Unexpected Thrills: Embracing Sobriety at Leeds Festival Beyond Expectations

I Spent the past weekend at the Leeds Festival this weekend with the family

Saw some brilliant acts

Billie Eilish (my daughters favourite)
Imagine Dragons
Sam Fender

And the Killers to name a few

We even got to see my mate, the comedian Russel Kane do his thing in the alternative tent too

All in all a great weekend

The mad part?

Before I went I was CONVINCED I was going to have a sh1t time and it was going to be rubbish

3 days, in a tent watching acts that I’m not really into, surrounded by people on the sesh and boozed up in a mosh pit: NOT FOR ME

And of course, I’m into my 2nd year of going alcohol free so I told myself this whole story of how crap is was going to be

On the Friday before we left I even apologised to my wife IN ADVANCE about being a little moody << in advance man

I WAS WRONG

I had a brilliant time and made some amazing memories

One that sticks out is bouncing up and down with my 12 year old son, belting our Mr Brightside at the top of our lungs

The ‘lesson’ that I’ll remember most though isn’t just that I should stop spinning myself stories about how ‘shit’ things are going to be before I’ve even done them (mad how we do that)

But the big one was this. >

I HAD AN EVEN BETTER TIME SOBER THAN I WOULD HAVE IF I WAS DRUNK

I’ll repeat

Doing the festival and the concerts SOBER was WAY BETTER than doing it p1ssed up

My energy was good, my sleep was good, didn’t need to lie in bed all day, no hangover, didn’t spend half my time at the bar and the other half at the toilet, peeing

All around, a real eye opening experience

So next time you find yourself telling yourself this story that something is going to be sh1te/boring/hard BEFORE you’ve even done it?

Just ask yourself this question

“Can I absolutely know that thats true?”

And you might surprise yourself

Just because you have a thought, DOESN’T MEAN IT'S TRUE

Have a great day