Alcohol affects everyone – no matter who you are or where you’re from. Take John from Ghana. Sound familiar? Today, he’s leading the charge for
The Next Round: What happens after you change your drinking?
The Next Round: What happens after you change your drinking?
The Next Round is a podcast series from Club Soda filled with stories about what happens after you change your drinking.
The Next Round is hosted by Laura Willoughby. Laura quit drinking over a decade ago and her experiences led directly to the creation of Club Soda. Her personal experience shows that, once alcohol is in its place, a world of opportunity opens up. In this series, she explores this important aspect of changing your drinking, as where you want to be in the future can help you in the process of change and help you keep to your goal.
Laura Willoughby MBE is the founder of the world’s largest mindful drinking movement, Club Soda, and the UK’s foremost expert in low and no alcoholic drinks. Club Soda runs the Low & No Tasting Room in Covent Garden.Â
Laura was named number 11 in 2024’s Drinks Retailing’s latest Top 100 Most Influential People in Drink and one of the 100 most influential women in hospitality by CODE. The Club Soda Tasting Room was Drink Retailing’s Independent Retailer of the Year 2023. She is a Drink Doctor for The Caterer, an Imbibe Ambassador, and a judge for WAFA, IWSC, Great British Food Awards, Global Drinks Intel ESG Awards and Publican of the Year. Laura is a Trustee for The Drinks Trust and Equal Measures.
Receiving an MBE for services to the community in 2004, Laura’s devotion to Club Soda means hundreds of thousands of people are supported in their journeys to live well by being more mindful about drinking alcohol. Â
Laura’s part in the transformation of the non-alcoholic drinks sector in the UK from niche into the mainstream cannot be underestimated; in addition to organising 10 editions of the Mindful Drinking Festival nationwide, her work also includes developing education courses, conducting research and generating guides to Low & No alcoholic drinks.
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Next Round is the latest podcast series from Club Soda. But our podcast has episodes stretch back to 2019. Explore our back catalogue for more inspirational stories about drinking mindfully and living well.
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