How My Life Changed in a Year Without Alcohol
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- Опубликовано: 2 фев 2024
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Been over 6 months for me bro! Decided it wasn't benefitting my life in any way, shape, or form. Onward and forward!
Good for you!!! I have 13 years from drugs and alcohol. Every person’s struggle is their own but we are all in it together. Peace to you Brother. I support you.
98 days sober for me. Working on personal growth. Feeling strong. Keeping the weight off. Very few cravings. Wish me luck in the long term, and I'll do the same for you!
great job!
I loved the whole “nerding out” snobbery that comes with coffee. I moved into coffee and tea snobbery myself to break free from booze. Your videos have been really helpful, so thanks very much!
60 days for me keep it up my guy!
Love your video. 160 days without alcohol for me. Will never go back to the poison.
Any secret to sticking with it? I get 20 to 40 days in and I feel extremely good and then something hits me and I just drink I need to get past that point.
@@user-ih1bl4dv3c Think about how good you feel after 20 to 40 days without drinking, how strong you were to go 3 to 6 weeks. Don't give in, stick to it. Think of all the bad things alcohol does to you physically and mentally. You'll soon realise that you don't need to drink alcohol.
Im 8 days clean no alcohol i feel amazing I think i got this now been struggling for 30yrs my mind is too clear now to mess it up 💪👍🏿
What I like about this and your first video is that you are not making them as part of your ‘brand’. You seem very sincere about sharing your story and helping others.. Thank you 🙏
Was thinking the same..
Great stuff man. I remember watching your first vid at 100 days and, well I quit in July of last year. It was rough but totally, totally worth it. I am pretty much constantly working on or listening to music now and just generally having fun.
Have a good one!
congrats! more time to shred!
Congrats to you too!
Congratulations man, keep it up.
I just finished watching your 100 days. I'm 60 days today. Been drinking since I was 15. I'm 42 now. Everything in your experience with drinking and quitting drinking was 1000% identical to mine. It was quite amazing to listen to you. It was like listening to myself tell my experiences. So cool I'm not alone at all with this. Thank you man. These videos keep me going.
Awesome, you can do it!
Congratulations, you seem alot more humble & nice in this video than in the 100 days sober one. You just seem more friendly and stress free. Congratulations you did it! A lot of people can't.
Thanks!
Hey Nick! Congratulations to you! It's been 2.5 years for me.
I sarted drinking to supress feelings, and it quickly went downhill. Finding myself drunk at the baptism of my son is something I'll never forgive myself for.
Some days are easier than others. Keep your head up!
Congrats to you too, I'm glad you were able to turn it around!
Thanks, man
For me is just a week after 20 years of hard drinking. I wish someone had talked about these sooner but never it's too late. Wish me the power to say no to cravings as everyone around me is a drinker but will do my best.
God bless you
Great message in this video. Im just over a month in of being alcohol free.
Awesome, keep it up!
Keep it up, bro! It gets easier and better every week, every month. 8 months in for me. Only regret is I wish I did it sooner!
Excellent! 🙏 10 months for me now. I am happy and can't wait to get to one year. I am never going back to that habit. The clarity and happiness you get from not destroying yourself outweights the short high you get from drinking alcohol.
congrats, great work!
I COMMENTED ON YOUR LAST VIDEO! I made 10 years of no alcohol back in October. When I quit drinking I began to realize that I had a whole host of issues and addictions that I wasn't even aware of. It's been a lot of hard work but sifting through and working on these issues have drastically improved my life. Not drinking can be a hard life, regularly drinking alcohol is an even harder life. Thank you for putting this out there as I know it's not easy owning things about yourself that aren't awesome.
For me it has been since 1996. My playing has gone from passable to I would never feel out of place on any stage with anyone. I gave up endless guilt and was given 4 hours a day for practice and theory pretty much every day ...simply by being the 'gift' of time.
Time is the most valuable thing, and more time for guitar is the best use of it! 💪
Congrats to you!
34yrs, 11mths, 22days - congrats and wait until you hit 5 & 10yrs, you won't miss it compared to years of improved health and life quality. Addiction is hell but we can live beyond it with self-discipline, mindfulness among many many other practices. And one-size doesn't fit all, if anyone has a setback - keep trying. Love your channel Nick!
Amazing, that's an accomplishment! 💪
Great video Nick. I've realized that it's crept up on me over the last 2 years as well. I haven't decided to abstain completely, but I've certainly decided to cut in my intake way down. Thanks for the courage to speak publicly about something that many feel is taboo.
That's good! I'd recommend trying a dry month when you feel up to it ;)
I don’t remember who said this about alcohol, but alcohol is insidious how it kind of creeps up on you and before you know it you’re drinking more than you were the year before😢 it doesn’t seem seem to get less as you get older. Most people I know are drinking more than they did 20 years ago.
Well done my friend 🤘
I really appreciate videos like this. Thank you for sharing your views. I’ve also reached a year sober and was able to turn my life around and now have a career in the medical field. I’m thankful to be alive every single day. God is great my friend.
