Is It Possible NOT To Improve Your Life By Stopping Drinking
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
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Since I became sober 4 months ago, I feel like I am re-learning how to socialise all over again. It's scary, but I am determined to acquire the skill of being confident.
We've a video coming next week I think you might be interested in.. It's on socializing ... specifically about friends after you've stopped...
After a year of not drinking I don't see how it can't improve!!
After 14 months I see a lot of changes. Maturity is big, new challenges, new hobbies: 😊puzzles, reading, researching ancestry, cooking..
Hobbies are key, well done! I'm into genealogy myself👍
Amen!
I’m going on six years alcohol free. My life is a complete 180 since when I started. At 42 I was 230 pounds, had metabolic syndrome, had bad sleep apnea where I’d wake up choking in the middle of the night, my rosacea on my face was painful and ugly, and I couldn’t imagine continuing my physical job as a carpet fitter. I discovered intermittent fasting in 2018 when I quit drinking and within a year I dropped 60 pounds. I have great energy, all my ailments went away and I’ve started my own business since then. No more working for other people. If I were still drinking today I’d probably be on several medications and feeling terrible on a daily basis. My mindset has changed so much I don’t really remember my old self but I’d like to thank him for making the decision to choose health and life over continuing to drink poison for “fun”. Big thanks to you as well Kevin for your videos. Your support has been greatly appreciated over these years. Best wishes to you on your continued work.
Kevin's words and concepts are a huge help to me. I will say, one of the reasons ex-drunks keeping going to AA meetings 20 years later is to help other new drunks come into sobriety. It also helps the 20-year ex-drunk to maintain sobriety himself when helping others in this way. There is also a real bond between the people at some of the meetings and it helps to have a place where people can talk about the topic with others who had the same problem. I myself am going to AA because I was in isolated drinking and had no more friends, and it helps me to be around others like me on a daily basis. I actually look forward to meetings because a lot of the people have a lot of character from the struggle and the meetings can be kind of fun.
Like being an ex smoker. Once you are a drinker or smoker you will always be one. Understanding this is an early step on the road to sobriety. Never give up. Anyone can beat it.
I had the conversation with myself this week. Im a functioning alcoholic. No major hangovers or troubles with the law but definitely something i want to stop.
Im SO grateful that i found your channel. You sound irish also. Im from Donegal. Living in Brooklyn ny.
Thank you, sir.
I think I was waiting for some event to quit (like a big promotion or my kid or DUI), even though I wasn't a get drunk and fight guy, I still drank most nights a week and did enough to make a fool of myself here and there throughout the years.
I stopped one day because a friend made a jokey bet with me (emailed me a form for me to sign) that if he smoke or if I drank in the next six months, we'd have to pay the other a grand. I decided to take the gag seriously. It wasn't ceremonious really.
It's only been over a month but I sense already that what will keep me going is to not make it a big deal. Sounds weird right? But if I blow it up to be something serious, I'll obsess over it. I just keep thinking just not tonight. So far that's added up to more days I've been dry than since I was 21. I'm 30 now.
Hopefully this gave you something to chew on. Keep saying not tonight!
@careerintransit thank you, yes, I know what you are getting at and I agree. I struggle with people that haven't drank in 40 years and they still call themselves an "alcoholic "
I love drinking beer and playing video games. I do it every night, it's fun, but why do I need the beer. Why not water. There is something there that I need to extinguish. A bottle of sprite is $2 a six pack is $12. I started cutting my visitation short with my son just so I can get home and drink beer and play Elden ring, I'm 47, time to make a choice. Been doing this for over 7 years now.
If you keep drinking, PLEASE don't drink and drive. You could die. Or kill someone. Stay safe...drink at home or take that cab!
I've been a functional alcoholic (or as I like to call it "alcohol dependant" for many years. And it's been a recent, rapid decline, but I'm no longer "functional". I'm barely existing and trying to make it to work on time so I don't lose my job. I have to use so much medication to get through the day and stop my hands shaking so I can actually write or type. And have to keep spare alcohol in the car so my legs don't shake on the way home while I'm driving.
I have serious long term mental health issues but having trouble getting medications or appointments because no one will see me in my current state.
Last week I got my worst blood test results ever. Almost 1600 ggt. Strict instructions from doctor to go straight to ER if anything feels "off" as my liver is likely shutting down.
But I'm still so stuck and can't find the compassion to want better for myself.
I'm 39.
Sober -31 days. Life is good.
I agree. There is zero down side to not drinking. Only upside. I would definitely doubt anyone could be dry for even a month and not say they felt better and most ordinary folk will see a decent bump to their finances.
It's true. I've coached plenty of people who are 'successful' in business who have had massive growth in their finances... It's amazing what a clear mind and consistent positive outcomes can bring.
