THE DAY I GOT SOBER

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  • Опубликовано: 31 окт 2024

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  • @TheGong00zler
    @TheGong00zler 4 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for sharing💜. I just turned 26 & know I have some sort of drinking problem. I don’t want it to turn into anything worse so after my boyfriend’s birthday next month I’m going to do 1 month of no drinking as part of Moderation Management. I’ll think back on your story during that time to give me strength💪

  • @makenna.h
    @makenna.h 6 месяцев назад +42

    I don’t know how i came across your channel. i’m a 25 year old woman who has been “trying” to get sober for years now. You are an inspiration. You are changing the world. Thank you.

    • @maxolivia4911
      @maxolivia4911 6 месяцев назад +6

      I found sobriety at 31 after quitting alcohol at 27 and relapsing hard back into it a year later. You can do this. But it's okay that it's hard and it's okay that it takes time

    • @welcometoheidi
      @welcometoheidi  6 месяцев назад +4

      Ohmigoodness thank you

  • @paularanson2990
    @paularanson2990 6 месяцев назад +15

    I’m 60 and have isolated myself because I feel so ugly and invisible now . I was addicted to pills for years and like you I quit on my own ,and never looked back . I am the lead singer for a classic rock band and I am not finding it hard to get in front of an audience. You have helped me feel like it’s ok to be me again , I can’t explain it ,I guess being an only child , it was nice to hear another woman’s point of view . I absolutely adore you . Thank you so very much . I have a lot of pain to work out of me . But I feel like I can do it now ❤️

  • @laurapowell7384
    @laurapowell7384 6 месяцев назад +55

    You are a beautiful inspiration. I have no fashion sense, wear mostly blue jeans and sweatshirts and tend to feel "less than" and inferior. You feel like an old friend, one who encourages me to be me. My authentic self. You are helping to empower me, to escape my self judgment and comparisons to others. June 24 will mark 24 years of sobriety for me and at 67 years old, some days i feel like I'm just starting. Thank you Heidi for sharing your journey and encouraging me on mine.

    • @SabsileT
      @SabsileT 6 месяцев назад +6

      congrats, that's very impressive!

    • @laurapowell7384
      @laurapowell7384 6 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@SabsileT
      Thank you ❤

    • @Beigebunnyhunny
      @Beigebunnyhunny 6 месяцев назад +7

      So happy and proud of you. Some of us never experience this feeling. Thrive through it, you deserve it. 🌅🫶🏼🪩

    • @welcometoheidi
      @welcometoheidi  6 месяцев назад +4

      Amazing!!!

  • @shawntakada1851
    @shawntakada1851 4 месяца назад +1

    Grateful to have found your channel. I think us alcoholics drink to deal with all the pain and insecurity we cannot endure. Then in sobriety there are moments of emotions that come out of nowhere… at least for me. All those buried feelings that drinking took care of bubble to the surface. I’m also afraid of intimacy; and we’re married for 40+ years!

  • @dinakova21
    @dinakova21 6 месяцев назад +34

    I immediately proceeded to buy your book after listening to a minute of this ❤

  • @wandadrees6384
    @wandadrees6384 5 месяцев назад +3

    You are awesome and brave
    Thank you for sharing
    I have been sober for five years now , I made the decision because I was tired of the bad decisions made under the influence
    I want my fuck ups to me MY fuck ups not alcohols
    Again TY for sharing you are helping more people than you realize

  • @the.hot.button
    @the.hot.button 6 месяцев назад +28

    Heidi, you got me in tears! It was captivating to listen to you! Thank you.

  • @clarefrisby1620
    @clarefrisby1620 6 месяцев назад +8

    Thank you for reading this Heidi. I appreciate it so much x

  • @ladyheathermackay
    @ladyheathermackay 6 месяцев назад +8

    How fabulous I found you! I have 27 years & I am 61. I live in a coastal magical for-rest in Northern Cal.

