A Sober 33rd Birthday in London

It’s my 33rd birthday! Sounds like a silly milestone or number to celebrate but not to an addict. A month after my 29th birthday I started to think about taking my own life. The addiction cycle had come full circle and it was either going to kill me or perhaps I’d beat it to it. I knew my body was…
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London, UK
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In My Wardrobe & What I Love

TheAtrium by Filho

Filip Horvat is my kind of person. He’s young and ambitious, talented and not afraid to surround himself with people far superior to him. How young and how ambitious you may ask? He’s 25 and just opened his first restaurant in Zagreb called TheAtrium by Filho. Considered as one of the most promising chefs in Croatia, Filip Horvat saw the…
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Zagreb, Croatia
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Finding Love in Sobriety

Remember the days you wished for the love you have today? When I look back at my dating history and thinking what love is, I cringe. Yes, I cringe. I cringe at the types of guys I dated but most importantly, I cringe at my own behaviour. I carried with me this scary need for control and validation, I was…
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Zagreb, Croatia
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Three Years Sober: 12 Months of Grief & Anxiety

Three years sober.  Six years ago if you told me that I’d be writing those three words together, I never would have believed you. I’m 32 now and I’m confident that if I never chose to get sober, I wouldn’t live past my 35th birthday. Being sober saved my life. Sobriety gave my purpose and a newfound love for a living.…
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Croatia
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Where To Eat & Where To Stay in Bay of Kotor

Although it appears that I am always on a holiday (and I kind of am), I always seem to return to Croatia and need a week to recover from my time away. Yes, first world problems. My husband and I wanted our next getaway from Croatia to be more on theme with relaxing and less on theme with being typical…
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Kotor, Montenegro
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