Allie Bailey on Quitting Drinking, Ultra Running + The Wall That Wasn't Real

Ultra runner Allie Bailey ran 100-mile races, crossed deserts in Namibia, ran across frozen lakes in Mongolia and presented the whole thing on social media. She was also drinking two bottles of wine the night before her first 100-miler and downing pints at mile 22 of marathons. She is the author of There Is No Wall and joins Sober Dave on One for the Road to talk about quitting drinking after 24 years as a functional alcoholic.

Allie's drinking started at 11 in the pubs of 80s Bournemouth, escalated through a Goldsmiths degree and a music industry career in Soho, and ran in parallel with her endurance career until it nearly killed her. In this episode she opens up about her dad leaving on her 16th birthday, two suicide attempts, the Soho cave she couldn't leave, and why running was therapeutic but never therapy.

Quitting drinking, ultra running, There Is No Wall, functional alcoholism, depression and alcohol, gray area drinking, sober journey.

Instagram: @ab_runs

Website: www.alliebailey.co.uk

Book links:

Publisher: https://www.adventurebooks.com/products/there-is-no-wall-allie-

Tour: https://www.speakersfromtheedge.com/theatre-tours/2024/allie-bailey-rwsy

This weeks episode is sponsored by https://www.ethicalcontent.co.uk/

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice.

www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/