Working Mom w/Toddlers: I'm quitting alcohol after 20 years of drinking.
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- Hello friends and fellow working mom warriors! Today I have a different video! I've been drinking alcohol for about 20 years and I have contemplated quitting for a while because I've consistently been feeling anxious an depressed every time I drive. Finally an event happened in my life that served as a wake-up call and I've decided to quit drinking alcohol completely.
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Girl! Speaking to me, I do not believe it’s a coincidence that you’re sharing this content on this day. I really appreciate this more than you know.
Love to hear this and I too believe that nothing is a coincidence! 🩷🩷🩷
Totally. I want to do the year w you, just be 60 days behind. 🥳
100% agree with you on this! After having my second child, I realized I couldn’t tolerate any amount of alcohol. It makes me feel exactly like you explained - depressed and anxious. With little kids who rely on me, it’s not worth it! Thanks so much for sharing your journey!
Thank you!! So nice to know that it’s not just me! I sometimes look around at friends and even my husband who can drink and aren’t affected at all and I was like what’s wrong with me?! Love the support 🩷
Thank you for being so open! I have slowed way down on drinking. I realize it's just not as much fun as it used to be and it's not worth feeling miserable the next day. I don't think giving it up completely is in the cards for me (yet) but I will sit and sip on the same drink or 2 all evening instead of having 5 or 6!
Couldn’t agree with you more! It’s not worth it…k feel like even cutting back a little is helpful! Keep going! 🩷
Super happy for you! Thanks for being so open and vulnerable with us. Have a great week!! 😊
Thank you!! ♥️♥️
Thank you Amanda for being so transparent! I’m right there with you! I’m a 41 year old WFH mama and everything you said how it makes you feel now as we’re older and how it takes days and days to recover is so true and not worth it. Im doing this with you! ❤
I love this!! Let’s support each other 🩷🩷
Hello from a 38-year old teetotaler 👋 I haven't drank much since my early 20s - I just love the clarity I feel without it and the depth it brings to connection with others. I have to say that you look so much more vibrant (you're always lovely!) now, a glow from within is *obviously* shining through.
You said that so well! The clarity and depth of connections is so refreshing! Thank you so much for your kind words 🩷🩷
Amanda, I love this so much. Thank you for sharing and BLESSING me with this video. I have a similar story. I am a 36 year old WFH mom and I didn't start drinking until I was in my early-mid twenties. I drank to get drunk. I LOVED how it made me feel in the moment. I did this (with my husband) for a bout 3 years. It was us going to bars mostly and getting so drunk I could hardly walk straight and then the next morning I would feel horrible. One night in particular, I drank so much that the next morning I was throwing up all over the house and had to go to work the next day. I couldn't even drive to work because I was shaking so much. I just could not stop shaking. It scared me so bad that THAT day I decided NO MORE EVER. This was my resolution in 2016 and I have stuck to it. Although it was the very best decision for me, my husband has not stopped and we continue to get into arguments about his drinking. (I hope Pete is supportive of you not drinking anymore) My husband lost his drinking buddy, but I have to do what is best for myself and my daughter and it's been something I have never regretted. I don't even get the urge to have a drink out at a restaurant. No desire. I am so happy you posted this video and thank you for recommending Andrew Huberman. I will listen to his video and send it to my husband. You are my absolute favorite youtuber to watch and it's so nice to be able to relate to you so much and know I am not alone!
Thank you so much for sharing! It’s so comforting and inspirational to hear other women my age choosing not to drink for similar reasons 🩷 I’m sorry to hear that you and your husband sometimes aren’t aligned but hopefully you can respect each other’s stance on drinking. Pete’s super supportive and has actually been urging me to completely stop for a while since I’m miserable and a different person after drinking. I really admire that you have no desire anymore and I’m hoping to gain that complete confidence as a move forward on this journey! Thank you so much for the support 🩷🩷🩷
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations, Amanda!🎉🎉🎉
This is an amazing, positive life change for you and your lovely family. I've been watching your channel since before Quinn was 2. I was concerned about how much of a priority alcohol was on weekends during the kid's naptimes, but it was not my place at all to say anything. I'll bet you see a difference in your skin, especially under your eyes. I applaud your decision!!!!! God bless you hon! 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Thank you!! ♥️ it’s taken a while to get to this point but I’m so much happier and a better mom, wife, etc. without it in my life!
