Rebecca Thomson

08/06/2026

You wake up absolutely certain you’re not drinking tonight.

You mean it.

You’ve had enough of the broken promises, the rubbish sleep, the low mood and the feeling that alcohol is taking up far too much space in your life.

And then somewhere around 5pm or 6pm, the thought appears.

Maybe just one.

You’ve had a long day.

You’ve earned it.

You’ll start again tomorrow.

And before you’ve even opened the bottle, the mental negotiation has begun.

The “shall I, shan’t I?”

The justifications.

The promises.

The rules.

The relief.

The guilt.

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering:

“If I genuinely don’t want to drink, why do I keep talking myself into it?”

You’re not alone.

And the answer has far less to do with willpower than most women think.

Next month I’m running a free live workshop where we’ll explore why this cycle happens, why it feels so hard to break, and what needs to change if you want alcohol to stop taking up so much space in your head.

📅 Wednesday 17th June
⏰ 7pm
💻 Live on Zoom
🎟️ Free to attend

If you’d like to join us, you can save your space here:

https://rebeccathomson.co.uk/workshop

28/05/2026

Episode 40 is live 🎙️

The Most Important Question You Can Ask Yourself

What if the problem isn’t just the drinking…
but the story underneath it?

This episode explores one powerful question that can change the way you see your patterns, choices, and yourself.

Listen here 👇🏻

https://open.spotify.com/episode/74mIV7paA1to6KwZL0VBWh?si=jSVhLJ1nTiusZRi15j9c0w

13/05/2026

What if you finally understood why the thought of a drink appears in your head at 6pm… even when you were adamant this morning you weren’t drinking tonight?

What if you understood the mental negotiation a bit more clearly?

The “shall I, shan’t I.”
The promises.
The rules.
The relief.
The guilt.
The exhausting back-and-forth that can take up far more space than women realise.

And what if changing your relationship with alcohol had less to do with willpower… and more to do with understanding what’s really happening underneath it?

What would change in your daily life if alcohol stopped taking up so much mental space?

Next Wednesday 20th May at 7pm, I’m running my free monthly live Zoom workshop exploring why so many women feel stuck in this cycle, and how to begin changing it more consciously.

Wednesday 20th May
7pm live on Zoom
Free to attend

If you’d like to be in the room, you can save your space below.

https://rebeccathomson.co.uk/workshop

11/05/2026

New episode of The Wine O’Clock Woman is live.

If you’ve been feeling exhausted, emotionally flat, overwhelmed, or like you’re constantly pushing through… this conversation matters.

In this episode, I’m joined by Sharon Buckley, The Emotional Pain Healer™, to talk about the early signs of burnout so many women ignore, normalise, or override until their body forces them to stop.

This is a gentle but important conversation about stress, emotional exhaustion, grief, nervous system overload, and why burnout rarely happens overnight.

Pop your headphones on and listen here 🎧

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ldur7o3NbJZ72DyXinISk?si=t7Gj7IY6S4-uAPmLBO1YnA

30/04/2026

No one talks about this stage of sobriety.

Everything improves…

…but it still feels underwhelming.

That’s usually when the doubts start.

And it’s also where many women quietly slip back into old patterns.

Episode 34 of The Wine O’Clock Woman explores what’s really going on at this point — and what happens next.

If you’ve been here, you’ll recognise it immediately.
🎧 Listen hear:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lNsv4ddIgmSYl5KUbguJP?si=uKW9eWboRw6jMM4FV178Vg

27/04/2026

There’s a kind of grief we don’t talk about enough.

Not loss in the obvious sense…
but the quieter kind.

The life you thought you’d have.
A version of you that’s changed.
A relationship that doesn’t feel the same anymore.

In this guest episode of The Wine O’clock Woman, I’m joined by the fabulous Dipti Tait and we explore these often unrecognised forms of loss.

Because when something feels off… heavy… unresolved…

It’s very easy to pour a drink rather than sit with it.

This conversation is about changing that.

Naming it.
Understanding it.
And finding a way through it without needing to numb it.

🎧 Episode 32: Drinking Through Grief You Haven’t Named Yet with Dipti Taite

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CegqDLuj8aYKjyB6LU7XP?si=R3sXxDJDT9GIPc4LFR4boQ

The Wine O'Clock Woman · Episode

19/04/2026

If you keep saying “not tonight”…
but still end up pouring a drink, this is why.

It’s not really about the drink.
It’s about wanting the back-and-forth in your head to stop.

That constant back and forth in your head…
“should I, shouldn’t I…”

The drink ends that.

That’s where the relief comes from.

Most women think it’s about willpower.
It’s not.

I’m running a free live workshop.
Next Wednesday, 22nd April at 7pm — live.

Women often say it’s the first time they’ve properly seen the cycle they’re stuck in.

This is only one part of it.

If you want to understand this properly, you’ll want to be there.

Click on the link save your place:

https://rebeccathomson.co.uk/workshop

15/04/2026

Some women don’t drink because they’re stressed.

They drink because the house is quiet.

Because the day is done…
and there’s nothing to move on to.

No noise.
No distraction.
Just that feeling you can’t quite put your finger on.

A bit flat or restless.
A bit lonely, if you’re honest.

That’s where the habit builds.

The drink becomes:
– the switch-off
– the marker that the day is over
– the thing that fills the space

Here, in those moments alcohol has a different job to do.

That’s the part we don’t talk about enough.

In this episode, I walk through the questions that help you see what’s really going on in those moments.

🎧 Listen to Episode 31 of The Wine O’Clock Woman here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6jThHIVRt8VFjx4Qc9bhm1?si=iSaE7J-FRMe6gGeQPVP8hw&ct=91&t=101

13/04/2026

Most women don’t have a drinking problem.

They have a pattern.

You say “not tonight.”
You still pour the glass.

It happens quickly.
It feels automatic.

Inside this free live workshop, you’ll see exactly what’s happening in real time.

Women often tell me this is where it finally clicks.

“I’ve never seen it like that before… It makes so much sense.”

Once you can see it, you can interrupt it.

If you’ve been stuck in this pattern longer than you’d like, it’s time to look at it differently.

Wednesday 22nd April | 7pm | Live on Zoom
Save your place here👇

https://rebeccathomson.co.uk/workshop

12/04/2026

You thought things would get easier when the kids left.
So why are you drinking more than ever?

There’s a stage of life no one prepares you for.

The house is quieter.
Your role shifts.
Something feels off.

It doesn’t happen overnight.
The drinking creeps in.

Not dramatically.
More often than you’d like.

In this episode, I speak with Anita McKenna about why this happens. What’s really going on beneath it.

If you’ve found yourself thinking,
“How did this become my normal?”

Episode 30 | The Wine O’clock Woman
🎧 Listen here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mrN2Q1oF0hu0sK4S2955G?si=iC4HOCToRKS-9xIzTdhXFg