Chris Skoyles.

27/10/2025

Hey all! Thanks for everyone who signed up to the newsletter over the weekend. I’m dealing with some crippling anxiety today but getting to work all the same!

20/10/2025

I’m hopeless and alone. I don’t have the strength to carry on, but somehow I gotta.

11/03/2022

Something awesome this way comes...really excited to launch the new Quit Smoking and Be Happy website in April!

10/03/2022

What do you think? I’m really excited about this!

Thanks to Finding Freedom’s own Melissa Crosson for the designs of our new Quit Smoking & Be Happy merch. Check out more of Melissa’s work at Nomadic Artist.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/NomadicArtist

06/03/2022

Hi all, here's another new 5 Minute Quit Tip - This time talking about the importance of telling ourselves the real story of what will happen if we smoke that cig :)

Why it pays to tell ourselves the true story of what will happen after we smoke a cigarette.NEXT LIVE STREAM: ► Saturday, March 26th, 2022 (6.30Pm UK / 0:30 ...

03/03/2022

Hi all! So, today was World Book Day and it got me all inspired to republish a collection of poems I first put together in 2012 when I hit rock bottom with my alcohol misuse.
"A Dipsomaniac's Guide to Self-Destruction: A Collection of Drunken Lullabies" is a series of poems mostly (but not entirely) about real experiences I had with alcohol, all put together in a narrative to tell a fictional story of a three-day booze-bender and all the manic highs and morbid lows that go with it.
The book is currently available in eBook form only but I'll have a print version out before the summer. If you'd like to check it out, here's the link, and if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription, you can read it for free any time within the next three months

A Dipsomaniac's Guide to Self-Destruction: A Collection of Drunken Lullabies

23/02/2022

Have you joined our Finding Freedom community yet? Over 800 people at all different stages of their quit smoking journey, all coming together celebrate one another's successes and support each other through our struggles.

22/02/2022

Hi all, another new video for you - answering Jeanene's question from Finding Freedom about the main reasons for self-sabotage. Hope it's helpful!

Answering a question from Finding Freedom member Jeanene on the main causes of self-sabotaging behaviour.NEXT LIVE STREAM: ► Saturday, February 26th, 2022 (6...

11/02/2022

Hi all, I'm trying a new series of shorter, 5-7 minute videos with quit smoking tips that I'll do in and around the usual longer, 20+ minute videos.
Here's the first one about why we can quit any time, even if we have half a pack of ci******es left, and why the purpose of quit date isn't to avoid quitting.

A reminder that the purpose of a quit date isn't to avoid quitting and that we can actually start right now, even if we have ci******es in the packet.NEXT LI...

25/01/2022

Thank you, William, for this fantastic feedback on Quit Smoking and Be Happy!

If you've read the book and enjoyed it, I'd be incredibly grateful if you could take a moment to leave me a review on Amazon here:

https://amzn.to/3mC62Is

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21/01/2022

New week, new video! This week, I wanted to expand on something I talked about in my "2021 Life Lessons" video - which is dealing with people who push our buttons, make us angry, sad, or otherwise bad.

Do no harm (to ourselves or others), take no...NEXT LIVE STREAM:► Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 (6.30Pm UK / 0:30 am pacific, 12:30pm central and 1:30pm Easte...

13/01/2022

Hi all, here's this week's video discussing a few of the lessons I learned whilst getting serious about running after quitting smoking. Heads up, it's a long video because apparently once I start talking about running I can't stop! :D

Rambling on about a few of the life lessons I learned as I went from smoking 20-30 cigs a day and abusing alcohol to running marathons and other races.NEXT L...