1 month sober is a huge step ,it's a massive step ,yes it is difficult, very different but it does get better and better and aa is a great place to be when u get there ,people understand you there ,believe me when u kick alcohol life gets better and better ,you will love life like never before ,I know this from my own experience

Hey, really hope you are still going. If not, stop and try again. And again, etc. I mean it.

Well done. Try and psych yourself up to resist 10 times when you will be tested. Each time try to make it through. Once you get to 10 you will have proven yourself.

Hope you held in there, if not start being sober again, dont stop trying.

How you doing now ?

Keep strong mate

That's terrible what happened to you, my son plays football and I'd kill anyone who abused him. I hope you are able to survive and thrive in your life with your counselling help.

Lmfao!!!!

Hahahaha!!! U got bummed by a nonce!

Stay strong fella, hope things are getting better for you and wishing you all the best for the future.

So true.

The Game changer That's great. Really great. Is it going ok now ?

Brilliant. Good on you. Keep at it.

Good luck on your recovery x

Keep going mate. Well done. All you have to do is avoid that first drink.

The Game changer loser

Wish I could get it pal

We get a perverse pleasure from nailing ourselves to a cross. We get a perverse satisfaction from feeling we are victims. We tell ourselves we met the wrong people in life, we came from the wrong family, we married the wrong person, we tell ourselves if people would only treat us differently. I could write the list add infinitum. We are always the victim. We get a perverse satisfaction from feeling sorry for ourselves. We believe that we are correct most of the time in how we see things. We are inherently negative in how we view life, people and situations. We focus on the negative as a default. As this negativity grows inside of us we become increasingly more disillusioned with life and become more destructive to ourselves, our relationships. This soul sickness progresses within us. We push everybody away and the dis- ease (we are ill at ease with ourselves) within us increases day by day. We can face these facts about ourselves and begin to understand that if we don't take action, we will ultimately destroy ourselves. The truth is we are sick people who have lost the ability to make rational healthy decisions for ourselves (in the beginning). You have to stop drinking despite yourself. Misery loves company is a saying that makes more sense when you start getting sober. When you put down the drink, you will be swamped with negative thoughts telling you that 'you can't do this'....'your good enough'...'you don't deserve to get sober'...'your a bad person'. This is what we call the 'committee' or the 'monkey on the shoulder'. Your illness will tell you everything it can to stop you succeeding. You must ignore this and begin to supplant it with positive messages especially when you don't believe it. After time, day in day out you will being to start to believe there is a way out of the forest. As it was negative messages that got you into this sick state of mind its positive messaging that will get you out of it. You go to AA meetings and share the negative shit in your head and keep talking. You need to stand up and get a backbone for yourself. Stop being a victim and stand up. You have to stop drinking despite yourself. Misery loves company is a saying that makes more sense when you start getting sober. You will have enough suffering for the first year to keep your inner critic pacified, It starts with baby steps, and bit by bit by bit you become stronger. The negative voice becomes weaker and the positive voice becomes stronger. Go to an AA meeting. Don't mons the God stuff. There's plenty of atheists in AA. It's a support first and foremost. You take what YOU what and leave the rest. AA is a menu. You pick what you like about it and leave the rest of what's on the menu for others to pick from. Now stop being a fucking victim. Good luck

KrackowKid At the age of 56 my Dr. told me he was surprised I was still here, when I asked him what he meant, he said he meant he was surprised I was still Alive. It struck me like a lightning bolt. I didn't want to die. but I realized I was drinking myself to death. I prayed to God to save me ,he did and today my life is like Tony's !

KrackowKid great comment

5 years and 6 months soba ,thank you aa ,loving life again

Hi fella you still soba I am 38 I only drink at night after work but recently a school friend died from alcohol abuse I know I feel better when I'm not drinking but I can't fill the gap between 5pm and 9pm I have to have alcohol WHY??

8 years sober for me 💪

@Oliver 2000 Sounds like you could be on your way to alchoholism and I would say that is too much drink for someone of your age. I will drink every day. I will drink up to 13 pints on an empty stomach and have black outs. I wouldn't say I was an alcoholic but I would say I have a drink problem. Now is a good time to get out of the habit. Drink is habit forming and I have been drinking heavily for a couple of decades. Get advice. Change your behaviour, change your friends. Not easy as our culture is set up that way, as you say

@Oliver 2000 "Tonic wine" - we all know you mean Buckfast. I am down here in Torquay now, lol

@@milo04 do you feel anxiety if you don't drink? because I know that feeling. You have to find another way to distract yourself and fill your time, it's as simple as that! Yes, not so simple maybe, but you have to find another way to keep anxiety (or maybe you call it boredom) at bay. Try cardiovascular exercise like jogging; getting your heart going and pumping a bucket of sweat out is irreplaceable and you will feel peacful afterwards. Your legs will be sore at first for a few weeks when you're not used to it but that passes and then you will have a new healthy addiction to replace your unhealthy one. And yes exercise is addictive but it's an addiction you have to earn

He's a legend. (Man united fan)

From where did ya get that 99% data? Is it available online?

