Thank you so much for inviting me, and for the excellent editing job. Loved speaking with you, it was a pleasure, and I'm happy to see some familiar faces in the comments already!
Thank you for sharing your story. I am also British and spent 9 years in China in Sichuan Province and can see why it was so easy to go down the route you did. My last weekend in China I spent over 20,000 RMB partying. In my last year and a half I had found a shop that delivers ice cold hoegaarden for an excellent price in 10 minutes and it became a regular thing for me as I didn't have to keep going between different shops so people wouldn't know how much I was drinking. I would just buy a 24 pack each time and it was at my door in minutes. The bike ride sounds like one hell of a story. I spent 6 days riding my motorbike to Dali and it was incredible and really got to experience how friendly and welcoming the people in the countryside can be. I can't imagine how hard this must have been for you, congratulations on your recovery. This is not your typical recovery story.
Hey there. I can't stick around right at the moment. DT's are fucking no joke! I've taken hallucinogenic drugs before I've also had insane to describe hangovers...but DT's were something I wouldn't...wish on my worst enemy! They scared me straight. I went through them 3 times (3rd times a charm) in my life. Now, 172 days sober. I'll watch the video later. Thanks for doing these. much love
I’m a follower of him and was super excited to see this video shortly after LD. Great guests. This is such a good (you know what I mean) story that I’ll gladly listen to it again.
I witnessed DTs first hand my brother was an alcoholic, he was hallucinating for 2 days straight after trying to quit cold turkey, the things he seen were terrifying 😮😢, he eventually committed suicide in 2009, i miss him everyday , i have struggled with alcohol for last 2 years lost my dad last year snd partner and kids of 13 yrs but im now doing better and going sobar October i still drink from time to time but im a hellauva lot better these days, hope anyone struggling finds a way to stop or change their lifestyle xxxx bless u all
You can drink just dont drink the day after drinking cause that how you get habgovers from hell and insomnia and boom you are stuck in a insane hungover state for days on end until you get help
I relapse yesterday real bad I live alone and the evil alcohol is making my anxiety and depression worse...I pray for you my brother...I know the struggles...I live in the Caribbean.
If recovery stories got their production taken under the wing of Hollywood glamourization. You made it sound so cool man. Such flowery wording. Your recovery and understanding of self is certainly far deeper than your peers.
Great content! I got to hear Stu's nutshell story, after just finding his channel bat Country yesterday , a new favorite, like a coffee nook ☕️. Thanks !!
Appreciate the video, the key difference for me was zero withdrawal symptoms, physical or mental, not even within the first thirty days, after Steffon Barkload and what he suggested it's been 9 months now it's like it never was a problem, reading that last version goolging what he put up. Felt incredible I didn't need AA or meds either.
I threw myself onto a cop car while running into traffic and jumped on the hood just to turn myself in for a terrible warrant i tried dealing with 3 times before that - i even went to the cop station in saskatoon crying saying i was wanted and needed to be arrested - the cop was like wait here while i openly drank vodka in the police station - after half an hour the cop came back and asked me to come back later!!!! And i was drinking right there and he saw. I felt so UNwanted and confused.
3 years sober. I have been very arrogant about how easy it's been. Lately I have realised that sobriety is like a tiny bird, one wrong move and she flys away. Your content keeps me on track. Thank you.
@@hardknoxtalkspodcast My turning point was also hurting someones feelings. It's OK to shit on yourself but when you start hurting others it has to stop.
I went thru alcohol withdrawal psychosis last year in May and ended up in RUH for 16 hours and it was terrible and scary - they made me wait til I was near seizuring and my body was contorting and shaking before they finally gave me Ativan
I hope you are doing better now. Ativan also ended my alcoholic hallucinosis and allowed me to sleep for the first time in days. The last few hours of wakefulness were a waking nightmare that left a scar.
Delirium Tremens is singular, not plural. The s at the end is not a plural marker. Latin uses -ns to mark participles. “Tremens” means “shaking”, the full phrase means “shaking madness/confusion”.
