Most Loving Thing: The Midlife Woman's Guide to Alcohol-Free Living

At midlife, many women quietly ask: Is this really all there is? We numb with wine, hide our pain, and shrink our dreams. But you don't need a rock bottom to choose freedom.

Most Loving Thing: A Midlife Woman's Guide to Sobriety and Freedom is an invitation to do the most loving thing you can for yourself: say yes to clarity, courage, and joy.

With warmth, honesty, and lived experience, Jules Rutherford guides you through the deeper roots of your drinking and shows how sobriety can become the gateway to freedom-not a life of deprivation. This is not about counting days or living by rigid rules. It's about learning to live fully, in colour, and without apology.

Inside you'll discover:

• Why grey-area drinking keeps so many midlife women stuck.

• How to navigate fear, cravings, and social pressures with compassion.

• The powerful link between sobriety, spirituality, and self-discovery.

• Practical tools to reclaim your energy, dreams, and sense of self.

If you've ever felt "not bad enough" to quit but "not free enough" to stay as you are, this book is for you.

Freedom is possible. Joy is possible.
And it begins with the most loving thing: saying yes to you.