7 months no alcohol, after drinking for 13+ years. I recommend reading atomic habits as well. Swapped one bad habit out for a good one. Ex: I traded in the drank for working out.
Dont associate anything of value, positive with alcohol because there is not a thing of benefit when you drink. Awaken yourself from lies you lived with.
Drinking looks stupid to me, zero value.i can't be around drunk people anymore after 3 years of problem drinking.couldnt believe I started drinking at 40.all it did was make me sick and stupid
@@ChristinaUniverse-lq1ex I went to see a live music act & a guy there was so drunk that he was knocking tables & chairs over, rolling around on the ground like an imbecile & the Police had to go lock him up in the drunk tank until he sobered up & I thought to myself what a waste of a good opportunity to have a good night.
@@paintsilj ...until the veritable life crisis we all experience at some time or another. Then it often accelerates because it becomes self-treatment for anxiety or depression... it is a very thin door between "fun drinking" and self-treatment drinking. I have a friend who drank socially all his life, then the wife died of cancer in their home and when I met him he looked like a homeless dude despite having been a financially successful alpha type male.
100% true. The root to change a bad habit is to change your belief around the perceived value of such habit. Being sober 1 year and 9 months, best decision ever. Alcohol is just a normalized poison.
If I have a craving and eat a big meal immediately it helps. I’ll pull into any drive through and get a couple burgers even if that’s not to healthy. Having a full belly kills my cravings.
The belief part of your video is no doubt a creation and a fantastic idea really which works with proof. Long you live dear sober leon and stay blessed.
Inspiring video, Leon! Overcoming alcohol thoughts and addiction can be a very challenging process, but it's possible with the right support and strategies. Alcohol is one of the most destructive and harm causing drugs, not only to the individual but also society. It can cause tolerance, addiction, disease, and death. Ask any doctor, ambulance, or police officer what they deal with each weekend. Take Care Everyone!👋❤
Thank you, Leon. I love this video. What helps me interrupt my thought pattern is HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired. I take a minute to think about how I'm feeling and tell myself HALT. Don't pick it up.
I don't know if other people who attained sobriety like myself have had this same experience but what I have found is that after 7 years of sobriety if I do have a drink ( to please my host, usually) I get vaguely nauseated. It's as if my body is saying "NO. I already dealt with that and worked your liver over-time all those years when you were a weekend lush and now I'm gonna react like you're drinking turpentine." I had the same experience when I gave up eating fast food almost daily. Went back for "just one" delicious fast food combo and my body says "THIS is what I used to like?? Not anymore dude!" as the food doesn't taste good anymore so I cook at home instead. To place my experience in context, I was not a daily drinker. I had a job in which I could NOT be hung over daily so I was a weekend drunk (which may have saved ne from some of the worst effects of alcohol that could've landed me in a hospital) but still learned that alcohol is a DRAMA MAGNET so I'm glad I hit my own bottom (without killing anyone else), went to some AA meetings, and finally said ENOUGH. Sobriety, to me, is a low key and subtle sense of tranquility, freeing energy both physically and emotionally. Ridding oneself of underlying shame is liberating in itself!
I was with you till the turpentine. You can drink turpentine. I have. It rids the body of candida and other parasites. Whoa...your last sentence is what it's all about. Great job! Alcohol is a liar.
Also start taking supplements to produce GABA in your brain. You can take GABA, Taurine . L Theanine. Do some research. When you stop drinking your brain does not produce as much GABA the calming down amin acid.
What if your belief about picking up goes something like this. Yes it's a slow poison, yes it kills brain cells but these things happen in unperceptively slow ways like aging. What I do know to be true in the short term is incredibly faithful relief of tension fear and worries and gives me a burst of energy. The hangover, I've dealt with a thousand times, I'm used to it and it's never killed me yet. Of course it's a bad deal in the long run but it is a temporary escape that works like a charm every time. I look at a case of beer like a day off work, not some evil brew that's conspiring to kill me. On top of that it inspires me to do things I normally would not have the courage to start, make me think in more based sensible ways, and see many things more honestly. My real thoughts come out because all the filters are down. I tell my wife how I really feel about something I would normally repress just to keep the piece. I've lost relationships over alcohol that one, I should not have gotten into in the first place, and two, would have stayed in much longer had it not been for alcohol. In short it spared me years of heartache down the road. I drink because it works for me. Yes I miss dental appointments, and fall down and crack a rib now and then, but really no more so that the normal guy next door. Every society has found it beneficial and kept it on as a tradition, it can't be that bad or they would have looked down on it like staying away from rattle snakes.
