S3 Ep92: Davina: Freedom from Moderation

Over The Influence: The Alcohol Free Podcast

In this episode we chat to the fabulous Davina, one of our very own OTI Community members!
When Davina joined Over The Influence she was a moderator... But on one of our community Zoom calls, Ben convinced her to give 100 days completely alcohol-free a go and since then she's never looked back! Davina is now well over a year AF, and talks to us about how it's completely changed her life.
She talks about her journey to becoming alcohol-free, and how she realised that things had started to change for her as she got older - whenever she'd done breaks from booze in her 20s it had been relatively easy, but in her 30s she started to find it more difficult. This set off the warning bells, but it still took her nearly a decade to go fully AF - something that lots of our listeners and community members can relate to.
Davina has taken the approach that its her decision if she ever wants to have a drink again - but so far, nothing has come along that can convince her to - not holidays, not events, not even celebrating her 50th birthday!
She is a huge inspiration, and a brilliant example that when you give up one thing, you gain so much more. Davina, thank you for your openness and your honesty - you said on email to us privately that even if it helps one person, you'll be happy - and we're sure it will help a lot more people than that!
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