Been clean and sober for almost 11 yrs. Best thing I ever did

I am 71 years old no pre packaged food ever only homemade I can and grow a garden. I eat meat veggies potatoes mostly. I am on NO meds of any kind I do use some herbs and a few vitamins. I don't work out I do work in my yard and play music mostly guitar and singing. People have got to get back to basics and stop all these crazy diets mostly shop the outside circal for the grocery store.

24 years sober....i can honestly say it's my greatest achievement in life

My grandma has asthma and smoked for 37 years, stopping when she was 55. She’s now 97 and still lives in her own house. We can turn it around, folks!

You’re not crazy! 5 years ago I gave up alcohol and sugar. I also eat twice a day. I’m very healthy. I’m 72 and realize how expensive it is to be sick.

Donations go far beyond money--TIME is a huge way to give. Walk the dogs at the shelters, deliver the meals, transport the elderly, and read to the children. Its the best heart medication on earth!

My mum was addicted to bingo, every day of the week and twice on Sunday. I remember asking for a new pair of shoes as the one pair I had were worn out. She said that if she won on bingo she would buy me a pair. I answered back saying that if she didn't go to bingo she could spend the money on my shoes. I got a slap for that.

Food Addiction is the new accepted Addiction, its the cause of cancer, heart disease and diabetes. People are having limbs amputated for food, its heartbreaking and frustrating

The do whatever makes you happy attitude in America hasn't helped . I've lived in other countries and unhealthy things were available, but they seemed to have more self discipline.

My dad died at 45 too. Heart attack. No drugs. But he smoked 3 packs of cigs a day.

This is probably your best video! My Mom weighed over 300 lbs and lost down to 150 lbs in her mid thirties and has never gained back more than 25 lbs. She also was a heavy smoker until age 51 when she began coughing up blood. That scared her so much that she quit smoking for good. She thought it was too late for her, but it wasn't. She is 89 years old today and is addiction free!

We need more people speaking truth. If you're offended, oh well. Its compassionate to tell the truth.

I dont drink alcohol, no cigarettes, no weed. My only drugs of choice is grocery store inexpensive coffee and dark chocolate. I figure if I gotta have addiction. Coffee and Dark Chocolate are pretty low on the list and rather inexpensive. lol

Food addiction is so hard - it took me 7 years of yo yo -ing but I finally lost 124lbs. I’m dealing with loose skin now, and I’m still overweight. Intermittent fasting, high protein and not eating fast food or prepackaged food is how I did it. I’ve kept my weight off for the past year and it seems I’m losing again. But I would have died if I wasn’t finally successful.

Our son in law saw that the doctor wrote OBESE on her page when she checked out his shoulder injury and it shocked him so much that he gave up sweets and sodas and beer!

I am here to testify that what you are saying is TRUTH. My son started smoking and drinking in high school. I think he was smoking even in middle school. He became addicted to Vodca and was an alcoholic. A very FUNCTIONAL alcoholic. He could and did drink a lot and one would not know it. He developed a heart condition where his heart would rapidly beat so fast. About 6 years ago, that happened and he had to go to the ER and they used drugs to STOP and RESTART his heart. It was successful. He was told no more drinking, no more smoking, and no more energy drinks with this condition. On November 8, 2023 he collapsed in cardiac arrest. Ambulance got him to ER. They worked on my son for an hour and a half but it was too much time and he never regained consciousness. Now, I am a childless mother who will grieve forever. He has a 5 year old and a 10 year old daughter who will grow up without their daddy. My son was only 29. Please take addictions seriously. They can and will ruin lives.

My dad smoked for a period of 10 years. He quit when I was 12 (1982). He found out later in life that he had developed COPD. He had to go on oxygen and use a CPAP. He was in and out of the hospital in 2012-2013. The last hospitalization he was intubated and the doctors told me I may have some tough decisions to make. He recovered, but then died suddenly in April of 2014. He was living in an independent living senior apartment where they check on the tenants and he was found in his chair. I assume he fell asleep there without his CPAP and just stopped breathing during the night. He was 67. Cigarettes are poison.