  • @andreatalamantez6000
    @andreatalamantez6000 6 месяцев назад +6

    Oh wow. I just cried with you….i got sober from Heroin, cocaine & tequila on 10/20/09. I have 14 yrs too in 2023!!! No wonder I identify with you so much!❤
    Yes, we did it ALONE. And still are alone. You pegged it. 😢 the whole journey was so lonely and terrifying and isolated and it was so HARD!!! Somatic yoga can help with getting the trauma out of your body. This is what I’ve been told by my team. Gentle movement while feeling. Idk 🤷🏽‍♀️ abt it yet, I haven’t had the courage to try it. It seems a bit overwhelming. But that’s one way to get the emotion out!!!!
    Oh Heidi, I wish you healing and love and happiness and peace and all the good things life has to offer. You deserve them!!!

  • @joyjolt44
    @joyjolt44 6 месяцев назад +3

    Congrats on your continued sobriety Heidi 💖🙏🏻

  • @living_redefined
    @living_redefined 6 месяцев назад +14

    I’m 59 and aspire to have your sense of self. Sending love 💗

  • @leawade8663
    @leawade8663 5 месяцев назад +2

    You are a brave woman and I admire you so very much. Not only for quitting alcohol, I know the struggle never ends. I saw it in my mother, but for being able to honestly say things that most women think but dare not share. You are my new best friend.❤

  • @Sandrasstyles
    @Sandrasstyles 5 месяцев назад +2

    Heidi!!!! this is the first video. I have watched over here on RUclips of you, I am always watching you on IG… I am so grateful that I came over here & watched this!🌸
    You are truly incredible and an inspiration to so many including me! ❤
    Thank you so much for your transparency and sharing your truth… Your story is incredible and needs to be told to the world keep sharing you are helping others! I absolutely love the part where you said … “Boys seem really important when drunk” lol absolutely ! 😂

  • @lolarichards98
    @lolarichards98 4 месяца назад +2

    You are an inspiration. I’ve been sober for 643 days and I am so grateful, yet lately I’ve felt for the first time like I’m white knuckling it…life gets life-y and there is no escaping it. But, this too shall pass.
    Getting sober is the best thing I’ve ever done, it really is a miracle.
    Thank you for being you, for being open, honest and vulnerable!

  • @karynpruden5733
    @karynpruden5733 5 месяцев назад +4

    All I can say is thank you Heidi, thank you for your bravery, openness and willingness to share the good, the bad, the ugly. Maybe some day I’ll get there.

  • @kgw273
    @kgw273 2 месяца назад

    Heidi, you are not alone anymore. You choked me up. All the support from Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦

  • @wizzieparker7250
    @wizzieparker7250 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for being so vulnerable and honest, i blocked my past with drink, AA and therapy have been great for me, we are not alone xx

  • @JusttRaquel
    @JusttRaquel 4 месяца назад +1

    HEIDI YOU should have done the reboot of SATC.... You have that quality that is woefully missing from "and just like that"...
    Thank you for reading. Thank you for sharing your experience. As an adult child of an alcoholic, seeing the ever present struggle and toll is so profound. I wish I could hug him and tell him things that I had no notion about when I was a kid who simply thought I wasnt enough for him. I love this and you!! ❤

  • @jenniferdifazio9088
    @jenniferdifazio9088 6 месяцев назад +13

    “I did it alone, and it left me raw”
    Heidi samesies. 💔

  • @fionalewis5051
    @fionalewis5051 6 месяцев назад +5

    That was powerful. That took f***kin guts to share, but hearing you speak about your experiences is one hell of a message.
    I hope you are feeling ok now, could see that took alot out of you. I think your incredible. Keep on keepin' on ❤

  • @jeanette9205
    @jeanette9205 6 месяцев назад +14

    Thank you, Heidi, for sharing this chapter of your life❤

  • @Coltrieversandcooking
    @Coltrieversandcooking 4 месяца назад +1

    So inspiring! We hear about your younger years, would be nice to see photos of how you dressed in the older days.

