What Are You Thirsty For? Rethinking Alcohol and the Life You Want

By Anna Donaghey - available January 2026.

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For years, I helped sell the story of alcohol - the idea that it made us confident, connected, and complete.

When I stopped drinking, I realised how deeply that story ran - not just through our culture, but through me.

What Are You Thirsty For? was born from that realisation: that alcohol doesn’t quench our thirst, it just keeps us thirsty for more.

This book invites you to pause and look at alcohol differently - not as a vice or virtue, but as a mirror. It helps you step back, examine the roles you’ve handed to alcohol - the ‘jobs’ it performs - and see what you’re really reaching for beneath it all: comfort, connection, relief, freedom, joy.

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What it's about

Part personal story, part cultural critique, and part mindset guide, What Are You Thirsty For? blends psychology, lived experience, and gentle curiosity to help you move from autopilot to awareness.

It doesn’t tell you what to do - it helps you see clearly, so you can choose with power.

Because true freedom isn’t about abstinence or indulgence.
It’s about awareness, clarity, and reclaiming your agency to create a life that genuinely fulfils you.

Who it's for

For anyone who senses a gap between the life they’re living, and the one they know they’re capable of.
For the drinker who isn’t sure if it’s “too much,” but knows it’s not quite right.
For those curious about what might grow in the space alcohol currently occupies.

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Optimistic, non-judgmental

If you’re curious about what a life without alcohol might look like, then this is the book for you. An optimistic, non-judgmental guide to asking the right questions, and finding the right answers.

CLARE POOLEY, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

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About the Author

Anna Donaghey is an Alcohol Mindset Coach, host of The Big Drink Rethink podcast, and former advertising strategist with 25 years’ experience uncovering why people do what they do.

Her work combines behavioural science, psychology, and storytelling to help people rethink their relationship with alcohol not through shame or willpower, but through curiosity, compassion, and self-awareness.