Hey girl…so happy for you. Thank you for sharing. Gives me some confidence to tell my story about addiction & recovery.
Thank you! 🩷 you should be so proud of yourself and absolutely share your story! I’m sure it would be an inspiration to many 🫶🏻
This came at the perfect time, Amanda! I relate so much to your experience. I just threw out my wine today because of this video and I definitely plan to check out the resources you mentioned. Thank you. 🙏
That’s amazing!! Let’s do this together 🩷🩷🩷
Thank you for sharing and being vulnerable ❤ I am proud of you
You’re so welcome and thank you!
I just want to say I appreciate this video; especially as a mom. I was not a college drinker BUT became depressed in my mid 30s (fyi I stopped to this at 5:28 minutes in this video) BECAUSE in my case after my mid 30s alcohol has been my addiction……. At the moment as I write, my sides hurt 😞 but i do want sobriety.
In my case, alcohol cant be in my life anymore..i have 2 beautiful kids that are way older than yours but are still young. They are suffering because of my addiction….and my health is not that great. Amanda, your videos have been God sent because i changed jobs and i researched your info because i needed some positive guidance to the point I am trying to mimic your routine…THANK YOU….. and especially thank you for this video…i will finish it now but i just feel heard as a mom because of this video….i wish i could say i used alcohol socially but for me it became to numb my pain. There are a lot of mom’s hiding their alcohol drinks and I hope to grab a positive twist on your reason and also make it a goal of being free 1st one month, the , 60 then 90 days, then one year and lastly until forever for me. I ask for PRAYERS while i fight this battle, i have gone to trauma and rehabs and now I am trying on my own and those prayers are going to help me so much. Thank you and never stop sharing your content. ❤️🙏
Thank you so much for being so open and honest in sharing your experience! I think there are many people, moms included, out there in your same position. I’m sending you so many prayers…give yourself grace and count all the wins as small as they might be! You got this mama 🩷🩷🩷
@@Amanda_Fadulthank you so much Amanda….i’ve done so much better since I commented and fighting this battle with prayers plus with God’s help. He is so good to all of us ❤🙏 We are also here for you during this time. Thank you for always being there for all of us.
I love love love this video! I too have struggled with depression with drinking but yet I thought it was helping me
Relax and unwind. I haven’t drank in about 4 months and I feel great! Currently on a serious weight loss journey and I feel like I am healing from the inside out. Thank you for posting. Love your videos 🩷and congrats to you 💝💝
This!! I was the same…thinking it was helping me relax and it was a “reward” after a long week. That’s so amazing to hear you’re on a journey and healing from the inside out! Keep going ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you for sharing. I am so proud of you!! ❤
Thank you so much! 🩷
Here because I struggle with this! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
I hear you!! You got this 🩷🩷
Thank you for sharing. I feel like a lot of moms have these same thoughts and struggles and feel guilty about all of it. I think it’s really a transition to a new point in life and I always try to spin it in a positive manner bc when I say I want to quit drinking, I feel like it just sounds like there’s a problem. It just doesn’t work with this new stage of life but it was fine in my 20s 😅 I hope to make the year mark w you! I have done it before and it was great🎉
You said it so well! It’s the only drug that people question you for quitting which is so wild! lol let’s do this mama! 💪🏻🩷
I know this video has been up awhile but I’m just now coming across it. I subbed to you awhile back but then unsubscribed when I decided to cut out a lot of the current content I was taking in. It wasn’t because of you that I unsubscribed. I did that with just about all of the channels I was subbed to and purely for the purpose of controlling what I was watching (I was focusing on God at the time and trying to do a “fast” from most of the content I was used to). But I am subbed again now because I just came across this video, miss your channel, and empathize with this topic. Thank you for being so raw and real to share your journey. This is a hard journey for me and my story matches yours a lot. It’s hard to change things around - you are doing awesome!!
