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At one point during my drinking days I woke up so anxious I thought I would kill myself, thank god for the Samaritans they talked me down. When I was drinking heavily I was anxious from the moment I woke up until i had a drink. I never knew about link between my mental health and the alcohol I was consuming and at no stage did anyone ask me about my drinking habits. Thank you Steven for this video.

I used to go on those sorts of benders! And yes, great fun but madness really, looking back. 5 years sober now. Feeling great 👍

Most of problem comes from not much money hotbed the drink now and that’s good but the money still low cause of 5 kids which can make you want to drink but I will not go it.

Huge Respect Sir! For sharing your story...❤

Saint Steven, Patron Saint of recovering alcoholics ❤

Awful times steve. I had many panic attacks. They are so frightening i thought i was gonna die..!!.. have a great weekend everyone and god bless you steve.

Thanks Steven for today's excellent message. My biggest anxiety and dread was when waking up after a long all night bender and then having to check my phone messages and calls both made and missed. Who did i offend? What did i say? How much money did i promise to give to someone or buy them something? Living sober is so peaceful in the mornings now. You look amazing mate ❤

That's funny you say that, my father was a drinker and I was scared of drunkards, as a kid I said I'd never drink, started at 14, but drinking regularly began probably when I was 18 or 19, I smoked dope and dabbled with other stuff from 14 too, but working in the public service, the work people would go to the pub, I knew I had a problem with drink, I gave up smoking dope etc at 22, and after that I too joined a gym to keep me out of the pub, but drank on a Friday night to excess. That changed as the years went by. I got really stuck into it regularly in my mid thirties after my short lived marriage ended. But whenever I drank, I did to excess.

I discovered late in my addiction that alcohol saps vitamin B1 (Thiamine) from your system. A long-term lack of B1 leads to very, very serious issues with the nervous system and brain (permanent shakes and nerve damage). If you are a heavy drinker, get a blood test for your B1 levels. You may need to take supplements.

I stopped drinking for 6 weeks about 4 or 5 years ago and thought that was it, never again would I drink, went to lunch with a work friend on a Saturday, I didn't know her that well, she invited me back to her place cause she wanted to drink at home as it would be cheaper, I staggered home 2 bottles of wine later, and I've drunk since, although I did stop for 10 days, somewhere along the way, and one other time (2013) I stopped for 6 months, I put myself in rehab, I was looked as a joke but by the others there cause they were had reached the basement, would drink perfume if they could, or cough medicine etc, I was on about level 5 ?? I do go a day or two, without spasmodically, but last night I think I drank nearly 2 bottles, I have to check, I don't feel hungover which is strange. It's so good you've made the decision, cause that's what it's about.

I was drinking about Half a bottle of whisky a night for 4 days a week. So thats 2 70cl bottles a week. Is that heavy drinking?

I have nothing to do with the police Steve😅but I walked past west end central police station today and you popped into my head .Now shut down I’m glad to say😂❤

Hi Steve, I would just like to say its refreshing to see someone using this platform for the benefit of others, I follow your channel closely and your insights are spot on. I have seen first hand the full range of damage and devastation what alcohol can do to a person and their family, from the start to the heartbreaking end. If its not too difficult for you could you please elaborate on the effect your alcoholism has had on your own family and friends.

Unbearable! A hangover from a half-day relapse would be enough to cause me that sense of doom! I won't do it to myself.

More power to you. Inspired.

Well said. Anxiety 10X for sure. Glad you mentioned patience. Flying off the handle at the smallest things, frustration just bubbling over, total gong show. Have a peaceful weekend everybody. ✌️

"Impending doom" to "REAL doom". If you don't stop drinking you will be in jail, the madhouse or dead.

The psychological effects of alcohol are horrendous. It's a depressant after all, but it's also a poison. People tend to forget that.

