Welcome to Sober Bubble!
Supporting sobriety & daily wellness through experience.
Our founder, Darren G. Taylor, author of ‘Finding Your Sober Bubble’, certified Life Coach and self-confessed binge drinker, has experienced an eclectic reality of life. With many highs and lows, and having kicked alcohol into touch he now brings this experience together with a clear objective:
‘To encourage and help those wanting to ditch alcohol for sobriety, by creating a support network with tools & techniques to improve our daily wellness’.
Sobriety is not just cutting out alcohol or substance abuse, it’s a way of life. That is why, ‘The Uni of everyday Life’ offers all the tools you need to find your very own sober bubble and contentment.
Here you will find helpful downloads, top tips, regular blogs, useful contacts, ideas for drinks and many other resources to help achieve your goals.
We should accept that people do make their own mistakes, but with core values, determination, hope and humour we can get back on track.
Wishing you every success… Darren
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Staying Sober After Dry January: What Next? (3 Scenario’s)
Staying Sober After Dry January? What next (3 Scenario’s) If you have just completed the epic challenge and are considering staying sober after dry January, your mind may be full of thoughts of ‘What next’? It could be that you started this journey as a bet, because...
What is Rock Bottom ?
What is Rock Bottom ? You will find in the ‘Cambridge Dictionary’ that ‘Rock Bottom’ can be defined as ‘Unhappy. The most unhappy someone has ever been in their life’? But for many people, rock bottom is more than that. Truth is that anyone who has ever felt like...
Quitting Alcohol: Today I Will Be Lied To (A Letter)
Quitting Alcohol: Today I Will be Lied To (A Letter) Cravings must be one of the scariest things when considering quitting alcohol and they bring up many questions. What triggers them? How long do they last? How do I manage them? Whilst there are a whole host of...
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Mental Health: An Example
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Mental Health: An Example Mental health is Such a broad category and something that almost everyone fears facing, whether personally or with a friend or family member. If you break a leg or cut yourself, the problem is visible but...
Why Try Dry January: A Poem
Why Try Dry January It's dark, it has been a strange Christmas, but most people will have tried to make the best of it, as we do because of the human spirit. But what about the spirits and other booze that have still been available? It has of course never gone away,...
9 Relapse Traps to be Aware of in Sobriety
9 Relapse Traps to be Aware of in Sobriety Relapsing is a big fear that everyone has when they stop drinking and it is heightened in times of stress and anxiety. Relapses come at different times for everyone and some not at all. A relapse defined for me is anytime...
Alcohol Free Drinking: Mocktail Recipes for 2020
Alcohol Free Drinking: Mocktail Recipes for 2020 It’s that time of year again when thoughts of alcoholic drinks can take over. But fear not because these days there are plenty of alcohol-free beers, wines and spirits, or botanical alternatives available. Then there...
Linking Thoughts About Drinking During the Holidays & Christmas
Linking Thoughts About Drinking During the Holidays & Christmas If I had to give any time of year as the period when alcohol plays the biggest part, it would be the silly season. Drinking during the holidays & Christmas is by far the worst for cravings with...
Am I an Alcoholic Vs. Safe Limits of Drinking
Am I an alcoholic? Vs. Safe Limits of Drinking Am I an alcoholic? This is the secret question that folks like me have asked themselves or googled the question and taken an online quiz repeatedly. Personally, I don’t like the term alcoholic because it is misunderstood,...
Guest Post: Six Health Benefits of Saffron, the ‘Persian Red Gold’
Guest Post: Six Health Benefits of Saffron, the 'Persian Red Gold' As far as botanical spirits go, I love experimenting with them and simply adding an amount to my tonic always gives me that 'adult drink' enjoyment without the curse of alcohol. That said, I have...
Quitting Alcohol & Sobriety’s Up’s and Down’s – It is to be Expected
Quitting Alcohol & Sobriety’s Up’s and Down’s – It is to be Expected I often find myself awash in my mind with negative thoughts and information overload. Then, out of nowhere (or the next day) all is rosy, and I flick to more positive climes, before being...
Quitting Alcohol: 6 Ways to Embrace the Winter Months and Avoid SAD
Quitting Alcohol: 6 Ways to Embrace the Winter Months and Avoid SAD: The clocks have gone back (in the UK anyway) and the dark nights have surely crept in. What with the lack of sunlight and the colder temperature, the stress of the upcoming festive season and the...
Working Away or a Functioning Alcoholic? Lies, Truth and Self Destruction
Working Away or a Functioning Alcoholic? Lies, Truth and Self Destruction As I struggled to get out of bed to find my phone, that I could hear buzzing away somewhere in the hotel room, I knew it was my wife wondering why I hadn’t called. In fact, come to think of it,...
10 Ways to Unwind at the End of a Stressful Day
10 Ways to Unwind at the End of a Stressful Day That feeling at the end of the day when we are wasted and frazzled can be all too often these days, and sometimes you just know when you’re ready to relax. Even more prominent now with the global events from the past...
Sober Support: An Ode to Quitting Alcohol this Sober October
An Ode to Sober October So you’ve bit the bullet and gone sober for OctoberIt’s time that you proved that alcohol don’t own yaThe first few days done with a weekend includedYou should be so proud, even if you feel, well, secluded In society its normalised, the...
2 Reasons I’m Donating Profits from ‘Finding Your Sober Bubble’ to Charity during Sober October
2 Reasons I'm Donating Profits from 'Finding Your Sober Bubble' to Charity during Sober October I will be honest, it feels good to know that I am the author of the new Quit Lit book Finding Your Sober Bubble! Like Dry January, Sober October has become a catalyst for...
Sober October: 5 Good Reasons You Should Give Sober a Chance & Quit Alcohol
Sober October: 5 Good Reasons You Should Give Sober a Chance & Quit Alcohol You begin to enjoy your own company, perhaps on a deeper level By giving sober a chance you will find that what you may have been looking for all is along is within you already. You may...
Quit Drinking: Start Planning for Sober October NOW
Quit Drinking: Start Planning for Sober October NOW You may have heard of ‘Sober October’ and thought “Ah yes, I know that one, its for a great cause I will give it a bash” but half way through September you kick back and finish the bottle of wine you just started....
Sobriety Encouragement: Finding Inspiration & Support
Sobriety Encouragement: Finding Inspiration & Support Most people know deep down that they had a problem with alcohol long before they acknowledged it. For me, I was binging over a 20-year period and gradually getting worse. The wheels really came off in 2014 and...
Relationships & Quitting Alcohol: Compromise and Let it Pass
Relationships & Quitting Alcohol: Compromise and Let it Pass You’ve decided to stop for good. That’s it, alcohol has ran your life and ruined your relationship for far too long and every argument you and your spouse, partner or other ever have, is a result of you...