No More Booze - The Podcast

Susan is from Donegal but now lives in Paris- Ooh La La! She gave up alcohol 4 years ago and is loving life alcohol-free. We chat about how alcohol helped her shyness and how it was part of the culture growing up in Donegal. We also chat about motherhood, living away from home and how her life has improved since giving up the booze. She has since trained as a Coach with This Naked Mind and now helps people Lose the Booze! You can follow her on instagram @losetheboozewithsuz. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Isabelle Geraghty is a yoga teacher and travel blogger and has been alcohol free for the past 18 months @isabelledoesthings. We chat about alcohol, travel, body image and self love. Isabelle has lots of nuggets of wisdom and I have learned a lot from her and her unique perspective on life. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Linda Monahan @corporatetocalm has been alcohol free for the last two years. In this podcast, we talk about how she came to the point in her life where she realised she had enough and it was time to quit the booze. We talk about pandemic drinking. her ADHD diagnosis and how removing alcohol has made her life better. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Amanda gave up booze 7 years ago and her life completely transformed. She is now a holistic life coach, an alcohol-free expert, speaker and author living, working and playing in Austin, Texas. As a coach, Amanda helps ambitious, soul-centred women stop drinking and start manifesting the life they deserve and desire. She teaches a modern approach to personal development, self-actualization and spiritual enlightenment through the lens of elective sobriety. She is the author of ‘Unbottled Potential: Break Up With Alcohol And Break Through To Your Best Life’. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Gráinne Lavin gave up alcohol a year ago on the day this podcast was recorded! She is a mom to two ND girls and runs the beautiful business @graforwellness where she supports other ND mams do the inner work so they can enjoy a peaceful life. She thought about giving up alcohol for about a year before giving it up. She describes beautifully her journey and how giving up alcohol has transformed her. She has done an immense amount of healing work on herself and therefore gifts us with lots of insights. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Roisin who is in her forties and has been off the booze for over 14 months. She is really articulate and a great conversationalist. She shares some amazing insights into how she removed alcohol and how her life has changed as a result. We chat about how when we became Mam's alcohol just didn't mix well with this. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Sarah Rusbatch @sarahrusbatch gave up alcohol in 2019 and hasn't looked back since. Since giving it up she has retrained as a coach and now works with women all over the world to remove alcohol from their lives. She discusses her stop story, shares how giving up alcohol has changed her life and chats about her book 'Beyond Booze', Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Jodi, the lady behind the phenomenally successful sober inspiration account @soberflourish. Jodi gave up alcohol 18 months ago and in the time since has seen her life totally transform in so many areas - work, home, health. She has been on a beautiful journey of self-discovery and has such great insights about how and why she drank. She also talks really openly about her IVF journey. She is exceptionally open, really positive and a true inspiration. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Alison @alisoncanavanwellness chats to me on the day of her 9 year soberversary! She describes beautifully how giving up alcohol has transformed her life. She chats about what alcohol did for her and her road to recovery and healing. She has spent years studying and a fountain of knowledge of all things spiritual. She is wise, clever and has such a beautiful honest perspective on healing. My favourite quote is 'Life is not what happens to you, it's about who you become as a result of what happens to you'. Enjoy and be inspired!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Una Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh, who is speaking for the first time about leaving alcohol in the past. She describes the benefits that accompanied her journey into an alcohol-free life. She describes how alcohol kept her stuck and how she was seduced by the fanciness of cocktails and prosecco whilst ignoring the negative after effects. We chat about how we end up chasing the frivolous highs from our younger drinking day about being stuck in a stage of glorifying and romanticising alcohol. She is wise, reflective and beautifully analytical. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Danni gave up alcohol on the 1st of January 2018. After years of partying and excessive binging she decided that enough was enough and joined her friend in committing to a year alcohol-free. Danni is more confident, more driven and now has a hugely successful podcast called How I Quit Alcohol. She is introspective, wise and deeply passionate about helping people to break their problematic relationships with alcohol. She is a life coach, a breathwork and meditation teacher and completed a year long Professional Compassionate Inquiry Training with Dr Gabor Maté. Find her @howiquitalcohol or iquitalcohol.com.au. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Wendy Riordan is the organiser of the wellness event Nourish and Flow. She has been alcohol free since 2019. Wendy drank like every body else in her teens and twenties, without many downsides or side effects. As she got older and she began to study nutritional therapy, drinking alcohol just didn't sit well with her any longer. Noticing herself getting annoyed at her Dad's funeral prompted the life-changing event of giving up alcohol. Wendy is a deeply spiritual person and we talk at length about how profound giving up alcohol has been for her. Enjoy!You can find all the details about the event at nourishandflow.ie or on instagram @nourishandflow.ieFor more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Kate is the author of The Accidental Soberista, Ireland's first QuitLit Book. She never intended to give up alcohol for good, she only signed up for a 30 day challenge! She enjoyed drinking and fully intended to return to it after the 30 days but ended up feeling so many benefits that she decided to give it another month. And that was 7 years ago. Since giving it up, Kate has accomplished more than she ever thought possible, including writing her book. She has completed a marathon, completed a digital marketing diploma, become a better parent and feels healthier, happier, more confident and less anxious than when she was drinking. