Siobhan O'Connor - The Spectacular Joy of an Alcohol-Free Life

This week's guest is my beautiful pal Siobhan O'Connor @arewenearlythereyet_ @reelmammy. Siobhan is a Journalist and broadcaster who worked at the Irish Mirror for 10 years having previously been at 98FM (Dermot, Dave and Siobhan Show). Siobhan has been alcohol free for the past 3 years, since the 4th of July 2022. We share the same stop date! We chat about realising when it's time to stop, the early months of giving up and the biggest things she has learned in the last 3 months.

Siobhan has retrained as an Alcohol free performance coach with Andy Ramage and has lots of incredible learnings from that which are peppered throughout the episode. Siobhan now coaches people on how to change their relationship with wine or any other habit change they want to foster.

I'm Olivia Farrelly and I am an Alcohol-Free Mentor. Every episode, I interview people who have removed alcohol from their lives. We discuss how alcohol made their lives better, how it made their lives worse, any tips they've learned along the way and what advice they would give to somebody else looking to live their lives with No More Booze. 

This podcast is not just about sobriety; it's about rewriting the script on alcohol culture in this extremely alcohol centric world that we live in. Becoming alcohol free invloves learning to untangle from this culture and how to embark on a journey of self-discovery, growth and the pursuit of genuine happiness. 

As an alcohol-free mentor, I can provide guidance, support and advice to anyone who is seeking to live their life free from alcohol. I use specific tools to enhance motivation to make positive life choices regarding alcohol use. I help people identity their goals and they make specific changes accordingly. I also provide accountability to those seeking to make these changes. I show people ways to develop new, healthier coping mechanisms and make more positive, life-affirming life choices.

Find me at www.greyareadrinker.ie or
on Instagram @greyareadrinker

• No. of episodes: 82
• Latest episode: 2025-07-27
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