Haven't had a beer in weeks I think. I remember 2 years ago I had 6 pack each week and I thought that was too much. Now I go months without a drop. And I like alcohol. I guess not that much.

@@jarrahdrum Dam. It's like that. I just found my six pack abs after like 20 years. I don't think beer wouldve helped me find them. I worked too hard to get them. I guess I'll continue to sacrifice the six pack of beers to keep the ones on my belly. Good for you.

Kratom helped me quit. 2 years 9 months

Kava helps too, real Kava not the pills

Coffee!!! Exercise!!

Nice, keep your eye on the prize. It is a sneaky beast.

Awesome! I too have had a very similar experience!. 😎

Well done i am now 20 years dry booze did take over my life,

great stuff tho never trust it!

One day I'll have 30. I got sober almost 2 years ago. It really is a second life.

30 years as well. The last 10 or so hasn't been pretty. I'm no rock star but I can put away a bottle as if I am one. Day 5 sober!

Same here. Sober three years and kinda pist I didn't do it before my forties

Well done. Wise decision.

I find I'm doing this more and more recently. I'll pop a bottle open and get halfway down and then I just can't stomach drinking the rest and pour it away. 🤷‍♂️

I did the same thing. Woke up with a bad hangover one morning and went and poured a bottle of whiskey down the drain. Just doing that made me instantly feel better… like a cleansing..!

DID THE SAME AND BACK AT THE STORE FOR MORE IN LESS THAN 4 HOURS LOL FOUND SOLUTION NOT A DROP IN 18 YRS TRYING CONTROLLED DRINKING HELPED ME TO BE HONSET WITH SELF@@rickspa8348

It just didn’t look good! I am 30 days sober & don’t even think about it. I want to live a real life, not one that is guided by wine. Congratulations to you!🎉

Amazing how often did you drink before you quit?

Congratulations I know we don't know one another but .. I'm proud of you keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍

@@joshualife9237 thanks brother 🙏🏼

I to am 6 year sober and a quarter. WHOOWH,FREEDOM

9 years for me on July 9, 2013. Life changing. I am a different man today.

👏🏼 proud of you!

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I'm starting over day two. But I'm proud of u. Keep doing the deal

@@tt-ki2dw … stay the course my friend and take help of the 12 step people…. Trust me it is very difficult, almost impossible, to do it alone.

Me as well..❤

I’m a beer drinker myself, I’ve never really drank hard liquor, maybe a drink twice a year, anyhow, I’m 62, I’ve been drinking beer since I was in my late teens, every night, 2 years ago, I said to myself, just don’t drink on the nights that you have to work the following day, I did it, I drink on weekends, but I don’t get hammered drunk, that first week when I didn’t drink, I was ok, no withdrawal, nothing, guess I’m lucky, I think mainly it’s because I don’t drink hard liquor

😂😂😂

Brewing beer has been a hard lesson in self control. Having a keg in the fridge at all times was hard. I had to switch to smaller 2.5 gallon keg so I wouldn't binge on a whole 5 gal. Small steps, but it helps..

Give it hell brother. Stand up to it. You wouldn’t allow a person to treat you like this. One day at a time is the best advice.

Stay strong my brother.. it only gets better. I’ve been sober for 15 years and I love it., keep it up and please don’t start drinking again no matter how hard it gets.. you can do it

How are you doing, Friend?

Keep going Big G 👏

Stay tuff for a lifetime

💯👌🙂good job

Great work, and I admire your mental fortitude.

12 days for me, already feeling the benefits

How are you today???

Thank God for second chances. Never give up. You got this! If you relapse,start over... thank God for second chances🎉🎉

you got this!

Hope you're keeping well

I'm starting tomorrow...

I'm right there with you. I know you and I can do this. Kevin brings a wonderful world of inspiration and help. Peace.

Almost a year down the track. How are you getting on?

WAY TO GO

What was your experience like the first week/month ? I feel you Jason, i used to be a once a week drinker in my 20's now in my 30's -- its become a daily habit some weeks. I started cutting back, hope to cut down and quit one day.

