"Coming Out as Sober: My Journey from Shame to Confidence

When I first stopped drinking, I never imagined sobriety would become a part of my identity that I’d one day embrace with confidence. In the beginning, I felt so much shame around the idea of not drinking, as if there were something inherently wrong or disappointing about that choice. Living in France, far from my old drinking pals in the UK, I had the option to keep quiet about it. No one here really knew “drinking Ellen,” so why mention it? I could reinvent myself as a non-drinker without too much questioning. For a while, that worked. But as the weeks turned to months, I started feeling a strange discomfort with staying silent. I realised that to fully embrace my sobriety, I’d have to “come out” about it.

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