My husband died at 54 of cirrhosis of the liver. Drank a fifth of scotch daily, towards the end a half gallon. Smoked 2 or 3 packs a day. Constantly worried that he wouldn’t have enough money for retirement. Spent as much as I made on addictions. His entire family is/were alcoholic and shopping addicts. When he died it was a relief because living with him was stressful as hell and I had to work through hate in order to grieve for him.

Since reversing our diabetes we no longer drink or keep in our home sodas, beer, and any liquor. So much healthier now not ingesting any of those. We only eat whole foods now, nothing processed, no fast food. I do fast often and at most eat 2x a day. I feel much better now than I did 10 years ago.

Thank you for talking about bankruptcy. I work at a bank, and sitting there hearing sob stories about how some people don’t have enough money, yet they’re spending $400 a month on coffee and restaurants, and have a beautiful car, etc etc, and they declare bankruptcy. Boohoo….

I'm a medical coder - On ER charts I see things like alcoholic gastritis, alcoholic pancreatitis, alcohol induced cardiomyopathy, cirrhosis of the liver with ascites and esophageal varices, throwing up blood, brain damage and a lot of injuries from falling while drunk.

I ❤ the cozy fireplace in background 😌❤

It’s about time people talk about this! Thank you prepper princess… I’m sorry but I’m so flipping sick of people standing in line at the food shelf…smoking! It’s called priorities. Feed your kids first

What a great video. Our food system is corrupt. I wish I had woken up decades ago. I was vegetarian for more than a decade and my health was terrible. Multiple autoimmune conditions, chronic pain. Been carnivore for 13 months, autoimmune conditions gone, pain gone. My food bill is 400 a month, I eat once sometimes twice a day. Craving for alcohol completely gone.

My mother smoked three packs a day non filtered till age 89. I told her the drinking is what killed her. She fell and broke a hip and developed a blood clot. Both my parents were functioning alcoholics. Us kids loved them but resented where all the money went.

The smoking you did if you have stopped your lungs do actually rejuvenate. Stay healthy and I think you’re ok. My Dad smoked 2 packets a day my entire life and I would always tell him to quit. He refused and said he could instantly if he wanted too. Well fast forward to when I got married and he quit at 49 when the dr told him do you want to see your grandchildren. He quit cold turkey (and no complaining) !😳. Fast forward again and he is now alive at 93!

Sugar is an addition also.

You are a smart young lady, who overcame the terrible example of your parents! You deserve the successes you are enjoying today. Congratulations!

Agree. This is the best video ever.

I'm wading through the addiction of a loved one. Terrible to experience as an adult, so my heart breaks that this happened to you as kid.

Food addiction is really overpowering, and I think it's really an addiction to sugar and carbs. Some people just can't handle those without overdoing it. You don't need sugar in your diet, your body will make it, if need be.

WOW I so sorry about your childhood. It is a miracle that you turn out to be such a wise woman

I smoked for 1 week. Then i had to make a choice do i buy another packet or do i buy my 3 children food. I choose buy food

Always honest. So refreshing. I'm very frugal. Retired at 56 with no pension, just living 2:00 off savings and rental income.

I READ somewhere that a human does not need that much food to stay alive and healthy. My mother lived to 95 and ate one meal a day with a snack of peanut butter on one slice toast. She loved coffee. Didn't care for sodas or deserts. It wasn't that she was particularly disciplined, she was just used to eating like that all her life.

You are sooo right. Food is an addiction, especially in a America.

Thank you for being brave and addressing addiction. Although I survived my drinking years I honestly wish that I had never touched alcohol. It changes people.

We grew up upper middle class, and so my parents divorced when I was 13. My mom turned to drugs. She met a guy 12 years younger who was an alcoholic fast forward to now my mom is 80 and is in a state run facility like a nursing home it’s the lowest of the low her husband was also there and he was moved to another place after he assaulted someone at the home any money they ever had. They blew on drugs and alcohol. She also is an extreme narcissist, and has screwed her children over for money many times. this is where my frugality comes from even though we can afford a lot of luxuries, I still refuse to buy them. I buy quality products that will last a long time, and we travel a lot, but I make my own coffee, I do my own nails I get my hair done for free at, a corporate facility owned by the hair company, the list goes on and on

My ex husband use to always say ots only pot and beer He smoked too. Was costing us $600 a month. I couldn’t afford socks or food but he had to have his money for his addictions. Everyone does it. The food addiction is crazy. Literally. Everyone at work orders fast food for lunch and can’t afford their rent.

