When you realize that. That's when the power of change starts to enter your thoughts.

Thank you for posting that.

@@lisasellsproperty You're welcome. Stay Strong :)

Very well said

Those are some very strong words

this is so trye

nah

I’m pretty sure it’s more complicated than that, especially if someone’s got anxiety, anger issues, etc. Some people are just dickheads sober too

lol not true, when im sober i have WAY more shame, anxiety and less control over my emotions and thoughts than when im high

Maybe you guys need therapy then. It’s natural to be sober. It’s not natural to be changing your brain chemistry with drugs

It's a pleasure that will make you feel good for many days after, no side effects. Like if you learn something new. But it's nice to get drunk a couple times a year too.

DOPAMINE

@@LeftGunner22 yep the dopamine shortage is the I miss

Yeah. Fkn sucks.

Facts

Wise words thanks bro.

@@Hooperd2023 keep it in a constant routine and you’re good

Sober off anything tbh

When kendicks albums came out I was smoking crack beer and cigarettes.. ahh wat an album... sober 10 months beer,3years meth, 4 weeks weed

@@Jake777mais don't touch meth ever again bro wtf

😔

2nd parts true but some off these drugs today can kill/ruin your life just taking it once

@@user-kz5vp9ps7m agreed - some should be steered clear of 100%.

Great comment

Holy shit that's me :(

"Drink to make good times worse." How about spending a moment to have some self-awareness? Realize you are drinking literal poison. There is literally no benefit to it aside from instant gratification. Is that how weak you are? Instant gratification is what you chase? While you're at it, go have some meth, too.

@@SkillUpMobileGaming I dont even drink but there's nothing wrong with having some fun every now and then. As long as you keep it under control, then it's fine.

My favorite quote: "never drink"

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

@@SkillUpMobileGaming wow this guy’s real fun. Never shame or guilt people to get them on your side man. It only shows that you’re really only saying that stuff to boost your ego and feel better about your decisions. Not to actually help others.

Bless you

@@cjanda36 we couldn't find your mom!

Bless you

That’s amazing to hear

What about weed?

okthennone well congrats on that man you should smoke a little marijuana

keep it up man. keep following what your higher self wants from you

Cheers brother. I had 20+ also. Glad we are here to tell the story.

Legend

Well, don't leave us hanging. Why did you drink?

me too dude i thought it was super coincidental. i stopped smoking for about a week which is the longest ive gone in years and the dreams are fucking WILD, they exploit every crevasse of your conscience i felt REBORn and now im high again

shiclasher lmaoooo

I heard weed suppresses REM sleep, alcohol does too but the behavior of it is different in the sense that alcohol can make you dream while you are awake since you suppressed REM sleep, something like that

Same bro and almost every single one is where someone is stabbing me or trying to stab me sucks dick wish I wasn't so broke I'd smoke for sure.

@j q Bro just eat more bananas

thanks for sharing. this is what i needed to read right now. i am having identity issues which manifest as interpersonal problems with women, so i want to get sober in order to have a good relationship

Dude it's crazy. Not just alcohol but just how much people use drugs to socialize. I cannot count the amount of times I have been asked by friends to smoke some weed together with them or have a drink of soju or other alcohol. I am also a person that happens to feel lonely sometimes, so it is tempting sometimes. I'm a strange person but doing drugs could give me one similarity with MANY people worldwide and offer an opportunity for socialization. Unfortunately, I know myself well when it comes to impulse control and moderation & I am very aware that I become easily addicted to things and it's quite bad. Still, people peer pressure me with the typical bait: "just one swig, just one hit, you can do it in moderation." It's almost like many people don't understand that we have different dispositions and levels of self-control..

