AJ ~ 326 days

“As each day passes I really get dumbfounded at how I made it this far and energised to keep going. As a professional at partying from 14 I couldn’t even fathom a life without alcohol who would want to even live like that? Yet nevertheless, here I am almost one year alcohol free and it truly has been one of the best years of my life.

I hated hearing people say that in the early days because I was so unsure if it would be the same for me and this was such a big risk to take I’d be giving up a thing that plays such a big part in the make up of who I present myself as to the world. 

As it turns out who I was presenting myself as isn’t actually who I am, as a matter of fact I still haven’t fully found out and maybe I never will but giving up alcohol has given me a chance to see there is so much more to life than being consumed by fear to check your phone the next day as you struggle to lift your head from the toilet. 

I would say the biggest positives for me have been that I’ve so much gained time to try all these amazing things I’d put off and above all I have gained a calmness I’d been looking for and it has really helped me gain clarity on what I really want out of life especially more chances to travel.”