Alison Calder Coaching

Alison Calder Coaching Positive psychology coach specialising in helping people to change their relationship with alcohol and / or to rediscover themselves and get unstuck!

Bank holidays used to feel like something was missing when I wasn’t drinking. When something has been framed as a reward...
02/05/2026

Bank holidays used to feel like something was missing when I wasn’t drinking. When something has been framed as a reward for so long, it’s going to feel like a loss when it’s not there. Things really started to shift for me when I understood more clearly what alcohol was actually doing and was more honest with myself about how it left me feeling overall. The more I sat with that, the less sense it made to see it as something I was missing out on.

This is the work I do with my clients!

We can change

We can do hard things (and then after a while they aren’t hard anymore).

If you feel that your relationship with alcohol is no longer serving you - you can book a free call with me for a gentle conversation about where you are at, and the coaching process. The details are on my website.

https://alisoncalder.com

Happy bank holiday weekend all

26/04/2026

We don’t need permission or approval from other people - we can get that from ourselves.

Only we truly know how alcohol makes us feel.

Not only are we allowed to change - we’re supposed to 💖

24/04/2026

Having those conversations with ourselves, about what is really likely to happen if we “just have that one drink”, can change everything

Whether there is a crashing low or a “rock bottom” or not, for anyone struggling with alcohol - sobriety really does set...
23/04/2026

Whether there is a crashing low or a “rock bottom” or not, for anyone struggling with alcohol - sobriety really does set you free 💖

One of my clients from a few years ago popped up on social media and said this ⬇️I’m so delighted that the work we did t...
22/04/2026

One of my clients from a few years ago popped up on social media and said this ⬇️

I’m so delighted that the work we did together impacted her life so much 💪

So grateful that I get to do this 💖

So I’m doing a thing 🤔 Every week for almost 2 years now I have gone live in an app on a Wednesday morning to talk about...
21/04/2026

So I’m doing a thing 🤔

Every week for almost 2 years now I have gone live in an app on a Wednesday morning to talk about alcohol-free living. I also do this in my own closed alcohol-free club every week too. But I’ve never plucked up the courage to do it on my own social media.

So here goes. On Monday mornings at 7am, I will be going live on Instagram, to talk all about being sober, sober curious and all of the different aspects and elements of alcohol-free living (and there is so much to talk about).

The lives will be between 10-15 minutes with a new topic each week.

Monday morning is a brilliant time for a reset if needed, and a lovely boost before the week gets going.

Here is a link to my Instagram.

See you there 💖

www.instagram.com/alisoncalderalcoholcoach

I had a moment this morning where it really hit me how quickly time is passing by.There is this garden we used to walk p...
20/04/2026

I had a moment this morning where it really hit me how quickly time is passing by.

There is this garden we used to walk past on the way to school, when my son was 5 and my daughter was a toddler. They had windmills in the flowerbeds and she loved watching them spin. She wouldn’t let us walk past without stopping.

Then one day they took them down, and she cried when we walked past for weeks. We used to sing at her to try and distract her.

I hadn’t thought about that for ages.

Now my son is nearly finishing primary school, and my daughter is growing up so fast too.

It stops me in my tracks, the gratitude I have around being sober for their childhoods, because it is fleeting and it is precious. And because of the type of drinker I was, I couldn’t drink and be fully present for them too. I had to choose.

I had my last drink when my daughter was two, so she won’t remember me as a drinker, and my son was 7. He says he doesn’t remember Mummy drinking wine.

Everything was so hazy in my drinking days, and fuzzy around the edges and I was constantly sad. Sobriety has given me clarity and allowed me to feel peace and joy in a way I never knew was possible:

As it all changes, I will remain so extremely grateful for the fact that I am now fully present for it all.

If you are struggling with alcohol, there is another wonderful way to live. It can seem impossible when starting out, I work with women to make this feel possible and doable for them, bit by bit (whether that is reduction or stopping drinking completely).

If you would like a really relaxed conversation to see if coaching might be for you, you can book a free call on my website.

Many of the women tell me how good it feels to talk about this. We don't have to stay stuck

Freedom is a word that comes up with my clients a lot - something they didn’t have as a drinker, but get when they stop ...
18/04/2026

Freedom is a word that comes up with my clients a lot - something they didn’t have as a drinker, but get when they stop drinking, and it is the most gorgeous of feelings.

Freedom to get in the car whenever we want, freedom to wake up clear-headed, freedom from the constant mental negotiation, freedom from that background noise that never quite switches off.

You don’t have to wait for it to get worse, or for other people to identify there is a “problem”, or for you to experience a rock bottom - these may never happen.

Your quiet, inner knowing is enough.

We tend to hold all of these beliefs about how our life will be without alcohol, and for many of us these stories that we tell ourselves keep us stuck.

None of the horror stories that I told myself about my life without alcohol have come true.

What I have found is that I have gained things that I never really knew I needed, like inner peace and self-acceptance (sober belly laughter is up there too).

So if there is any sense that alcohol is keeping you stuck, that quiet knowing is already pointing you somewhere. You don’t have to have all the answers to start listening to yourself 💖

17/04/2026

Triggers are normal

Cravings are normal

Finding this hard at the start is normal

Everything not falling into place all at once, is normal

This is a process and it takes time. It is all about learning, and data collection, and meeting yourself with curiosity and compassion.

It all comes together in the end.

Keep trusting the process 💖

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