I come to Austin 1-2 weeks out of the month. I basically stopped drinking recently however when I come to Austin, I blow it out once, maybe twice. How do you live there and not drink.... Impressive.

I’m teetotal and love going to Ibiza to all the clubs and events 🎉 gave up years ago and never looked back ❤

Same lmao

Lol I used to think that too 😊

They are bro..!! Look again !

Lol they are

Its just edited, he talks to himself

You never will

FACTS

The most remarkable part is how normal social events feel. The booze contributed nothing! I was so convinced the booze "lubricated" the environment. It was all a lie.

Facts

@@ThaLatePizzaBoi how vapid can one be, perhaps they struggled before… like alcoholics do…

I was a high functioning alcoholic as well. It will be 5 years August 17th since I confronted my alcoholism. For me 2018 was one of my most successful years in business but I was tired of always thinking about drinking. Now I consider myself a recovered alcoholic. I am at peace with the fact I can never drink again. I am simply not strong enough to drink like a normal person.

@@jeffringer7527 Same with me. As soon as I'd start again, over time I'd lose control. Therefore I just don't drink anymore. I remain an alcoholic nonetheless for the rest of my life. It's really a drug from hell. And it's legal, that's the worst part.

Quitting cold turkey is harder than quitting wild turkey.

Quitting cold Turkey can kill you

@@JCrashB What helped me was telling all my family and friends I’m an alcoholic . I told them I needed their support. They’ve all been great and never ask me to drink and wouldn’t let me if I tried. I not embarrassed to say I’m an alcoholic. It would be more embarrassing to flush my life down the toilet. If people think less of me I couldn’t possibly care less. Stay strong and just remember you are not a slave to the bottle.

Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.

YES Dr.alishrooms

Ive done shrooms last month in my house. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a remedy not a vice. I even felt more refreshed the morning after. So no hangovers. No depression mood for days. No anxiety.I now have a more calm mind

How can i find him? Is he on Instagram

Yes he's Dr.alishrooms. Shrooms to me is a natrual healer. I know a guy who has used mushrooms in the same way and they have really helped him. mah dudes have safe trips all.

That's great! I was working out daily, losing weight and feeling great but the last 6 months I fell off, started drinking more and more and recently realized I've become drinking almost daily. I've realized I have a problem so been watching videos like this, I know I need to get on my workouts and live a healthier life in general. I know what I need to do so here's hoping I can do it but people like you are inspiring me to push forward.

​@@MysteryBountyI hope everything is going well mate. I'm a functioning alcoholic I'd say. I go to the gym 2-4 times a week and my gains have been on hold for a while because of drink. So I need to stop too. I hope you're doing well

@AskJeeves572 I really appreciate that brother! Day 63 I'm doing great! Gotten back into my workouts, losing fat and building muscle and feeling overall better, I am not saying I won't drink again but I don't need it to have fun and feel like it was very detrimental to my health so until I get my weight/health under control I'm off of it. It felt for awhile there like I needed alcohol or weed to have fun but I realize over the last couple months that I can have plenty of fun without it

Agreed

Try your 50’s🙈

Try before 20 if you are speedrunning alcoholism 😂. Seriously though I did wet January this month and I'm ready to quit. I've said this several times now though.

I'm in my 40s and don't even get hangovers. I really limit my nights out but feel staying really hydrated on the night out is key. One glass of water for every alcoholic drink for me.

@@MrSplcrazy sounds like a boring nightout that

In my state in the US, there is also a heavy drinking culture. Hang in there man! I honestly think the culture is changing all over. Too many benefits of not drinking…It will never be the status quo to not drink in our lifetime, but it will become less and less common for everyone to drink heavily. The negative health effects are just too profound.

I was a bartender until the dreaded 2020 incident. I didn't drink and got question about it often. My answer never wavered though. "I don't want to." Never overexplain.

I met a Scot who doesn’t drink once.

Australia is the same. They’re like, “why aren’t you drinking? What’s wrong with you?” I point it back at them. “Why are you drinking? If your life was so great, surely you could go a night without getting hammered, but I’m the one with a problem.” Drinking just makes mediocrity more tolerable.