@@7_skyline I feel you on that brotha. Having social anxiety and OCD tells me I’m not good enough and need to have weed or booze in my bloodstream to be a cool man and yes I truly believe in the concept of addictive personality Bc fuck weed is like crack for me. I mean not literally, but damn do I get intense cravings for weed when I’m not smoking. Like not like a food craving, a craving so strong that I can’t focus on anything else. I’ll be sitting there doing my math hw and then boom a craving stops me in my tracks. I start getting fidgety hands, grinding my teeth and start getting this mean streak saying “Fuck if I can’t get more weed today, I’m gonna snap.” But I have to realize it’s not me wanting to snap actually. It’s that addictive monster in my subconscious mind that is starving and saying “Fuck you, smoke some more weed.” And boom all the symptoms go away. I’m chillin, content with being bored while high and then boom the high starts to wear off and I get this sense of frustration. “Fuck being sober. Smoke another blunt. Life is so much better high.” Fuck this shit has me its personal bitch

Dude I lost so many friends when I stopped drinking and doing hard drugs. I just had to ditch my bestfriend of 8 years... 8 years dude. He was supposed to be sober for the last two years and I found out it was all bullshit, we were at a festival and he ran off and did a bunch of molly and coke. I literally left him there 345 miles away from home with his new junky friends, have fun asshole lol. no regrets never heard from him again lol.

What hobbies?

@@dylanm691 Gay sex.

Exactly bro no one wants to do shit anymore everyone is addicted to something - phones,weed,alcohol;etc so you're just stuck there being sober alone and bored asf! The only people that you can talk to is usually here on youtube and reddit

Separated from a 16 year relationship (10 of which were married )during the beginning of Covid, quit booze the same time. It was was like the worst time to be alone and sober at the same time. It has been difficulty for the shear boredom factor and lonliness. 2 years 3 mths sober now.

All my mates come home from work and are either drinking or doing coke or smoking weed or staring at girls shaking their ass on TikTok for 4 hours straight so I decided to get a part time job for some evenings just for something to do lol found a restaurant with good food and good company plus the extra money comes in handy

Hi, very similar to what I have experienced in the past. I still smoke everyday however when you say “out of your body” you may be referring to Derealization/Depersonalisation which goes hand in hand with anxiety and depression and can be triggered from cannabis use. I had to see a doctor after having these symptoms at age 13, now nearly 7 years later I don’t feel too dissimilar but I smoke most days now. I was wondering if you still get this feeling as I remember I did have this for a couple of years but do not feel so bad anymore.

@@connordilloway6627 I had depersonalization & derealization for almost a year after I smoked the last time. It’s went away mostly all the way, just getting used to a new normal and how it feels to be sober. With that being said, I’ll never smoke, drink, or take any meds ever again

@@imjcarpI wish I was the same I hardly drink but regularly smoke and I think you would understand when I say everything feels cloudy a lot of the time? Derealisation/Depersonalisation is a scary thing almost like watching someone live your life and you are sort of behind the scenes

@@connordilloway6627 yeah it is, and it was a bad enough experience for me to never wanna go thru it again so I live accordingly

That's a huge deal. Seriously great job man, I'm sure that was rough as hell.

Lame

My friend killed his brother in a car crash. He'd avoid sleep because he'd dream about his brother. I cant imagine. Waking up and remembering he's gone.

@@BMG19FUNNYDIE f*CK Imagine your brother dying. Then imagine dreaming about your brother dying, waking up from the dream, being relieved that it was only a dream, just to realize that that is actually reality too. That's heavy shit man

Bro, I can’t believe I’m reading this. I truly thought this was just me. I’ve had to ask people if certain things really happened because my dreams would be about things in my regular daily life.

Im planning on taking a month off booze, first time of not touching it in a month in years. Im intrigued to see how it improves my sleeping and dream patterns.

I just quit smoking weed a few weeks ago and every single dream since has been insanely detailed and super realistic. Every time I think its real life and then I wake up not understanding what’s going on.

Thats the first thing I noticed lol

That’s the first thing I saw and on a sobriety video 💀

Not a coincidence

exaclty wat I thought.....

What's a 4:20? Im not from the US

Respect

Same story here bro

This is beautifully said man. Keep it up. What you say means more than you know to someone like me

@@jamesdemile4181 same

Bro the way you described it all👏👏💯

bro perfect depiction so true "pleasure has to be earned when your sober" shit hit me man.

I was sober for 11 years...was in a relationship the whole time...when it ended I instantly relapsed. That was 8 months ago...I still can't stop.

