Blog Posts From 1000 Days Sober
I have ‘stuff’ in a lock-up in Cardiff. It could go the way of Notre Dame...
Jan 11, 2021
Read MoreI heard the sound of running water gushing from the tap behind me. I shook my...
Jan 11, 2021
Read MoreThe day I led Jude through Skid Row was not an auspicious moment. I heard his mother screaming ...
Jan 11, 2021
Read MoreHow could I forget to brush my teeth? I'm 45. I think? Maybe that...
Jan 06, 2021
Read MoreThere’s an air of desperation when it comes to mulling over a period before tak...
Jan 02, 2021
Read MoreA woman with three children stands at the edge of the kerb. The light is red. For a s...
Dec 21, 2020
Read More“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man s...
Dec 12, 2020
Read MoreThere's a scene in the 'Queen's Gambit,' where Beth and her stepmother, Alma, are in a hotel ro...
Dec 02, 2020
Read MoreI played football on Sunday mornings and then went to the pub to drink all day, before stumblin...
Oct 13, 2020
Read MoreThe STRIVE Method: Failure Over the next few months, you will receive a series of articles sha...
Oct 12, 2020
Read MoreThe STRIVE Method: Harry The Hummingbird Over the next few months, you will receive a series o...
Oct 06, 2020
Read MoreI planned to spend time with my cousin on Friday night; then on Saturday, he would drive me into ...
Sep 24, 2020
Read MoreGame of Thrones fans will remember Ser Jorah Mormont picking up a greyscale infection...
Sep 09, 2020
Read MoreThe universe is vast, and somewhere, deep inside, you’ll find a Dry Martini with a Tw...
Sep 03, 2020
Read MoreIn 1946, E. M. Jellinik, the man credited with naming Alcoholism as a disease, ...
Sep 02, 2020
Read MoreTwo people, working for the same company, lose their job on the same day. It’s an u...
Aug 15, 2020
Read MoreI’m on the phone to Jude telling him that my life is shifting in ways that I can’t ...
Aug 12, 2020
Read MoreNeil Gaiman’s Masterclass on creative writing is brilliant, and one of the thin...
Jul 27, 2020
Read More"Let alcohol in, and often, procrastination follows. If you want to shut the door, then l...
Jul 22, 2020
Read MoreI sit on the tube imagining a bomb exploding. Reaper-like flames claw at my Zia. A fingerna...
Jul 16, 2020
Read MoreI’m in the lift in the ARIA Resort in Las Vegas. Two guys join me, both dr...
Jul 13, 2020
Read MoreNickel is a ceramic pig. Zia dropped him a few times (not the smartest gift for a 3-ye...
Jul 13, 2020
Read MoreI get it. Lowering your expectations is a cracking way to mitigate the failure fall.&n...
Jul 07, 2020
Read MoreI used to love visiting restaurants. Today, it's excruciating. I catch myself forcing my ...
Jul 06, 2020
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