  • @magpie.
    @magpie. 6 месяцев назад +11

    I quit drinking 7 years ago next month. No support, no AA, just me sticking to a decision i made when i saw a f-ton of cigarette butts on my back porch that id told myself all winter id "pick up eventually" (when the snow melted). I didnt realize id NEVER thought id have to clean up after myself. It was my oh sh!t moment. Never had a sip after that night. And never felt compelled to because i actually HATED myself every morning-after, and i never want to feel that again ❤🎉 i still struggle, but how i cope is different and now those struggles make me stronger instead of weaker.
    Thank you for sharing, Heidi! Bought the book just now ❤

  • @MsVshizzle
    @MsVshizzle 5 месяцев назад +2

    You are an inspiration Heidi ❤

  • @zencookbook
    @zencookbook 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you so much for sharing this. I tried so many times to give up drinking and finally at 38 have close to a year under my belt with no desire to ever go back. Your offer of vulnerability and your truth here help people like me so much to contextualize and move beyond our past Into a much bette, brighter future. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

  • @andijo4381
    @andijo4381 6 месяцев назад +2

    I'm having a rough time quitting weed... I've smoked all day every day for the last 20 years and I've tried to quit 100s of times.... if you have any experience with that battle that you'd be willing to share... I'd love to hear it... I'm 37 and I lost my mother at 21 (she was an alcoholic so i am an alanon kid).... your content means more to me than you could ever imagine... ❤

  • @elizabethhelenoleary
    @elizabethhelenoleary 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you so much for sharing the part of your journey..
    Ypu ate so inspiring and i resonate so so much with your stuff..
    But y'know what Heidi and anyone else who cares to read this comment, as my Mum had her last few days in hospice care ..She told me not too worry about stuff..
    We all carry stuff and that is all ir is ..
    Stuff..
    Sending you love ❤

    • @elizabethhelenoleary
      @elizabethhelenoleary 5 месяцев назад +1

      By the way I can hardly spell through the tears.your story has moved me ..x

  • @latrishawebbsmock335
    @latrishawebbsmock335 6 месяцев назад +2

    Love your spirit. I've also suffer from addiction and addictive behavior. God bless you your awesome to share your story and be real anyone can make a persona

  • @Qwazier3
    @Qwazier3 6 месяцев назад +2

    It's been 10 years for me and I still miss it but I'm not going back. Only forward. Doing things sober is very scary. And that's ok. Do your best Dory......keep on swimming. 🤗

  • @msp4852
    @msp4852 6 месяцев назад +7

    ✨thank you for your honesty &
    vulnerability✨very inspiring✨

  • @karenhogan731
    @karenhogan731 5 месяцев назад +1

    You are brave and so strong. So inspirational. Thank you for sharing ♥️

  • @MagdalenaShakti
    @MagdalenaShakti 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you. You don't have to go through it alone. I'm glad that you are now including all of us. With you. I get it. Now is so good.

  • @clevergirlhikes
    @clevergirlhikes 4 месяца назад

    These posts... very courageous of you. Love your writing

  • @AdrianaMartinez-ih6hy
    @AdrianaMartinez-ih6hy 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you
    Thank you
    Thank you
    🙏
    I really needed to hear this at this point in my life
    Thank you for the sacrifice!
    The world needs more people like you

  • @xThinkinqofYou
    @xThinkinqofYou 6 месяцев назад +2

    Your vulnerability is truly a gift. Thank you for sharing your story. ❤

  • @kimstrandberg9529
    @kimstrandberg9529 6 месяцев назад +7

    I did alone and I did it raw too. 18mths ago. I’m so glad I found you and your channel. I hope you know that that very same rawness and vulnerability is deeply helpful and healing to so many. I’m so grateful that I found you today. ❤. But if I can make you laugh at the same time, for the first 5mins of this I thought it was Barbra Streisand’s book you were reading and I thought to myself “holy wow, who knew??!” 😂😂 Hope that made you smile!

