When Is Enough Enough?

Enough Was Enough 

I hope you're well, and that 2026 is getting off to a good start.  For me, January has gone past in a blur, and I've worked, possibly harder than ever, preparing the 90-Day reset, which begins next month.

Since 2023, I have been sending this weekly newsletter, and the feedback has been really positive. I hear from people who use the content to support maintaining their alcohol-free life for the most part.

So I wonder, are there folks out there who are reading it and hoping that one day, they will be ready? 

I just bumped into a friend at the local coffee shop this morning, and she was curious and asked, "What is it that changes, and 'makes someone' ready?"

I've given it some thought.

Firstly, what prepared me was the continuous disappointment I felt in myself every morning, noon, and night. The evening inner-scolding session was usually numbed out by a bottle of wine, but the next day it was brutal. But I still drank, every night, a million and one reasons at the ready if my inner objections were too loud.

It may sound strange, but in the end, I got lucky - not with my Dad passing, but with the impact it had on my denial. Somehow, in that one day, all my inner bullshit dissolved. And what was left was a quiet voice saying enough's enough. 

This was my rock bottom moment - an overwhelmingly emotional event, and decades of procrastination.

But let me be clear, even then, I wasn't ready to ditch the booze 'for good'. I just needed a break, I craved clarity, agency and control back. And so I went to an inpatient for two weeks.  This was drastic action for me - but I knew I had to do something, and that was what was on offer at the time.

My time there was miserable, and liberating, terrifying, and clarifying. I saw what I didn't want - to drink myself so far down that I couldn't climb out. And I saw the evidence I needed that I didn't have to drink to function.

If I could not drink for two weeks, then I could keep going.

I set a 3-month goal and tried out all kinds of alternative AF options, attended functions and dinners, sat in airport lounges (my hardest challenge) and did Christmas 2019 ( just before COVID hit) alcohol-free. 

My next goal was 6 months. Still experimenting, and not saying 'forever'. Then 9, then 12, and now it's over 6 years since I've had a drink. These days, I don't even count. I have simply decided my life is just way better without it, in every single way.

So whilst losing my Dad ( and Mum a few years before) left me devastated, it also left me clear - I'd had a good time drinking, around 30 years to be exact, it was now time to try something different.

My hope is that if you’re reading this and you’re not sure you’re ready, it’s because you’re telling yourself things like:

Common excuses:

• I have a wedding coming up.
• My life is too stressful right now.
• I need it to wind down.
• It’s my only “vice.”
• It’s my reward, relief, relaxation.
• I’m scared.

Then my question is: What will it take for you to have had enough?

A death? A DUI? A divorce? An accident?

Will you wait for a devastating rock bottom you can’t come back from? hope is that if you're reading this and you're not sure if you're ready, because...

Common Excuses

• I have a wedding coming up
• My life is too stressful right now
• I need it to wind down
• It's my only 'vice'
• It's my reward, relief, relaxation
• I'm scared

Then my question is, "What will it take for you to have had enough?"

A death? A DUI? A divorce? An accident? 

Will you wait for a devastating rock bottom you can't come back from?

I know how terrifying it is to take action. But I also know it can be Russian roulette if you don't. 

Some of us are just not meant to be drinkers.

With love and compassion,

Sarah

P.S. From 2021 to 2024, I worked as a coach for a high-ticket program for high-functioning 'entrepreneurs' who wanted to stop drinking in 90 days.  In 2024/2025, I ran my own 30-day programs, and this year I am offering a 90-Day Reset experience based on my studies and experience. I quit alcohol in June 2019 and have been working with people, both 1:1 and in groups, since 2020.  

I know it works if you're willing to do the work.

If enough is enough, apply here