The Wine Runs That Nobody Knew About: Barbara Williams Sobriety Story

Barbara had two to three bottles of wine most nights by the end. Not in pubs, not at parties — at home, on the sofa, and then on a dark walk around the corner to the shop in her coat and flip-flops to buy another bottle before it closed. She wouldn't remember doing it in the morning.

She grew up in Cambridge in a Jamaican family of five sisters, had her daughter at 17, and barely drank through her 20s while raving instead. Alcohol came for her properly in her 30s — dinners, wine, the ladette era, Sex and the City parties every Wednesday night. Then lockdown arrived, and a weekend habit quietly became an every night one.

In this conversation, Barbara opens up about the 14 year old who drank paralytic and had to be picked up by her dad, waking up to find she'd driven home and didn't remember, the Sunday her husband started hiding bottles from her, and what it actually felt like to stand at the bar at four months alcohol free and have friends say, you're still exactly the same.

Three years sober, newly qualified as a sobriety coach, and about to launch a community for women of colour in recovery. Barbara is one of the warmest voices in the UK sober spac

IG @sober_in_colour 

She is soon to be launching a Facebook group exclusive to women of colour www.facebook.com/groups/soberincolour

Viva Coaching with Barbara, where she is helping people who have already made the decision to quit alcohol or are thinking about it https://vivacoaching.co.uk/bookings/

https://www.instagram.com/sober_in_colour/

 If you want to connect with me via Instagram, you can find me on the instahandle @Soberdave https://www.instagram.com/soberdave/

or via my website https://davidwilsoncoaching.com/

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

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

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

Instagram - @TheDaniellaMartinez

https://www.instagram.com/thedaniellamartinez/

www.instagram.com/grownuphustle

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