Enjoying life alcohol-free
L A U R I E M C A L L I S T E R
Hi I’m LAURIE
I’m a sobriety advocate, marketing geek, once-upon-a-time yoga-teacher, and writer from the UK.
From 2016-2021, I wrote a public sobriety blog on this website called Girl & Tonic.
Six years ago, I stopped drinking alcohol and it helped me turn my life around. I shared my journey in the hope it would help people feel less alone with their drinking struggles – and to show them it was possible to do the same.
Now it’s time for me to turn inwards, and to take stock before I continue to share my guts on the internet. I’m not going to add to this blog any longer. 2023 Laurie does not necessarily think the same as 2016/2017/2018/2019/2020 or 2021 Laurie, but for now the blogs are here for you to read.
There are so many more amazing sobriety resources now, and I have shared some below for you.
If you want to keep in touch, sign up for my very occasional email.
However you found me, and wherever you want to go – I’m wishing you so much luck on your journey.
Lots of love,
Laurie xxx
From the blog Archive …
Some thoughts on when enough is enough.
When enough is enough. I am on my way out of six months of depression. Or, at least, I hope I am. I hope that this colour I see in the world again is not a temporary reprise of the damp grey that has enclosed my life since the beginning of the year. There have, […]
My Not Drinking Diary: Millie, Sober Girl Society
Welcome to The (Not) Drinking Diary Series. Today I’m chatting to Millie, writer, speaker and founder of my absolute favourite instagram account and girl gang collective Sober Girl Society. In her own words: I’m Millie, I am 27 and I’m a writer. On the 11th February 2018, I gave up alcohol and 7 months later in September 2018, I […]
How Sobriety Helped me Buy a House
How Sobriety Helped Me Buy a House. This week I picked up the keys for my new house. It is the first house I have bought, and I am very excited. I shared the key-picking up on my Instagram stories and lost about 200 followers. In fact, every time I have posted about buying a […]