Stu’s sobriety story involves cycling across the Eurasian landmass, getting robbed at gunpoint, incarceration in ex-Soviet dictatorship nations. Mine: alone in my bedroom with an empty bottle of vodka realizing this can’t go on 💀
I genuinely think I have been through the DTs, and it was scary to say the least. I was literally unable to not hear things. And I stood in the rain for 2 hours and slept in my car to not annoy my flatmate. It was all I'm my head. It was fking scary.
The fine coffee shop vibe is great with Stu, this is the first time I've found your channel and I recently quit social drinking again as I don't want those "yets" the DT'S, some horrible accident,organ damage, imprisonment, rehab,death.alcohol Is poison☠️.I watch him all the time and I'm going to see more of your videos too.🙂
I came from Hell I'm 20 years sober it was bad 👎 I have spoken at schools and rehabs when I was 3 years sober , but I figure you should be at keast 10 years sober before you get to comfortable but you never are recovered .
I can't write all my story here since I'm a teacher now, but I think my story beats it, not that I'm bragging, but once in a hospital in the suburbs of Shanghai with Chinese staff speaking no English but some of the other clients, like this 20 something Chinese girl, tied on her bed, saying, or rather yelling non stop "when is afterwork, when is afterwork..... " Anyway, I would love to work with Bat Country, I know I'm still welcome in Shanghai, and I would definitely promote sobriety among Chinese. Hit me !
Hello! No, somehow I dodged it, which is a surprise even to me, because listening to Liver Disease speak, I'm pretty sure I was a t least keeping up with his drinking. Even my teeth are ok, I don't have a single filling. I don't take it for granted that I've been incredibly lucky.
@@_BatCountry you dodged a major bullet my friend. I have to say, as someone who just last month that i'm in a bad way, since i found you i am binging on your content and I thank you for what you do. You are a good dude.
Wait a sec. Carrying a bottle of vodka on his bicycle trip where he is trying to quit drinking and the river and snake story, almost drowns, then downs the bottle. Hmmm. All this seems a bit much. Kinda sus.
Having a bottle of alcohol with him at all times even when trying to be sober is not uncommon at all. I and many others have kept around an “emergency” bottle for a while after quitting ,just in case, a stressful or depressing situation occurred.
My friend says only thing you can guarantee to yourself and to others is that you will never do, are the thing you had never done. Once you do something then it can be 99.99% but never be 100 %.
Thank you so much for inviting me, and for the excellent editing job. Loved speaking with you, it was a pleasure, and I'm happy to see some familiar faces in the comments already!
It was a pleasure having you man!
Awesome to see you on here my amigo, keep up the good work 🤙
This was excellent! Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing your story. I am also British and spent 9 years in China in Sichuan Province and can see why it was so easy to go down the route you did. My last weekend in China I spent over 20,000 RMB partying.
In my last year and a half I had found a shop that delivers ice cold hoegaarden for an excellent price in 10 minutes and it became a regular thing for me as I didn't have to keep going between different shops so people wouldn't know how much I was drinking. I would just buy a 24 pack each time and it was at my door in minutes.
The bike ride sounds like one hell of a story. I spent 6 days riding my motorbike to Dali and it was incredible and really got to experience how friendly and welcoming the people in the countryside can be.
I can't imagine how hard this must have been for you, congratulations on your recovery. This is not your typical recovery story.
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Bat countryyyyyyy!!! Wow you have such a cautionary tale will shake anyone up. Thank you both!
Hey there. I can't stick around right at the moment. DT's are fucking no joke! I've taken hallucinogenic drugs before I've also had insane to describe hangovers...but DT's were something I wouldn't...wish on my worst enemy! They scared me straight. I went through them 3 times (3rd times a charm) in my life. Now, 172 days sober. I'll watch the video later. Thanks for doing these. much love
Thank you for sharing and well done, 172 days is 172 miracles in a row 🙏
I’m a follower of him and was super excited to see this video shortly after LD. Great guests. This is such a good (you know what I mean) story that I’ll gladly listen to it again.
These conversations have really been helping me. Thank you
Thanks for letting us know 🙏
OG BAT...A true living legend! Great interview guys..shout out to Hard Knox productions..Well done! 💯👍
I witnessed DTs first hand my brother was an alcoholic, he was hallucinating for 2 days straight after trying to quit cold turkey, the things he seen were terrifying 😮😢, he eventually committed suicide in 2009, i miss him everyday , i have struggled with alcohol for last 2 years lost my dad last year snd partner and kids of 13 yrs but im now doing better and going sobar October i still drink from time to time but im a hellauva lot better these days, hope anyone struggling finds a way to stop or change their lifestyle xxxx bless u all
DT?
