Clare Pooley gave up alcohol in March 2015 and is on a mission to make sobriety less shameful for everyone. Clare Pooley is a mum of three who had a long love affair with high priced, good quality wine until she realised that the relationship was going nowhere. In 2014 she started a blog called ‘Mummy was a Secret Drinker’ under the pseudonym SoberMummy, and has now published a book, ‘The Sober Diaries’.