This is probably one of the most important videos that I’ve seen on KZfaq in a long time. I hope people will like and share.

I was going to send money to a lady on KZfaq down on her luck but still able to pay for cigarettes. I refuse to pay for cigarettes, alcohol , recreational drugs.

Our house is “dry” as well. We find more of our families are quitting alcohol.

71 years old here. I smoked 2 packs a day for 35 years. COPD was just one of my health issues. I had back surgery in the late 70s. Back then smoking was ok and I was actually able to smoke in my hospital room in Chicago. Started the bed on fire. I had two separate heart valve replacement surgeries. First one was to implant a mechanical aortic valve. When I was first told about my valve issue the doctor told me I had to stop smoking immediately which was two weeks ahead of the surgery. I stood outside the entrance to the hospital and inhaled my last two cigs before checking in. My recuperation was just awful most likely due to my lungs. Because of medicines I needed to take, I had to stop drinking. I still smoked for 5 years after that surgery. I later had to have the mechanical valve removed due to scar tissue around the valve. They implanted a bovine valve 4 years ago which allowed me to stop taking the blood thinner Coumadin ( 20 years). I had finally quit smoking 9 years ago. My recuperation was a snap because my lungs were clear. If a had all the money I had spent on booze and cigarettes over the years, I’d be in a lot better shape in my retirement years. No telling how many years to will lose due to poisoning my body

All these things can be broken down to the 7 deadly sins.... (1) pride (2) greed, or covetousness (3) lust, or inordinate or illicit sexual desire (4) envy (5) gluttony, which is usually understood to include drunkenness (6) wrath, or anger (7) sloth. Each of these can be overcome with the seven heavenly virtues: (1) humility, (2) charity, (3) chastity, (4) gratitude, (5) temperance, (6) patience, and (7) diligence ...Goodness we are in big trouble.

You are one of the Wisest people on KZfaq and on the Whole Planet. I LOVE your KZfaq Channel. Thanks and Appreciation for always being Authentic and BTW, You always Look Beautiful, and Your Beautiful Heart and Soul always Shines through. You are truly Salt and Light and an inspiration in this World and YOU are Making a Difference.

Years ago when I was in the 6th grade it was cool to go behind the roller rink to smoke cigarettes. I tried it once and decided it wasn't cool at all. I don't know how I got so smart at that young of age but after that I thought "gee the human body can have enough that can go wrong on its own, why add to that?" Your words are wise and I am so sorry you went through all that you did with your family. You are strong and wise. Thank you for posting this Prepper Princess!

I grew up lower middle class/poor. Dad died at 53 from lung cancer. He was a chain smoker since his teens and was a chronic alcoholic. Not a happy childhood. I've had to battle poverty mindset and addiction myself. No more! Thank you Lord! I appreciate you making this video. Thank you!

Yes, I know a couple who decided to declare bankruptcy so right before they declared, they went on a huge spending spree. Might as well max out every card since we'll be excused from paying for it all. I never respected them again.

Drinking water with your meals helps fill you up.

It seems to me that almost every family has a story about addiction.

I’m currently binge watching your videos. You are giving me the kick up the butt that I really need! I’m 40 and you’re making me see that it’s not too late for me to change my ways and to stop wasting money! Things aren’t hopeless! Thank you

Great video! Sugar is poison and it is no joke. Thank you for sharing!

I hate credit card relief! Not ok!! I paid off all my student loans.

Yesterday i walked outside 3 pitbulls tried to attack me in my own yard .i screamed and my husband called 911.hes in a hospital bed in our living room.animal control came she didnt get out of the animal control truck.she had to call for back up to catch them.i have goats a little dog.that goes out with me to do chores..if she was on the ranch she would have got kill.darla is my world..they inprounded them.i was scared.😢

Addictions are big money! We all know there are drug cartels in other countries. What most don't know is that we have some of the world's largest cartels supported by our own taxes here in the U.S. Tobacco cartels and the sugar industry cartel is huge. Most Americans consume on average 26 tsp of sugar every day. There are more chemicals in one can of Soda that destroy more chromosomes in humans than LSD. Keep sharing the truth. More need to hear it.