Same here in Ireland. Annoying as fuck

Best of luck mma or boxing

@@johnaherne1789 MMA mate :D but I also practice a tonne of boxing, so defo it is one of my base... 3 months sober :D lfg

Did you have the fight yet? 8 years ago I started MMA for a couple years. A few of us went out for a guys birthday one night knowing we had training next day. The sessions are 3 hours, we had a 2 mile run warm up, 1.5 hour circuit, followed by an hour rolling. It was disgusting, still remember it. A couple of us vomited 😂, so wasn't worth it.

For any addict this is the way. You don't need to have a fight but start Muay thai or BJJ and do it 5-6 days a week. We are endorphine junkies. We have to replace the extreme of drugs with insane cardio. 😂

Checking on you mate, still sober?

Love it

I relate

Same. I'm trying to quit. Has your IBS got better

@@Lone_Star86 it has improved a lot over the years, thank you for asking! 👍

Literally having IBS aswell and realised the exact same reasons here, thats funny xD

The Sinclair Method. Claudia Christian has a Ted talk KZfaq video of her experience using it, and how it cured her alcohol use disorder.

Cheers to you right now from Dublin.

Keep going pal, every day it gets easier and better

By drinking just at parties, I become more social and all, and then I was able to keep that anytime afterwards, just like you did. It served a purpose but it can't become a crutch as then you get way more bad than the good.

Yeah quitting before it was cool to quit. People who defend alcohol are in denial, I could go the rest of my life without it and not even blink

Getting hammered once a month is fun, its all about moderation

@@fucuszullanti7877 Each to their own

​@fucuszullanti7877 I honestly don't know how people make it so far drinking alcahol. Like I hear people say they drank from 18 to 35. I'm nearly 20 and only started drinking properly at 18 and I'm ready to quit 😂.

​@Ventryx no way. Once a month does not make you an alcoholic. But hearing you say that does make me feel better about stopping. I did wet January and I drank almost every day this month.

Just because you don't enjoy something now doesn't mean it wasn't enjoyable at the time. You don't play with the same toys as when you were a kid. Humans evolve and change. Probably not worth thinking about "why did I drink" - if it was enjoyable at the time then great. If it's not now then that's great too and you can put that energy into other interests.

The one trouble for me is that most nonalcoholic options are very one-note and dull in terms of taste: Aging alcohol really does do wonders in producing interesting drinks. Switched to lighter alcohol, and the permanent clear headedness from consuming slower's been amazing. The taste is great, but being properly drunk's not enjoyable anymore.

@@Komatik_the peroni non alcoholic is probably the nicest one I’ve had

Well done mate I'm 34 and IV fucked my life lost Mrs and kids n home on Xmas day wish I did what u did

@@SKALLYWAG_Official That's brutal brother.. I'm sorry to hear this. Only if you quit drinking will turn things around again I believe. I hope you can find the willpower to overcome your trials and tribulations; we all have our vices and demons to battle

​@skallywag1982 geeze that' s tough. Hope you're doing good now. I'm nearly 20 and I'm already considering quitting

Sorry for your loss man. Did you ever find out why she drank?

@@tukkajumala Some was genetics (her dad was an alcoholic). Social anxiety was another reason that she always brought up. I tried to help by supporting her, therapy, etc. but after five years I realized that not me, nor anyone else, is equipped to save someone from their internal demons. Only they can do that. I wouldn't wish the effects of it and the profound sense of loss on my worst enemy.

@@alexp7274 Yeah, we can not really change other people. We can sometimes influence them, but we can not command a change. What I have discovered through my marriage and my kids is that the only way to change others is to change myself. If I ever wish to even hope that someone close to me changes their behavior, I always need to take good long looks at the mirror. I have to be honest to myself, see where my own failures lie and start working on sorting myself out. Only then I might hope to see changes around me. It is hard work and it demands blind faith that as I improve, someone close to me may have room to improve as well. In the end I never get exactly what I want, but I always get what I need.

