
Hi, I’m Joanne! My passion is helping and inspiring women to live and love life alcohol free
My Story
Hi, I’m Joanne. I stopped drinking in November 2013. It was my best decision ever!
I created The Sober Angel as a resource for women who are looking to change their relationship with alcohol. It’s my passion to inspire women not just to live life alcohol-free but to LOVE it too.
Up until then, I was a drinker, a participant in the ‘social lubricant’ that is alcohol, and why not, it brought me fun and happiness! My life as a drinker was good, I had a great job and lots of friends, so to the outside world I was a ‘normal’ social drinker.
However, increasingly drinking for me had become far too regular and I had started to question if I was in control of it.
I had convinced myself that I didn’t have ‘a problem’ with alcohol because I could go for periods of time without it. I always went back to it as I believed that I needed alcohol to enjoy life and that by giving it up completely I would be missing out.
I was drinking too much, my thinking was distorted, and I was stuck.
Along the journey, I realised that I was in fact not alone in sobriety and that there are lots of women out there who are now non-drinkers and have chosen to not drink with the goal of becoming a better version of themselves. I wanted to be part of this tribe.
As the sober months went by I faced many challenges but promised myself I would just keep going until I felt better. The positive sober revelations started to trickle in. Some revelations hit me like the draft from a rocket launcher and others in more of a watching grass growing kind of way, but either way the shift I started to see a sober perspective and I now wonder why I ever chose to drink.
My life has changed for the better and now I live and love life alcohol-free and I want to help people like you to do the same because I understand how you feel right now, reading this today.
I re-trained as a Coach. This has helped me live out my core values of being useful to others and empowering people to grow.
What I’ve Learned

It’s your life and you can choose how you live it

You don't have to do this on your own

This is not about willpower
It’s easy to quit drinking with the right shift in mindset and that’s what I help you with. Without working on our mindset it’s just as easy to start again. Without these shifts we run the risk of either painful drinking then abstinence then drinking then abstinence or living life miserably without alcohol.

It is about challenging the myths

Learn to live and love life alcohol-free
When we have been drinking for so long the thought of living without it can sound daunting! Living alcohol free is a process that makes us feel better day by day until one day we reach a point where we wonder why we ever chose to drink.

How I Can Help You
Along the journey, I realised that I was in fact not alone in sobriety and that there are lots of women out there who are now non-drinkers and have chosen to not drink with the goal of becoming a better version of themselves. I wanted to be part of this tribe.
So, having made my way through the twists and turns in the road becoming aware of the potholes and arriving at a wonderful place where I have mastered alcohol-free living, I knew I needed to help other women in the same situation.
Why should others go it alone when I have a trodden the path and can light the way? I passionately hold the role of a Sober Accountability Coach. I do this with a true understanding of drinking from personal experience & perspective. My goal is to help women live and love life alcohol-free.
I have now I completed the six weeks sober accountability programme with Joanne, and I am already nearly seven weeks sober. My way of thinking about alcohol has totally shifted: I don’t like it & I don’t want it. It astonishes me every day that I am just not bothered about it anymore. Suddenly I have more time, I’ve saved up money, my body is recovering, and I realise that I can start doing things I was never be able to do when I was drinking. I am in awe.