  • @angiebush7810
    @angiebush7810 6 месяцев назад +1

    Your channel just popped up, the universe knows how badly I needed to find you. Im 60 and sober going on 6 months. Its scary and wonderful at the same time. Its also lonely. I have my puppy love Zoey who is my soul dog and she helps. Im on the road to happiness. Love and light to all.

  • @ksbarzey
    @ksbarzey 6 месяцев назад +1

    You are amazing, honest, emotionally powerful, and beautiful! Thank you for sharing your life journey, transformation, and healing.

  • @Okay182
    @Okay182 6 месяцев назад +9

    Wow you’re very inspirational. Where have you been all my life!!!

  • @jacquelinewilson2279
    @jacquelinewilson2279 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love your work. You're an inspiration. So many of us can relate to your stories. You are a real talent. Love from Australia

  • @shalomar-l1f
    @shalomar-l1f 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wow,what a story! You're a great writer.So much incite.Ty for sharing your journey.Its hard to be so raw and transparent.

  • @nancyrussell6096
    @nancyrussell6096 6 месяцев назад +3

    I too have that book of my life screwe ups while drinking. You are so awesome! Thank you for being so open and honest with others who need to hear that on the other side is you get your life back. And life is a gift. Your body is a vessel , take care of this vessel. If you dont stop you will die. Thats how the book will end. If you dont stop! Love love love and peace to you . I wish i could pick up the phone and call you. Thank again. Sober 2 yrs🙏

  • @Nicholeforrestfaerie
    @Nicholeforrestfaerie 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your BEAUTIFUL journey; you are amazing, inspiring and true! Love, light, peace and every wonderful blessing to you H!❤

  • @clover309
    @clover309 6 месяцев назад +4

    I follow you for a different reason, and I didn’t realise you are also sober like me too. Thank you for sharing this ❤ it’s incredible to hear how you’ve changed from 14 years sober to 23.

  • @eileenwiley825
    @eileenwiley825 5 месяцев назад +1

    You are so brave and so right. Love your videos.

  • @sarahmenkveld6105
    @sarahmenkveld6105 6 месяцев назад +5

    I cried through your own story. It was kind of too much because I was like you. Your vulnerability is inspiring.
    Thank you. Honestly, this video was what I needed. I've been thinking about this for this for a week or so. The universe guided me for you to provide an amazing opportunity for others. No one has told my story, you are relaterible to me.
    Thank YOU ❤

  • @donnaa4668
    @donnaa4668 6 месяцев назад +2

    Im really glad i found you, i can relate so much. It sounded like you were talking about my life. Thank you so much.

  • @kathryncleary1766
    @kathryncleary1766 6 месяцев назад +1

    Just found your channel; and your story of your life touched me your a very strong lady you have done amazingly well and I wish you happiness x

  • @carriebaker4861
    @carriebaker4861 6 месяцев назад +9

    Sending love and hugs ❤

  • @anasantana2530
    @anasantana2530 5 месяцев назад +1

    Your story is beautiful, just like you❤

  • @deborahallen9497
    @deborahallen9497 6 месяцев назад +2

    You are Amazing!!! Head high up! Dance to your music!!! Enjoy!!!!🎉❤

  • @Wabzfunny
    @Wabzfunny 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for you sharing your vulnerability with us. Proud of you and your sobriety. 🩷

  • @marluvs1909
    @marluvs1909 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for sharing! Thanks for being you ~ Thanks for the inspiration 🌹🤗🌹

  • @brookewilson9379
    @brookewilson9379 6 месяцев назад +1

    I know pink elephant. I just moved nearby and I love it :) I adore your writing, reading, and just you in general. Thanks for sharing yourself. Must’ve been scary but you’ve made a difference for so many people

  • @Fae321boom
    @Fae321boom 6 месяцев назад +2

    You are sooooo beautiful and brave, I love your content, so inspiring...live fae💕🫶🧚‍♀️⚜️