Thank you for sharing! Happy you’re back! 🩷🩷
Thank you for sharing! I’ve stopped drinking alcohol myself. It has been a little over 3 years. I feel so good!
Congrats to you! Thats so amazing! 🩷
Hi Amanda!!! Congratulations on keeping your word and doing exactly what you said you were going to do!!! I’m 38 now and same thing, I can’t drink the way I used too, still like to enjoy a glass of wine with friends or date nights with my husband but I keep it to a glass or two.
I’m so happy for you, if this makes you happy then you go girl!!! Love your videos as usual and I will be here to watch the next ones ❤
Thank you so much for the kindness and support!! 🩷🩷
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Thanks for sharing your journey, Amanda ♥️ It takes a lot of vulnerability and discipline to acknowledge behaviors that are no longer serving us and make a change, good for you!! I have never been a big drinker and always had a personal limit of 2 drinks when I did partake. But I can relate that, at 35 now, I just feel differently even after a few drinks and I’ve realized the pleasure of the drink is not always worth how I may feel later. One friendly thought/suggestion-I’ve learned from my naturopath how much of a hit our livers can take from alcohol, medications, or seed oils. It can be good to occasionally take some supplemental support to help heal the liver. (Note: I’m not a medical professional, just sharing my personal experience.) Abstaining from alcohol for a time will probably help your liver a lot anyway, but just a friendly suggestion you may be interested in exploring. I am a wellness junkie and love the Huberman lab podcast as well, or anything else I can get my hands on about wellness 😋 you may like Dr. Eric Berg’s RUclips channel as well, if you haven’t found it yet. Best wishes to you ♥️
Thank you so much for everything you shared!! I’ll definitely take a look into supplements to help heal the liver especially after drinking for so many years. I’ve watched some of Dr Eric Burgs videos and love them too! Thanks so much for watching as always 🩷🩷
@@Amanda_Fadul 😊🙏🏾♥️
When we left Florida to go to PA 6 years ago… my husband and I quit drinking. We just moved back to Florida and I could drink again but choosing not too. Mine is stress related. I get heart palpitations and insomnia if I drink now that I’m older. It’s crazy!
I hear you!! So different of an experience now that I’m older as well! Good job for choosing not to and doing what’s best for you body and mind 🩷
I love this! You sound like me for the last year! This makes me want to try 30 days and see where that takes me!
Yes!! Let’s do this! 🩷
Kudos to you! I feel the same way. No reason to keep something in your life that is not serving you or your family. Well done!
Yes! Thank you! ♥️
Awesome video thank you for sharing 🙏
Thank you for watching! 🩷
Amanda, So happy to hear you are feeling better with your decision!
I was never a really a drinker but now being a mom and being older my body and wallet can’t handle it!😊
Agreed!! 🩷
500 days sober here! Had same problem as you-doesnt matter how much I've drank next day I felt that I had depression. Mental breakdowns, crying, screaming and etc for me was a normal day..:D but now since I'm sober I never had this huge anxiety anymore, even on the hardest days of my life- break up after 9 years relationship and etc..
That’s amazing! Congrats to you!! Sobriety is such a gift ♥️
I got sober 12 years ago - when I was 25 - and this video brought back so many memories of how bad it was before I quit. Even though I had more “material” consequences (lost jobs, car accidents etc) in the end it truly was the depression that got me. You are doing something more amazing than you even know ❤
Thank you so much for sharing ♥️♥️
I love that you posted this, I could relate. I am 40 with a toddler and drinking is not the same as when I was younger 😅 just having 2 glasses of wine on a Saturday night would take a toll on me for the upcoming week.
