Getting sober can change more than what’s in your glass. It can change what you want from your working life. UK Contributor Janey Lee Grace shares stories of people turning layoffs, retirement and unexpected career crossroads into opportunities for purpose, creativity and a different kind of ambition.
Janey Lee Grace watches her younger self come alive on the big screen in WHAM! 10 Days in China and reflects on big hair, pop stardom, touring with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, and the role alcohol was already beginning to play behind the scenes. Decades later, sobriety gives her a very different view of the young woman living inside that extraordinary moment.
Our recent live Alcohol Free Life Podcast event with the brilliant Catherine Gray left me buzzing, and thinking, long after we wrapped. Catherine has that rare gift: she can talk about the hardest things with humour, honesty, and a kind of grounded vulnerability that makes everyone in the room exhale. We spoke about the extraordinary success of “The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober”, a book that didn’t just sell, but shifted culture. Catherine reminded us that when she wrote it, she had no idea it would resonate so widely. She simply told the truth. And people recognized themselves in it.…