  • @LieweNostalgie
    @LieweNostalgie 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you so much for sharing heart and experiences. ❤ your story reminded me that I'm not alone and that there are others going through the same things. I've spent years trying to cope, trying to find love, belonging and connection in all the wrong places in all the wrong ways, with incompatible or half-compatible people. Hurting myself, hurting others and allowing others to hurt me. The last year I've melted away a lot of the life-long fakeness and problems I created or adopted for myself, and while I still haven't manifested my heart's life-long desires, at least now at age 34 I have a better idea of what they are. Sending love to you Heidi and everyone🌻

  • @ariannevanrijn
    @ariannevanrijn 6 месяцев назад +4

    Wow this teared me up so much, what a book! 🥺
    So relatable, I’m 2 years sober and pretty sure I’ll never drink again.

  • @TJJS982
    @TJJS982 5 месяцев назад +1

    Love this story!

  • @binathere2574
    @binathere2574 4 месяца назад

    Big hugs Heidi. You're amazing.

  • @KJ-wh8fu
    @KJ-wh8fu 4 месяца назад +1

    ❤ Thank you

  • @marleneperez7813
    @marleneperez7813 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you Heidi for sharing your story.

  • @barkeyes8592
    @barkeyes8592 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for reading to us and sharing your emotional story. You are strong. Without suffering the depths of pain you can never know the heights of joy!

  • @vjr5261
    @vjr5261 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good job lady! You’re doing it. Went through with my dad.

  • @Avievan91
    @Avievan91 6 месяцев назад +1

    Sweetie 🥺 you did it by yourself 😢, I’m in AA , almost 2 years , and if it’s given me anything it’s other alcoholics! Sending you big hugs 🤗 ❤

  • @coloradotrue247
    @coloradotrue247 6 месяцев назад +1

    I understand that racing mind..I always say it was fun while it lasted 😂😂!

  • @Adele.Bielski
    @Adele.Bielski 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you thank you, thank you!!✨💎 Sharing is so powerful. Myself, I'm not a drinker, never have, but and there's always a but, I smoke weed🤨 I have just turned 50, have been smoking this stuff since I was 16, due to my parents nearly divorcing after my Dad had an affair with one of my Mothers friends. It was a relief, one that was needed so badly. Now they have both passed on, I don't want this addiction no more! I think, I hope, I pray out loud, please Lord, help me end this addiction once and for all. I want to live, and I mean liveeeee! I have wasted time, money, the list goes on, and I'm done with it. Looking forward to your next video🤗🌻

  • @TheMarnaiz
    @TheMarnaiz 6 месяцев назад +1

    Proud of you. Plus, you're a damn good writer!😊

  • @maggiemae331
    @maggiemae331 6 месяцев назад +1

    Strumming my pain with your fingers. I’ve been sober now for 4.5 years; the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The pain still lives in my heart but we’re making it through

  • @M-ko4dh
    @M-ko4dh 6 месяцев назад +2

    Recently found your account and I have to say it is one of the best things that has happened to me! Thank you!

  • @emu9520
    @emu9520 6 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing…😢…I gave up alcohol 12 years ago. The single greatest decision of my life❤

  • @sagascending804
    @sagascending804 6 месяцев назад +1

    This has affected me profoundly, thank you. ❤❤❤

  • @gabrielleferris952
    @gabrielleferris952 6 месяцев назад +1

    God bless you...what an inspiration ❤

  • @helenamanner1593
    @helenamanner1593 4 месяца назад +1

    RESPECT! ❤😭😭😭❤️

  • @SuperSalchipapa
    @SuperSalchipapa 6 месяцев назад +2

    ❤❤❤ thanks for sharing💜💜 loved hearing your story ❤

  • @RosyVilla
    @RosyVilla 3 месяца назад

    Muchos hugs! Thank you for your honesty. ❤

  • @joniheisenberg
    @joniheisenberg 6 месяцев назад +3

    I read Barbra’s book. It is fabulous!

