Hmmm I never thought about it until now but I’m going to start saying “we should get some coffee/lunch sometime” instead of “we should get a drink sometime”. Little things like that can avoid someone feeling pressured.

That part. “Sometimes it’s better to leave them alone and to allow them to go on with their lives. They’re fine without you. Make amends by being better with the people on your life today”

Question for Ian: what was your initial reaction when you found out about everything Chris had been through?

The end 😂 Ian has a whole show planned about addiction at a wedding now 😂

How do you deal with being triggered now? Like I assume your addiction was a coping mechanism of some kind so how do you deal with stress now? Xx

9:14 Ian: “how long did you wait ti ia- oh... my name!?” That’s such an Ian thing to do and thats why we love him

absolutely loved this! endlessly proud of Chris for sharing his journey online! Love from Canada xo

OK can we all just give ourselves a round of applause for not sobbing though the whole video this week? Great job everyone! Love you Chris! Love you Ian!

amazing video!! WE ALL LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO

Your journey is so incredible!! It is such an honor to have the privilege to follow along and see you focus on your blooming!! 🤟🏻

ugh so beautiful THANK YOU for being so vulnerable for us :))

I love that though I don’t have any personal experience with this, that the things you’ve learned from this experience are things that I can take into my everyday life. You are such a light, I love you. ❤️

You guys create such a safe space and I am here for it!

thank you for talking about this stuff it means so much to me as someone who has been impacted by addiction so much with my mom being an alchoholic. this makes me feel a lil less alone.

I loved this video! Thank you for answering questions and always being so honest. You help more people than you know! I love you so much!!

Those battery notifications stressed me out so much

Love this! I don’t have an addiction history but I resonated with this in regards to healing and transforming as a person after lots of therapy. Two completely different people. So proud of you!

I love and appreciate how open you are about your struggle with your mental health. Thank you for helping break the stigma. I know talking about it isn’t easy but I thank you for that

Its great to hear your story and how much you have overcome. Be proud and always continue to be yourself. You and ian bring so much joy to everyone.

Nice to see that you are so comfortable on your channel to open up about this period in your life. Pretty sure it is helpful for people going through the same problems (as bystander or dealing with harmful addiction/behavior themself) Thanks for sharing!!

You are an amazing young man Chris. For you to face and overcome your demons at such a young age speaks volumes about the strength you have.

Chris and Ian always bring light to my life. So proud of Chris for sharing his story and opening up so we can learn more about him. Love you guys ❤

Please, more of this. This is so helpful

This video was amazing, so appreciate the honesty and vulnerability. 💙

I really enjoyed watching this video and would appreciate a part two of answering questions!

Yall are so amazing and inspiring, Big Love

When you mentioned having a lot of friends who you didn’t know as well before and having a few close friends that you know really well after is soooo relatable. I went through the same thing and I’ve never heard anyone mention that difference before/after recovery. I love your videos so much!

I love these kind of videos. They are like a light dose of medicine, not really therapy since ofc you guys are not licensed or such but it feels really wholesome to open up about these topics. I think it also adds up that you are not claiming to be experts. Anyway, this is great content

Thank you for sharing this with us, some of the things you are saying and the advice you said really got to me, it’s things i needed to hear that I didn’t know i wanted to hear.

Loved this! So proud of chris sharing his journey online and for ian always being there supporting him. Also very glad to be able to hold it together during this video and not resort to being a blubbering cry baby like last week. Love you two!

Love you guys so much, thank you for sharing your journey to sobriety Chris.

Y’all are too cute for me the other vid of u talking about ur intervention and the way Ian was there to comfort u omg I just cried and the amount of love both u two shared and just u sharing ur story. I love u both💕🥰😊

Love how open and supportive you both are of each other and everyone else. I've been clean almost 13 years and I wish I realized then that I AM HUMAN and am WORTHY OF LOVE and FORGIVENESS. I completely agree with making ammends, if it is going to do more harm than good, walk away. My prayers for you ♥️♥️♥️

Thank you Chris, I've been struggling with the needs to make amends but I think you put it wonderfully: for the person that I am struggling with making amends with, it would be more detrimental for them and more for myself than for helping them heal and move on. Thank you for helping me realise that. 🇬🇧

Always behind you and supporting you. Good luck on your journey

It definitely is more common than I think people think. My sister went into rehab when she was 16 and I was 15. She’s been in and out ever since (29 now). So, so proud of you that you’ve not only gotten clean but sharing your story, too! 💜💜

Why do I keep forgetting that y’all post on tuesdays, I mean idk how but like its a nice surprise to see this in my KZfaq feed.

Really enjoyed the commentary about making amends in other ways for people who have pushed you out. Never thought about it like that before. Really great advice to share and help someone :) thank you

Love you guys! Chris thank you for sharing!!!

