🖖Like I said before I Truly know the Struggle.. and even though I am just a Stranger, I am so Freak'n Proud of You! Remember You got this! and You got me as a Supporter as well as many Others! and if You ever need to Chat with somebody who Knows Exactly what you're going through... You Know where to Find Me! 🕹🎮What a Legend!💚
Austin 🥹 thank you buddy! It’s scary posting about this topic but I really want to normalise it with the small audience I have and show that it’s cool to open up and express how you feel. It’s not easy and we don’t always have to, but it’s healthy to once in a while! Let’s make it the norm for us gents. I’m sorry that you know the struggle but sounds like you’re doing unbelievable and I’m proud of you too! Thank you as always for supporting everything I do - even if it’s different content like this ❤️
@@EzrasJunkyard I Think what you are doing is Epic! It should Never be Scary to Open Up.. But People are Finally Realizing it's Not Healthy Holding these kinds of Struggles in! You are Truly Leading by Example and You are Showing others that it's okay to be a Streamer/Entertainer But also Be a Human Being! Video Games are a Perfect Coping tool, and You are The Definition of a Modern Day Gentleman! (Being Kind and Helping Others While you deal with whatever Life throws at you!) That is Amazing and something I Respect! Everyday Sober is Another Win for You, Your Friends, and Your Family! Ezra, I am so Grateful People like you Exist in this World! 🖖
This was the nicest message I think I’ve ever received and it means more to me than you’ll ever know. I have screenshot it and I’m going to use it as motivation going forward. The ending is particularly powerful and it’s important for me to remember who else I’m doing this for, not just me, but the people I love. Thank you Austin ❤️ I will never forget this!
Avoiding the cravings and being less irritable in the process has led me to experience some of the most beautiful moments of my life and appreciate the smaller things. Thank you for watching and listening to me today. Lots of love to you all.
I completely understand all the points you’ve made here. I’ve been through it myself. Just hit 2 years sober in May. Took ages for me to not have cravings, then longer to not feel the outsider. But after the first year I’d gone past all the excuses - birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, Xmas etc. and it got easier. Keep on going mate. Not everyone will get it but some of us just can’t stop at one so the best thing is to not even start anymore.
Brother - well done on 2 years sober, that’s such an amazing achievement and I hope I can make it there too! I’m sad but also happy that you understand all the points I’ve made today, Obviously don’t want anyone else to go through it but I’m also glad you could relate. You’re so right, not everyone will get it but there are plenty of people who do! It’s about finding those people and supporting each other. Thanks so much for the kind words buddy. ❤️ it means so much to me
Ez, this was such an amazing video - a really touching, inspirational and honest discussion about an issue that affects many people - really impressed with you for speaking about it so freely! I know for sure that this video will help someone to realise the same as you have, well done man, proud of you ✌️
Thank you so much D, I really appreciate this comment, made me emotional reading it. I’m always scared when posting sensitive videos like this and I feel vulnerable when they go live, but comments like this just overcome it all ❤️ I’m streaming on Friday - if you’re free then it would be great to catch up with you then. If not I will catch you next week 😃👍🏼
Absolutely amazing Ezra well done my brother, Glad you and the family had a lovely time, Weymouth is a beautiful wee place but keep going strong brother, we all support you and always will.
Kenobi my brother - this is such a beautiful message, makes me want to cry. Thank you for your kind words and being so supportive! It’s amazing having you here on the channel. I’m streaming on Friday, hope to catch up with you then, if not another time. Thank you again for all your support ❤️
@@EzrasJunkyard Thank you for having me so welcome to channel, I can honestly say hand on my heart that this channel is more than a channel, it's a safe place for those who need it and the community that has been built so far genuinely feels like a family that's spread out across the place but come here to spend that time together. I am so glad I found this channel, I look forward to watching it grow with the rest of the great community you have built Ezra as well as supporting you all the way, you really are a humble man 😇 See you all on Friday for a good stream and catch up, have a blessed one folks ❤
Yo thanks for sharing dude. Been there - alot of your story rings home. Your love of pub life - replace it with something else. When I went sober I figured I'd go back to something I use to love, or something as a kid I thought was cool but never ended up getting into. That helped me replace the good times I had drinking with new good times that could keep my mind occupied and focused or rather - distracted. My new persuits/hobbies led me to some really cool people, places, and times.
