I am unbroken
It’s a strange place to feel precisely the same and completely different. I’m still daydreaming. I’m still zoning out. I’m still easily...
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Lou
- Jan 1
- 9 min
Ralph and Me
Wreck is Ralph Just over two years ago, I had to make the most complex life decision and say goodbye to my best friend, Flash. I rescued...
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Lou
- Dec 21, 2022
- 7 min
Easily distracted. Talks too much
When you think you’ve got a handle on your life, it throws you the mother of all curve balls. I was casually scrolling through my...
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Lou
- Jun 27, 2022
- 4 min
Alone but not lonely
Three and a half years ago I had a pivotal moment. I had woken up from a 3 day's booze bender, feeling like absolute rubbish it was the...
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Lou
- Apr 18, 2022
- 4 min
3 Years Sober
It's never too later, and never give up hope. For me, the thought of not drinking was terrifying. Booze had become such an emotional...
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Lou
- Dec 29, 2021
- 7 min
3 Years Later
Booze-Free, Meat-Free and Trauma-Free (well, getting there). The thing with substance abuse is it’s not talked about enough, well that’s...
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Lou
- Sep 17, 2021
- 8 min
Change Takes Time
Never Give Up On April 12th, 2012, my sister and I ran our first ever marathon. It was also our first time in running together. You see...
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Lou
- Jun 19, 2021
- 8 min
Revolt to Evolve
Since I embarked on my journey, I have used social media to post my progress partly because it’s a lovely ego boost, but mainly because I...
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Lou
- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
Breaking the Cycle; 2 Years Later
It’s fair to say that 2020 was rubbish globally, the lockdown yoyoing (whilst I understand why we have been sporadically grounded by the...
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Lou
- Oct 5, 2020
- 8 min
Excuse me madam, but you don’t belong here.
Freshers week was strange because it was all online. Perfectly understandable as to why it was decided to not have all the freshers...
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Lou
- Sep 9, 2020
- 7 min
Sometimes it's alright not to be alright
Today marks the anniversary, 1 week ago I said goodbye to my beloved Flash. He had at that point deteriorated to such an extent, that I...
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Lou
- Sep 5, 2020
- 10 min
Flash in Wonderland: A tribute to my quality pooch.
Everything in life is about balance. A balanced diet; the balance between good and evil; The unequivocal joy our pets give to us, and the...
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Lou
- Jul 1, 2020
- 6 min
18 Months Later: If you change nothing, nothing will change.
2 years ago I used to fantasize about a better version of me. The fantasy me would be healthier both mentally and physically. She would...
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Lou
- Jun 5, 2020
- 5 min
Love Lockdown
17 months ago or thereabouts, I embarked on a sugar detox. I did so, to hide my true intention of giving up alcohol, which I wanted to do...
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Lou
- Apr 28, 2020
- 7 min
Lockdown Loneliness
I’m single and I live alone. I’ve been single for almost 18 months and in that time I’ve turned my life around. Not because I became...
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Lou
- Apr 13, 2020
- 8 min
365 Days Sober!!!
Today marks my first year of sobriety and I have to say I never in a million years expected to ever say that. Even in the height of my...
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Lou
- Mar 17, 2020
- 8 min
Flash and Me.
12 years ago, almost to the day my ex fiance and I adopted Flash. A six month old tri colour, mostly collie that still smelt like puppy....
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Lou
- Mar 4, 2020
- 5 min
£2Billion can buy you a lot of Marmite!!
Becoming a victim of narcissism is a lot like playing a game of Jenga against your will. The narc (narcissist) stacks up the blocks and...
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Lou
- Feb 3, 2020
- 7 min
Falling Starfish
We are just under 11 weeks out from the Brighton Marathon. And I am bricking it. Suddenly this thing is very, very real. The panic is a...
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Lou
- Jan 21, 2020
- 9 min
The devil you know
My mum left when I was 15, on the outside it just looked like she had had an affair and left her family behind. Father had told me about...
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Lou
- Jan 7, 2020
- 6 min
Curly Bonse & Toadstools
November 2018, my boyfriend broke up with me. Things had been fraying for a little while, his music career was going in one direction, I...
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Lou
- Dec 29, 2019
- 8 min
365 Days later; Happy as a mountain goat.
It was Christmas Eve 2018 about 6pm and I had already drunk a full bottle of port and a full bottle of wine. The only thing I had eaten...
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Lou
- Oct 31, 2019
- 6 min
The Mothership has landed
It was early July 2019, I was on annual leave, the sun was shining outside but I was sat, in the middle of my sofa balling my eyes out....
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Lou
- Oct 25, 2019
- 6 min
Let's get physical!!
My weekly training routine looks a little something like this: Monday, Thursday and Saturday’s I wake up at 0700 arrive at the gym about...
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