Sober Glimmers

Sober Glimmers Founder Tracy Ollerenshaw
Alcohol-Free Mindset Coach and Community Lead. Helping women ditch booze in a world that’s obsessed with it. Coaching. Community.

Rising together ✨

10/05/2026

There’s a baseline level of calm I genuinely didn’t know was available to me before I ditched the booze.

Not fake “switch off with wine” calm.
Actual peace.

The kind where Sunday nights don’t feel full of dread and where your nervous system isn’t constantly buzzing underneath everything.

And it didn’t arrive with a big fanfare it built up over each alcohol-free day.

What’s your Glimmer of the Week?

10/05/2026

Smug AF Sunday check-in!

Clear head.
No dread.
Plenty of hours in bed.

How about you? x

One of the most vulnerable parts of changing your relationship with alcohol is when you genuinely start loving the versi...
09/05/2026

One of the most vulnerable parts of changing your relationship with alcohol is when you genuinely start loving the version of you coming back.

You cherish inner peace
(the kind you never knew you needed).

You prioritise sleep because it’s feeling SO good.

That daily anxiety has pretty much gone.

When the kids need you, you’re actually present.

You just feel more confident in who you are without the wine.

You’re trusting yourself again. And to be honest, you feel pretty bloody proud.

But summer’s coming.

The girls’ holiday’s booked.
A wedding invite lands.
That big boozy birthday celebration keeps staring at you every time you open the fridge.

So you either start thinking:

“Maybe I could just drink for THAT occasion…” because your brain’s only letting you remember the glossy bits…

OR maybe it’s playing on your mind because what you’ve worked really hard for and what you’re experiencing now feels too damn good to lose.

This is the part that can feel even harder than getting started in the beginning.

Because this is where loads of women quietly need a plan, guidance and someone in their corner more than they realise.

So I’m opening a few private 1:1 spaces if you want help staying connected to yourself through a holiday, wedding, weekend away and support to navigate the emotionally loaded moments that can quietly pull you backwards.

3 private bespoke sessions.

WhatsApp access through the event that’s already playing on your mind.

£444

Come and chat to me in the DMs if this version of you feels too precious to lose.

Because you didn’t come this far just to come this far.

07/05/2026

I think one of the hardest parts about changing your relationship with alcohol is realising how much of your adult life it’s been woven into.

I started drinking at 13.
Loads of women did.

We’ve never really known adulthood without alcohol sitting somewhere in the background.

And we’ve certainly never known motherhood without it.

So when you stop drinking…or even try to…it’s not just the wine you feel you’re missing sometimes.

It’s the version of you attached to it.

The girl who relaxed easier.
The woman who “let loose.”
The one who switched off quicker.
The one who felt more carefree for a few hours.

And I think that’s why so many women feel a bit lost in the beginning.

Because the hardest part isn’t saying no to wine.

It’s not knowing what else makes you feel like YOU.

If you’re done having the same conversation with yourself ever night - the freebie in my bio is for you.

At 2pm you mean it.You’re determined not to drink tonight.You already know waking up at 3am dehydrated, anxious, telling...
06/05/2026

At 2pm you mean it.

You’re determined not to drink tonight.

You already know waking up at 3am dehydrated, anxious, telling yourself off will feel rubbish.

But then the day keeps going.

Three more hours of work.
Back-to-back Teams meetings.
School run. “What’s for tea?” Mum’s taxi to alllll the clubs.
One kid’s now decided she’s gone off pasta.
One needs crumble ingredients for food tech tomorrow.
The dishwasher still needs emptying.
Your brain feels fried.

And at that point pouring wine just feels…easier.

Not because there’s something wrong with you.

Not because you secretly “want it more.”

But because by that point you’re knackered and sick of making decisions.

So your brain reaches for the thing it knows will signal: you can stop now.

That’s why so many women are in the rinse and repeat cycle of:
“I won’t tonight.”
Then:
“Urgh. Why did I do it again?”

It’s not weakness.

It’s a pattern.

And patterns can change.

If you’re sick of saying “not tonight”…
then pouring wine a few hours later anyway…the freebie in my bio is a good place to start👆🏼

Same bank holiday weekend…just a completely different experienceThese are women who used to be in that same “I won’t… oh...
05/05/2026

Same bank holiday weekend…
just a completely different experience

These are women who used to be in that same “I won’t… oh go on then” loop.

