Author: Phil Adderley
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Today, I Have Reached18 Months Alcohol-Free.
Going alcohol-free had been a long-term ambition of mine. I tried…many times. Some attempts lasted a few days.Some a few weeks.Most never really got going. Looking back, I think there were two reasons. Firstly, I wasn’t completely ready. Secondly, I simply didn’t know how to make lasting change. I thought I needed more willpower. What…
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How Disciplined Are You… Really?
Not for a day. Not for a week. But when it’s cold, wet, you’re tired, and nobody would blame you for skipping it. Because that’s when discipline actually matters. At the end of May, I ran a 10km race. To be honest, it wasn’t great. I felt sluggish, heavy, and underprepared. It was probably my…
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“Why did you do it?” “How did you do it?”
When I first went alcohol-free, I kept it to myself. Partly because I’m naturally introverted. Talking about personal challenges has never come easily to me. But there was another reason. For years, I’d been what I call a middle-lane drinker. I wasn’t drinking every day. I wasn’t hitting rock bottom. From the outside, everything looked…
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Brain Drain
I used to think the most exhausting part of my job was the constant decision-making. The more senior you become, the more decisions land on your desk. Some affect your team. Some affect your customers. Some affect the business. And in manufacturing, engineering, and operations, those decisions can have real consequences. The decision-making at work…
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Don’t Let the Drift Become the Destination
We all have dips. But, how do we respond when they happen? Over the last 18 months, I’ve shared quite a bit about my career journey, giving up alcohol, and the positive impact exercise has had on my life. Sometimes there can be an assumption that once you’ve gone alcohol-free, everything falls into place. That…
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Why I Didn’t Quit Alcohol Overnight
For years, I might have looked successful professionally, but I was relying on routines that were quietly costing me more than I realised. I worked.Led teams.Handled pressure.Delivered results. From the outside, everything looked great. But had habits had quietly become part of how I managed stress, switched off, and rewarded myself after difficult days. When…