This makes sense to a certain extent. I think when you look at the science more behind the ethanol you will see how dangerous it is. It is on par with substances such as heroin its just about the dosage instead.It will shorten your life dramatically but if you are okay with the one shot you get at life being significantly decreased that is your choice.
I hear ya. I've had that same mindset for quite some time. And for a person with suicidal tendencies, alcohol can be extremely tempting! On the one hand, I like having a couple because it helps me to not give in and "check out". But then, after having too many, I will suddenly lose inhibitions about doing it and almost give in. Also, addiction can happen so quick, it's not even funny. It was just last year that I was drinking maybe twice a week. Now, I can take 15 to 20oz of vodka a day and only feel like I USED to after a couple drinks. Alcohol is a big lie.
@@heathergreyy I wish alcohol was not a liar. I wish that Alcohol and I could have a healthy relationship, but alcohol makes promises that it never keeps and it drains my life imperceptibly. That's the biggest danger. It's like being killed by carbon monoxide....you may not perceive it, you feel euphoric, but go to sleep in that room, and you may not wake up.
I remember a wedding i saw a family, wife husband and their two kids All of them dressed sharply but by the end of the night the dad had gotten drunk Acted like a complete ass, saving dumb $hit, the bride and groon were leaving at the end of the night with people lined up on both sides with sparklers He was on one side acting like a 4 year old, talking about fighting someone Waving the sparklers around, his wife staring at him the entire time, she looked to be beyond pissed off To think dude walked in, seen like a good guy, but introduce booze, acted beyond stupid
Can I ask you what makes you believe Alcohol is Rubbish? Drinking 20 years now and I know it's not healthy I am trying to find some middle ground between not drinking and drinking. I am trying to make peace with that angel and demon on my shoulders. But the angel is the alcoholic one if you ask me. So now I drink weekends and don't drink weeks. For 2 weeks now (10th time trying that skedule). So yeah I need some convincing that fully stopping might overpower all drinking does. Cause sober living and drinking now and then have their perks
read Allen Carr's books on quitting / controlling alcohol. He convinces you that alcohol is not the friend that it claims to be. Once you see the truth, you don't want to put that stuff into your body or life. Just like you know that you don't want to shoot a nail gun into your foot, you'll know that, unfortunately, alcohol is a liar and just a socially accepted poison. (Don't do what society does....they're typically not the brightest bunch)
Okay, for those random few people that can truly "drink in moderation" and not develop a problem; more power to 'em. But, one doesn't ever risk becoming an alcoholic if they don't ever take that first drink. It's that simple. EDIT: And it can happen more rapidly than people realize. Contrary to popular belief, ANYONE can become an alcoholic; under the right set of circumstances. You take a guy that maybe drank once a month his whole life. Suddenly, his wife dies and he loses his home, etc. He can very easily slip into alcoholism. But, again, you don't ever have to worry about that, IF you don't ever take the first drink.
Unfortunately, people who are troubled and not growing in who they are, most people rely on alcohol to make them happy, give them courage etc. The more you drink and the longer you drink the more your body can absorb until it just becomes part of your daily routine and then you start saying things like: "Life is short". No offense to you but many people have not succeeded in their lives because they have pioritized alcohol and it's sad because alcohol does not build into a person but rather gives them a false sense of belief that they are enjoying themselves.
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6 years sober!
Well done, 5 days for me ❤
7 months no alcohol, after drinking for 13+ years. I recommend reading atomic habits as well. Swapped one bad habit out for a good one. Ex: I traded in the drank for working out.
Dont associate anything of value, positive with alcohol because there is not a thing of benefit when you drink. Awaken yourself from lies you lived with.
💯 percent
But that's not wholly true because not everyone is a problem drinker or alcoholic
Drinking looks stupid to me, zero value.i can't be around drunk people anymore after 3 years of problem drinking.couldnt believe I started drinking at 40.all it did was make me sick and stupid
@@ChristinaUniverse-lq1ex I went to see a live music act & a guy there was so drunk that he was knocking tables & chairs over, rolling around on the ground like an imbecile & the Police had to go lock him up in the drunk tank until he sobered up & I thought to myself what a waste of a good opportunity to have a good night.