Hey man - I’m really sorry that some of my story rings home, I don’t want anyone to go through that but I’m glad you could relate and someone out there understands how I feel. It’s really hard because I feel guilty talking about the most basic of problems, but they start to really get you down and cause you problems when they all build up. Couldn’t agree more with you regarding the hobbies and going to new places. Replacing that time. I think maybe subconsciously this could be why I’ve also started warhammer and that journey recently! Thank you for taking the time to write this buddy. I’m so grateful for it ❤️
@EzrasJunkyard warhammer is how I found your channel lol - also started warhammer like 5 months ago. Have yet to do anything past painting and reading and well watching RUclips vids... Keep on keepin' on brother. For those who have and do walk the se road- we got your back jack.
@@cloudvaulter aw thank you buddy - I really appreciate you watching this content when you joined for the warhammer content. Thanks for supporting the videos regardless ❤️ I hope your sobriety journey goes smoothly and you stay on the right side of happiness when possible. Always check in if you ever need to chat. I started filming the new warhammer video yesterday and I can’t wait for you to see it! Thanks again for taking the time to comment 🥰
Buddy so proud of your strength and passion to continue your life as it should be without these things that damage us in every way possible. Keep it up bro
Aw Gonga ❤️ thank you for being proud of me - it makes me go all teary when people say they’re proud. I really have so much to thank you for - you’re so positive and being so much to the channel! Thank you for everything man. Is your week going okay? Let’s catch up big time on Friday. I have a fun surprise video out and a livestream 😃👍🏼
@@EzrasJunkyard It's my pleasure Ezra! Cheers for everything you do and for bringing such a great beam of light and positivity to all of us in the community, it's been an awesome time since I joined on here! The week is going great! Hope the same on your end. Let's all have a blast on Friday, can't wait!! See you on there 💚😁
🥹🥹🥹 thank you Gonga - you know how to make me smile! Really appreciate it. Hope the rest of your week goes amazing and I will catch up with you on Friday ❤️
Glad you didn't have peer pressure to drink, that can be a negative force that works against your goal. I stopped having any alcohol, before my annual bloodwork, and friends & family repeatedly asked why I wasn't drinking and kept offering it. I've never had that type of addiction (only action figures, lol), but in those moments, I saw how important it is for others to have you join in. Being cool is a state of mind though, so just be your normal cheerful self, and you'll have no trouble fitting in anywhere, as people will gravitate to your good energy as well - like many of us have!
Darth Sidious!!! I agree - I’m personally very lucky and have got a good group of people around me who all know my situation now so they don’t offer. People used to offer but this was well before they knew how I felt and that’s my responsibility to tell them! “Being cool is a state of mind”… damn Darth - that was such a cool thing to say and so true. I’m never going to forget that 😂👍🏼 In all seriousness - I really appreciate your support and it’s been great getting to know you. I consider you a friend with some of the things we’ve spoken about and I’m so grateful to have you on the channel ❤️ hope you’re having a great week!
You've been supportive and caring about the community you're fostering on this channel, so I'm happy to call you a friend as well. You're a solid and heartfelt guy, that's why I enjoy sharing things with you. Looking forward to your painting stream, should be fun! ❤By the way, my name is Jared, so you don't have to wonder what my secret identity is, lol.
@@darthsidious322 Jared - it’s a pleasure to finally know your name. Thank you for such amazingly kind words, I can go to work with my head held high today! You’ve given me lots of confidence. Hopefully catch up with you tomorrow for another new video and livestream! ❤️ have a great day Jared!
I personally can't relate to any of the alcohol troubles have never drank myself, have struggled and overcome with my own demons and let me tell ya, the thing with the pub thing and not fitting in/feeling alien. Just remember nobody else is paying attention to you nor cares to. You can sit there in the most embarrassing clown outfit and nobody would care. Just be yourself and get that orange juice served in the hello kitty glass. And the story with the toy store is so lovely to hear. It's moments like that really make a trip like that worthwhile.
Thank you Benjaman - really appreciate you taking the time to watch this, especially if you can’t relate to any of the alcohol stuff, it would have been easy for you to just ignore the video but you’ve given me the time and I’m so grateful ❤️ well done on overcoming your demons, you’re strong and if you ever struggle with anything then you know where I am! (Here and discord…) can’t wait to fight by your side on Friday - see you there!