Congrats, that's great!
Congratulations man, I'm 11 months 22 days since I've stopped. I've also done it like you, without joining a support group or something. Before then I had been drinking steadily for 25 years, and then just decided I was done. So I think I'm lucky I could just stop like that. For me, I was a daily drinker, you know sit with a glass or two after work, so the difficulty was missing that routine of having a drink as I sit down to chill and watch or listening to something, so I do coffee some days, but can a go days without coffee.
You can replace a routine, but over time I find myself just picking up new routines once I put another down
Really enjoyed this. 👍
Well done!!!
Power to you, man!
This is a great video with a great positive message! Thank you!
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Great stuff - Thank you
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. I too did quite a bit of reflection on why I did the things I did. You are an amazing example 😀
Thank you!
Yeet yeet bro! Congrats!!!
Thanks for the video ❤️ & congrats
Congrats bro!
Awesome, Nick!
Congrats! Loved these two videos!
Congrats buddy, happy for you.
Congrats bro
Thank you! I've decided to stop drinking.
Awesome, stay strong!
I just started, last night was day 1. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Slept like crap, was used to be being knocked out from beer to sleep. Woke up like 5-6 times. But was my first day in over 7 years on not relying on beer to sleep. Day 2 tonight!
Keep it up!
Are you holding up?
Good luck
@@sendit3251 I have cut back and have gone days without for the first time in years but was unable to quit unfortunately. Not as easy as I thought it would be. Still determined though.
Congrats, you seem a nice person, and I like your videos very much! 👏💪
This is a great follow up video on your personal journey!
Great to see your progression and reflections, we quit completely at about the same time👍
Congrats! It's definitely a life changer
Great video ❤
I’m a fellow piano technician and it’s a great trade. There is such a great depth of knowledge in piano technology and can replace all the dopamine rushes.
First piano tech to comment, it's a rare trade!
It's a very different kind of fun (and madness) but it is rewarding
Awesome accomplishment brother, and im glad its been such a positive journey. Recovering a bit this saturday morning so this resonates! 🤘
Thanks! I sure don't miss the hangovers!
great video
Congratulations! It's great to see people I know IRL posting uplifting content like this. Around 2 months for me - AA is unfortunately almost completely dead in Fairfax so it's been mostly solo.
Keep it up brother 💪
It does get easier
😍 I'm only on day 21, and yours is one of the more encouraging videos I've seen
Thanks, you can do it!
I feel very lucky to be able to have extreme self control that I have simply denied throughout my life. I stopped drinking every day, and waking up hungover everyday. I was 100% sober for 6 months or so. But now I don’t deny myself a beer or two every once in a while. The difference now is I don’t drink to get drunk.
Good on you. For me, the benefits of sobriety far outweigh any pleasure of occasional drinking, but to each their own!
@@NickLeonard love that for you brother! Congrats on your successes 🫶🏻
8 months for me, best decision ever. It was Very difficult at first, especially sleeping, but now I get the best sleep of my life!
Congrats!
@@NickLeonard same to you on 1 year!
Congratulations! Many of my friends here in Poland died because of alcohol, in every age, from 20 to 50, 60... (women go firsts to grave) many friends talk "I want to drink myself to death" (typical scenario: no work or work as a slave, no money, no food, no perspecitive... drinking), i know many who drink beer, vodka everyday, that's sad. Don't drink pal. DON'T DRINK!
That's very sad, I'm sure as bad as the situation may be, having a whole generation of young people give up can't make the country any better! We have the same problem in a lot of rural America, drugs, alcohol, poverty, and desperation.
Well done good video.
I've struggled the last 15 years with this disease
Wow amazing
Thanks to your first video on the topic I have managed to cut down a loooot!
That's great!
It's similar to my situation. I've never lost a job or seriously ruined anything in my life because of alcohol. I drink 1-2 times a week, 5-8 drinks, usually I don't even get too much drunk. But because of my metabolism type I can't really enjoy smaller amounts - it just doesn't feel good when you get sober soon after having a couple of drinks. If I drink today, I have to maintain a certain level of drunkenness throughout the whole evening. Clearly, next day I have no energy and feel very passive (sometimes also with headaches). If I only could just enjoy 1-2-3 drinks and stop without feeling it as a bummer (hope this expression makes sense in English) - I would be totally okay with that! But unfortunately, it looks not to be my case. So I am contemplating quitting totally - at least for 100 days, to see how it will feel.
As for you, congrats and thanks a lot for sharing your experience!
There's nothing to lose from trying, and I think you will feel much better! You may enjoy it at the time, but is it worth it to feel bad the next day? and who knows the long term health consequences you could be heading towards
@@NickLeonard you're 100% right! and oh my god, having hangover sucks so much 😄
As a musician myself I greatly appreciate both of your videos on sobriety. And I also come from the same craft beer nerding out about tastes and flavors camp. Only three and something months sober now, stopped drinking because of falling ill with cold or flu, somehow liked the feeling of not having a couple of cans every night, decided to maintain it with the mantra "I want to play and look better as I did in my early twenties when binge drinking had never been a thing". The only six packs I buy these days are those cans of San Pellegrino, they are gorgeous! I'm the only sober person on the rehearsals now which is kinda insane, I mean, why drinking along with doing what you absolutely love? But I was like that for a while myself during the last year with the new band in the new place (and in another country). Looking forward to reach one year, it might be hard on some occasions, and especially during summer when it's really tempting to have a refreshing drink… but let's see.
