Our Philosophy
About Adam
I was what you’d call a “social drinker”. But I found myself using alcohol as a crutch to navigate social situations and ease my social anxiety. It became a pattern where I would always end up the drunkest person at the party, downing beers just to feel like I could converse easily. Sometimes, I'd even impose deep and meaningful conversations onto unwilling ears. In my university days, I didn't think twice about heading to the bar before exams to "take the edge off," often going into exams completely intoxicated.
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Fast forward a decade or two, and it reached a stage where it was bleedingly obvious that my destructive and toxic binge drinking behaviour was going to result in me losing all that I’d worked so hard for. My marriage, my family and my business. It was this realisation that turned out to be…. the best decision of my life—I gave up alcohol for a year. That was four years ago.
Today, I am an AURA endorsed run coach (Australian Ultra Running Association), and a keen ultra runner who is over 50kg lighter, and infinitely more clear headed than a decade ago. I am now able to focus on my family without the haze and distraction of alcohol getting in the way. We are all far better for it.
About Jenny
Five years ago I woke up with the worst hangover of my life. It was the 27th January 2019. I had been at my neighbours house for the public holiday and an innocent BBQ had turned wild with countless bottles of wine consumed. I had two small kids at the time (3 and 1). Now I have 3! I woke up in a complete panic not knowing where they were or if I had got them to bed. The Hangxiety was the absolute worst and physically, I felt horrendous. Sick and exhausted. Luckily the kids were safe and in my drunken stupor I had put them to bed however, the ‘what ifs’ kept running around my head. This level of drinking was not acceptable with small kids around. This night had come off the back of a period of abstinence as I struggled to moderate my drinking for many years. I was just NO good at moderation. Every time I thought I was doing OK, somehow I decided to reward myself at the next social occasion with as much wine as possible. I made the decision to give up for 1 year.
Within 3 months I was convinced that I was never going to drink again. The noise that drinking had created in my mind was gone. I felt free. Like my mind was “naked”.
No longer did I stress about how I was going to feel in the morning or wish the hours away until it was wine ‘o’ clock. It was unbelievably liberating. I woke up feeling fresh and ready for EVERY day (assuming my kids sleeping). I almost couldn’t believe it. It was fully life changing. I had always run but started to get way more consistent the moment I gave up drinking. The new found energy was incredible!!
