This summer marked my first year of sobriety, a milestone I’m incredibly proud of.

Like many others, I had grown increasingly interested in a life without alcohol in recent years. The crippling anxiety that followed even a few drinks made the fleeting buzz of a cocktail or cider in the sun simply not worth it.

However, Christmas and indeed the entire month of December, seem to revolve around festive tipples, cocktails, and alcoholic winter warmers like mulled wine and Bailey’s hot chocolate,…