Chapters: 0:00 Thank you for your support 0:15 Intro 0:58 First ever sober holiday 6:39 I don’t feel cool anymore 9:15 Enjoying the moments 11:32 A beautiful moment 13:32 What did I learn?
Once again, I am so incredibly proud of you and how far you have come (in a relatively short time) on your recovering journey towards sustaining sobriety. You are to be commended for your strength, for your bravery, for your resolve, and for your commitment. I shared your story with my darling wife, as well as the rest of the Marino family-and our response is unanimous; we are all so proud of you. Honestly. Drinking dependency can be a disastrously destructive force that prevents someone from living the life they want. Fortunately, you had a compassionate support team, making it possible for you to recover and get back on track with your health, relationships and goals. You are proof of that, and so you, too, must recognise the courageous will of your resolve. Family and friends often place the needs of their loved one above their own. That can result in a lack of self-care, increased illness and sometimes struggles with anxiety. Taking care of your own physical, emotional and mental health takes precedence over all. One needs to first find the strength within themselves; therefore, one will be better equipped to help themselves through the difficult-albeit possible-journey towards recovery. As the old adage goes, you cannot pour from an empty cup. No, indeed! You have navigated this daunting challenge brilliantly. Live and lead by example, instruct the masses, and inspire them with your story. A brave but brilliant moral lesson. Thank you for the didactic. I hope many will intently heed your story, for you have given them hope. You have managed resistance, even on holiday, and I am proud of the brilliant chap you have become, focusing on your own well-being. That, m’boy, says a lot about your inner, and outer, character; thus, your affable disposition today paints you in a grateful, strong light. Aye! You are strong! Continue to stay strong! 👏✊🙏👍
Aw Giovanni and the Marino family - thank you so much for being proud of me, that makes me so happy and feel incredibly proud of myself, which for some reason, I haven’t allowed myself to feel yet. I’m always thinking well, it’s your own fault you have this issue anyway, so why should you feel proud that you’re beating it? It’s a strange outlook to have. But your words make me feel proud for once, thank you. 100% agree with you on my support team and this is something I just wish I mentioned in the video. My support network and the company I have around me, just couldn’t be better. I am incredibly fortunate and lucky to have them. Without this, it must be so hard, 10X harder than what I’ve had to endure. It works both ways and comes in full circle. I recognised I had a problem, I told them, they supported me, I looked after myself and at times was very selfish but in the end it’s meant I can be more present and my best self around them again. The changes I’ve made are so small and so subtle, they even feel petty to even talk about sometimes. Like just the small things like a fish and chips queue. But when you have loads of those things built up then they start to really impact your day to day life and bring you down. Again, I can’t thank you enough for your kind words and encouragement. I’m just off out now for dinner and will reply to the rest of your message shortly! I hope you’re having a fabulous holiday and I will catch up with you soon. Ezra ❤️
@@Sam501UK thank you Sammy boy! Really appreciate it. We are streaming tomorrow if you’ve got any painting to do… but more importantly I feel for you, I have a phantom menace video coming out where obi wan does something very unexpected. I think it will really make you chuckle 😂👍🏼 hope you’re having a great week!
For me it’s not exactly the alcohol I crave it’s the feeling of chilling with a beer, I love the atmosphere. There are loads of pretty decent alcohol free beers these days, if you like Guinness, their alcohol free one tastes exactly the same!! Good for you Ezra for using self control, that’s what it’s all about bro 😎👍🔥
Thank you so much buddy - really appreciate you writing this ❤️ I LOVE zero Guinnes. It’s so nice and actually really hard to tell, it tricks my mind sometimes haha. I’m the same as you, I also crave the feeling of chilling with a beer and I love pub culture / atmosphere. Sitting with a little alcohol free bottle just doesn’t hit the same as a cold big pint. Thanks for the kind words - I will keep going as I know it’s what’s best for my well-being! Catch up with you soon bro.
In the past, I struggled with alcohol myself. I was using it to self medicate to deal with stress and help with falling asleep. Therapy and cutting back on alcohol really helped for me.
@@jedigamer9935 just to confirm - I am love reacting to this because I love how you’ve opened up and shared that with me! Thank you Jedi gamer, well done on making some positive changes. It sounds like you’ve got things under control ❤️
Thanks for sharing my friend. I'm glad you enjoyed your holiday. I think I've been by Dorset. Isn't it near Wool or Salisbury? If you haven't already, you'll have to check out the Tank Museum in Bovington near Wool.
