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Thank you for your video. It’s very inspiring to me. I’ve been sober from alcohol for 1 month and I didn’t think it was going to be this difficult. Thank you

His visual symptoms were likely real - sounds like “transient monocular smartphone blindness” - it’s just an after image that most notable in dimly lit environments.

You're absolutely right! I now get joy from the simplest things in life. I'm high on life, frankly. Just today, I felt so euphoric, I worked out over 3.5 hours at the gym.

love this!!!!!!

As recovering alcoholics we're also recovering people pleasers. Again, thank you for sharing your experience, strength, and hope 🙏🏾 ❤

😅im truly grateful for people like you. I can relate to your stories. You inspire me. I want what you have and being back in the rooms with 125 days of sobriety . I appreciate the magic of wanting and the shift in perception. My fear of sobriety came from not feeling enough. Not experiencing authenticity and true connection led to hiding.

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Ty

An alcoholic is someone addicted to alcohol. It is not a disease. It is a choice. I know this because as hard as it was, I chose to quit and shook for weeks, but I did it. You have to truly want to quit and need to quit to quit.

Excellent video man, and huge respect. Absolutely get where you’re coming from with the spiritual death, and being useless. I’ve often felt when I’m drinking, I am a very low value individual. I can’t support or look after anyone, I can’t drive, I can’t make sensible decisions, I can’t manage my life. In that state I’m completely pathetic.

Not entirely like me, but there was a lot in this video that resonated with me. Good talk.

Thank you. This randomly came up in my youtube when I needed it most

Word for word sounds like ex-boyfriend He hates himself. The only thing he hasn’t done yet is lose his job - lost his marriage. Now he Lost our relationship & DUI He thinks that he’s social when he drinks but it’s to hide his insecurity 😢 💔

Vitamin A deficiency makes night vision go away. Add liver pills, bcomplex, fatty fish, greens.

I relate to that "i thought i was cool and mysterious" thing. When i was a kid (like in elementary school), i certainty wanted to be that kind of person, so I tried. Only years later, did i realize that not only did my peers not view me like that, but they thought i was weird and awkward. Tbh, I've been living alone for 3 years, and most people's opinions of me don't really matter to me. I'm hoping through sobriety, i can be even happier with the person i am. I'm testing it for a month to see if anything happens. I might even extend it further out beyond january. I do worry that i won't be friends with the people i am friends with now, but maybe that's a sign that I'll eventually find new people who share my values. Tbh, i used to be a teetotaler, except that i struggled to make friends in college while sober. I started drinking to make friends. Tbh, when i moved to wisconsin 4 years ago, i was excited to explore the "bar culture" that everyone raved about. Tbh, half the bars i go to are filled with people almost twice my age, and the people my own age are there with their own friends and have 0 interest to accommodate a stranger like me.

Recently, I've been struggling to control my drinking, which is why I'm challenging myself to stay away from alcohol for this month. I also gave up nicotine almost a month ago now, so this is also kind of a way to help ensure that this quitting attempt will be successful. I'm only on day 5, and the biggest difference I've noticed is my gastrointestinal health. I have recently been getting bad heartburn and stomach pains. Now that I'm not drinking, that's basically nonexistent, which means the excess beer i was consuming is almost totally to blame. Last night, i was struggling to stay away but managed to do so. I definitely feel more alert and productive so far. I'm hoping this will push me to continue to extend alcohol sobriety into the new year.

I am a Friday/Saturday drinker. No alcohol Sun-Thurs. lately I’ve been drinking less and less, sometimes going weeks at a time with booze. Hoping to give it up completely. So far so good.

Good message Dave keep up the great work one day at a time I have 23 years this month I’m 75 years old never to late my friends

My god, this logic is so backwards.

Sounds kinda boring not gonna lie

Really identify with your story man - went to rehab at 57 was scared to go - but the best thing l have ever done - l hope others can find the same freedom.

I relate to you brother im at a year but the not relating never connecting no comfidence and i still struggle with this and really need some advice.

Great story brother much love to you🙏🏾🙌🏾

Best vid I've seen on this topic

This guy is telling the truth 😔

OMG the first of your reasons was so much me 😢

Awesome video

I just decided to hate my alcoholism. I dont like being around things i hate.

Try getting off the caffeine 😉 that’s where the rubber really meets the road

It is the saddest thing to me when I see people that cannot separate themselves from their addiction. They are two separate entities inside your brain. Once more people can begin to realize this, that is when they can truly become a fully recovered former addict. Not just a permanent alcoholic/drug addict "in recovery". Addicted people must change their beliefs about addiction completely in order to recover.

Yes me to 4 years i feel the same i will never touch that stuff congratulations

Excellent point of view. You are right about the fear

I agree xx

Thats a common feeling i felt i was born to fail or be mediocre scared of ambition n sucess

This is one of the most real videos I've seen on this topic. Thank you for making it. It's excellent, poignant, blunt, and incredibly helpful. I'm somewhere around a month into my journey (again). I'll come back to this when I feel myself waver.

Regina? are you from Sask? When I heard that I was like no way…

One- I can’t stop once I have the first drink! 2nd… if I’m not sober and I don’t have access to alcohol, it’s all I can think of. If I go to lunch and I can’t drink it drives me crazy. That’s when I’m not sober. If I’ve been sober, I’m ok And 2, yes I am not able to control what happens. The alcohol takes over!

2nd day of sobriety after 2 months of heavy drinking... kip me in your prayers

yes. fighting out the box isnt healthy, ...you dont haveto fight, when you can accept your losses, there maybe signs of depression when someone is fighting something inside which can also lead to a depression

I got tired of fooling around with lying to myself, a fear of getting fired, my health and the amount of relapsing that had occurred. I am with you. I take Antabuse as a backup as well as A.A. I finally just surrendered.

I'm 6 months sober, I feel better but find socialising hard, booze really 'helped' with that

This is my story this is me OMG. No matter what I will not seek for further validation from anyone I will live for cause and I will quit alcohol no matter what. Thank you 🙏

nice Job - i just did 1 year -

Very relatable brother.

18 months clean and loving it compared to the drinking me. I'm getting thing's done that I wouldn't have before and have bought myself a little catamaran that I live on. I can keep on top of things that I would just ignore if I was drinking. My life ain't perfect by any means, but it sure is better now than before and I haven't had a hangover for 18 months 🎉... If you're thinking of stopping, just pick a date and go for it, don't let the alcohol chatter in your head stop you, because it's just the addiction talking. My next target is 2 year's sober..

I was terrified to be straight. I been straight years now and I’m very on edge😂 but I’m clean

You have honestly done the work, to relinquish control, I honestly never thought that would be related to drinking

This was great I’m not as far down road of addiction as you, but this all resonates with me. How were you able to shed your ego? Would therapy help me with this?

I am sober and so proud of it ! I'm finally showing up as my best self and realizing how beautiful life is and how capable I truly am. I started my RUclips channel after years of telling myself I couldn't , I started working out, I've started meditating, I'm eating healthier I'm finally living in alignment with who I always wanted to be but didn't know I could ! So proud 💕

When I was younger I use to act so stupid and get paranoid people were judging mei was already like it but drink made it really weird