SoberAF Resources
Some stuff that has helped me start and continue my sober lifestyle.
Books
Memoirs
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober - Catherine Gray
Blackout- Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget - Sarah Hepola
The Sober Diaries - Clare Pooley
Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher
Nothing Good Can Come from This: Essays - Kristi Coulter
Non-Fiction
The Easy Way to Control Alcohol - Alan Carr
Recovery: Freedom from Our Additions - Russell Brand
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k - Mark Manson
Notes on a Nervous Planet - Matt Haig
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - Susan Jeffers
Mindset:Updated Edition. Changing the Way you Think to Fulfil Your Potential - Dr Carol Dweck
The Four Pillar Plan - Dr Rangan Chatterjee
On Writing - Stephen King
Fiction
Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes
The Girl on the Train - Paula Harris
Journals/Reports/More detailed Reads
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45283401
https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(18)31571-X/fulltext
https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4370
The Upside of Stress - Dr Kelly McGonigal
TV/boxsets
Flaked: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80046249
Loudermilk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loudermilk-Season-1/dp/B078H9CKWS
Drinking to Oblivion -Louis Theroux: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07952b1
Adrian Chiles Drinking and Me: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bhkc8b
Adrian Chiles Britain's Drink ProblemL https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0005x8n/panorama-britains-drink-problem
Movies
28 Days
A Star is Born
Smashed
Pay it Forward
Facebook Groups & Pages
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober closed group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/585464905120382
Sober Mummy page: https://www.facebook.com/SoberMummy/
Being Sober page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Being-Sober-207833289321632
Podcasts
https://www.facebook.com/thebubblehour/
https://www.russellbrand.com/recovery/
Other helpful resources
SMART Recovery (SMART) (www.smartrecovery.org.uk)
Club Soda (joinclubsoda.co.uk)
Drinkaware: Track and calculate units (app) (www.drinkaware.co.uk)