Season 3 COA Week 2021 Special Episode

Today, Alex and Lisa chat to an awesome Nacoa duo, Josh Connolly and Ceri Walker about their childhood experiences, the impact on them as adults and parents and the support that Nacoa can offer for children of alcoholic parents, adult children of alcoholics and parents themselves. This special podcast marks the end of COA week 2021. COA Week is a campaign to raise awareness of children affected by parental alcohol problems, celebrated internationally each year during the week in which Valentine’s Day falls. In the UK, COA Week is led by the charity Nacoa UK who provide year-round support and this is the 12th year it has been run in the UK. Together we can increase awareness of this hidden problem and the support available. For support, please email helpline@nacoa.org.uk, visit the website www.nacoa.org.uk or telephone the free and completely confidential helpline 0800 358 3456. You are not alone. Please check out our new website www.beesoberofficial.com. You can also check out the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/beesober We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the generous members, ambassadors and our friends in the sober community for their contributions to this podcast, you are amazing and helping so many people by talking about this. Podcast guests Josh Connolly and Ceri Walker (Nacoa ambassadors) Bee Sober Founders/Ambassadors Irene (Bee Sober Bolton) Jo (Co-founder of Bee Sober) Kath (Bee Sober Wirral) Laura (Bee Sober Bolton) Bee Sober Members Anne Carlie Christine Jane Samantha Siobhan Friends in the Sober Community Annie Grace – Author of This Naked Mind Clare Pooley – author of the blog Mummy was a secret drinker and the memoir, The Sober Diaries Darren Taylor – author of Finding your Sober Bubble Janey Lee Grace – Founder of The Sober Club, author of Happy Healthy Sober and host of The Alcohol-Free Life podcast Jen Payne – Nacoa Volunteer Julia Carson – author of Sober Positive Kate Baily – Co-Founder of Love Sober and Co-Author of Love Yourself Sober Katie Walker – EFT Practitioner and Co-Founder of Tapping with Jules & Katie Liam McBride – Co-Founder of Whysup Lona Curris (LC) - producer and host of The Recovery Soulfood Podcast Lotta Dann – Author of Mrs D is going without and The Wine O’Clock Myth Mark Adderley – author, filmmaker, writer, YouTuber, podcaster and movie reviewer Shaun Fennings – Co-Founder of Rok Soba William Porter – author of Alcohol Explained Please donate to our Just Giving page raising money for Nacoa: https://www.justgiving.com/Sober-Experiment. Season three is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/ Additional links: Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/ AA https://aa.org/ Al Anon https://al-anon.org/ Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50 15% off Nocktail use BEESOBER at checkout https://www.nocktail.com 10% off Noughty AF wine use BEESOBER10 at checkout https://thomsonandscott.com/products/noughty-alcohol-free-sparkling-wine Buy a range of AF drinks from The Dry Drinker https://scripts.affiliatefuture.com/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=348247&merchantID=7264&programmeID=26735&mediaID=-1&tracking=&url=