# Beyond Sobriety This isn't just about stopping drinking - it’s about transformation, mindset shifts, and opening up new ways of living a happy sober life. Page: Feed: --- ## [Do you advocate for yourself?](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/do-you-advocate-for-yourself) _2026-08-15 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ How well do you ask for what you need in life and has sobriety helped that? ## [The Lies Your Brain Tells You on Holiday About Alcohol](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/the-lies-your-brain-tells-you-on) _2026-08-08 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ From "it's all-inclusive" to "it won't count because I'm away", the stories that can quietly pull you back towards drinking. ## [Celebrating without alcohol feels different](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/celebrating-without-alcohol-feels) _2026-08-01 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ The last time I crossed a graduation stage I was still drinking. This time I noticed everything that had changed. ## [We give alcohol far too much credit...](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/we-give-alcohol-far-too-much-credit) _2026-07-25 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ ...and that's what makes it feel hard to walk away from it ## [Waiting to Hate Alcohol Before You Quit?](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/waiting-to-hate-alcohol-before-you) _2026-07-18 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ Why some conversations need more than an Instagram post… and why I’ve finally launched a YouTube channel. ## [The Brain Trick That Makes You Forget How Bad It Really Was](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/the-brain-trick-that-makes-you-forget) _2026-07-11 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ What is Fading Affect Bias and why it exists... ## [Why We Procrastinate About the Things That Matter Most](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/why-we-procrastinate-about-the-things) _2026-07-04 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ How to let go of the habit of putting things off (including sobriety) ## [Curiosity Changed Everything in My Sobriety](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/curiosity-changed-everything-in-my) _2026-06-27 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ How letting go of fear and control opened up a completely different way of living ## [What I Wish I Knew at the Start of My Sobriety](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/what-i-wish-i-knew-at-the-start-of-89d) _2026-06-20 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ Lessons from a decade-long journey to finally going alcohol free ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/liV7Wm6mC7KD) _2026-06-20 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [Far from losing friends, sobriety actually improved my social life](https://louisaevans.substack.com/p/far-from-losing-friends-sobriety) _2026-06-13 · Louisa Evans - Beyond Sobriety_ The friendships I was afraid of losing, the connections I never expected to find and how sobriety made my world bigger not smaller.