Why I do this
I was told I was going to die. I believed them.
At my worst I was drinking two litres of gin a day. I could not leave the house without a bottle of wine, split into smaller ones so nobody would see. I went into hospital again and again with severe liver disease, and in 2023 doctors told me that if I carried on, I had about six months left.
Even that did not stop me straight away. That is the part people find hardest to understand, and it is exactly the part I understand best. Shame does not make anybody stop. Being met without judgement does.
I am not the stereotype. Neither are you. The stereotype is the thing that keeps people from asking for help.
Alongside my own recovery I have faced and come through significant mental health challenges, and they shaped my understanding of what lasting change actually takes. I am now three years sober. I work as a Recovery Support Worker, supporting people affected by drug and alcohol use every day, and in April 2026 I ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon for Alcohol Change UK.
I understand the challenges of recovery because I have lived them. I understand evidence based support because I work in it. My coaching brings both together, with psychology, recovery principles and coaching techniques behind it. You do not have to figure it all out alone.
Holly has been sober since 2nd May 2023