Oops! I Did It Again

I’m the guy that quit drinking in 2015 and sailed through years of sobriety without so much as a wobble…

I’m the guy that endlessly preached the benefits of a no-booze lifestyle to whoever would listen. Better skin, more money, sharper mind, no more bad decisions, better sex, effortless weight loss…

I’m the guy that was so absolutely sure I’d found a good, positive, healthy way of quitting booze that I set up SOBERPUNKS GANG, a support group with thousands of thriving members, all working towards being better versions of themselves…

I’m the guy that went to parliament and rallied for clearer alcohol-free drink labelling because “we teetotallers deserve options, and clearer information about what those options are”…

I’m the guy that people come up to at gigs and say “dude, I wish I could get off the fuckin’ pop too!”…

So why in the almighty FUCK did I wake up on Jan 1st 2022, after 6 years of unwavering sobriety, in a trashed Brighton hotel room with a hole burned in the coffee table, a mouth that tasted like arseholes, with an absolute TWAT of a hangover? And then, why did I decide to continue this madness for another 12 months??

SoberPunks blog is back, baby! And this time it’s a little bit more serious than last time (epic tagline).

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Do Recovering Boozers Secretly Plan To Drink Again?

Imagine that you love pizza. Not just love pizza, but LOVE pizza. It makes you a bit chubby, but it’s worth it for the taste and the way it makes you feel. You love pizza so much that you even plan your life around it – you let it dictate how you spend your time. You sometimes even take a day off sick just so that you can stay at home and eat pizza. Mmmm you love that tasty goddamn pizza. But then you hit your mid-thirties and BLAM!… Continue reading