Flip Prior

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It might be tempting to drown your sorrows in alcohol when it feels like the world is falling apart. But there are better, healthier ways of dealing than drinking, writes Flip Prior.

Parents are suddenly facing a whole new world of homeschooling and while it's daunting, there's plenty of advice out there to help make it work and keep kids engaged and learning.

Flip Prior has at times had a sense that some people think she's white-knuckled her way through this year, looking forward to the day she can pick up a shot glass and knock it back. It's not like that.

For some people, hearing that their friend, family member or colleague has cut back or stopped drinking alcohol can make them think about their own relationship with alcohol — and that can inspire a negative reaction.

Hanging out with colleagues in social situations often brings a not-so-subtle pressure to drink — it's ubiquitous, and opting out can feel uncomfortably weird.

If you've had a crack at Dry July, you might be wondering if you can take this journey even further. Flip Prior has just reached six months, and has been learning to deal with the highs and lows longer alcohol breaks bring.

Before I quit drinking this year, I knew in advance if I quit all the social activities I loved along with alcohol I'd be miserable, so I've made a conscious effort to get used to doing things without booze, writes Flip Prior.

Just four months ago, the idea that I would wake up early on Saturdays to exercise was pretty laughable. But since giving up alcohol, I'm arming myself with tools to make regular workouts a habit, writes Flip Prior.

Of all the challenges of a year of not drinking booze, visiting Italy must surely be up there with the hardest of them. But not being hungover and having extra cash to spend made it all worthwhile, writes Flip Prior.

Despite one minor slip-up during a potato gem baking competition, Maggie Collins is halfway through a six-month break without alcohol. But working in the music industry (hello, free drinks) means it's challenging.

Two months in to my year of sobriety, it finally happened: a ferocious, all-encompassing craving for wine. But I tricked my craving brain into thinking its emotional trigger had been fulfilled, writes Flip Prior.

A month in to my year without alcohol, I feel worlds away from the wretched creature who woke up to 2019 cracking open one bloodshot, puffy eye and cursing her appalling life choices. But it's taken hard work and reflection to get here, Flip Prior writes.

I love the clink of ice cubes in a gin and tonic. Fizzing champagne in crystal flutes. But sometimes, love can get a bit complicated, which is why I'm calling it quits on drinking for a year.

When I first met my neighbour Kevin, neither of us should really have been in the gin bar across the road. But that meeting has led to a wonderful thing — a sense of community we were all missing.

During the South Australian election campaign, ABC News launched an innovative integration between its Messenger bot and the Hearken (Curious) platform to ask voters what they wanted to know before polling day.

Come election time, politicians will no doubt be falling over themselves to appear as open, engaged and accessible as possible. It's a high-risk, high-reward game.