Nothing dramatic changed overnight. Just small moments where they stopped overriding themselves and started actually being in their lives.

And it adds up. Slowly, surely and powerfully

If you’ve been feeling that pull…
like something about it just isn’t working for you anymore, you’re not the only one.

03/05/2026

When wine doesn’t even get a cameo…

And somehow… life feels fuller than ever.

This week was packed in the best way.
Walks, slow mornings, proper catch-ups, a friend staying over.

Saturday night?
4 hours of chatting, deep stuff, laughing, world to rights. No repetition 😉
In bed by 9pm and it felt lush.

I used to think wine was the thing that made moments better. That it added something.

If anything… it just took… space in my head, my sleep, my good mood, my healthier food choices and so much more.

What I actually needed was:
Room to breathe.
A sense of calm that I hadn’t experienced in decades
To stop numbing and start feeling.
Authentic conversations
Belly laughs that I actually remember.

I never planned for this. It was a 100 day break but all the glimmers and gains were too good to deny. At the start I just thought: “let’s see if I can live life alcohol free for that long.”

But bit by bit, day by day…you start noticing what actually feels good.

And you realise…Wine was never the main character. You were!

Big Love,
Tracy xx

You don’t need another “fresh start” you need to understand why yesterday repeated. That’s the part that actually sets y...
03/05/2026

You don’t need another “fresh start” you need to understand why yesterday repeated.

That’s the part that actually sets you free.

You wake up already making a new plan for tonight… like yesterday didn’t just happen.And it’s not even about how much yo...
02/05/2026

You wake up already making a new plan for tonight… like yesterday didn’t just happen.

And it’s not even about how much you drank anymore.

It’s that moment where you said you wouldn’t… and then did.
Again.

So you brush past it.
Get on with the morning, slowly, rattily, last minute.com rushing out of the door for footy/ballet (insert early morning Saturday club you officially despise here)
And you tell yourself it’s not a big deal.

But there’s a part of you that’s starting to notice this is becoming a pattern

Same promise.
Same override.
Same quiet “why do I keep doing this?”

And it’s not dramatic.
It’s just… repetitive.

You don’t need a better plan for tonight.
You need to understand what happened yesterday.

You’re not changing your mind later… you’re just getting worn down by the day and calling it “oh f*ck it.”Because it’s n...
01/05/2026

You’re not changing your mind later… you’re just getting worn down by the day and calling it “oh f*ck it.”

Because it’s never a big dramatic decision, is it.

It’s standing in the kitchen, kids asking when’s tea, where’s my ballet skirt whilst you finish off the work emails, noise still buzzing in your head and 17 tabs still open, and suddenly not drinking feels harder than just pouring the glass and getting five minutes of peace.

So you override yourself.

Even though you were clear this morning.
Even though you meant it.

And that’s the bit that’s starting to get to you.

Not the wine itself…the fact you can’t seem to hold onto your own decision when it actually matters.

You don’t need more rules for the weekend.
You need something for that exact moment.

The one where you stop listening to yourself.

That’s what my “F**k It Button” Survival Guide is for.

If you can already feel that moment coming later…you know this is for you.

It’s waiting for you in my bio 🤍

30/04/2026

There are two types of women when it comes to drinking.

The stop starter who says “I’m done” and means it and can have days, weeks, months off but goes back.

The rule breaker. This was me! I had so many rules around my drinking and I didn’t even realise I was doing it. I’ll use a small wine glass I bought from a charity shop so I drink less. I won’t drink on my own anymore. I’ll drink red so I sip it. If I take 2 days off drinking a week that’s ok.

Both of these women still have one thing in common:
A part of them believes alcohol is giving them something they actually want.

Relaxation.
Connection.
A high.
That end of the day escape.

And when that belief is still there… you’re bound to go back.

But when you put the work in to shift that belief? That’s when everything starts to open up. That’s when the glimmers start glimmering on a daily basis and the ordinary feels extraordinary. So you get the proper hits of dopamine - that don’t make you wake up at 3am or feel sluggish and stressy the next day and impact your mood and how you show up.

Whether you’re a stop starter or a rule breaker if you’re sober right now and you’re currently in Glimmersvill and want to stay there then grab my free guide The F**k It Moment Survival Guide. Link in bio.

And tell me which one are you - stop starter or a rule breaker? Xx

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