Thank you JMC! It was a great holiday. Yes we saw signs for Salisbury - you’ve got the right place 😎☀️ my grandad was a solider in WW2 and we often went to tank museums / air museums and even a place where tanks were just scattered around outside! So I wonder if I’ve been to the one you’ve mentioned as a kid! I will have to check it out - thank you buddy. Hopefully catch up with you on Friday in the stream 😃👍🏼
Well done on turning around your life and recognising you needed to do so in the first place. I haven't had alcohol for years, for medical reasons. Don't think you lose "man points" for having a coke or juice in a pub, imo you get more respect for sticking to your regime. Glad you had an awesome time 😃
Hey Trevor - thank you so much for the kind words and I know you said you’re off it for medical reasons but still, well done to you for listening and keeping off the sauce! It’s not easy. I like the thought of me getting man points for sticking to my regime - that’s a good way of putting it. Thank you for your time my bother and keep well ❤️
I love Cider and I once tried and alcohol free Cider (as there was no alcohol Cider available at the time) and it tasted just as nice. Since then I've gone none alcohol when drinking Cider. Plenty of none alcoholic options for both larger and Cider and I'm sure for other drinks too.
That’s great Mark - nice one! Me and Eve quite enjoyed the thatchers zero, I was never a big cider drinker, I was obsessed with beer but I appreciated the taste of cider. Having that thatchers zero with Eve was great and really hit the spot in the sun 😃👍🏼
🖖Like I said before I Truly know the Struggle.. and even though I am just a Stranger, I am so Freak'n Proud of You! Remember You got this! and You got me as a Supporter as well as many Others! and if You ever need to Chat with somebody who Knows Exactly what you're going through... You Know where to Find Me! 🕹🎮What a Legend!💚
Austin 🥹 thank you buddy! It’s scary posting about this topic but I really want to normalise it with the small audience I have and show that it’s cool to open up and express how you feel. It’s not easy and we don’t always have to, but it’s healthy to once in a while! Let’s make it the norm for us gents. I’m sorry that you know the struggle but sounds like you’re doing unbelievable and I’m proud of you too! Thank you as always for supporting everything I do - even if it’s different content like this ❤️
@@EzrasJunkyard I Think what you are doing is Epic! It should Never be Scary to Open Up.. But People are Finally Realizing it's Not Healthy Holding these kinds of Struggles in! You are Truly Leading by Example and You are Showing others that it's okay to be a Streamer/Entertainer But also Be a Human Being! Video Games are a Perfect Coping tool, and You are The Definition of a Modern Day Gentleman! (Being Kind and Helping Others While you deal with whatever Life throws at you!) That is Amazing and something I Respect! Everyday Sober is Another Win for You, Your Friends, and Your Family! Ezra, I am so Grateful People like you Exist in this World! 🖖
This was the nicest message I think I’ve ever received and it means more to me than you’ll ever know. I have screenshot it and I’m going to use it as motivation going forward.
The ending is particularly powerful and it’s important for me to remember who else I’m doing this for, not just me, but the people I love.
Thank you Austin ❤️ I will never forget this!
Avoiding the cravings and being less irritable in the process has led me to experience some of the most beautiful moments of my life and appreciate the smaller things. Thank you for watching and listening to me today. Lots of love to you all.
I completely understand all the points you’ve made here. I’ve been through it myself. Just hit 2 years sober in May. Took ages for me to not have cravings, then longer to not feel the outsider. But after the first year I’d gone past all the excuses - birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, Xmas etc. and it got easier. Keep on going mate. Not everyone will get it but some of us just can’t stop at one so the best thing is to not even start anymore.
Brother - well done on 2 years sober, that’s such an amazing achievement and I hope I can make it there too! I’m sad but also happy that you understand all the points I’ve made today, Obviously don’t want anyone else to go through it but I’m also glad you could relate. You’re so right, not everyone will get it but there are plenty of people who do! It’s about finding those people and supporting each other. Thanks so much for the kind words buddy. ❤️ it means so much to me
Great video. Awesome photos too!
Thank you David ❤️ I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to comment 😃👍🏼
Endlessly proud of you, and there every step of the way ❤ my first sober holiday too!