Addition . I'm 73 , I was a chef now retired. I'm 11 stone, I'm a stone over weight. I try really hard never to buy chocolate because I know I will eat it.this would be my Addition. I have never drank, smoked, and I excerise as much as possible. I suppose I do drink a lot of cups of Tea. No sugar. I'm British and well We love our Tea. I have always lived carefully, so I do have any depts. I'm enjoying your videos, and chanel. I have a lovely little dog, who I love very much. We have lovely walks together, I take a flask and a water bottle for her. Thanks for straight talking. 😊 Sandra. North Wales.

I'm addicted to KZfaq videos. I watch them all day.

Agree with most of what you've said. I'm a Muslim, and in Islam drinking alone is a major sin. Like a very serious sin that is frowned upon.The simple fact of drinking, not being drunk. Because it's the first step towards so much evil and damage. Consciousness is a gift, and people take it for granted and want to lose it for fun, it's so strange to not value your quality as a human so much that you'd want to lose sobriety and act as a sub-human. So the fact that getting drunk is so normalised in Western cultures is kind of really weird to me.

This is probably one of your best videos. Talking about addiction and real life consequences to having that addiction is what people need to hear. Thanks for sharing about your family, I’m sure it wasn’t easy.

Amen to that. I was an addiction counselr for 12 years (mostly drugs and alcohol, but also sex addicion. Any kind of addition ruins relationships, ruins health and destroyes lives. Thanks for bringing that up.

I once belonged to a Mission Church. They didn’t go out and help the community or spread the gospel. Their only mission seemed to be to help the pastors go out to eat. One of the pastor never tithed a cent. You go have to be careful what church you attend.

Anything can become an addiction... gambling, coffee, working, exercise,money, a persons looks, using your phone

I am almost 72 years old and my secret addiction is buying books. I very seldom watch tv so I read and do crossword puzzles. I do research on my cell phone and listen to lectures, educational videos, prepping and medical videos. To most people that sounds harmless enough but I should be saving money for more practical things. I don’t even have enough bookshelves for all my books. There are times I can read a book or two a day. I am looking for a book on building bookshelves so I can organize my books more efficiently. I own 2 kindle and have thousands of ebooks also. That’s my way of handling stress or when I can’t sleep. Maybe I’ll work on that for lent. I am always afraid I am not learning enough and need to keep my mind busy and I still work 3 or 4 days a week. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think three meals a day came from the times in the USA when most people worked on a farm. Those people needed the calories because of the hard work they did.

At 73 I feel the years are going by like leaves blowing down the street.

You're so funny. The closer you get to the end of the toilet paper the closer to the end❤

I agree with you completely. Addiction is a destroyer.

I'm so sorry for your losses and hardships, and very impressed by your stamina and clear sighted views. Thank you for sharing.

Omg the line about how fast life goes is insanely true, I just turned 37 and that’s all I keep thinking about 😳😩

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. Best description I have heard. I am 65 and I swear I was 25 just a few days ago, honest! I remember vividly at 25 thinking I had forever ahead of me and 65 was so far in the future. My roll is almost gone, I better try to use less squares?

I am not eating processed foods anymore.

There's a neighbor (down the hall from us) that we avoid because he's drunk all the time and his anger is hairpin trigger that he's unpleasant all the time

everything your are saying is spot on... I am a hospice nurse and I can tell you that MOST of my younger patients (like 50's/60/s) have alcohol abuse related disease

So much truth here. I admit I am addicted to both coffee and food, as well as shopping at times. I used to minimize it in my mind since I wasn’t doing drugs, but these addictions are just as harmful to myself, my health, my finances and relationships. Sometimes we need to hear the truth, and I think that’s why so many of us are drawn to you. We are tired of people sugarcoating things to us because they don’t want to offend anyone. It’s actually a selfish and unloving thing to do. I wish anyone in my family or group of friends would’ve just spoken up to me years ago. I’ve never met you but I feel like in some ways you’re that person. So truly, thank you 💛💛

You are such an amazing person. There is no strenght without struggle and you are strong. I sometimes binge watch your videos. I am a disabled veteran and I live alone with my dog. It's always a pleasure to click on your videos and listen and learn. Keep on being you cause you are the only one that can be you. Much love from Texas.