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Melissa has been alcohol free for the past four years. She is the founder of the wonderful sober/sober curious community SoberSocial.ie. Initially in her teens, she used alcohol to connect, relieve anxiety and enjoy herself. At 24 she began a PhD in Queens University Belfast, she then began to use alcohol to relax and unwind. After many attempts to give up alcohol, she achieved her goal in May 2020. Removing alcohol improved Melissa's life so drastically that going back to drinking was no longer appealing. She created a community because she just wanted to meet new people with similar interests and hence sobersocial.ie was born! Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Stephanie, who began a sober curious journey two years ago. She is the founder of the incredibly successful Babes With Beers Community with organises meet ups for people who are sober, sober curious or those who just want to drink less. Stephanie reflects on the learning and evolution that has happened since she chose to rethink how she drinks. Enjoy!Follow this amazing community @babeswithoutbeersFor more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Gillian, who has been alcohol-free for the past 4 years. Gillian is a coach who specialises in burnout recovery. She began questioning her relationship with alcohol when she noticed that drinking had moved into her home especially around during the pandemic. She gave up alcohol after joining a 66 day challenge with her friend. Giving up alcohol has given Gillian a great sense of freedom, incredible clarity and she is really enjoying becoming more and more herself in the years since. She enjoys the clarity that has come with this path and is incredibly proud of herself. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Lisa, who has been alcohol-free for the past 14 months. Lisa is the mother of two girls and works as a journalist here in Ireland. She offers a really candid account of how she has used alcohol to deal with anxiety, panic and grief. A series of events, including a health issue, led to Lisa giving up alcohol. She did One Year No Beer in 2020 and that was the beginning of her sober curious journey. She credits reading QuitLit as a big inspiration to keeping her motivated. The clarity, energy and joy she has experienced since giving up alcohol has been revolutionary! She is really confident now that her life is way better without alcohol. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Dec who gave up alcohol 15 years ago. As a sensitive soul, he feels that alcohol never suited him, it took too much away. But this is a hard realisation to make in Ireland! Many profound changes have happened in the past 15 years and Dec is now halfway though a PhD in behavioural health with an emphasis on addiction and recovery. Dec is gas and a right laugh! Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Amy, who has been alcohol-free for almost a year. Amy spent 10 years in Canada before returning to her native Cork. She found that alcohol made her mind spiral and she felt that as she got older the more anxious she got. She made a conscious decision to remove alcohol to improve her overall feelings of clarity and well-being. The time, space, energy and creativity that followed spurred Amy on to open her business, a boutique shop selling beautiful, premium non-alcoholic drinks.You can follow Amy @idrinknolo or onAn exquisite selection of non-alcoholic drinks in Ireland – DrinkNolo.ieFor more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Melanie is an accountant and entrepreneur. She gave up alcohol 3 years ago after a breast cancer diagnosis and she has never looked back.She assessed her relationship with alcohol, looking at and questioning the low mood she experienced after she drank. This questioning led to her discovering lots of freedom and choice after she removed alcohol. Melanie felt empowered by this new way of living. She wakes up every day full of energy and new ideas and she is sharing her experience in the hopes of inspiring others. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Today's episode is Catherine a mother of 3 from rural Donegal who decided that after drinking for 30 years there had to be more to life than the morning after. She gave up drinking in 2020 in the height of the pandemic and shares her journey in the most eloquent, thought-provoking and natural way. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Meet Anna, 43, married with 2 kids and off the booze almost 5 years. The changes that followed giving up alcohol were so transformational for Anna that she retrained as a sober coach. She is really engaging, funny and honest and peppers our chat with so many tips on how to navigate the world alcohol free. Enjoy!For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Aideen is 38 and is living in Dublin. She has been alcohol-free since June 2020 over 3.5 years. For a long time she thought that alcohol was a big part of her identity but now as she reflects back, she realises that alcohol slowly chipped away at her confidence and self-belief. She credits giving up alcohol with unleashing a new perspective on her life and her abilities. She has gained a new lease of life, oodles of self-belief and is here to tell us that giving up alcohol will only add to your life, not detract. For more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie

Welcome to No More Booze, a podcast that explores our relationship with alcohol. In this podcast, we will explore the benefits of an alcohol free life by assessing it's role in our lives, making a decision based on the costs and benefits of it and how we go about removing it. Our first guest is Áine O'Neill who has been alcohol-free for the past 14 months. Áine describes how much she has grown since giving you alcohol, accessing her true power and being comfortable in her own skin. This conversation is not just about giving up alcohol, it's about how Áine embarked on a journey of self-discovery, finding out who she truly is and journeying towards the powerful woman that she embodies. The past 14 months have seen Áine transform her life for the better and she is an absolute powerhouse of positivity, energy and joy. Áine rewrote the script for her life and is becoming the highest vision of herself. Enjoy listening to her powerful words. Thanks so much for joining us!Find her on Instagram @aineineireTo find out more about me, my work as an Alcohol-Free Mentor visitwww.greyareadrinker.ieOr find me on instagram @greyareadrinkerFor more information on Alcohol Free Living,Follow Olivia on Instagram @greyareadrinker Visit Olivia's website www.greyareadrinker.ie