon. The non-alcoholic and alternative drinks industry has taken off like wild fire alongside the sober curious movement so let’s sit back and take a sip.

  • ritual
    staying sober needs a daily ritual…
  • a new day
    A new day has dawned. After twenty five years of binge drinking, the gig is up…
  • monday, monday
    The idea of giving up drinking can be crippling. Is it the end of all fun as we know it?
  • holly
    It’s important to credit the inspiration who finally got me to quit drinking…
  • tea, glorious tea
    It is a well known fact that British folks like tea. And me, I like drinking tea even more than the average Brit.
  • blue
    I drink because I am depressed, I am depressed because I drink. Sound familiar?
  • beer
    To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems. Homer Simpson, 1987…
  • trauma
    Let’s talk about the ups and downs of life and having to deal with a trauma… stone. cold. sober.
  • wild
    “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
  • g&t, hold the g
    Preserving the art of cocktail making and translating it into mocktail making is an important step for me to still feel like myself, just an alcohol-free version of myself.
  • binge / multipliers
    From binge drinking to wellness multipliers. How to make the shift foreeeevvvvvver.
  • mother
    Sober Mummy = Better Mummy. Plus the mother of all non-alcoholic beers.
  • camping
    Sober curious groups are full of posts about the dread of upcoming camping trips that will be filled with pressure to drink alcohol.
  • metamorphosis
    To quote Lizzo: “I’m not the girl I was or used to be. B!tch, I might be better.”
  • wings
    Confessions of a past smoker. Guilty pleasures of a past drinker.
  • memories
    Making memories for my family rather than dealing with memory loss and black out.
  • highs/lows
    Being sober has mellowed me out. I don’t have such raucous crazy highs nor bummer, fear-ridden lows. I reflect on the relief of no longer having those gut-wrenching lows but also the grief of saying goodbye to a fun chapter of my life.
  • wine
    Are non-alcoholic wines any good or do they deserve to be poured down the drain?
  • white wine
    White Wine. How can you be so delicious when done right? And so awful when done wrong?
  • dryuary
    What does dryuary mean to those who choose to be sober all year round?
  • two years
    Celebrating my two year soberversary with thoughts on my new normal plus how many rewards I have reaped over the past 730+ days.
  • others
    How other people’s drinking habits, or their opinions of my non-drinking habits can really impact me.
  • boring / dancing
    Is being sober making me boring or making me bored? Or none of the above?
  • breaking patterns
    Digging into generational patterns to unlearn some engrained boozy behaviors.
  • own it
    One thing that has been an important part of growing up into my forties has been “owning my own shit”.
  • england
    Taking a trip back to Blighty and witnessing first hand the surge in alcohol-free behaviors and products.
  • routine
    Marking my third anniversary of being alcohol free, noting the ease and routine of sober curiousity.
  • meta
    “If I don’t post on my blog will people think I have started drinking again?”


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