Upvoted you because I agree that this is likely the case with the vast majority of people. But being sober for 3 1/2 weeks (the longest I've made it in years, including initial IP hospital detox) just made me feel worse and worse. And everyone else getting better made me feel so isolated. Like I'm just inherently broken.
I do have some long term serious mental and physical health issues, but without the alcohol to "tune out" of life, I find being alive unbearable.
Quote by somebody ... "alcohol is a slow form of suicide".
@@msmcfly Hang in there man, I can assure you that you will start to feel better. You've shown yourself you have the willpower and determination to do it. I suffer pretty bad depression and I definitely think alcohol makes it worse at least for me. Keep the faith and keep trying. One day at a time. It's been years for you and the changes and feeling better will likely take longer to materialise. I wish you every success on your journey.
@ozyrob1 thank you for your kind words. Really means a lot.
Need to replace booze with something good.
Believe in u
you make it what you want to make it.. thanks for the information
Your advice is so practical; very encouraging!
If one is focusing on how lonely or shy or boring they are when not drinking i suppose they would be stuck and not improving.
I hope I'm a work in progress right until the end...
.."and they're still going to meetings 20 yrs later" lol.😅... great topic, getting out of your head, its a perfect example of how you need to change your thinking, goals, habits , routines and sometimes friends! I'm a completely different person then when I used to drink, I rode my first 53 mile cycling event with over 3k feet of climbing...that never would of happened if I were my old self .I'm not an unhealthy drinker who cycles, I'm a happy healthy cyclist who doesn't drink anymore😁
It's amazing what we can do when we focus on outcomes :)
Im a completely different person. It's like being reborn. Jaysus at 14 my goal was to look cool with a Cigarette in my Gob and work hard at drinking as much as possible without puking. FFS is there many forms of child abuse worse. Wasted years wasted. Glad Im Awake 💪
Thanks for the video Kevin, you have a calm and motivating style. A good example of a none drinker. I would like to suggest something other than positive thinking, positive thinking can be like a muscle and it gets tired. My suggestion is;
Solution focused thinking, in short look what works and do more of it, look what don't work and do less of it.
Comes from a book by Lewis David, called "The emotional mind" very very good book.
He suggests to do a habits audit list everything you habitually do, eg get up at 7am eat breakfast of xxxxxx walk the dog everything you habitually do then rank them Positive or negative. or neutral. Forget the neutral ones go to work on the positives or negatives, start by scoring them 1 to 10. He also suggests using a method called a Path its acronym for Plan and total honesty. Once you set the Path you can check your on it by looking at your feet hehe if you Plan was to loose a stone and your feet on in the pizza lane of the supermarket maybe your not on your Path.
Maybe start with 10 days no boose if that's still the issue then look at your other habits, good and the bad etc etc.
Kevin, I thought you had 2 wolves stalking you :) , I am only 36 days in, but my issue is boredom, not missing the drink (even though I enjoyed it) I dont think the weather in the UK helps as I would like to be out and about, but its bloody miserable out there!
Hobbies, fitness and avoiding crap tv/news..it helps, good luck
@@rollandjoeseph Cheers Kevin, I dont bother much with TV, I have 3 dogs to walk, that keeps me reasonably healthy, going through a very tired stage at the moment, and as I said the shitty weather isnt helping, thanks for the advice
Thank you for this video! One of my new
Favorites !!! It's all
Choices and once again mate, you're so right!!! Thank you Kevin for being the light you are in this world! Keep
Shining !!! And to all the haters, piss off!!! Or as we say in the states, fuck
Off haters!!! I
Might be the only person in the states to put it just like that, but that's my truth ;)
Thank you always! Brick by
Brick,
It all
Adds up! BPV of self every single day!
Cheers bro!
Kevin can i ask you a question... I know your from Ireland like me and you did seem to hit rock bottom 12 years ago with the drink and changed but something you haven't addressed is one thing that likely gave you an edge over the common drinker when trying to stop, Where and how did you get the ability to just up and move to Spain then onto Andorra if you were a daily heavy drinker, How did you financially achieve the ability to do this while drinking so heavily, I know you mentioned you worked in forestry but your change of lifestyle seemed so drastic and obviously really expensive to perform... Is there something we are missing cause that kind of lifestyle change wouldn't be possible for the majority
I'm not speaking for Kevin but I will speak of my 240ish day abstaining so far. Apart from the money saved on not buying alcohol, the biggest savings and growth is in well aimed and intentional action. I don't head out and blow money on other bs while drinking.
I use my time better and can focus on more complex things outside of the drink and those people I would waste time and effort with.
I agree with freesgent..ive saved over 6k from not drinking, then add the food and tips at bars plus the 6packs from bars, plenty of ways you save money.
Fair play guys, Was hoping Kevin might have given a personal insight also
Kevin this is one of your best learning videos very informative and powerful words
Onwards and upwards brother 💙
Glad you think so!
Thank you