Why I Febfast
This FebFast, I’m pressing pause because I’ve realised how easy it is to confuse escape with connection. What once felt like sharing stories, laughing freely, slowly turned into a loop - using alcohol to soften the edges instead of facing what’s really there. Somewhere along the way, the moments got heavier, the clarity thinner, and the memories less intentional. I don’t want to miss my own life while trying to numb parts of it. Pouring The Truth means being honest about how alcohol has quietly become a crutch - something I lean on when things feel too loud, too fast, or too painful. It promises relief but only ever delivers a pause, not a solution. I’ve seen how chasing balance can still leave you unsatisfied, how climbing higher without grounding yourself can end in harder falls. This month is about stepping out of that cycle and choosing awareness over autopilot. FebFast isn’t about blame or shame - it’s about space. Space to feel clearly, to sit with discomfort, to reconnect with what’s real and lasting. In the end, it’s not the drink that matters, it’s what I have missed while holding it. It's about what I could loose if I don't stop holding it. This is my chance to choose presence over escape, honesty over habit, and to find a way of living (and loving) that’s free, grounded, and true.
Every 24 seconds, someone in Australia reaches out to Lifeline for help
That’s more than 3,000 people every single day who just need someone to listen. By skipping the sip for one month, I’m not only giving my body a break – I’m helping make sure Lifeline can be there, anytime and anywhere, for the people who need it most.
It’s a small challenge for me, but it could mean life-changing support for someone else.
Together we can ensure Lifeline can continue to be there 24/7 so that no one has to face their toughest moments alone.
MY PROGRESS
Check out my Febfast calendar to see my progress! You can choose a date to sponsor me with a One-OFF Pass. It will give me a night off my challenge while still supporting Australians in crisis.
Track your Febfast
Sponsor a night off my challenge by purchasing a One-OFF Pass. For a minimum donation of $39, you’ll give me an official night off and help Lifeline answer a call from someone in crisis.
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My Goal
28 days
MY IMPACT SO FAR
I've raised $157 so far - that's 4 calls answered for Lifeline's crisis support hotline.
Every $39 helps power another call, offering hope and crucial moments of connection to people in their toughest moments. Will you back me with a donation?
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My Updates
Kylie 0% Sparkling Blanc
Thursday 5th Feb
My love for Kylie has seen me through more than I can count. Through joy, grief, reinvention, loneliness, hope. Through versions of myself I barely recognise now.
Her presence and music has been a constant - a voice that stayed when other things fell away, a reminder that it’s okay to feel deeply, to fall apart, to begin again.
Choosing Kylie 0% this FebFast feels personal. It feels like support. Like saying, I’m still here with you — you don’t need to numb this moment for it to matter. That means more to me than I expected.
I’m pressing pause because I’ve realised how often I reached for alcohol when I didn’t know how to sit with what was inside me. What once felt like connection and laughter slowly became a way to soften the edges — to delay the feelings instead of listening to them. It promised relief, but it never brought me closer to myself.
Somehow, Kylie is still here in this chapter too - not as an escape, but as a companion. A reminder that strength can be gentle. That joy doesn’t have to be numbed to be real. That I don’t need to disappear to survive.
It’s not the drink I’m letting go of - it’s what I was missing while holding it.
This is me choosing presence over escape.
Honesty over habit.