With my adhd theres no way I could just sit and watch a sunset or birds chirp

i wouldn’t say social media is an escape to reality

@@mclovin3721 Is social media reality? I’m just asking cuz I really don’t know.

Isnt booze legal too tho 😂

Facts

booze is legal first of all, second of all both things you listed get regulation 💀

Pepe is always talking to me too.

This made me laugh so much

He's turning the frogs gay.

I think both should be experienced regularly and are extremely helpful

Is this Jamie's channel? I thought it was just some dude

@@waltermatthewberg haha so did up until a few days ago, I saw someone comment sayin well done jamie for how fast he got it uploaded and it says official on the channel cover photo so I assume it it 😄

MAGA!

bonzo I love tool drugs and stand up but bill hicks sucked

only 4:19 for sober October!

Why? Why do you feel that way? Who is to say any drug is “bad” for any individual other than them selfs without knowing how they act, go about there life while on said drug? You cant. You’re making generalizations, and your uninformed in making those generalizations. You may bring up stereotypical drug user tendencies, but thats only because thats what you’ve seen from drug users. Yoh haven’t seen the ones that go about they’re day mostly normally, because they don’t get pointed out, so you cant use them to base your judgements, so you are drawing your conclusions from an incomplete pool of data. Example, here in the US it is completely normal to put an 8 year old on amphetamines to treat hyper activity... what are kids? Ahhh yes usually they’re hyper active. But nobody is gonna say “oh fuck man, little Timmy here might have a substance issue. Put the little fuck in rehab so he can reflect on his life choices”. No, his parents give him his next dose of adderall and go about there day. And before you say adderall is this or that, i was one of those 8 year olds, and ive done both meth and adderall, the highs (because thats what it is for both of them, a high) are almost indistinguishable. Adderall is amphetamine. Crystal meth is methamphetamine (duh) and honestly you may get more “tweaked out” from eating adderalle than smoking meth, because yoh ingest significantly more of the active part of the chemical when orally ingesting amphetamines/ methamphetamine than you do when you smoke the shit. 🤯 right, yea i know... wild. We put kids on the shit like theres nothing wrong with that, and like theres not a better solution 🤦🏻‍♂️.

My dogs pregnant

@@halfieindatray7825 I agree with his statement if u can’t atleast give yourself a break to see how strong your mind is then you have a problem but you also right to

@@jahmedhenderson9410 i agree with that to an extent, i dont mean to beat a dead horse.... but, back to my previous example, the child with an amphetamine (however it may be presented, brand/ dosage) prescription is, in most cases, not usually going to be taking a break from they’re “medication” longer than say maybe the weekend. Although i will acknowledge that argument is some what flawed, because the child isn’t necessarily going to understand why they dont feel good... or a better way to phrase it, why they feel like shit, i didn’t get it until years after i initially got put on adderalle, and i was in health class and it hit me like a truck lol. arguably that was me not thinking too far past “im hungry, im tired, i cant sleep, and life fuckin blows... its gonna be like this forever. Personally I remember not giving a fuck why i just knew i felt like shit, the couple times i had to go without (because my step father was fuckin stealing them like a douche). before i kicked all together which its not funny but its kinda funny, i wound up stopping taking them because of that fuck stealing them, among other circumstances of course... weight loss, not being able to sleep (as well as adhd i have insomnia so amphetamines helped fuel alot of frustrating sleepless nights staring at the ceiling, which I thought was normal. I was so shocked when i learned not every one tosses and turns for at least a few hours every night before they finally fall asleep). But back to my point, some people do need chemical support, whatever that may be. Its gonna sound stupid probably, but meth calms me down. I dont tweak out. When im sober, or just not using methamphetamine, my mind races 100 mph from idea to idea to hey theres that thing i lost to uhhhh, to maybe i should mow the yard. But when i do use, i hate to say responsibly because i know how that sounds, its meth theres no way to use it responsibly, well theres some truth to both sides of that coin. But anyway when i use a reasonable amount, not in access, my brain slows down, i can focus on one thing long enough to get something done, and i can articulate my thoughts without getting frustrated much easier than otherwise. Although as you can tell, i definitely get long winded, but i think thats more because i have anxiety about being miss interpreted and having unnecessary conflict so i try to say/ type as clear and closely to whats being presented to me by my brain/ inner dialogue... which sometimes just makes my bull shit more confusing 🤷🏻‍♂️. Idk what im saying is if you can maintain a somewhat decent life, without any major negative side affects, doing whatever your doing, i dont see any reason to go out of your way and change shit up to test yourself, im not a monk or a professional athlete, i don’t necessarily see a reason to test myself like that, especially because i know what will happen, I’ll be extra hungry and I’ll sleep alot and be overly easily irritable for a few days and i will be slightly depressed for a few weeks, not suicidal depressed but lacking motivation/ life is pointless, we’re all gonna die at some point so why try to achieve anything depressed. (FOR ME, experience will vary person to person, i am definitely not trying to say go try meth... one more time, I AM NOT SAYING TO GO OUT AND TRY METH. My brain chemistry is fucked up normally and amphetamines somewhat correct it, i am more or less an outlier, you probably will not have a good time. Ive seen alot of people smoke meth... that prooooobably should have been not smoking meth butttt 🤷🏻‍♂️ not my business...)Its really not for me tho, meth is no where near as bad as dare said it was gonna be. I’ve never stolen anything or ruined any family relationships (that weren’t previously ruined... yo, im sorry I’ve gotten way off topic, but im emotionally invested in this comment now so im gonna post it, i wont be offended if it doesn’t get read due to it’s word count rivaling the bible... or maybe a phone book... 🤔. Lmao. Have a good day tho regardless

