Alcohol Free Wine Tasting

In the spirit of Dry July.

Quite recently - and I must get personal here - I decided when I felt overworked, under appreciated and just drained, that I was abusing alcohol to numb myself when I had time off, and just didn’t want to deal with my feelings (I told myself I liked it and it made me feel happy, yes for 20 min and then I felt like sh*t for 48h after). 

Now most people instantly react by saying ‘but you are not an alcoholic’, Nope - not by any standard would I be considered an alcoholic. That however didn’t change the fact that I personally & emotionally wanted to grow & improve - be there for my son, mentally 24/7 - and alcohol was standing in the way of that.

Don’t even get me started on this half ass funny culture where mums need to ‘Chardonnay to get through the day’, just no.

Guess what, within 6 months I had the energy to start Murk while also working 4 days and spent time with my son. Winner.

I LOVE a good wine tasting tho, not the wine. The driving from winery to winery - the social aspect of it. 
I miss it, luckily non-alcoholic drinks are getting better and more (socially) acceptable and therefore more options are available(yay)!

I found this online wine tasting - I’m ordering it right now and let you know what my thoughts are! 

If you tried it - what did you think?!

If you feel like alcohol is not serving you anymore, I highly recommend Holly Whitaker’s book ‘Quit Like a Woman’.

Her amazing take on the difference in approach in alcohol in women (vs. men).

‘Chrissy Teigen says Holly Whitaker's book 'Quit Like a Woman' helped her become sober’