I’m so proud of you too - thank you for being my rock and supporting me through it all. Well done to you for your sober holiday ❤️❤️❤️
Love this!! Awesome being sober. 💙❤️🔥
That means a lot - thank you for the words Jedi Gamer! ❤️
This has helped me today on my journey to sobriety. So happy for you!
Hello Mathew - I’m so glad this could help you. I will always be here on the channel if you need a distraction ❤️ thanks for commenting!
Ez, this was such an amazing video - a really touching, inspirational and honest discussion about an issue that affects many people - really impressed with you for speaking about it so freely!
I know for sure that this video will help someone to realise the same as you have, well done man, proud of you ✌️
Thank you so much D, I really appreciate this comment, made me emotional reading it.
I’m always scared when posting sensitive videos like this and I feel vulnerable when they go live, but comments like this just overcome it all ❤️
I’m streaming on Friday - if you’re free then it would be great to catch up with you then. If not I will catch you next week 😃👍🏼
Absolutely amazing Ezra well done my brother, Glad you and the family had a lovely time, Weymouth is a beautiful wee place but keep going strong brother, we all support you and always will.
Kenobi my brother - this is such a beautiful message, makes me want to cry. Thank you for your kind words and being so supportive! It’s amazing having you here on the channel. I’m streaming on Friday, hope to catch up with you then, if not another time. Thank you again for all your support ❤️
@@EzrasJunkyard Thank you for having me so welcome to channel, I can honestly say hand on my heart that this channel is more than a channel, it's a safe place for those who need it and the community that has been built so far genuinely feels like a family that's spread out across the place but come here to spend that time together. I am so glad I found this channel, I look forward to watching it grow with the rest of the great community you have built Ezra as well as supporting you all the way, you really are a humble man 😇 See you all on Friday for a good stream and catch up, have a blessed one folks ❤
Yo thanks for sharing dude. Been there - alot of your story rings home. Your love of pub life - replace it with something else. When I went sober I figured I'd go back to something I use to love, or something as a kid I thought was cool but never ended up getting into. That helped me replace the good times I had drinking with new good times that could keep my mind occupied and focused or rather - distracted. My new persuits/hobbies led me to some really cool people, places, and times.
Hey man - I’m really sorry that some of my story rings home, I don’t want anyone to go through that but I’m glad you could relate and someone out there understands how I feel. It’s really hard because I feel guilty talking about the most basic of problems, but they start to really get you down and cause you problems when they all build up.
Couldn’t agree more with you regarding the hobbies and going to new places. Replacing that time. I think maybe subconsciously this could be why I’ve also started warhammer and that journey recently!
Thank you for taking the time to write this buddy. I’m so grateful for it ❤️
@EzrasJunkyard warhammer is how I found your channel lol - also started warhammer like 5 months ago. Have yet to do anything past painting and reading and well watching RUclips vids...
Keep on keepin' on brother. For those who have and do walk the se road- we got your back jack.
@@cloudvaulter aw thank you buddy - I really appreciate you watching this content when you joined for the warhammer content. Thanks for supporting the videos regardless ❤️
I hope your sobriety journey goes smoothly and you stay on the right side of happiness when possible. Always check in if you ever need to chat.
I started filming the new warhammer video yesterday and I can’t wait for you to see it! Thanks again for taking the time to comment 🥰
Buddy so proud of your strength and passion to continue your life as it should be without these things that damage us in every way possible. Keep it up bro
Aw Gonga ❤️ thank you for being proud of me - it makes me go all teary when people say they’re proud. I really have so much to thank you for - you’re so positive and being so much to the channel! Thank you for everything man. Is your week going okay? Let’s catch up big time on Friday. I have a fun surprise video out and a livestream 😃👍🏼
@@EzrasJunkyard It's my pleasure Ezra! Cheers for everything you do and for bringing such a great beam of light and positivity to all of us in the community, it's been an awesome time since I joined on here! The week is going great! Hope the same on your end.
