Kate Takes 5

 "You should do this course," a new friend told me as I explained why I was currently signing on and dropping out. I had left my job in a haze of burnout and a deepening sense that I was no longer on the correct life path. But what was the right path...

Have you ever considered giving up alcohol? Or even just taking a break?
I never expected to be a non-drinker. I fell into it, accidentally. It was only meant to be for 30 days, but here I am over four years later – happier, healthier, calmer, more productive – all thanks to not drinking....

It's exactly one year since our lives were turned upside down by Covid, and what a year it has been.
Something that got me through the tough days was knowing that I had a secret. A project. Something to focus on and something to look forward too.
It was back in May 2020 that an email landed in my inbox from the wonderful Gill Books asking had I ever thought about writing a book about giving up alcohol. Well, funny you should mention that......

I've spent weeks grappling with the new world order. Trying to form some sort of sense from it in words that suddenly seem too small.
From the rumblings of something strange happening on the other side of the world months ago, to the confusion that it was closer than any of us had suspected. 'Poor Italy', we said. 'How could we not have known?'...