The Sober Diaries

THE UNMISSABLE, LIFE-CHANGING BOOK FOR DRY JANUARY 2026:

5 STAR READER REVIEWS:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Clare's book has supported me on most mornings through my first 20 days of sobriety and I could not be more grateful. Highly recommended."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Brilliant, funny, honest - the best 'quit-lit' on the market"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Absolutely amazing book. I found myself relating to everything she says. It's so real, and down to earth, and honest. Definitely helped me to make some big changes I know I needed to. Thank you Clare!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Inspirational. Such an amazing read. Thoroughly enjoyed and could related to a lot of the journey Clare experienced. Thank you for being brave enough to share and help support others."

BY THE AUTHOR OF HOW TO AGE DISCRACEFULLY, THE BRAVE AND FUNNY MEMOIR THAT HAS CHANGED LIVES.

How one mother gave up drinking and started living. This is Bridget Jones Dries Out.

Clare Pooley is a Cambridge graduate and was a Managing Partner at one of the world's biggest advertising agencies, and yet by eighteen months ago she'd become an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day, and spending her evenings Googling 'Am I an alcoholic?'

In a desperate bid to turn her life around, she quit drinking and started a blog. She called it Mummy Was a Secret Drinker.

This book is the story of a year in Clare's life. A year that started with her quitting booze having been drinking more than a bottle of wine every day. It sees her starting a hugely successful blog, then getting and beating breast cancer. By the end of the year she is booze free and cancer free, two stone lighter and with a life that is so much richer, healthier and more rewarding than ever before. Sober Diaries is an upbeat, funny and positive look at how to live life to the full.

Interwoven within Clare's own very personal and frank story is research and advice, and answers to questions like: How do I know if I'm drinking too much? How will I cope at parties? What do I say to friends and family? How do I cope with cravings? Will I lose weight? What if my partner still drinks? And many more.