Established in 2023, We Recover Loudly works to raise awareness of the risks of addiction in hospitality. We want to normalise asking for help, combating shame and offering support to those struggling. We want to keep the doors wide open of the industry to people in recovery, and support them getting back into the workplace.
Ultimately we want to eliminate the industry's destructive drinking and drug taking culture and support businesses in creating sustainable workplaces for all to thrive.
Open conversations about addiction and recovery are key in normalising the experience and reducing stigma. Sharing both challenges and successes can shift perspectives and build connection within the hospitality community.
Sharing our personal recovery stories educates others on the challenges we face, fostering understanding and enabling more informed discussions on mental
health and addiction. It puts the 'human' into the conversation.
Sharing our journey's out loud allows us to connect with others and aids in building a supportive community. Hearing about others' experiences provide identification and motivation - And are an essential reminder if you are struggling, that you that you're not alone in your struggles.
Sharing personal recovery stories will inspire and motivate others facing similar challenges. Seeing someone else's progress might end up being the catalyst for them to start their own journey to recovery. More than that, we are encouraging change in the hospitality industry.
To make all this happen, we offer engaging workplace workshops, training in addiction awareness and recovery, facilitation of peer-to-peer support groups, and one-on-one therapeutic recovery coaching for professionals in the hospitality industry. Join us as we work together to make a difference!
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Shell is a hospitality veteran with 18 years FOH experience, focusing primarily on operations, training, and business development. She has worked for some of London's best restaurant groups including Hawksmoor, Gaucho and Polpo. Having suffered a life changing burnout late 2020, she has changed her focus to improving the mental health working conditions of people in the industry by forcing difficult conversations out into the open, specifically concerning the hidden epidemic of addiction.
Her podcast We Recover Loudly offers a platform for people with experience of drug and alcohol addiction, in the industry to discuss what we can do to change the systemic culture of excessive substance use we have. The episodes also highlight how it is possible to break these habits and still work within the industry, having a thriving career while in recovery. Shell's work continues to look beyond high levels of addiction we have and ask, "if alcohol/drugs were the solutions to a problem, what problems do we have in our industry that we need to change?”
The services We Recover Loudly provides include onsite workshops promoting a safe and inclusive drinking culture in the workplace, small group coaching for managers to help them better support team members and change the culture and attitudes towards drinking in their sites, and as a qualified recovery coach, she also runs 121 mentoring for hospitality leaders who want to change their relationship with drugs and alcohol.As someone who is diagnosed as autistic, ADHD hyperactive and dyslexic, Shell’s recent training programs have focused on how we create more supportive environments for people who are neurodiverse in the workplace, and what long term impacts that has on their mental health, and risks of harmful addictive behaviours.
In her spare time, Shell is Low No Drinker magazine’s resident agony aunt, 'Aunty Shell'. She lives in Bournemouth with her sassy sausage dog called Milo who loves the beach and going out for brunch!
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