  • @brendaharding8010
    @brendaharding8010 6 месяцев назад +1

    It's goid to listen to you Heidi.
    I just fell across your videos this week. I am around 14 years sober in Dublin Ireland, only recently have started to grow up 😅
    I went to Aa and found it great until one or 2 things happened and a man in the rooms. During covid I fell away and now I'm tentatively making my way back into the middle of the bed.
    This thing is easier to do with others ...... ❤

  • @jennifermendenhall429
    @jennifermendenhall429 6 месяцев назад +1

    I would have never read this. Thank you for sharing! Nothing but love for your channel, and I hope you know you are powerful; never forget that!!! From what I've seen so far, you totally got this! I haven't followed for more than a week at this point but, to me you are truly a beautiful soul that I can't wait to learn from! Please keep being you and sharing! I am looking forward to what you have to teach! ❤ Edit: I am confused after reading comments. Is this your book or Barbara Streisand?

  • @jillmo3286
    @jillmo3286 6 месяцев назад +5

    I love ur channel just came across it soo get yi ,all the fae bonny Scotland uk ❤

    • @welcometoheidi
      @welcometoheidi  6 месяцев назад +2

      Hello
      Scotland!

    • @Ruth78620
      @Ruth78620 4 месяца назад +1

      It's a great wee country ❤ where abouts are you from?

  • @cheriwillard8373
    @cheriwillard8373 6 месяцев назад +2

    Hug hug kiss kiss
    Thank you for sharing your story ❤. Your amazing 💕!!!

  • @merryfergie
    @merryfergie 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for sharing.
    You are magnificent

  • @jenniferbogenschutz1342
    @jenniferbogenschutz1342 6 месяцев назад +3

    Keep on sharing ❤

  • @lca4808
    @lca4808 6 месяцев назад +3

    I like your vibe, Heidi 😊🫶

  • @MorganHyde-ie5ru
    @MorganHyde-ie5ru 4 месяца назад +2

    I say this with love, but you're talking about yourself and your past with self-hatred in this video. You don't need to do that to yourself. Hugs ❤.

  • @rachelharvey207
    @rachelharvey207 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this. You are so brave! If you haven't already, try somatic exercises to get it out of your body, specifically your hips. Thank you again.

  • @ninavmaxwell
    @ninavmaxwell 6 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you.

  • @theseventh5204
    @theseventh5204 5 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful story. I think you'd love 'JournalSpeak' with Nichole Sachs. It's a revolutionary way of letting out and feeling your emotions.

  • @1tuffcookie87
    @1tuffcookie87 6 месяцев назад +3

    Sending you hugs ❤

  • @Darkpheria
    @Darkpheria 6 месяцев назад +2

    💜Thanks.

  • @SavannahWilcek
    @SavannahWilcek 6 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you, I appreciate u

  • @tirzah9929
    @tirzah9929 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for sharing, it means a lot

  • @rachaelhutchings5659
    @rachaelhutchings5659 2 месяца назад

    I'm having the hardest time. I trpkasped on Friday AGAIN Thank you for this 🙏🏻

  • @carleneevans2828
    @carleneevans2828 6 месяцев назад +1

    prayers and love your way❤

  • @brndafay8518
    @brndafay8518 6 месяцев назад +4

    Love you Heidi ❤

  • @subconsciouslyaware
    @subconsciouslyaware 4 месяца назад +1

    Im having a hard time, period. Thank you for this. I cried. This too shall pass.....right?

  • @CindyClogan
    @CindyClogan 3 месяца назад

    And crying it out is OK it is a form of healing just reminds us that we are human and how far we have come like a cleansing of our life and body the same as when it rains it renews everything around us ❤ we need it to flow xxx

  • @pamelajones1
    @pamelajones1 4 месяца назад

    Inspirational ❤

  • @janelleespinosa6247
    @janelleespinosa6247 6 месяцев назад

    If only my mother had your courage. Alcohol took her from me when I was 22, that was 45 years ago. She did not care for AA either. She quietly carried her shame and just dulled it every few years until her body couldn't take it. You are a rare and beautiful woman, you took charge, and the world is also richer for it. At 66, I can attest that your BEST years are to come. And you will remember them. I'll be following along.