Let's all have a blast on Friday, can't wait!! See you on there 💚😁
🥹🥹🥹 thank you Gonga - you know how to make me smile! Really appreciate it. Hope the rest of your week goes amazing and I will catch up with you on Friday ❤️
Glad you didn't have peer pressure to drink, that can be a negative force that works against your goal. I stopped having any alcohol, before my annual bloodwork, and friends & family repeatedly asked why I wasn't drinking and kept offering it. I've never had that type of addiction (only action figures, lol), but in those moments, I saw how important it is for others to have you join in. Being cool is a state of mind though, so just be your normal cheerful self, and you'll have no trouble fitting in anywhere, as people will gravitate to your good energy as well - like many of us have!
Darth Sidious!!! I agree - I’m personally very lucky and have got a good group of people around me who all know my situation now so they don’t offer. People used to offer but this was well before they knew how I felt and that’s my responsibility to tell them!
“Being cool is a state of mind”… damn Darth - that was such a cool thing to say and so true. I’m never going to forget that 😂👍🏼
In all seriousness - I really appreciate your support and it’s been great getting to know you. I consider you a friend with some of the things we’ve spoken about and I’m so grateful to have you on the channel ❤️ hope you’re having a great week!
You've been supportive and caring about the community you're fostering on this channel, so I'm happy to call you a friend as well. You're a solid and heartfelt guy, that's why I enjoy sharing things with you. Looking forward to your painting stream, should be fun! ❤By the way, my name is Jared, so you don't have to wonder what my secret identity is, lol.
@@darthsidious322 Jared - it’s a pleasure to finally know your name. Thank you for such amazingly kind words, I can go to work with my head held high today! You’ve given me lots of confidence. Hopefully catch up with you tomorrow for another new video and livestream! ❤️ have a great day Jared!
I personally can't relate to any of the alcohol troubles have never drank myself, have struggled and overcome with my own demons and let me tell ya, the thing with the pub thing and not fitting in/feeling alien. Just remember nobody else is paying attention to you nor cares to. You can sit there in the most embarrassing clown outfit and nobody would care. Just be yourself and get that orange juice served in the hello kitty glass.
And the story with the toy store is so lovely to hear. It's moments like that really make a trip like that worthwhile.
Thank you Benjaman - really appreciate you taking the time to watch this, especially if you can’t relate to any of the alcohol stuff, it would have been easy for you to just ignore the video but you’ve given me the time and I’m so grateful ❤️ well done on overcoming your demons, you’re strong and if you ever struggle with anything then you know where I am! (Here and discord…) can’t wait to fight by your side on Friday - see you there!
Chapters:
0:00 Thank you for your support
0:15 Intro
0:58 First ever sober holiday
6:39 I don’t feel cool anymore
9:15 Enjoying the moments
11:32 A beautiful moment
13:32 What did I learn?
Once again, I am so incredibly proud of you and how far you have come (in a relatively short time) on your recovering journey towards sustaining sobriety. You are to be commended for your strength, for your bravery, for your resolve, and for your commitment. I shared your story with my darling wife, as well as the rest of the Marino family-and our response is unanimous; we are all so proud of you. Honestly.
Drinking dependency can be a disastrously destructive force that prevents someone from living the life they want. Fortunately, you had a compassionate support team, making it possible for you to recover and get back on track with your health, relationships and goals. You are proof of that, and so you, too, must recognise the courageous will of your resolve.
Family and friends often place the needs of their loved one above their own. That can result in a lack of self-care, increased illness and sometimes struggles with anxiety. Taking care of your own physical, emotional and mental health takes precedence over all. One needs to first find the strength within themselves; therefore, one will be better equipped to help themselves through the difficult-albeit possible-journey towards recovery. As the old adage goes, you cannot pour from an empty cup. No, indeed!
You have navigated this daunting challenge brilliantly. Live and lead by example, instruct the masses, and inspire them with your story. A brave but brilliant moral lesson. Thank you for the didactic. I hope many will intently heed your story, for you have given them hope. You have managed resistance, even on holiday, and I am proud of the brilliant chap you have become, focusing on your own well-being. That, m’boy, says a lot about your inner, and outer, character; thus, your affable disposition today paints you in a grateful, strong light. Aye! You are strong! Continue to stay strong! 👏✊🙏👍
Aw Giovanni and the Marino family - thank you so much for being proud of me, that makes me so happy and feel incredibly proud of myself, which for some reason, I haven’t allowed myself to feel yet. I’m always thinking well, it’s your own fault you have this issue anyway, so why should you feel proud that you’re beating it? It’s a strange outlook to have. But your words make me feel proud for once, thank you.