@@paintsilj ...until the veritable life crisis we all experience at some time or another. Then it often accelerates because it becomes self-treatment for anxiety or depression... it is a very thin door between "fun drinking" and self-treatment drinking. I have a friend who drank socially all his life, then the wife died of cancer in their home and when I met him he looked like a homeless dude despite having been a financially successful alpha type male.
100% true. The root to change a bad habit is to change your belief around the perceived value of such habit. Being sober 1 year and 9 months, best decision ever. Alcohol is just a normalized poison.
If I could view alcohol the same way I view meth marijuana and pain killers I would never touch it 4 days sober today
I'm at a week today. Keep going brother
@@MrGomes075 great for you 👍 and thx I'm fishing right now doing something besides drinking
Good point, 13 days for me
50 days sober and I can honestly say changing your views of alcohol 100 percent works ! I agree with Leon
Simple cognitive behavioral therapy. Perfect
Spot on. It’s all in the mind and how you look at it.
If I have a craving and eat a big meal immediately it helps. I’ll pull into any drive through and get a couple burgers even if that’s not to healthy. Having a full belly kills my cravings.
That's the same with me.
The belief part of your video is no doubt a creation and a fantastic idea really which works with proof.
Long you live dear sober leon and stay blessed.
Inspiring video, Leon! Overcoming alcohol thoughts and addiction can be a very challenging process, but it's possible with the right support and strategies. Alcohol is one of the most destructive and harm causing drugs, not only to the individual but also society. It can cause tolerance, addiction, disease, and death. Ask any doctor, ambulance, or police officer what they deal with each weekend. Take Care Everyone!👋❤
you doing gods work brother
1 month sober (Mainly because I broke my leg riding a bike drunk) on meds and getting better.
did you hit a rock? at the bottom?
@@WildJack8 i started drinking again... social circle peer pressure was too strong.
@@WildJack8 I did hit rock bottom though, but Gods gave me a drill and some explosives.
3 weeks sober 🤌🏽
hows it going?
@@WildJack8 now 4 months sober
Thank you, Leon. I love this video. What helps me interrupt my thought pattern is HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired. I take a minute to think about how I'm feeling and tell myself HALT. Don't pick it up.
I don't know if other people who attained sobriety like myself have had this same experience but what I have found is that after 7 years of sobriety if I do have a drink ( to please my host, usually) I get vaguely nauseated. It's as if my body is saying "NO. I already dealt with that and worked your liver over-time all those years when you were a weekend lush and now I'm gonna react like you're drinking turpentine." I had the same experience when I gave up eating fast food almost daily. Went back for "just one" delicious fast food combo and my body says "THIS is what I used to like?? Not anymore dude!" as the food doesn't taste good anymore so I cook at home instead. To place my experience in context, I was not a daily drinker. I had a job in which I could NOT be hung over daily so I was a weekend drunk (which may have saved ne from some of the worst effects of alcohol that could've landed me in a hospital) but still learned that alcohol is a DRAMA MAGNET so I'm glad I hit my own bottom (without killing anyone else), went to some AA meetings, and finally said ENOUGH. Sobriety, to me, is a low key and subtle sense of tranquility, freeing energy both physically and emotionally. Ridding oneself of underlying shame is liberating in itself!
I was with you till the turpentine. You can drink turpentine. I have. It rids the body of candida and other parasites.
Whoa...your last sentence is what it's all about. Great job! Alcohol is a liar.
It is inflammatory alike sugar is.
Perfect video.
Insightful
I'm going to try this. Today is Day 1.
Also start taking supplements to produce GABA in your brain. You can take GABA, Taurine . L Theanine. Do some research. When you stop drinking your brain does not produce as much GABA the calming down amin acid.
Thank you!!! I look at the ABC store in the US and I think all bad chemicals.
What if your belief about picking up goes something like this. Yes it's a slow poison, yes it kills brain cells but these things happen in unperceptively slow ways like aging. What I do know to be true in the short term is incredibly faithful relief of tension fear and worries and gives me a burst of energy. The hangover, I've dealt with a thousand times, I'm used to it and it's never killed me yet. Of course it's a bad deal in the long run but it is a temporary escape that works like a charm every time. I look at a case of beer like a day off work, not some evil brew that's conspiring to kill me. On top of that it inspires me to do things I normally would not have the courage to start, make me think in more based sensible ways, and see many things more honestly. My real thoughts come out because all the filters are down. I tell my wife how I really feel about something I would normally repress just to keep the piece. I've lost relationships over alcohol that one, I should not have gotten into in the first place, and two, would have stayed in much longer had it not been for alcohol. In short it spared me years of heartache down the road. I drink because it works for me. Yes I miss dental appointments, and fall down and crack a rib now and then, but really no more so that the normal guy next door. Every society has found it beneficial and kept it on as a tradition, it can't be that bad or they would have looked down on it like staying away from rattle snakes.