Oh, and same thing with the diet. Gotta quit sugary stuff too, it has always been my vice, a lot more than alcohol.
Keep it up! It did feel a little funny at first having band practice sober, and even more so playing shows, but now it's hard to imagine doing it all drunk!
@@NickLeonardhi Nick! I know right, my bandmates weirded out with me first two months then got used to it. I'm having the best gigs of my music life since a long time ago investing more time into practice that sometimes gets really meticulous but it pays off later especially when adrenaline kicks in live. There's more to improve for sure, quitting drinking doesn't solve all the problem, I still have to take care of nutrition and sleep… the latter especially because, I think you can relate, sometimes you get too excited editing/mixing/doing whatever creative late at night.😂
@@Robostomp we used to drink pretty heavy at practices to our detriment, but now it's rare if at all, and I never forced it on them! Live is better too once you get used to being really present. Oddly, I feel more confident sober.
Sleep I still find can be hit or miss, but keeping a more regular schedule helps a lot. I also function way better on a keto diet, knowing the brain chemistry behind it explains why!
I don't comment on a lot of videos, but felt compelled this time. Like you, I come from a heavy music background (death metal/metalcore drummer) and so in our music scene drinking was inextricably linked to playing/watching music. But over time, my bandmates and I would just get sloppier and sloppier. So i decided to quit while we practiced (nobody else though lol) After that band imploded due to alcohol, I still retained the habit. After I left that area of town, I thought because I wasn't around that scene and those individuals, I wouldn't drink as much. Wrong. Like a bad habit I had learned, it didn't want to leave me alone and I just accepted it as my 'destiny'. Well, after being sick and tired of being sick and tired, I decided to try a one-month 'experiment' of sobriety. At that point I re-discovered how enjoyable actual 'normality' was, and that a mentally and physically compromised daily life is just f*ckin garbage. Anyway, just wanted to say how relatable this video was for me.
Take care, my friend!
That's awesome, man, keep it up!
It can be difficult playing in metal bands and going to shows sober, but it's not so bad! My band hasn't been playing out as much, but last show I did sober was a blast anyway. It's almost surreal, since I would often try to get to the "sweet spot" before performing, where I was functioning, but not self-conscious. Oddly, I feel much more confident without alcohol, and even more so when you know you're more aware of everything than everyone around you is...
@@NickLeonard👍🎵🤘
Great job! I am almost to four weeks without alcohol, the plan is at least three months not sure I’ll go back. As you and many others have said no real benefit to alcohol
I think you'll find after a few months that life is much better without it, and you've already broken the habit by then
You don’t have to join AA or even agree with their philosophy to stop drinking. Do it for you. Find high value friends that work to better themselves rather than get drunk.
Congrats of the Brasil!
Be careful with the vaping. Knew someone who passed in his mid 40s from vaping too much.
Otherwise congrats on your sobriety and your inspirational story. I can def relate. Sober for 8 days right now.
I quit vaping, over 8 months now! I've only ever relapsed in dreams and wake up feeling guilty! It's a hell of a drug to quit though!
5 days..just starting at 54...not a daily or even weekly drinker but when I drank it was to get drunk. Had enough
*huggs* I am no big alcohol drinker, never was. Some beer from time to time but I had the experience once decades ago while beeing completly drunk and that day I never forget (and the aftermath) so yeh I avoid to much of it.
That's smart!
I also play and write music, guitar, bass, keys, synth stuff, Ableton etc...........but since young, it's always been more fun, for feels, when drinking, I'm always scared that when I don't drink for awhile, the music and my hobbies will just sit.
I'm 48, Never drank nightly until covid, but last couple years drank nightly. I'm quitting for a bit right now, just scared my music will have no feel anymore. IDK, you felt fine though?
I feel a lot more creative and productive, and more efficient. I think the biggest thing that pushes me is having a youtube channel and doing demos, that is, having a clear purpose and deadline. What's important is the latter part, purpose and also some limitations and boundaries. It's so easy to get lost and not finish anything when there's endless possibilities. Give yourself a clear challenge, do the best you can, and know when to call a song finish and write the next one. Cheers!
3 months for me!
90 days today
Stopped after Thansgiving. I feel amazing, but the journey was not easy. I say this again and again, Alcohol is a Schedule1 substance. Period end of story. No amount of advertising can replace the perfume on a Pig.
50 years without alcohol lol never liked it...
I hate the taste, lol I was lucky I guess
The tips of that beard still have some alcohol from your drinking days. You should shave your face clean and re grow a healthy looking beard.
Excellent video my friend! 😉👍🏻👍🏻