In July last year, following my 48th birthday, I decided I was done with booze . I'd always enjoyed a glass of wine, and often found myself first and last at the bar on nights out, but as I got older, drinking alcohol left me with worsening hangovers, 3 a.m. anxiety, plus lots of self-loathing and guilt. Drinking also made my hormonal symptoms worse. My night sweats, brain fog and heart palpitations all intensified with every glass of wine, because as estrogen falls, your tolerance for alcohol falls too. The day I stopped drinking, I announced my newfound sobriety to my 27k+ Instagram community. I did it to keep myself accountable - hoping it would be forever - but deep down I wasn't sure I'd even make it past the first week. Little did I know, it would only take seven days for the ben

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