Most personal Bankruptcies are due to Medical bills. One serious illness is all it takes

I can so relate to your story. My sister also was a drug user for many years and got Hepatitis and a smoker. She finally got off the drugs but couldn't kick the cigarettes and died at 49 from lung cancer. She had asthma, emph, and COPD as well and Diabetic.

Do you realise how much you are appreciated and your column is needed on You Tube! Thank you!

Not only one of your best videos, but one of the best I've seen on YT in a long while! Thank you for being so honest with us.

Yes tell the truth girl!! As soon as we started tithing back in 2003 when we got saved and learned about giving 10% started getting raises like crazy. We got our of debt and unbelievable deals on things like even a new car etc!! God will reward you for your love and faithfulness and obedience to HIm!!!

I agree, giving at least 10 percent is a blessing. I learned I always get back more than I give.But even if I did not get more back I still would give.

I used to live in a cheap apartment while making $28,000 a year. I don't understand how people can spend hundreds of dollars on cigarettes and alcohol. I'd spend probably $3 a week on beer. Once a week, I'd eat some Mexican food with a large bottle of beer---and I often couldn't finish the bottle in one day. I also couldn't afford to buy a car at the time, so I would catch the bus to work. I also rode a bike. I really had to be careful about how to spend my money because I had so little of it.

My mother died when I was 2. She was 29. She had smoking related diseases. Family glossed it over for years until I figured out that Emphysema is caused by smoking and NOTHING else. I never smoked. But alcohol is a different story. I was in that for decades. And quitting that also changed my financial situation.

Definitely worth 43 minutes of my time. Thank you!

Our system is built on Money. No avoiding it. 2 Choices. Control Money. or Let Money control you. Simple really. Love your advice 🫡

It's crazy that you started off saying something that was on my mind to post on FB today: That every body needs money to function in this world. Money is not evil, and having money is not evil. Having money is a necessity in our society in order to have our needs met.

Thank you for being brave enough to tell the truth!

Excellent video that deserves to be shared widely. 👍🏼

I teach middle school. I scare them into never trying drugs. I tell them about a friend that graduated top of my class, went to college, med school, and did so we she became the medical director of a big cosmetic company, but she threw it all away over drug addiction that led to mental illness.

I was a drug abuse counselor for 16 years and last 6 years of that was working in a male state prison. Drugs can really destroy families and lives.

This is the best video that I have ever seen. You deserve millions of views. Thank you.

hey Princess this is one hell of a video, thanks babe! I admire you so much greetings from San Antonio TX

Addictions go beyond drugs, alcohol or cigarettes, too. Computer gaming helped to break up my marriage. Also, so sorry how you lost your mom. My mom died of COPD from smoking at age 54. My dad also smoked and drank and died of heart attack at 45. I hate drugs because I’ve seen so many friends destroyed by them.

Best show ever. Hit me on so many levels. I did take out bankruptcy once hated every minute of it tried to pay off but credit cards interest kept going up from 14% to 31%. I can't get out of debt they kept changing interest. I was working two jobs. 7 am to 11 pm. Went through thousands of dollars due to nephew being on drugs.

Spot on sister! Every. Single. Word. Let's all pray for those who suffer (and they really do) from addictions. Keep encouraging your subscribers with TRUTH! Amen!

Don’t worry Prepper Princess, my dad was a heavy smoker for more than 60 years; still going on strong at almost 80.

This is one of your best videos! I come from a family of many alcoholics, but my addiction is food. Thanks so much, really needed to hear this.

I’m 64 now, but from 16 to 26 I smoked weed and drank everyday. Wife never stopped smoking and drinking, she divorced me and I didn’t know why until someone told me because I went straight and wasn’t a bad boy anymore.

Everything You've said is true, bless you Prepper Princess ❤😊

My mom used to call me pudgy when I was a kid but then she smoked a lot🙄