The Sinclair Method. Claudia Christian has a Ted talk KZfaq video of her experience using it, and how it cured her alcohol use disorder.

​@@alexp7274 I've had a similar experience with a drug addicted family member. For 4 or 5 years our lives were turned upside down and drove us to the edge trying to cope with it. Sometimes you have to walk away for the sake of your own sanity but it's heartbreaking. I wish you all the best mate.

Nice job!

Love the taste of alcoholic drinks - most nonalcoholics are way too one-note - but damn sure lost the taste for being blitzed. Would much rather drink slow enough for my body to process it properly, if at all.

Feels good to feel good in the morning.

I think people just can't afford to go out and drink anymore...which leads to staying home and drinking in isolation!😮

I feel I’ve come to a cross roads as well. Either drink or live up to your potential. Easy choice!

Lost two ex partners to alcohol. 16 August 2021 - aged 38 30 June 2023 - aged 36 I’m now in my 17th day sober and don’t plan on returning to drinking. I understand why your attitude to alcohol has changed because mine certainly has as well.

Love this for you! You’re very wise. I’ve just wised up to this now.

@@bm5_5_5 you’re sweet! I’m happy for you too!! Big hugs ✌️😄

​@@kathleenkaleookalanismith8724 if only more people understood that.

Wish I learned this earlier. This is especially true for using drugs to cope.

@@bayefoil940 better a little late than never. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

How did you get "healed" CBT...? I need to do something to resolve issues from past.. Just dunno what to do... *Crap Game*

wisconsinite here, it's all we look forward to doing and the main suggestion when getting together with people

My friend was drunk driving and was pulled over by police. They opened his door and he promptly fell out onto the road. He was lucky it was late 1980's and the cop let him drive the few last feet to his home!

Hahaha Jesus crazy how I used to justify that too

The Sinclair Method. Claudia Christian has a Ted talk KZfaq video of her experience using it, and how it cured her alcohol use disorder.

Went 3 months end of last year and also felt great, looked way better, then fell right back into the trap during new years. Been drinking regularly since then. Feel like crap, gained like 15lbs back. Not sure why I keep doing this to myself. Time to give it up for good.

I hope your ok 🙏

Nice job man I’ve done two Ironmans and felt similar. Had I not been drinking leading up to it my performance would’ve been better. Good luck!

Congrats on the 12 months man

@@wrighs12 yeah, i definitely screwed my chances on this last race cause I couldn’t stop drinking. My race before that once went great cause I wasn’t drinking

@@deepstriker thanks. Felt like I wasted and fucked it all up cause I got back on it. But now, I’m going sober again.

Hope it's going well brother.

Do you want a trophy

that day is coming lol. never say never...

I am a muslim si my opinion is biased. I can kinda understand the drinking culture, since I’ve grew up in Italy. Kids do get some sip of wine during supper, at holidays, festivities ect. The legal drinking age is 18, but many start drinking at about 15, mainly because they want to look grown. We have many incidents linked to drive drinking, young people that passed out because of alcohol poisoning ect I honestly never understand the appeal 😅 there’s so many ways to have fun without being intoxicated

i doubt it, look back at history for referance, alchol is such a big part of human culture no matter the country, we might be drinking much stronger alcholic drinks then in the past, but i very much doubt that in 100 years that most people won't drink at all, lets say they stop with alcohol, they will just switch it out for something else.

