HOLA SOBER AUGUST 2021

Reviews, resources and support for those giving up drinking or just sober curious. Dip in and out. Find a new drink, some quit lit reads, a podcast or just some information about getting and staying sober. Meet ing Lea on zoom was easy and fun as she has a natural energy and i s pass ionate about the growing Glow Sober communi ty seeking out her rev iews , suppor t and the new corporate t raining programs she has created . The real i ty i s her social media channel pages to rev iew alcohol - f ree dr inks and l i terature , have now evol ved into working wi th organi sat ions to suppor t thei r employees by raising awareness of the impact of alcohol . Lea tel l s me that " rev iewing and promot ing alcohol - f ree dr inks wi l l always be fundamental to Glowsober and the resource on both Instagram and Facebook wi l l always remain f ree and access ible to al l . " For me , i t was wonder ful to chat wi th someone who understands the need to have a choice and the avai labi l i ty of alcohol - f ree al ternat i ves for many of us that enjoy an AF dr ink at the weekend . Both Lea and I agreed on the joy of hav ing a dr ink in our hand that was AF , a thi rst quencher and we would wake up tomor row br ight - eyed and bushy - tai led ! We both love our podcasts and books and fel t that they were an integral par t of our recovery and so GLOW SOBER of fer ing an honest , no holes barred INDEPENDENT AUDIT of what ' s out there means i t can be trusted and her opinion is not being swung by advert isers . And i t is FREE and to me thi s i s everything as I am of the opinion that sober suppor t for women in 2021 should be f reel y avai lable when and where poss ible . And Lea ' s pass ion and dr i ve and determinat ion to be par t of the ongoing conversat ion about alcohol in society , our abuse thereof of and the need to address i t . then we get to the why of

Lea tel l s me " My son jack was ki l led in a road t raf f ic col l i s ion when he got into a car wi th hi s f r iend who was drunk . He crashed and Jack was lef t wi th catast rophic and fatal injur ies and sadl y , we lost him . I now work wi th a char i ty cal led Safe Dr ive Stay Al ive and talk to teenagers of dr i v ing age about the dangers of dr i v ing whi le under the inf luence of drugs or alcohol . " i t i s one of those moments when chat t ing to someone on zoom that you want to break down in tears as the pain i s so very raw and yet Lea has done the imposs ible and turned i t into pos i t i ve act ion . Not onl y has she put down her own glass and addressed her relat ionship wi th alcohol but i s now act i vel y encouraging others to join her on the journey . Lea i s wel l educated and smar t wi th an MA in L i felong Learning and a background in bus iness t raining and development now of fer ing special l y des igned t raining courses for the corporate sector to help increase alcohol awareness across the UK or global l y cour tesy of ZOOM . For a rev iew of alcohol dr inks , podcasts and books please tune into her s i te as her pass ion i s real , her pain i s dai l y and yet she has taken on the greatest bat t le of her l i fe wi th alcohol at a t ime when her l i fe was in tat ters f rom gr ief . What a champion ! What an inspi rat ion to us al l because ladies i f Lea can put down her glass in the midst of such t ragedy , r ide out that gr ief r iddled wave sober and in her senses , so can we . She does so wi th grace , authent ici ty and i s helping others and deserves al l the suppor t in the wor ld .

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