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I’ve just read ‘All fun no fizz’ in the Christmas edition. Ruari Fairbairns states: ‘The benefits of fun alcohol-free plans far outweigh any perceived disadvantages’, and I am living proof that he’s right – as is everything that Sally Saunders writes about in the article. There is a particularly good reason why one third of women over 50 are alcohol free: it’s because we’ve seen it for what it really is.
Having suffered with mental health issues on and off for a couple of years, I made the decision to treat myself