This makes sense to a certain extent. I think when you look at the science more behind the ethanol you will see how dangerous it is. It is on par with substances such as heroin its just about the dosage instead.It will shorten your life dramatically but if you are okay with the one shot you get at life being significantly decreased that is your choice.
I hear ya. I've had that same mindset for quite some time. And for a person with suicidal tendencies, alcohol can be extremely tempting! On the one hand, I like having a couple because it helps me to not give in and "check out". But then, after having too many, I will suddenly lose inhibitions about doing it and almost give in.
Also, addiction can happen so quick, it's not even funny. It was just last year that I was drinking maybe twice a week. Now, I can take 15 to 20oz of vodka a day and only feel like I USED to after a couple drinks.
Alcohol is a big lie.
@@heathergreyy I wish alcohol was not a liar. I wish that Alcohol and I could have a healthy relationship, but alcohol makes promises that it never keeps and it drains my life imperceptibly. That's the biggest danger. It's like being killed by carbon monoxide....you may not perceive it, you feel euphoric, but go to sleep in that room, and you may not wake up.
Which is ????? 12 step
Day2 feel horrible
Smoke dope you won't want to drink
I remember a wedding i saw a family, wife husband and their two kids
All of them dressed sharply but by the end of the night the dad had gotten drunk
Acted like a complete ass, saving dumb $hit, the bride and groon were leaving at the end of the night with people lined up on both sides with sparklers
He was on one side acting like a 4 year old, talking about fighting someone
Waving the sparklers around, his wife staring at him the entire time, she looked to be beyond pissed off
To think dude walked in, seen like a good guy, but introduce booze, acted beyond stupid
Place of neutrality 17 yrs sober the easier softer way
Can I ask you what makes you believe Alcohol is Rubbish? Drinking 20 years now and I know it's not healthy I am trying to find some middle ground between not drinking and drinking. I am trying to make peace with that angel and demon on my shoulders. But the angel is the alcoholic one if you ask me. So now I drink weekends and don't drink weeks. For 2 weeks now (10th time trying that skedule). So yeah I need some convincing that fully stopping might overpower all drinking does. Cause sober living and drinking now and then have their perks
Do you moderate drinking bleach? Have you even read any up- to- date books on alcohol? It's POISON.
read Allen Carr's books on quitting / controlling alcohol. He convinces you that alcohol is not the friend that it claims to be. Once you see the truth, you don't want to put that stuff into your body or life. Just like you know that you don't want to shoot a nail gun into your foot, you'll know that, unfortunately, alcohol is a liar and just a socially accepted poison. (Don't do what society does....they're typically not the brightest bunch)
The amount of times you are blinking is causing me to drink immediately
Go away, kid.....
choices schmoices...
What the hell is wrong with enjoying yourself You people have to make us fell like we are awful life is to short enjoy but don’t over do it 😊😊
Okay, for those random few people that can truly "drink in moderation" and not develop a problem; more power to 'em. But, one doesn't ever risk becoming an alcoholic if they don't ever take that first drink. It's that simple.
EDIT: And it can happen more rapidly than people realize. Contrary to popular belief, ANYONE can become an alcoholic; under the right set of circumstances. You take a guy that maybe drank once a month his whole life. Suddenly, his wife dies and he loses his home, etc. He can very easily slip into alcoholism. But, again, you don't ever have to worry about that, IF you don't ever take the first drink.
He is speaking to people that have an issue , if you do not then enjoy your alcohol.
Unfortunately, people who are troubled and not growing in who they are, most people rely on alcohol to make them happy, give them courage etc. The more you drink and the longer you drink the more your body can absorb until it just becomes part of your daily routine and then you start saying things like:
"Life is short". No offense to you but many people have not succeeded in their lives because they have pioritized alcohol and it's sad because alcohol does not build into a person but rather gives them a false sense of belief that they are enjoying themselves.
@@BMindful2024 everyone who drinks has an issue. drinking
@@nickymunnik5729 well said.
So true
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