Thanks for sharing!! I’m exactly the same…2 drinks and it’s 2 days of paying for it ☹️
After my second child, I never went back. It doesn’t do anything for me and I realize that now. What it did do, even in small amounts, had the opposite effect of the peace I was looking for. ❤️ Good for you.
I couldn’t agree with you more! I had the same experience! Thank you for sharing and congrats 🩷
Omg. Mom of 2 toddlers here and I just started Naltrexone to stop my 5 pm wine cravings. Started as a wonderful pairing with meats and turned into a dependency to help me cope during the stressful evening hours with my littles. My plan is to take this medication and refrain from alcohol indefinitely. My brain and body could use the detox. Good luck to you!
Good for you!! Cheering you on ♥️♥️
Yay Amanda!! 💕☀️🤩we love you girl!!
🎉🎉🎉 love yall!!
That’s great to hear Amanda. Though am a teetotaler, I realized that I am slowly getting into sugary food items. Went cold turkey last week with many of the items. Just been a week and feel so much better and feel less bloated. Am also planning to continue this way (probably forever).
That’s amazing!! Keep going! 🙌🏻
You are such an inspiration!
🩷🩷🩷 thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to watch!
WOW Amanda i really love your honest and you are such a positive person much love and respect always🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💯💯💯💯💯
Thank you!! 🩷♥️
You go girlll❤.. I'm going on 3 1/2 weeks with no alcohol and it feels amazing..
Yay!! Congrats to you! ♥️♥️
Keep it up! It keeps getting better!
Good job Amanda. I don’t drink but I sure did a lot in my teens. Alcohol does no one any good. You should feel proud of yourself. You’re an inspiration. This was a wonderful video for those ladies out there with young families.
Thank you so much! 🩷🩷
I love this video and very interested in the first 30 days video
Thank you! The first 30 days video will be up next week!
Same! I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old. And the hangovers are just getting ridiculous! In bed the next morning after just having a few drinks. I can only contribute this to my metabolism changing after having kids. And I workout, I eat healthy ish. I intermittent fasting. It's the same though. I feel socially like I need to. But I also feel like my body just cannot handle it anymore. I'm 35 & I think it's just something that's internally changed. Power to you for realizing this is best for your body! 👏
Agreed!! I think the changing metabolism and getting older has had a big effect on me as well. I can’t afford those wasted days of sleeping in or not feeling 100% during the week! Thanks for sharing 🩷🩷
This time round am late. Watching replays.
Thank you for this !
You’re welcome!!
I just became a working Mom of a toddler (was a SAHM for two years) and I also started a side business AND I'm studying for certifications. I quickly realized even just one glass of wine or one weekend beer just did not fit into my life anymore. I needed to prioritize sleep, health, wellness, and just keeping my energy high and thoughts positive. Although I was already a light drinker before, it's made such a difference.
You go mama!! You said it so well…health and wellness are so important especially for busy working moms trying to juggle so much. The alcohol, even the smallest amount has a negative effect. Keep going! 🩷
Happy for you!
Thank you!!
Dr. John Delony here on RUclips had a discussion about teen/young adult (like college age) drinking and how young girls are literally drinking to "have fun" and lose their inhibitions basically to lower their guards/morals/boundaries, whatever you want to call them. Which are there to protect you. It was eye-opening, and yes I've heard so many people say they drink to have fun or do things/act in ways they normally wouldn't do.