@@eb2354 Hang on tight!

Sounds like my life..4 years sober..watched my father die from this.

@@davebrune4001 Good job Staying sober. Thanks for speaking up. Life is AMAZING WITH OUT ALCOHOL AND SET BACKS. ! !

You forgot the fights and arrests.

Indeed, if only drinkers could film themselves getting siht faced and then play it back the next day when sober.

For me the worst is how bad i feel afterwards, not fiscally but spiritually. I couldn't hear or feel the presence of my Lord Jesus Christ anymore. I hated alcohol even now, but it was like something in me overwhelmed the hatred and against my wishes bought and consumed the alcohol to the end I could not even remember what I did the previous day. Alcohol is like the term declares "spirits". A demonic authority that wants to destroy you, your families, work, friendships but most of all your fellowship with Christ and His Holy Spirit.

@@tiaanlategaan2450 So,,,before you drank, you could hear voices?

@@tiaanlategaan2450I have too much Soul to drink spirits. Those words whispered into my thoughts one windy September day. Why was I drinking the devil’s piss? I’m not R. Kelly… I don’t find pee attractive. I want to feel my pain and turn it into something beautiful. Exercise with it. Play the harmonica with it. Write with it. Live with it. Not numb it. I have too much Soul to drink spirits.

One minute at a time Be Strong

@@andrewnorris1514 Luckily not interested in drinking again so it’s pretty easy

@@SimonMartinForPrimeMinister feel grateful

@@andrewnorris1514 Always do! 🙏🏼

Congrats! I wasn't an alcoholic, but realized I was cheating my kids by not being there for them 24/7. I stopped almost 4 years ago. Left my alcoholic wife, took kids away from that. They are so thankful and appreciative. I dedicated my life to being there for them, best thing ever! They grow up so fast, and they need us....sober for them. Good job, the reward is so much better than the stupidity, the hangovers, the wasted time, the lost moments.

I’m so proud and happy of/ for you. You can start over fresh. I take my most regretful alcoholic chaos and let the embarrassment rain down on me like a clean and rejuvenating waterfall. Yep… I am embarrassed by the alcoholic behavior I displayed. It could have gone worse…. I’ll take embarrassing myself over hurting someone else anytime.

Ditto the 90% of my most regretful behaviour has been when I was drinking.

without a doubt. @@MamaLinz123

You are a Very Lucky man -- you missed NOTHING-- it only causes loads of problems

Don’t give up on her no matter how bad it gets!! Trust me! I’ve been the daughter!

@@sonyagonzales4290 thank you so much! I’m not giving up. She’s been doing really well as of late and I’m super proud of her.

No, you are not “ONLY” 7 weeks sober you are 7 WEEKS SOBER 🥳🎉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 kudos to you!!!!! That’s 7 whole weeks that you are putting your health ,your well being and your happiness first. Every day you don’t drink is a major accomplishment. 7 days, 7 weeks, 7 months 7 years…the rest of your beautiful life!

Thank you and God Bless you on your journey.

I understand that feeling so well. I quit so many times and beat myself up every time I'd pick up. It owned me. I had to be willing to basically start my life over. My family took my son and I checked into a recovery house for women, where I met some amazing people who helped me to see myself from a new perspective.

Jesus Christ Crucified for your sin is the only way to Salvation. Ask Him to rescue you

It can be done ☑️ you are the only one that can make it happen… Good luck my friend, I’m only on day 6 yet I feel great, mentally and physically. Join the club we can do it together for the future we deserve. ✌🏼💪🏻🙏🏼😁

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AWESOME JOB STAY STRONG

How do you feel?

@@mlee7290 I feel free; I don't wake up any more with my head focused on bottles of alcohol and the remaining cigarettes. As a result life is much better.

Goed werk Wilbert !