​@@GiggityGigbecause theres always one!

Irish as well and fully agree with you

@@rose2kn I think this Covid lockdown has sent more than a few people down the wrong path with alcohol. Glad I ditched it last year.

Keep fighting it.

Bless you 🙏 ♥

Same. Same. I'm dry now and have been for 2 months, but I'm honestly considering AA to keep me away from it.

Don’t take that first drink.if you did months , you can do years .

Same here… it is difficult. I normally have no desire to drink. But sometimes I drink alcohol… but I just go all in

Is it 6 months noe

Hope you stuck with it.

Reading you 7/1/20 & hoping it's a year and 3 months!! WELL DONE, YOU ARE WORTH IT!

Hope you're still sober. Day at a time.

Well done Joyci, keep going girl. 🙏👊

Deep thoughts is considered complex

Ok he is not complex but thinks deep, whatever, i still like him and good captain..

You female?

Alcohol is a drug , it's the media and drinks industry that seems to seperate the two..

But guessing uve turned 2 herb..changing 1 vice for another..thats the good thing bout tokin,ur in full control...but give it a while and u get bored and say 1 drink wont hurt,then its 2..gotta b strong and give the lot up and b happy..then uve conquered all..i keep falling

@@pleidiolwyfimwlad2104 , I smoke more cbd than thc as it helps alleviate a lot of aches and pains. And 3years, 10months under my belt and a different circle of friends as have had many life changes since giving up alcohol. So far so good x

@@loopylou6841 good gal..keep it up...nothin worse like u said waking up feeling like shit

Anthony Kelsick I’m a rangers fan and Paul Gascogne used to tan whiskeys in the dressing room before hitting the pitch. Even the management knew he was doing it. It was part of the culture/game I suppose back then

@@gaz8177 Yeah Gazza had a terrible drinking problem his whole career. Some people just can't escape the pull of it.

You would be surprised but the amount of money they earn you would think they would be on their best behaviour.

Des Walker is probably England's best ever defender.

Bren Daly

I'm so glad you feel this way. If you go to AA get a sponsor who sounds like he will understand your experience and who has had years in recovery; you can do it. You might slip but that's OK, part of the process. Let yourself really hear the stories at the meetings, let yourself really be honest with your sponsor and keep at it!!!! You'll meet people and share numbers, great to call them when you're tempted or hopeless. They've been there, too. Good luck, stay with it!

Keep fighting.

Harry Balszak fair play to you. Are you close to a year off it now ?

Keep going! If you fell off, get back on and start again.

Top man I hope your this sober

11 months now... I hope I kept it up

Tell me how great you are.

Were they pissed?, they must be good drivers if they are drunk and don’t have an accident, big difference, some can take the booze and some can’t (the little man types), wonder how many soccer players or English person has driven whilst drunk, you’re just assuming, means nothing.

@A. Fox my career as a radio presenter has nothing yo do with Tony Adams and his alcohol issues. I take it your not a Arsenal fan, otherwise u would like Adams. Thank-you for appreciating my singing and dj sets.

@A. Fox your funny! Made me laugh!! On a serious note I heard alot about Declan Rice recently all good things. Apparently he won't sign a new deal West Ham offered him. Is it a money situation thing then?? As for Wilshere I really liked him, the shame about him is he's never on the bloody pitch always injured. When he started out at 16 years old I think he was he was great, run Barca's midfield off the pitch in champions league. A real shame but because of his injuries he was never gonna get game time so he left. If and a big If he stays fit and gets a run of games he could be great for you.

Yes, really solid and reliable player. He stood out when i used to see him play against Newcastle Utd.

Hey, how are you doing? You can be yourself and stop those hungover days. You will be loved and accepted, try it.

I hung on for many years, hoping something would work. Finally, i became willing to listen to someone else who had found a solution. He advised me to put aside all the beliefs and biases i had about people and the world. You cant fill a cup that is full. I went to an AA meeting everyday. I took a real interest in my recovery; I took up my old faith; I got down on my knees and prayed as he advised; I went out into the world and tried to help others without reward; I was reborn. My life now is better than the best life i could have thought possible for a guy like me! That seems crazy but its true. Good luck with your journey :-)

+MattySadler terry was not the best he was lucky he had players alongside him with pace that helped him dave watson was better at EVERTON

MattySadler Rio Ferdinand

You are right. The only reason it's not acknowledged is 1) money and 2) alcohol takes a long time (typically) to kill someone.

