About this episode

Peter shares his journey from alcohol addiction to sobriety, influenced by his childhood experiences with addiction.

Have you ever promised yourself you wouldn’t drink, only to find yourself buying alcohol again hours later? Peter’s drinking eventually reached the point where a litre of gin wasn’t a problem. He would wake up determined to stop, only to find himself back at the supermarket buying more by the afternoon. In this episode of One For The Road with Sober Dave, Peter shares how growing up around alcoholism, heroin addiction and chaos shaped his life, how his own drinking became an escape, and what finally happened when he decided enough was enough. This is a powerful conversation about alcohol addiction, childhood trauma, quitting drinking, recovery and rebuilding your life in sobriety. If you want to connect with me via Instagram, you can find me on the instahandle @Soberdave  https://www.instagram.com/soberdave/ or via my website  https://davidwilsoncoaching.com/ Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice. www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services https://nacoa.org.uk/ Thank you for listening to  One For The Road . Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soberdaveonefortheroad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…

People in this episode

Host: David Wilson

Guest: Peter

Topics covered

• alcohol addiction
• childhood trauma
• quitting drinking
• recovery
• sobriety

Keywords

• alcoholism
• sobriety
• recovery
• addiction
• trauma
• mental health
• fitness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One for the Road, Drinkaware, NACOA, Instagram, YouTube

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