100% agree with you on my support team and this is something I just wish I mentioned in the video. My support network and the company I have around me, just couldn’t be better. I am incredibly fortunate and lucky to have them. Without this, it must be so hard, 10X harder than what I’ve had to endure.
It works both ways and comes in full circle. I recognised I had a problem, I told them, they supported me, I looked after myself and at times was very selfish but in the end it’s meant I can be more present and my best self around them again.
The changes I’ve made are so small and so subtle, they even feel petty to even talk about sometimes. Like just the small things like a fish and chips queue. But when you have loads of those things built up then they start to really impact your day to day life and bring you down.
Again, I can’t thank you enough for your kind words and encouragement. I’m just off out now for dinner and will reply to the rest of your message shortly! I hope you’re having a fabulous holiday and I will catch up with you soon. Ezra ❤️
Well done Ezra, thankyou for sharing
@@Sam501UK thank you Sammy boy! Really appreciate it. We are streaming tomorrow if you’ve got any painting to do… but more importantly I feel for you, I have a phantom menace video coming out where obi wan does something very unexpected. I think it will really make you chuckle 😂👍🏼 hope you’re having a great week!
@@EzrasJunkyard can't wait! 😆
For me it’s not exactly the alcohol I crave it’s the feeling of chilling with a beer, I love the atmosphere.
There are loads of pretty decent alcohol free beers these days, if you like Guinness, their alcohol free one tastes exactly the same!!
Good for you Ezra for using self control, that’s what it’s all about bro 😎👍🔥
Thank you so much buddy - really appreciate you writing this ❤️ I LOVE zero Guinnes. It’s so nice and actually really hard to tell, it tricks my mind sometimes haha.
I’m the same as you, I also crave the feeling of chilling with a beer and I love pub culture / atmosphere. Sitting with a little alcohol free bottle just doesn’t hit the same as a cold big pint.
Thanks for the kind words - I will keep going as I know it’s what’s best for my well-being! Catch up with you soon bro.
In the past, I struggled with alcohol myself. I was using it to self medicate to deal with stress and help with falling asleep. Therapy and cutting back on alcohol really helped for me.
@@jedigamer9935 just to confirm - I am love reacting to this because I love how you’ve opened up and shared that with me! Thank you Jedi gamer, well done on making some positive changes. It sounds like you’ve got things under control ❤️
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@@RyanWhite-qb3vm Hi Ryan 😃👍🏼 I can’t wait for battlefront!!!
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Thanks for sharing my friend. I'm glad you enjoyed your holiday. I think I've been by Dorset. Isn't it near Wool or Salisbury? If you haven't already, you'll have to check out the Tank Museum in Bovington near Wool.
Thank you JMC! It was a great holiday. Yes we saw signs for Salisbury - you’ve got the right place 😎☀️ my grandad was a solider in WW2 and we often went to tank museums / air museums and even a place where tanks were just scattered around outside! So I wonder if I’ve been to the one you’ve mentioned as a kid! I will have to check it out - thank you buddy. Hopefully catch up with you on Friday in the stream 😃👍🏼
Well done on turning around your life and recognising you needed to do so in the first place.
I haven't had alcohol for years, for medical reasons. Don't think you lose "man points" for having a coke or juice in a pub, imo you get more respect for sticking to your regime.
Glad you had an awesome time 😃
Hey Trevor - thank you so much for the kind words and I know you said you’re off it for medical reasons but still, well done to you for listening and keeping off the sauce! It’s not easy. I like the thought of me getting man points for sticking to my regime - that’s a good way of putting it. Thank you for your time my bother and keep well ❤️
@@EzrasJunkyard it's a lot easier to follow the herd than do what you need to do for yourself and your family. Keep living your best life 💪👍
I love Cider and I once tried and alcohol free Cider (as there was no alcohol Cider available at the time) and it tasted just as nice. Since then I've gone none alcohol when drinking Cider. Plenty of none alcoholic options for both larger and Cider and I'm sure for other drinks too.
That’s great Mark - nice one! Me and Eve quite enjoyed the thatchers zero, I was never a big cider drinker, I was obsessed with beer but I appreciated the taste of cider. Having that thatchers zero with Eve was great and really hit the spot in the sun 😃👍🏼
@@EzrasJunkyardLooked very cool and refreshing, especially with that Sun.