@@halfieindatray7825 YESSSSSS THANK YOU

Thank you. I'm about 4 months in and hope to be feeling like you soon. Right now it's just anxiety and depression that I never had before. Tanx for giving me hope!

Careful with toying with drinking here and there on the weekends. It usually ends up bringing to where you were before when you decided to quit. I’m on 31 days and the anxiety and other symptoms I’m definitely dealing with. Really hope they get better soon. It seems like it’s a good three months before you really start feeling great again.

@@uncledefault6084 try NAC and niacin. The flush kind. Meditate as well. Last time I quit drinking for 6 months, I remember it was a good 4 months until I fully felt myself again. Hopefully won’t be that long this time.

I have severe anxiety and drink to escape it which then spirals out of control I'm a month sober and wanting/thinking about having a drink 😔😫

@@coolinism I'm 10 days sober and had to fight myself last night to not buy a six pack...I won!

I was addicted to Xanax too for years. Constantly on and off it. Blacking out, acting regarded, getting in fights, suspended from school, the list goes on. Bc u blackout and u aren’t yourself. Been sober for 2 years. Fuck Xanax! Put faith in Christ to stay sober and he will work magic in ur life and u will stay sober. God bless!

@@iGNiTETheKiD god bless you as well brother keep up the great work🖤 we got this !

4,948 days sober from Xanax here

Good on you bro 👏🏼

I say that every time after a really bad hangover and I’ll be back at it a week later :(

I said that when i nearly threw up my guts from alcohol poisoning lol after 2 months i started drinking again moderately and never had a hangover or threw up. I discovered my limits with alcohol

El perrito wow wow

I got so drunk once I ended up in the hospital for 3 days and a psychiatric state mental hospital for 1 day; I got so drunk I wanted to kill myself. I stopped drinking after that. It happened about 2 months ago, I’m 30 now. I’ve been an alcoholic since I was 16. Almost killing myself made me appreciate life and made me fall out of love with alcohol.

@@ImHere2OffendU Im glad your alive brother

jony fish yeah yeah. We get it. There are words between his name.

This is awesome Dave! I hope ur doing well!

@@rickybobby9840 I’m still crushing it my friend, thank you!

@@davebelisle1653 that’s awesome news! Keep at it my dude!

Usually don’t real long ass comments lol, but I’m in the same boat currently 🫡

Wow, so proud of you❤️

Good luck bro 👊

Hope you’re still going strong! If not, hope you get back on track to the sobriety you were originally aiming for, if not better.