You can do it! I've not had a drink for 3 years and it all started day by day, just like you're doing. Keep up the good work and when it's hard just get through the day. Don't look at the big picture. Day by day.😊

💪🏼

Have you tried a whole food plant based diet? Try it 6 weeks if you can.

@@wobblybobengland I agree! A HEALTHY vegan diet plus being alcohol free is so amazing for your body and brain.

​@@snu3877 When I see the words acid reflux, I think about Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

@@wobblybobengland I had not heard of him, but just looked up a bit of info on him. I am reading a new book about people who have reversed various health ailments/diseases with a healthy plant diet. It's called Disease Reversal Hope: Real People, Real Stories. (By Dan Purjes and Scott Stoll, M.D.) There is one story in the book about a man who got rid of acid reflux by switching to a plant diet. I have to say, though: even being a vegan was not enough to lower my high blood pressure. It was only when I stopped drinking alcohol that it fell to the normal range. I had no idea drinking could raise blood pressure!

@@snu3877 Yes, I had hypertension when I was a drinker. It is really awful stuff.

good luck to you. i have serious liver damage from 10 years heavy hard liquor abuse and i dont know the extent yet. its scary but the power of positivity is real and i refuse to just let myself die. keep fighting Aaron your not alone

I’m right there with you, although I stopped in January and within a few months I slid back into it. Stopped again the other day on what would’ve been my brother’s 56th birthday. He passed in 2017 after what I consider a slow suicide drinking heavily, smoking and eating a terrible diet. I know he wouldn’t want me to do the same and I’m afraid I’ve done too much damage already. I’m still here and life is finally good, it’s time to see alcohol as what it is and let it go. It does nothing for me anymore.

@@BRIANDER100 its hard to say exactly. To give you a good approximation it was about a pint of 100proof vodka - sometimes 2 every other day for about 5-6 years. The few years before that i was drinking very heavily aswell but it wasnt as much. Again its very blurry for obvious reason but i held down full time jobs and kicked ass the entire time. So having to come to work on time and perform hung over had to have effects on my body too cause i was working hard. Anyways after my dog died i usued it as an excuse, quit my job to tak a break cause ive never taken a vacation in 4 years and i realize now i must have really been burning out hard at that point aswell. By the time my dog died i was bringing pints of (only 80 proof stuff 👍😹) and sneaking drinks from the walk in cause im the only manager there after 6 to get ready to drink harder when i got home. After i fully committed i drank everyday as a self harm tool for about 3 months and at the beginning i could do a pint or more, pass out, wake up and drink another pint or more. Once i realized my body could deal with this it was over. A cpuple years ago i would wake up at 2pm and my goal was to be half a pint deep by 230 and be at work by 3:10. I loved going to work cause i was drunk the entire time and i would kinda taunt people by constantly balancing on one foot anytime i would stop to talk to anyone and generally just looking and sounding like i was on adderal. I didnt look sound or smell drunk. People will say "oh people knew" nobody knew. Quit that job and was doing the same at the next for the later half of the year i was working there. They wouldnt have put up with it if they know cause i was on heavy machinery most days. I was feeling good alot of the time when i was in the upswing of my high but it was such a depressing and sad lifestyle to lead. I just worked and drank all the time nothing else. That aint it tho ive abused hydrocodone at the same time i was drinking. Not AT the se time but the ones i was buying had Tylenol in them and i was taking alot. As i remember all this, i just wonder how is my liver different from anyone elses? I was doing insane damage on the daily for so manu years. I had a synthetic cannibioid addiction about 8ish years ago and i was smoking random reaserch chemical all day everyday for about 2-3 years. I abused alot of DXM when i was 19-20. In m 31 now for reference. Ill use anything ive done coke ive done... damn i cant thonk of anything else but i know thats not all. Lsd and mushroom have always been good to me but i was abusing them. This entire time i wanted so bad to stop because i enjoy life. I mean im sober now and the only qualms i have are that i might not fully recover. But the mild triggers i get to use dont overshadow my intelligence and willingness to live my life and form all the connection ive been pushing away the past decade. I should say i do still take a high dose of 30-40 grams of Kratom a day that has been ramping up over a 3 years period. Kratom at that dose daily is not kind to the liver. I am weaning down now tho i wish i could just stop cold turkey like with the alcohol but the withdrawals say no. Sorry i dont write very coherently. I used to back in high school i just have trouble staying on track w my thoughts

