About me

I’m a mum in my 40s to three beautiful teenage girls — and someone who used to drink far too much. I started at 14, growing up in ’90s UK, and from the beginning I struggled with moderation. I was never someone who could “just have one.”

Alcohol became my coping mechanism during a four-year abusive relationship in my late teens — something I didn’t fully process or heal from for many years. Numbing felt easier than feeling.

In my 20s, I drank and partied like everyone else, taking pride in being the last one standing. In 2005 I moved to New Zealand, started a family, and tried to “grow up.” My daughters were born in 2007, 2009 and 2010 — three under three — and the exhaustion was real. I fell straight into the “mummy wine culture,” convincing myself that I’d earned a wine (or five) every night once the kids were in bed.

In 2018, everything shifted. My nine-year-old daughter told me she hated the way I sounded when I was drinking. That moment became the catalyst for my sobriety journey. It took me four years of trying, slipping, and trying again before I finally stopped.

Sobriety has given me my life back — but more importantly, it’s given me my relationship with my girls back. Nothing matters more than that.

Now, I help others discover how incredible life can be when alcohol is no longer in control.