Three bottles of wine a night. Three kids under four. One Liverpool mum who hid it all behind the school run smile, until she didn't. This week on One for the Road, Sober Dave talks to Georgie Humphrey (Painting The Town Sober) about quit drinking, mum wine culture, and what 4 years sober actually looks like.
Georgie's story starts in a busy Liverpool house with five older siblings, a Doberman, and parents from the silent generation. By 14 she was at warehouse raves on speed and trips while her dad was dying of cancer at home. By her twenties she was a BA cabin crew member drinking down route, then a London "drinks specialist" with Diageo and Pernod Ricard on her client list, putting on her mascara with a shaking hand at 10am.
Then came motherhood. Three kids under four. Wine o'clock. Mug-in-the-cupboard drinking. Three bottles a night. And on New Year's Eve 2019, she chose differently.

How did Georgie know it was time to quit drinking? What did her physical withdrawals actually feel like? Why is wine mum culture so dangerous? How do you get sober with three small kids in the house? What changes after 4 years sober?