He speaks about how drugs and alcohol were his way of dealing with his trauma but he also shares the traumas that occurred as a result of drinking and drugging. Steps Sober is the follow-up to the international bestseller -Sober On A Drunk Planet: Giving Up Alcohol.

com/ and you can sign up to my monthly newsletter which is packed full of free information on how to live a better life. This book, however, provides some easy steps to follow to help make post-alcohol life easier to get through. We move onto discuss his using, his recovery and how he is now inspiring a generation through tiktok and Instagram. For example, instead of "I'm giving up alcohol", say "I'm giving up hang-overs, I'm giving up nights on the bathroom floor, I'm giving up having to piece together the night before" . I’m not familiar with all the struggles he experienced during his journey, but he has been sober for quite some time (I’m not entirely sure how long).

Whereas the first volume causes you to stop sipping alcohol, this is the one when you've come to a little further down the line and realise you need to keep working to stay sober.

I hope the podcasts provide hope and inspiration for people that listen as I know the biggest thing that made me realise I needed help was listening to addicts and relating to their former lives. Highly recommend for someone who is thinking about getting sober but isn’t ready to try, or someone in the early stages of sobriety needing some support or encouragement that this is a good idea.This weeks guest is James, a celebrity hairstylist, who shares his battles with addiction, sobriety and about living a life beyond sobriety. What I loved about the book was the fact that it focussed on how much more you CAN and WILL achieve whilst being sober. I have an in-depth chat with Ben about corporate culture and how they largely ignore people with addictions (myself included) yet they are willing to help those who state they have a mental illness. It resonated so profoundly with me, especially amidst a year of such grief, that it caused me to stop drinking there and then. At one point the author explicitly says that the reader wouldn't have read so far 'if they could take it or leave it'.

I don't feel I got this a lot, more just general advice stuff I've read about before, easy enough to read but a little repetative and obvious.We discuss the common anxiety from getting blackout drunk the night before and the worry and dread that pursues the morning after. I talk about my addiction to alcohol, drugs and gambling in a particularly dark time for me when I was 28 and how rehab saved my life. If you want a simple solution to a complex problem, 3 Sober Steps will guide you to a life you can be proud of in sobriety.