25/08/2025
✨ 10.5 Years Sober ✨
This morning, a comment was made (nothing major, perhaps even playful) about getting drunk instead of doing the class. I removed it — but it got me thinking.
I’m just over 10.5 years sober.
I’m a recovering alcoholic.
Some of you know my story. It wasn’t easy.
When I was growing up, the only “alcoholic woman” ever really spoken about was Angie from EastEnders. The rest were men — Oliver Reed, George Best, a few rock stars (and with them it almost seemed “expected”).
When I first started drinking, it wasn’t daily, and never in the morning. But I drank to change the way I felt. To self-medicate. To quiet my anxiety. To stop the monkey mind.
Among friends I was loud and confident. But in new places, I was shy, anxious, a contradiction.
Alcohol didn’t suit me. I got drunk the fastest. I never knew how to stop — until blackout.
And in blackout, you’re still moving, talking, screaming, fighting.
The next morning, the horror hits. You’ve hurt people you love. You hate yourself. And sometimes, you reach for the morning drink to push it away.
That cycle carried on far too long.
Looking back now is frightening.
Have I forgiven myself? Not fully yet.
But giving back — sharing, teaching, helping — is my way of making amends.
🧘♀️ Yoga has given me tools I never had before.
It teaches me to slow the mind.
To accept.
To stop projecting the worst.
To understand I don’t have to fit in.
I can enjoy my own company.
I can say no.
I can build a life with structure, routine, and peace.
Getting sober is no easy task. But awareness is fundamental.
👉 If drinking costs you more than money — your health, your job, your relationships, your identity — those are signs of dependence. Please, reach out. Help is more available than ever: AA, support groups, online resources… or even yoga.
Yoga teaches us acceptance.
It teaches us to breathe, to detach from the noise, from fear, from guilt, from the ego.
It teaches us to embrace our differences.
And once you can do that?
Your authenticity becomes your superpower. ✨
All the classes and workshops at the studio are here to give you tools for better living. 💛
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