Hi guys I'm glad you still doing great. Lov ya

Thank you so much for sharing this part of your lives

Thanks for trusting us and putting yourself out there!! Also the bloopers are the best always😂

Chris, you bloomed into a beautiful sunflower! 🌻

I think the questions you covered in this video were very important! Love you guys xx

Oh! I love you guys! :) Your so awesome! :)

MORE MERCH OMGGGGGGGGGGG. where can i get this sack of potatoes SHIRT!? Love you both, so inspiring, so helpful

I’ve never been this early in my life, I love both so much 🥺❤️

I needed this so damn much

You both are just so inspiring!

You guys are amazing humans 💖

I will always support u guys no matter what 😍😍😍

Does Ian drink and are you comfortable with people drinking around you? Love you guys!

Best part of my day!

you know, i expected for the intervention piece to not help me, as i find the concept so...brutal, but it actually did give me a lot of peace when thinking about the ways i've been hurt by addicts in the past. thank you for this. love your blooming!

great videos, second youtuber. I see to now talk about their sobriety and what it took to get then sober. I am 11 years sober October, 31, 2021. And I think it's important that people show what being sober can look like. Sometimes new comers get lost in this world of I don't know. And they don't see what wonderful things a wait them. Thank-you from the bottom of my heart. From one sober man to another. One day at a time.

200k?! OMGMGMGMGMGMGM CONGRATULATIONS

It’s the courage to share your story for me! 🥰

1am on a thursday and I finally have time to watch this

You two are perfect for each other. I just want you to be my parents 🥺💖

First of all, I love hearing you guys talking about serious stuff, it just makes me really thoughtful. Thank you for sharing your history with us, Chris! And a question: do you feel uncomfortable today being at a place where people are drinking? Or is it natural? Love you two!

I love the background matching your eyes and Ian’s shirt

Alcoholism is not a joke, anyone that has lived with it KNOWS!

Good video and again thanks for sharing your story.

Very genuine and helpful thank you

Cuuuuute!!

My parents were both alcoholics - not piss your pants in the park alcoholics - but they drank every single day. In my late teens at college I realised I was heading down the same track and forced myself to stop drinking as a habit and made it a social only event - so although I still drink (now 57), I only tend to drink out or when friends/family come round (and very occasionally a beer if it has been a lovely long summer day). Over the pandemic this has meant I probably only had 5 or 6 beers in the last 12 months. Drink to me is something to help have fun, not something that gets me through the day. Hope your relationship with alcohol/drugs remains healthy, whether that is total sobriety or controlled usage.

Finally a new video :)

Love both of you from Italy!

Ian, I am ready to be in your show! I love the concept lol

I love that Ian's just looking it at the jokes he makes in his head

I thank the people that loved and helped at me at my worst all the time. 🤟🏻

I can't stop to focus on my blooming

we are all so happy for you 💙

As a Social Work major, I'd love to hear more about you guys talk about this! Part 3?

200k subscribers!!

The beginning got me lol. 😂

Congrats for having 200k subscribers🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌👌👌👌👌👌

Why do I want Chris's t-shirt...

thank you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I just laid my Partner/Husband of 34 years to rest last month. I wish someone could tell me everything is going to be ok.

🖤🖤🖤

Ian you know better!!! Xxxx

Ian, love the new hair-do but miss the long waves :) Chris, I admire your journey soooooo much! When are you two getting married?

My name is Shyanna and I was just listening to the video in the background and hearing you say my name scared me for a second 🤣

❤️

unrelated, but the editing is so good on this vide!!!! props to your editor

Ian should’ve got rid of his giggles before this video lol

Me: * has anxiety bc they are not centered in the frame*

Lol I can’t with Ian! 😂🤣😭

I’m early omg hi

I cried so hard when I watched the intervention video, I don't even know why. but I was a mess.

The battery notifications kept making me think my AirPods were gonna die

WHY DID YOU REACH SO FAR INTO IANS EYE TO GET THE EYELASH LMAOOOOO

Love you two (🇹🇼Taiwan)

Christopher you are literally so mature of your age🙂💛💛💛💛💛

And we have gin and tonic 😂 loved that was so beautiful because you make jokes and he is ok with that lm doing same to my friends who goes thru something like that awesome guys good job love ya

We want Ian's side 😉

Why did you kick the light switch out of the video

hi, this question is for ian. i had a similar situation to your friend where i had a really bad head injury that changed my life and my family were deeply involved. i’m just curious, how you felt as a friend? like did you feel burdened or anything? i guess i’m asking because i lost many friends due to my injury being “invisible” and therefore some thought i was making it up.

What was Ian’s initial reaction to hearing the whole story