12/06/2026
In the 1990s, I was earning a six-figure salary in a high-pressure "work hard, play hard" culture where the guys would laugh that "eating is cheating". On the outside, I was the perfect picture of success. But behind closed doors, I would drink until I blacked out.
Things really took a turn one night after a party in South London. I shared a taxi home with my friends. After we dropped them off, I was too drunk to remember my own street.
When we finally reached my flat, he insisted the money I had given him wasn't enough. I was drunkenly shoving coins at him, dropping them all over the floor of the cab.
That’s when he turned around and punched me square in the face. I stumbled out of the car in tears, with blood all over my work clothes and my teeth feeling loose.
You would think this would be my wake-up call. But it wasn't.
I didn't stop. In fact, I carried on drinking for decades after that. I somehow convinced myself my drinking wasn't that bad.
You do not have to wait for a horrific rock bottom to get your power back. If you function perfectly well at work but rely on a bottle of wine at night to switch off, you are not weak. You just have a psychological dependency.
If you are ready to break the cycle and reach a place of "zero desire" with alcohol, click the link in my bio to learn about The Alcohol Freedom Method.