@@BRIANDER100 i will also say i was drinking daily on and off the past 2 years but before that every other day with really no breaks was how it went. Its crazy to think about, even with me being the one who did it. I would have never even thought it possible. I coped with everything thru drinking and at time i hate-drunk. It was a form of self harm. I knew it wasnt good but i didnt care. Now i care and i feel the damage. Mostly depression. I thought i would feel great after stopping because my body has put up with it so "well" throughout. The kratom is most likely making me depressed. My dose is insane amd i only feel relief from withdrawals when i take it. Nothong else. Ive always wanted to quit drinking tho. When i started kratom i thought it was amazing. I loved it and was using it to quit alchohol. I ended up using it to give me an incredible buzz when combined. Terrible on the liver tho. Double whammy for years. Oo i mentioned adderal before and forgot about the prescription that i had for a few years that would be gone in 3 days. Crazy stuff. So much sleep deprivation too when i was on the synth noids i would never sleep. Id wake up alllll night to hit my pipe, pass out, wake up sober hit my pipe e

Check out Dr Berg on KZfaq and what he says to do about reversing liver damage

And you beat yourself up again by drinking. Stay strong friend

You're so correct I drink less alcohol this year than I have in the past 10 and I'm going more and more dry days and I believe this time I will be off forever it's been a process but the new me is so much better than the old me

I thought my brother was the only one this happens to. Im on day 23 as of writing this post. Alcohol just attracts trouble like flies to a shit pile. Keep going friend.

@Thoth Al Khem I've quit too. I went to a pub, got half way through a pint and just thought whats the point. Not out of the woods but I am ready to change I feel, in a way I haven't felt for a year at least. Sick of ruining my life. Ok I have PTSD and trauma but no more excuses

@@jamesbyrne9312 I have ptsd as well......I've tried to quit but end starting up again because I feel I'm easier going when I drink. I wonder if I just keep it to one day a week, and other days drink lots of water and eat vegetables.....I already take lots of supplements

Yes the mindset is all - nothing to do with will power - the realisation that it robs you of time it robs you of engagement with life and more importantly engagement with yourself Life just gets bigger in Everest once alcohol is removed

God bless you

Hi. I too was what I thought to be a "functional drunk" because it appeared that I held my shit together. I never missed work, ate well, did yoga and on and on. Little did I realize how much, much better I could feel. Basically, I was just going through the motions to fool myself that I was okay. Feeling sluggish is the morning is part of alcohol poisoning because it is a central nervous system depressant. You are absolutely on the right track. What a great conscious decision to get that out of your life.

How's things going now?

Wish I was only drinking a bottle of wine a night. Today I decided to slow down so I didn't buy the 40oz of vodka I usually would and switched to beer and wine. I spend 1k a month and only make 2.4k. I'm 24 I can't even breathe without it.

One Day at a time James No one knows

I understand, I’m on that road of hell right now, I’m 6 months sober (stopped February 20 of this year) literally was drinking everyday since like 2014, the only few times I stopped was the 3 times I was in jail… I’m 6 months sober and still mentally crave it some days, the anxiety is still there but not as severe, and I still get sleepy/ tired easily 😔

Yes! Very sure of Dr.benshrooms. my first shrooms trip was really awesome. It felt like I was deep into the sea.

I've done microdosing for help and it works does cut depression out it's been the best remedy I've ever had. Psilocybin being illegal is actually a crime against humanity!

How can i reach out to him?Is he on instgram

Saw people talk about him on instgram..., checked him out and I must say he is very good at what he does.

