My story
It always started with one innocent drink, then another one, and another one, then I would call ‘the guy’ and next thing I know its 5am, the sun’s coming up and reality sinks in. Why did I do this? How much money did I spend? How am I going to face the day at work? This wasn’t a one off. This became increasingly regular through my 20’s and I thought that as I got older I would ‘grow out of it’. I worked through the ranks of hospitality in London but my habits stayed with me. It became increasingly harder and harder to hide the hangovers, to deal with the come downs and to function properly with barely any sleep.
After an intense night (and morning) of tequila, cocaine and questionable company, I thought to myself ‘there must be more to life than this’. I made it my mission to find a way out of this loop and to do so without becoming a recluse. I wanted to challenge what I had believed for so long; if you didn’t drink, you are boring! I wanted to prove that not drinking could be more fulfilling than drinking, but first I had to navigate how to get out.
I stopped drinking because I just couldn’t go on doping the same thing slowly watching myself get worse and worse but what I didn’t realise was that I was about to discover a new way of living. I was about to embark upon the most incredible journey of self discovery! No withdrawal, no fear of missing out and no regrets. I’ve found the path to freedom and I want to share this with as many people as possible who are still trapped. The life I had always dreamt of turned out to be just one simple decision away.