{"id":147080,"date":"2016-06-17T16:31:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T15:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/i-waited-year-write-i-attended-session-may-2015-havent-wanted-alcohol-since\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:07:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:07:53","slug":"i-waited-year-write-i-attended-session-may-2015-havent-wanted-alcohol-since","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/i-waited-year-write-i-attended-session-may-2015-havent-wanted-alcohol-since\/","title":{"rendered":"I have waited a year to write this. 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I attended a session in May 2015 and haven&#8217;t wanted or had alcohol since.<\/h1>\n\n                \n                                \n                \n                                                            <div class=\"article__image\">\n                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003517\/michelle-testimonial.png\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003517\/michelle-testimonial-220x180.png 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003517\/michelle-testimonial-440x360.png 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003517\/michelle-testimonial.png 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003517\/michelle-testimonial.png 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                <div class=\"u-show-mobile article-social-bar\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Share this article<\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"social-list\">\n            <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/i-waited-year-write-i-attended-session-may-2015-havent-wanted-alcohol-since\/\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-facebook-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Facebook\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/i-waited-year-write-i-attended-session-may-2015-havent-wanted-alcohol-since\/&#038;text=I have waited a year to write this. I attended a session in May 2015 and haven&#8217;t wanted or had alcohol since.\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-twitter-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Twitter\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        \n        \n    <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n        <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n            href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/i-waited-year-write-i-attended-session-may-2015-havent-wanted-alcohol-since\/\"\n            data-behaviour=\"copy-link\" title=\"Click to copy\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-sharelink-fill.svg\" alt=\"Copy link to clipboard\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>                <\/div>\n\n                \n                \n                \n                \n\n<p><p>It&#8217;s wonderful to receive feedback like this for our quit drinking sessions. Congratulations on being free Michelle<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have waited a year to write this. I attended a session in May 2015 and haven&#8217;t wanted or had alcohol since.<\/p>\n<p>I have done Christmas, all inclusive holidays, family events and it didn&#8217;t enter my head to drink and never felt like I was missing out.<\/p>\n<p>Having gone from 2 bottles of wine a night to nothing is amazing and my family say how much of a nicer person I am. 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