Dancing Dry

Dancing Dry

This Saturday I donned my Reebok Classics and ventured to the depths of South London for a Macklemore gig at Brixton Academy. I love the Brixton Academy, it's such a cool venue, not too big, or too small, great acoustics, awesome dancing space and the loos are vaguely clean! I've been here more times then [...]

Weekend sober (no hangover)

Weekend sober (no hangover)

Very little rhymes with sober, apart from - paradoxically - hangoverPeople are often interested in what I do for fun now I'm in recovery. It's a question I'm asked a lot by the patients in the rehab I help out at (the rehab that saved my life). The simple answer is anything that doesn't involve me drinking or taking [...]

The Gratitude Attitude

The Gratitude Attitude

Not sure if I'm clutching at straws with this title but let's give it a whirl! Getting into the habit of being thankful is one of the greatest things I have learnt in recovery. Growing up I was taught to be grateful for what I had, but the consumer culture of always wanting more, having the [...]