You can drink just dont drink the day after drinking cause that how you get habgovers from hell and insomnia and boom you are stuck in a insane hungover state for days on end until you get help
I relapse yesterday real bad I live alone and the evil alcohol is making my anxiety and depression worse...I pray for you my brother...I know the struggles...I live in the Caribbean.
thank you both,
many out here in the trenches learning anew, finding out what works and what does not!
🙏💜🕯💧🌱🐾👣🌿🌎🕊
Thanks for watching!
What a superbly flowing, quietly motivating production. Greatest respect to you both.
Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed.
If recovery stories got their production taken under the wing of Hollywood glamourization. You made it sound so cool man. Such flowery wording. Your recovery and understanding of self is certainly far deeper than your peers.
It’s weird how he doesn’t tell any of the most important details. I suggest it is embellished.
Bat country is amazin to follow n fantastic interview ! Thankyou both x 😂
Thanks for stopping by :)
Great content! I got to hear Stu's nutshell story, after just finding his channel bat Country yesterday , a new favorite, like a coffee nook ☕️. Thanks !!
Appreciate the video, the key difference for me was zero withdrawal symptoms, physical or mental, not even within the first thirty days, after Steffon Barkload and what he suggested it's been 9 months now it's like it never was a problem, reading that last version goolging what he put up. Felt incredible I didn't need AA or meds either.
The same for me. After many years. Just stopped. No outside help. Never think about the booze. 18 years dry.
Bat country is an unbelievable channel. Great help too. Stu is a great story teller with a look of PTSD in his eyes.
Yes his vibe is amazing. I'm glad to know him! Thanks for checking us out :)
Well, look who it is. What's up, Stu? Great interview. Can't wait to read about what went sideways on The Silk Road.
Hey man I sent you a message on IG. Shoot me an email :) daniel@hardknoxtalks.com
Very moving. Thank you Stu & Dan. Great job!
Thanks for Watching Andrea 🙏
I threw myself onto a cop car while running into traffic and jumped on the hood just to turn myself in for a terrible warrant i tried dealing with 3 times before that - i even went to the cop station in saskatoon crying saying i was wanted and needed to be arrested - the cop was like wait here while i openly drank vodka in the police station - after half an hour the cop came back and asked me to come back later!!!! And i was drinking right there and he saw. I felt so UNwanted and confused.
Hope u doing better
Your videos are so good. Thanks for the uploads x
Glad you like them, thanks for watching 🙏
Yabi found his channel just a few hours ago. Amazing story telling. And life experience.
I follow him already.. Really great story!
Mind blowing really!
I love the nugget thing
Much love Stu! There are thousands of people like myself watching that are ready to take the next step and who are inspired brother!
As alcoholics, we are fools more often than most. And so, we should be more humble than average.
Great interview
Glad you enjoyed 🙏
3 years sober. I have been very arrogant about how easy it's been. Lately I have realised that sobriety is like a tiny bird, one wrong move and she flys away. Your content keeps me on track. Thank you.
Thank you for letting me know 🙏
@@hardknoxtalkspodcast My turning point was also hurting someones feelings. It's OK to shit on yourself but when you start hurting others it has to stop.
“I cycled to London from Shanghai”.. sounds fabulously similar to.. “err… I’ve accidentally run to Windsor” 😂 If you know, you know.
Feels fuckin brilliant!
That crack is really moorish
You got Stu on your show! You've got another subscriber!🙂👍🏼
Thanks for the sub!
I went thru alcohol withdrawal psychosis last year in May and ended up in RUH for 16 hours and it was terrible and scary - they made me wait til I was near seizuring and my body was contorting and shaking before they finally gave me Ativan
Try withdrawing from heroin in a fucking jail cell and then come talk to me about alcohol withdrawals 🤭
That sounds intense, glad you're here with us to share. Are you in recovery now?
@@hardknoxtalkspodcast yes I just got out of the MACSI Regina treatment centre in August. My like 8th treatment centre but it's needed.