All the best, stay strong you can do it!

Get yourself to AA dude. Best thing I’ve ever done! Helps a lot 💙

You got this brotha

🎉

Me too :( I smoke everyday and have a dream very rarely

I’ve smoked every day for years bros, I still get ultra vivid off the wall crazy dreams haha! I feel as if the pattern of sleep, lifestyle, diet, exercise, etc. will all play a role into it though.

@@TheWYZEFrequency that’s possible too, not living a much healthy lifestyle just working smoking and eating and sleep, but soon will start working out and eating healthier also plan on quitting weed

@@TheWYZEFrequency I also dream every now and then but tbh with you if you stop smoking your dreams might be more vivid

I drink every night and I dream every night

Quitting social media was a huge difference in life for me

Goals

Wow I just realised I deleted those apps in 2012 so it’s been 10 whole years wtf

This is Jaime's channel? holy shit i never knew

I did that for about three weeks and it was hell for about a week or so. I'm going to try again soon. I already stopped drinking since October 11th and not looking back. Pretty soon I'm about to tackle my porn addiction followed by caffeine, while slowly shifting to a healthy plant-based lifestyle. Baby steps is the key.

You really cant be present when you are using every day.

@@jettmorgan-bourke3516 Really? I'm present and engaging the world around me.

@@lawnman3638 but how can you know if u are to your full potential?

Go for a year sober you pussy!!!

@@lawnman3638 Your life becomes based entirely around altering your experience, from normal to very, very different. If you cant go a full day, even a full week or a full month or a full lifetime without having to alter your experience, it means you have problems to deal with that you dont want to face. Now no ones perfect, we all do it at some point or another, we all deal unhealthily with our problems from time to time, but its still really unhealthy to do so. You gotta be fully sober to be fully present.

Any passions you have are much more fulfilling than any inebriation can be, keep up the good choices my friend!

Be grateful my man I wish I had never tried my first drug to avoid the mess I am today

Never drank or smoked or done drugs even once ?

@@NoName-kv3nc No 🤣, it’s normal in my region, Saudi Arabia.

@@husamalhalal4430 I thought they smoke a lotta cigarettes in Saudi Arabia , no ?

Josh how old are you brother are you still sober!?

@@sayedalazam4228 Sort of. I'm on Buprenorphine. No high and Im working. So at least I have that. Still hell though

@@Josh-rn1em you can do it joshhhh I fuckin believe in you man!!!

When im sober, i believe i am GOD. So ill just continue to smoke weed and be homeless

He's talking about people who are alcoholics. Try to keep up.

Ryan Connor 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this meme never gets old !

Gaping.

@Dan Hoy Whoosh

Excellent! I hope you’re still going strong

Hey man what’s going on?

I honestly believe that it varies from person to person, I smoke barely over an eighth a day an I still have potent dreams

I can't remember the last dream I had

Okay Johnny Hopkins lol

Ok addict

Yea sounds like you've had some issues with drinking yourself. I'm willing to bet that moderation is not going to work for you

This guy 🤣🤣🤣

Go you

How’s your sleep?

@@adamdespot4159 still kinda sucks but at the same time it feels like real sleep if that makes sense more rem I guess. And it’s dope to have dreams again! Haha

What day you on?

So....you just quit smoking weed at night?? What about during the day? Lol

What is the name of the book? I’d love to read it.

Wise words, relate to this

Its kind of a cycle tho so by breaking one part of it the whole thing comes a part

Very good information. Yeah I want to quit drinking.

Deep Bro, I’m looking into Shrooms. Not going to be be the Devils Advocate, I haven’t tried that shit but, I heard that being up a lot of shit to service so that you can Heal and move on from Shit. 💯💙✊🏾 Peace Love and Healing Bro.

You need to face it eventually.

How’s it going, still sober? This is my second day

@@subhaanafzal7910 sadly no. I kicked kratom which was my main goal but I’ve been drinking and smoking after work.

@@chuckmangione4747 Daam dude come on you can do it, mind of matter

Stay strong buddy

@@berlinbelllano4946 thank you much appreciated!