Reading man runs sober comedy night after going alcohol free

He stopped drinking on 6 January 2020 and said he had “never looked back” – now wants to help others do the same.

“I’ve always felt that life is about learning constantly as you go and I think people need support and help from people from people who’ve done something themselves,” he said.

“It struck me that that was the right thing to do.”

As part of his work, he is helping run a sober comedy night in Woodley, called A Dry Sense of Humour, at the end of January to “bring awareness and normalise” not drinking.

He said: “We’re trying to normalise the conversation around [being] alcohol-free because it is something that a lot of people find difficult talking about.

“The comedy night is really a comedy night, there’s nothing preachy or anti-alcohol or anything like that, it’s just a comedy night without alcohol.”

Mr Worsdall said he wanted to open the conversation about people changing their relationship with alcohol.

“I actually haven’t given up anything,” he said. “I’ve actually gained an awful lot.”