@@digitaldystopia3733heroin withdrawals are painful but they won't kill you - such as alcohol and benzos withdrawals can kill
I hope you are doing better now. Ativan also ended my alcoholic hallucinosis and allowed me to sleep for the first time in days. The last few hours of wakefulness were a waking nightmare that left a scar.
Damn, it takes a hella lotta booze to get fired from a kitchen haha
hahaha that's the truth!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Delirium Tremens is singular, not plural.
The s at the end is not a plural marker. Latin uses -ns to mark participles. “Tremens” means “shaking”, the full phrase means “shaking madness/confusion”.
Awesome
Stu’s sobriety story involves cycling across the Eurasian landmass, getting robbed at gunpoint, incarceration in ex-Soviet dictatorship nations.
Mine: alone in my bedroom with an empty bottle of vodka realizing this can’t go on
💀
I genuinely think I have been through the DTs, and it was scary to say the least. I was literally unable to not hear things. And I stood in the rain for 2 hours and slept in my car to not annoy my flatmate. It was all I'm my head. It was fking scary.
as I lay hopelessly awake going through minor to moderate withdrawals and insomnia, I play Bat country videos and Nick Johnson's travel channel
no auditory hallucinations last night.. just the usual insane mind and slight twitches and short spats of not being fully awake
Please get help if u can bless u peace
The fine coffee shop vibe is great with Stu, this is the first time I've found your channel and I recently quit social drinking again as I don't want those "yets" the DT'S, some horrible accident,organ damage, imprisonment, rehab,death.alcohol Is poison☠️.I watch him all the time and I'm going to see more of your videos too.🙂
Excellent!
crazy dude
Bat Country is one of my favorites ❤️❤️
This guy’s imagination is incredible I’d say 90% of that was made up in his head
STUUUUUUUU
Seizures kill many
I came from Hell I'm 20 years sober it was bad 👎 I have spoken at schools and rehabs when I was 3 years sober , but I figure you should be at keast 10 years sober before you get to comfortable but you never are recovered .
I can't write all my story here since I'm a teacher now, but I think my story beats it, not that I'm bragging, but once in a hospital in the suburbs of Shanghai with Chinese staff speaking no English but some of the other clients, like this 20 something Chinese girl, tied on her bed, saying, or rather yelling non stop "when is afterwork, when is afterwork..... " Anyway, I would love to work with Bat Country, I know I'm still welcome in Shanghai, and I would definitely promote sobriety among Chinese. Hit me !
Yhe music?
I’ve not been nugged in 108 days 🤓
No nugging way! Well done 🙏
HAhahhaahaha!! Congratulations on going nug-free :D
Please answer @_BatCountry - Did you end up with cirrhosis ? I just can NOT imagine that after that much alcohol your liver isn't at some stage of it!
Hello! No, somehow I dodged it, which is a surprise even to me, because listening to Liver Disease speak, I'm pretty sure I was a t least keeping up with his drinking. Even my teeth are ok, I don't have a single filling. I don't take it for granted that I've been incredibly lucky.
@@_BatCountry you dodged a major bullet my friend. I have to say, as someone who just last month that i'm in a bad way, since i found you i am binging on your content and I thank you for what you do. You are a good dude.
@@_BatCountryare there any side effects you could point out? Even if they aren’t long term?
I wish AA were more helpful and welcoming to women. Only one gay guy was kind to me.
You should hear my story or kicking methadone 180mg cold turkey and my 11 year drug history
Shoot me an email man! Daniel@hardknoxtalks.com
Wait a sec. Carrying a bottle of vodka on his bicycle trip where he is trying to quit drinking and the river and snake story, almost drowns, then downs the bottle. Hmmm. All this seems a bit much. Kinda sus.
Having a bottle of alcohol with him at all times even when trying to be sober is not uncommon at all. I and many others have kept around an “emergency” bottle for a while after quitting ,just in case, a stressful or depressing situation occurred.
You mean the pollution in China is so bad you don't see the star's?
In the cities it's pollution, and in the deserts it's dust.
Stu needs an exorcism
You might be onto something...
My friend says only thing you can guarantee to yourself and to others is that you will never do, are the thing you had never done. Once you do something then it can be 99.99% but never be 100 %.
Bat country yeahhhhhh