Chrissie Swan Instagram – I don’t talk much about giving up the booze because it’s such a personal thing and not right for everyone because we all drink to excess for such bespoke reasons. Also I don’t feel comfortable encouraging people to do anything they haven’t arrived at themselves (except making soup and chia pudding!) but after 1000 days I know for sure it has been the right thing for me so I’m putting this here for anyone who’s thinking that maybe drinking isn’t fun anymore. I love love love being able to drive everywhere, leave places whenever I like and especially ESPECIALLY going to bed knowing I’ve been the most authentic version of myself AND waking up excited about another brilliant day. Can’t do that with a hangover! No Sir! I didn’t have a long standing problem with the grog but I did give it a fair nudge over the pandemic (which was a few years actually) and I just knew it had to go. I coped in the times of temptation by forcing myself every minute to focus on all the things I was gaining, and nothing that I was ‘losing’ – this helped immensely to reframe the mentality that I was ‘giving up’ alcohol – because I wasn’t ‘giving up’ anything – I was actually taking my power back, and the positives started within the first week. Mainly – relief. And the clarity I needed to return to my original self and get to work on ‘building a life I didn’t want to escape from’. I don’t miss drinking one bit and now I never even think about it. I am proud of myself as well – which is a sparkling and meaningful thing. In truth – every aspect of my life, energy, positivity and relationships has become so much better in every way since that day. If you can’t stand the hangovers anymore (that was the clincher for me – the sickening down time!) or are doing stuff that makes you cringe afterwards, all I can say is you won’t miss those things one bit! And feeling everything that life throws at you is nothing to be afraid of – that is giving me a much bigger rush every day now than getting blackout drunk ever did. Enjoy my slide show incl my all time fave mocktail. And the book that everyone asks me about – Quit Like A Woman by @holly Whitaker – it just made so much sense to me!