So don't drink..? It might be "culture" but if you continue on this path doll it's not going to be pretty.... Stop now while you're young and your liver can handle it. Plenty of people have died at 18, 19, 20, 21, 22... etc from alcohol, don't be one of them :C

that’s a shitty comparison - heroin addiction gets you within 5 straight days of usage. 6th u wake up sick, and you use once again to end the flu, then you’re in, then it’s daily use until you either use every day until you die, or you have to quit, and that’s the point, derox is so severe you can’t stop. alcoholism is bad once you’re physically dependent - but that’s the thing with alcohol, it takes severe and long long term abuse to get physically addicted. my own mother drank for years and years every night, and she could stop for lent and the only detox was boredom, depression, and insomnia, nothing on heroin. i mean it srsly takes like a bottle of whiskey every day for about 3 years before you wake up in real detox, and then alcohol detox can kill you, tremors, hallucinations, sweats, insomnia. but again my point is that alrhoughrr alcohol is physically addictive, what they have on their side is that it takes so much for so long, and every day. in other words, it takes a real good and constant usage to get to say george best style addixtion, or amy winehouse. these ppl were addicted to alcohol lkke a heroin addict is addicted to heroin. George best would wake up and be jn the pub for 10am, and out by 12am, that’s real alcohol addiction, and by that point you’re waking up with your hands shaking,:- same with winehouse - she would wake up (CCTV), off license, and she would down pure vodka like she was drinking water, i remmeber seejnf that footage where she bought a bottle and downed it in front of the shop assistant there and then. That’s a real alcoholic, Jim morrison was the same, 3-4 bottles of whiskey a day. These ppl have to drink to keep away the detox symptoms. but lastly, the comparison to heroin is very different, these alcoholics drink spirits for years every day and it takes a long time to feel detox. heroin takes 7 days of constant use and there you go, you wake up with the worst flu of ur life, and i’ve been addicted for last 5 years now -my parents think i’m sober because i’ve been to rehab and i’ve been given so much methadone and subutex subutex works very well. Just 2mg under tongue, and each detox symptom start to fade within 30 minsk. The shits and cramps slowly stop.. the the sweating starts to stop, then the freakish symptom of not being able to comfy in any position,that ends as well... it was a miracle. the cold chills seemed to hard to stop, they remained for weeks even on subutex...all this, and i had stopped taking it, and back on heroin - not only heroin has you physically, it’s mental addixtion, even being physically welll finally, you’d think you’d stop, but now i’m still on heroin with a stash of subutex for when one day i wanna stop..that’s how an addict thinks i can continue using heroin now because if i ever run out or can’t afford it, as soon as the detox starts i have subutex, so i’ll never ever withdraw again. In america subutex costs £100 a week, NHS in uk j have a mssskve stash that costs guess.... £0. Good ol Nhs

its worse, you deie without it, heroin is just extremely painful to stop for a week but your in no danger of death

@@humanforfreedom9583 :You have not got a clue what you are talking about,I am not trying to be mean to you mate,but if it was that easy,people would not be dying with the addiction,plus another thing with heroin is you are CRUCIFIED socially,people look at you like you are not human or you are just a piece of shit on their shoe,and that makes it even harder to keep away from,I know all about the type that would be patting drug dealers on the back while looking down their nose at you,that is where the problem with heroin addiction lies and until we truly understand what a person goes through,we won't have the slightest clue how to tackle it.

If you stopped for a reason...don't start. Just a suggestion.

Don't do it. Not worth it.

Don't do it xx

The thing is, alcohol is not the problem, it is the solution. Tony was probably on the wrong path long before he ever took up drinking. Alcohol dealt with his guilt and remorse, his feeling that he was empty inside, that he was missing out in life. His problem could have easily been gambling, sex ,drugs or anything that separates him from himself for a while. The solution is to seek to change as a person through a 12 step program. Tony has found a new way of life that makes sense to him, it works, he feels he has great purpose in life and is happy to be exactly where he is now. So there is no ongoing fight, he just has to keep doing the things daily that give back to society and to his creator. that is the great news that he displays here. Life really only started for him when he was reborn in the spiritual sense and it seems to be a much better life than he ever could have wished for! Sobriety is great fun you know :-)

Rubbish. Once you give up drinking, you're no longer an alcoholic.

There’s two types of alcoholics: those that drink and those that don’t

@@sinatracann1591 An alcoholic who doesn't drink alcohol? Are you serious? Do you know any smokers who don't smoke?

@@johnke7 but if they touch it again, they will be.

In what way?

Hmm why?

try being English. at least you have the managerial talent! lol

Maybe that's why God gave you the most loveable accent on earth.

It’s the man management

Ian Clark agreed 😄

Good luck

You sound like Patsy Stone.

George Best??

Killed George Best at a premature age this motto.

Hi, this is the whole programme that was shown with adverts taken out. Thanks

I think it was a back injury that ended Adams career.

Scorpio. Terrible arse end on it. 😰😱

Carlos I like Granada’s always wanted to be in the sweeny.

WHY WELL OF STAY THAT POOR CRUSING AMAZON SHOPPE DIVIDENDS 🤗🙄

What a load of nonsense, do you honestly think these millionaires care or understand about the working man?

Here today gone tomorrow plastic emotionless boring cunts. They think a wee shitey dance of handshake makes them a character

@Kelly Day nope. They were still boring tits

80s and 90s football .... Ohhh how I miss these days 😲

@Kelly Day Not necessarily no, some have parents who where already well off before they where born, and give them a head start and advantage over the average man.

It is