Thank you for sharing! I need to watch that video!! ♥️
It takes a lot of strength to quit anything that was a part of your life for 20 years, nevermind such a socially accepted habit as having a drink! Excited for you - good luck on your journey and keep up the daily walks 🌳
So true!! Thinking about how you worded that is so enlightening! Quitting something that was part of my life for 20 years is a huge feat! Thank you so much for the support and comment 🩷🩷
Love that I came across your page recently. Very similar thing happened to me it was anxiety and depression even with one drink. I believe the tugging is the Holy Spirit❤
Yay so glad you’re here! Totally agree about the Holy Spirit ♥️🙏🏻
I have cut WAY back since shifting to a healthier lifestyle and losing 70lbs. I was never a big drinker, but did enjoy a glass of wine/margarita while out. I always feel groggy the next morning and just slower than normal. It's been fun to find alcohol free options- there's a whole NA store in my city with tons of options. The NA drink options at restaurants around me are always delicious too!
That’s amazing that you have made such incredible and positive lifestyle changes! Love that you have a whole NA store…definitely fun trying out all the new drinks! 🩷🩷
Thank you for this video.. current Mom of 2
You’re welcome! Hope it was helpful! 🩷
I agree 100% I hate the way it makes me feels and like you said it takes days to recover! I noticed especially once I entered my 30s I can’t tolerate to! I haven’t drank in 3 months now! 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Yes!! Those lost days are not worth the few short hours of a couple drinks! That’s amazing you haven’t drank in 3 months…keep going!! 🙌🏻
Thank you Amanda! May I ask, is Pete still drinking? I’m just asking because I feel like I could give up alcohol, but then I would feel bad or not fun when we go out once a week on dates. We drink quite a bit together socially at home too, to the point I feel like it would be a buzz kill for him if I quit. I rarely get drunk, but mostly because I have a very high tolerance for alcohol I think. Does that make sense? I’m an athlete and I really should not be drinking much, if any.
You are helping so many women, we all appreciate you!
Hi!! Pete is still drinking! I totally get what you’re saying and I was worried about being a buzz kill but for us it’s actually been so much better for our marriage! We still go out for date nights alone and with friends and we both have fun even though I’m not drinking! It’s actually better because the next day I would typically be miserable (if I drank) and it almost canceled out the fun we had the night before because I was so regretful. Now we have a great time without the negative aftermath the following day and it’s been awesome. Especially if you’re not drinking to get drunk and your personality doesn’t really change, the fact that your drink doesn’t have alcohol probably won’t make a difference and it’s more in your head than anyone else’s, at least that’s my experience! ♥️♥️
Keep up the job work.
Thank you! 🩷
No, you are definitely not an alcoholic. Your story is like mine - it’s alcohol usage disorder and the fact that we keep doing it (on occasion - not all day every day) even though we suffer from it, THAT is what it is. There is a high from it but that changes to anxiety and depression especially as we get older. It is a vicious cycle and because we had that fun when we were younger, it is almost engraved in us that things work the same way. They don’t.
You said this so well!!
Very good
Us jersey girls always had our fun nights at Djais lol 🤣 but I understand how you are feeling I have an almost 2 year old and those mornings after drinking are hard to function when we have responsibilities and need to be up at 6am
Ahhh DJAIS lol those mornings after drinking especially now that we have kids are not for the weak lol
What was your husbands reaction to your goal of not drinking? Just curious. I am very happy for you. May God continue to bless your life and help you through this journey :)
Thank you! My husband is SO supportive and actually has repeated told me for years (after I drink and am depressed for days) that I need to just stop because I’m a different person and the house just has a bad vibe. So grateful for his support ♥️
That is wonderful 🙌 He really loves you!!!❤️❤️
Go girl…
Thank you! 🩷
It’s the sulfates in wine
Wine makes me depressed and it also keeps me up all night. I’m in the same boat with alcohol. Mom of a two almost 3 year old. I rarely drink anymore. Never worth it
Totally agree with you! Never worth it!
I quit 15 years ago.
Amazing!!! 🎉
Better late than never!!!
Indeed!!
Same! Omg...I just stopped. It was so unproductive.
SO unproductive and sets you back!! 🩷
Why do you drink alcohol? Because you will get hungover.
Good question!