How Overcoming Alcohol Dependency Transformed My Life

Sophie's Struggle with Alcohol

For years Sophie found socializing so stressful that she drank alcohol to give her Dutch courage and to become more confident and outgoing. Instead, she would experience blackouts and crippling morning-after 'hangxiety' that made her mental health struggles become 'completely debilitating'. Even talking therapy failed to help her break this unhappy cycle.

Seeking Help

This damaging relationship with alcohol has its roots in her time at the University of Liverpool where she felt that she needed booze to be liked and accepted. Sophie's experiences led her partner to recommend hypnotherapy, which ultimately helped her overcome her dependency on alcohol and improve her mental health.