Sure. He deliver anywhere and also discreet if you worried about that.I got mine shipped to me here in Las Vegas

16 years on, so why are you watching videos about alcohol?

Well said Bill. The problem that you tried to escape from, is still there the following day. And that really does show ineffective alcohol is in dealing with issues. In fact alcohol is an attempt at avoidance.

Beautifully put.

The list of damages is endless Stay Strong

its terrifying

PS apologies for the essay 🙂

One minute at a time

@@andrewnorris1514 yeah, every thought and action counts. And it all accumulates whether good or bad. We are such fragile creatures.

That's great, Jay. It's those occasions that will build your stock of self-confidence. Well done :)

Everyday is a big celebration BELEIVE IT

Well done Jay Onwards and Upwards

Life just gets better and better doesn’t it?

Hang in there Pray about it ask God to take the cravings and stop the insanity, ask for strength, you can do it! And the blessings will be abundant, God Will restore your life! Jesus take the wheel! Amen stay strong!

One minute at a time Love Yourself

@@andrewnorris1514 thank you

Good luck ❤️

@@BRIANDER100 hello, I relapsed once again and ended up in the Hospital once again. I was violently sick for 3 days straight with the most brutal alcohol withdrawals. I could not even take a sip of water without being sick. I've drank on and off for 11 years since 19... mostly activity drinking.

@@BRIANDER100 about half a bottle of vodka a day.

Thanks Grace. I appreciate it. Hope all is going well for you. Haven't heard from you in a while. Lots of love your way from us both.

Right on 👍

I’m a hell of a lot more productive not drinking alcohol

You give us all hope! I am happy for you!

Same here. I didn’t quit because of anyone begging me to quit, or because I was hurting others. I was single, no kids, not responsible for anyone but myself. I just got tired of feeling like crap all the time, and decided I was done. Been better ever since. 2nd best decision I ever made!

Let me also say to anyone reading this struggling to quit. YOU CAN DO IT!

You will always be an alcoholic even sober your always and don’t forget it 😂

I am a recovering alcoholic. Been sober a little over 2 years now after being physically dependent on alcohol. Watching my dad die slowly from alcohol, many times in jails, ERs, rehabs, 28 broken bones, 38 years of drinking was hell. Not only on me but my family especially. None of these things ever made me quit. I just believe a person has to finally make a decision to learn a new way of living life. Best wishes to everyone.

Same here. I can go weeks without it but the minute I Crack the first beer, I simply cannot stop. I'm going on day 10 of continuous drinking and about to lose everything. I'm going to check myself into detox tomorrow AM.

I quit at 37. I was dying. Probably should have had my son taken from me beforehand, but I signed guardianship to my sister and went to rehab. It took that leap of faith, but that's what it took for me. I'm forever grateful for the women who helped me. It's funny, i thought i had so much to lose by making that choice, but in reality, I had nothing.

This guy Kevin is a great guy Pray to God for strength

I got sick, only then did the husband(retired) try to stop cold. Only I was oblivious to the amount he was consuming. Now he has brain damage short term memory issues. Its tiring, frustrating. I've lost the man inside. Tragic, sad, anger,I have to watch him at times like toddler getting into stuff.I'm tired.

It's true. There's no avoiding early death if it's your time. I've smoked for 30 years. Drank for 30 years. The first I haven't done in 15 years and I'm 10 year without a drink. From a personal POV, the I've done more in the last decade than I've done in the rest of my life put together. I could have said the same after the first 5 years. I spent way too many years, way too much energy on the booze, years I'm never getting back, years feeding the tax system, years feedng some billionaire alcohol baron... It is what it is. I'm on the right side of things for me. Everyone else to their own. Best to you and thanks for the comment.

Yeah , I don't drink but alot if these alcoholics do get very old and seem to outlast many . I Don't like alcohol but many seem to manage it and do ok even in abusive amounts .

Sorry for what you had to bear

Sorry to hear that Gloria. My sympathies to you and your family.

Stay strong friend. Ive been struggling myself it's horrible.