The Big Happiness Interview: Will Ditching Booze Make You Happier?

Veronica Valli beams at me when I tell her I haven’t had an alcoholic drink in over four years.

That’s refreshing, because it’s the sort of confession that usually makes people assume that I’m weird, boring or a screaming alcoholic.

A sober coach, and a leader and pioneer in the field of alcohol recovery for almost two decades, Veronica Valli is former clinical psychotherapist who is evangelical about the joys of a booze-free life. She thinks I’m simply part of seismic change happening in society.

‘There is a quiet revolution taking place,’ she tells Metro.co.uk. ‘Sobriety has come out of the closet and into the daylight.”

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