5 thousand years of culture might disagree

While i agree, where will we be socialising when all the bars and clubs have gone because no one is drinking? Sitting in your mate's house is okay but you don't meet new people that way. And the reality of friendships is they don't last forever. As a 44 year old, pretty much all the friends i made through school and uni are gone. We moved on to new phases of life and drifted apart. And socialising with workmates is kinda like still being at work in that you just end up talking about work all the time, and no one wants to be in work mode 24/7. I guess if you're straight there's the partners of your current partner's friends, because women are much better at sustaining friendships while in romantic relationships than men are, but i've known far too many straight men whose relationships ended and the circle of friends they thought they had went with the relationship. It's one of the reasons male suicide rates are so high. So if not the pub where do we go to meet new people and establish new friendships as the old ones inevitably drift away? Even if you're into tabletop gaming or pool or darts, in my experience those groups often meet in pubs anyway. And pubs have to make a profit by selling enough drinks or the pub closes down. If we want public spaces in which we can meet people then we have to pay for them one way or another. And i can go to a pub for several hours, have 2 or 3 pints, and still spend less than i would if i met friends for coffee for an hour or two, or went for a restaurant meal. If the priority is the socialising then there are few places that are better value for money than the local pub...

Lol not even close

Exactly. I always enjoy nights out getting drunk with friends, and I'm not a problem drinker. But I never worked out or ate healthy the next day. Cutting alcohol out by 95% has allowed me to achieve running and eating goals

Well said

For the cost thing, alcohol is definitely cheap where I live. But, only the low quality. True that it is 100% counterproductive to fitness.

It’s one addiction switched for another. Getting drunk on clout

OMG I am SO glad there were no smart phones around when I was younger and doing idiotic things! Someone once suggested filming myself when drunk and watching it the next day to help me stop drinking...but I had no cam corder so I continued...

Agree that you can't hang out with drinkers anymore.

I have also found that since stopping going on nights out, a lot of people I would consider friends have seemed to disappear from my life. I felt shit about this for a while but it’s dawned on me that this is the best case scenario, maybe I don’t need those people in my life.

You guys are getting romantic attention?

​@@MisterL777 yeah only attention I've gotten is from dudes lol

​@@ooooooooppps Lol! That sounds par for the course.😅

@@ooooooooppps lmao yep

Nearly everyone is insecure etc dude, especially the ones who seem to have it all! It's really hard to remember that though. We're all just walking about worrying about our place in it all.

After 30 years being a hardcore drunkard quitting has left me with a huge hole in my life... Despite that it's better than drinking *Crap Game*

Cold turkey on the cigs or are you vaping...? Smoking is the one thing I can't seem to beat.. 😒 *Crap Game*

@@Plough78 cold turkey on cigs. I’ve never vaped before. Cigarettes are harder to quit than crack and heroin. Think of it this way, if people were told they couldn’t smoke at a rehab centre they wouldn’t even walk through the door. For me I was able to quit booze and cigs together but if you’re at least off the booze then that’s excellent. You’ll get off cigs too eventually. Try Zyban or Wellbutrin. They make you want to vomit if you smoke and then you just wean yourself off of them. Do it up bro 💪🏻

it's because its a social lubricant and can make you best friends with just an acquaintance

@advancedapathy you sound like a nightmare to travel with. No offense.

I hear ya! Try going to local plays or the movies instead of pubs and gigs???

Join a sober society. Join a religion. Get into sports and fitness groups. Plenty of young people not drinking anymore.

Good job bro !

Bro I have literally the exact same thing and I have no clue what to do

Start to do things that give you confidence. start going to the gym if you’re not already going, get a haircut every 2 weeks. And just do it man. Talking to girls really isn’t as scary as you think. If they see you are a nice looking confident guy that wil already do 50% of the work

The Sinclair Method. Claudia Christian has a Ted talk KZfaq video of her experience using it, and how it cured her alcohol use disorder.

That what you get But also enjoy your healthy liver bro

Friends are overrated.

Don't drink or smoke.

Drugs are a pivotal and integral part of the human experience. Nobody should be sober their entire lives you’re missing out on great experiences. As long as you use in moderation it’s fine

@@YungPhilosopher the risk of losing control of your life isn’t worth the great experiences you’re talking about. I’m Interested in life choices that focus on what’s BEST over what’s good. We have different priorities and that’s totally fine.

​@@YungPhilosopher That is the stupidest and most devious "advice" I have ever heard on any social media platform. Clearly the drugs you've done did a bang up job of killing off your brain cells.

​@@YungPhilosopher drugs are for the weak minded.