About this episode

James Lloyd shares his journey to sobriety and the impact of alcohol on emotional resilience.

James Lloyd spent 8 years trying to get back to four months of clarity he accidentally stumbled into at 38. He'd read Alan Carr's book on holiday in Abu Dhabi - picked it up because it was called How to Control Alcohol, not how to quit - and by the end of it, floating in a swimming pool, he thought: I don't think I'm going to drink again. He stopped for four months. Then started a new job at Nintendo, convinced himself he could turn it on and off for client events at Christmas. The toothpaste was out of the tube. It didn't work twice. He finally stopped for good the day his mum died. He had a drink with his dad, went to bed, and woke up knowing that was it. A month later, at her funeral, he stood up to give the eulogy and spontaneously told the entire congregation he was never going to drink alcohol again. He put it out there in front of everyone. He wasn't going back on that. Two and a half years into sobriety, he was given two separate cancer diagnoses in the space of a month. He processed it in about a week. He credits the emotional resilience that comes from proper sleep - and proper sleep that comes from not drinking - for the fact that it didn't put him in a hole for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy Delderfield, Richard Casement

Guest: James Lloyd

Topics covered

• alcohol
• sobriety
• coaching
• emotional resilience
• cancer
• personal story

Keywords

• alcohol-free
• sobriety
• coaching
• emotional resilience
• cancer diagnosis
• personal growth
• 100 days alcohol-free

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nintendo

Books & works: How to Control Alcohol

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