Could a sobriety coach change your life?

Christy Osborne is helping Londoners quit booze and find clarity, says Isabelle Aron

- Isabelle Aron

IN March 2020, Christy Osborne quietly decided to stop drinking alcohol. From LA but based in London, Osborne obviously hadn't planned for her experimentation with sobriety to coincide with a nationwide lockdown during the pandemic, but being stuck at home turned out to be quite helpful.

"It was weird timing," says Osborne. "But because I was a social drinker and there was nothing to do and no-one to see, it ended up being an amazing time for me to just hunker down, figure it out and get curious about whether drinking alcohol was holding me back." Three and a half years on, not only is Osborne still sober, but she now helps others to reassess their drinking habits.

She became a qualified sobriety coach and launched her coaching practice at the end of 2021. She now offers one-on-one and group sessions, helping her clients cut back or quit altogether.

Before she gave up, Osborne says she'd generally drink two or three glasses of wine at home every night, more if she was out socialising. What pushed her to give up alcohol? "We always think there has to be this big, rock-bottom moment, like driving under the influence or your partner threatening to leave you. But I was just exhausted. I wasn't sleeping great.