That’s wot I was like 25 years ago , I was going yellow , had to drink really all day to survive, took two times to rehab before i got off it, it was tough going , so 25 years sober not touched a drop, well done for giving it up mate , loved this video 👍

My husbands mum is an alcoholic and is constantly getting upset about how bad her anxiety is and she can’t work because of it. My husband enables her and they are both in denial that it is caused by the alcohol, it’s very frustrating and difficult to navigate. I feel so sad for her. Thank you for the video x

I remember taking every penny out of my bank account thinking that someone like a direct debit I had set up for monthly payments would take it all out by accident or some hacker would empty my bank..the thought of that and having no beer for the week was all in my mind total anxiety taking over then I would stock up on crates of Guinness or Stella, etc just in case I would run out? I remember filling the car boot with all the empties but was too worried to do it unless it was like 2 in the morning in case the neighbors would see me the paranoia and anxiety were terrible..i'd not be able to drive then for days as I wasn't fit enough it.

Way bak when i wos drinking there was no internet for this education..i had bad anxiety when i left school and i got a condition that is essential tremor (Arm and hand shakes)..17yr old i went for me first drink with me dad i cudnt pik me drink up..devestated i wos..2weeks later me dad was going for a pint when me mam said av a can b4 u go out to settle tremors and it workd but from that day i cudnt do everyday things without drink so i new i was adicted from that day..huge anxiety everyday to hide me tremmor..3suicides later i got sober and wil b 16yr in jan 25 , these videos are my AA meetings..i dont go to aa cos of me anxiety in groups , thanks for the vids

Thanks Steve - This is a life saver - Hopefully ? x

Alright Steve,I'm the same,I never answer my front door unless I know who they are before there coming,if someone knocks the door and I'm not expecting anyone I have a panic attack, crazy really,and I live in a flat,any little noise coming from one of my neighbours, below me or at the side of me as I have nobody above me,it drives me around the bend ,makes my blood boil,it's not normal..but moral of the story, anxiety and worry and OCD are a massive part of my life,cheers for the video,all the best mate

I only had to stop drinking for one day - Today. If I can do that I'm golden. Not sure about tomorrow. When tomorrow becomes today I repeat what I did yesterday. Has worked for two years. What do you do when you are pissed off, bored, lonely, depressed or elated, when I would reflexively turn to drink. I am working through the AA 12 steps with a sponsor and seems to be working. Thanks for your videos I am curiously fascinated. Great to see you thriving, wishing you a great sober life.

Yes a vicious Circle and some of the impending doom did happen second wife left me then 3 Months later being evicted then running out of Money . But all the symptons you mention are the results of Alcohol withdrawal for me anyway because as soon as I had a few drinks the symptons went away , It took 6 Months of sobriety for the symptons to go and another 6 Months for my Brain to clear ,

Very true Steve. I suffered two huge losses in my life within a short period of time. My mind became conditioned to being in a state of "I'm ready for the next tragedy to happen" always anticipating the worst, so I could be ready for it. I drank to cover it I guess, but of course it just added to the problem. These days are good.

Hi Steve, you've hit the nail on the head - heavy drinking = anxiety. I was full of panic, doom & worry. I'm still very anxious, but sober 3.7 years. Great video. I hope you're ok.

I had to quit when the panic became unbearable. I was a binge drinker. I would do 1-3 weeks off, and anything from 3-10 days on. Over time, the hangovers became worse and worse until it wasn't a hangover anymore - it was straight to absolute terror. Sky high heart rate for 18 hours, pacing the room, feelings of derealisation - it was hell. It came to be that I wouldn't even get hangovers anymore I'd skip over that straight to withdrawal. But as bad as the physical symptoms were, the emotional toll was even more immense. I was left with a constant low-level anxiety, which would ebb and flow for weeks after my last drink. Had to stop, it was becoming an ordeal , both on and off the drink. Whereas before I would have a genuine blast getting wasted - I loved "the zone", which was what I called being in that perfect drunk state, now that "zone" shrank smaller and smaller and I was just trying to stave off "feeling terrible" and just trying to function without panicking. It happens so slowly you don't realise what a tight spot you've wedged yourself into.

Thank you for this - exactly what I need to hear 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks for your videos, I'm two months and a week sober and struggling with not being able to manage stress as well as before, work and driving is hell...tell me...does it get better the longer you go without?

Me exactly, then you drink it away, for a short period of time. Then it's back and gets even worse.It's insane.

I've drank alcohol at various times in my life, but I've not been an alcoholic. I've been a heroin and crack addict for 20 odd years though. Thankfully I'm no longer an active addict. I've even stopped smoking!! All I do now is have a couple of beers a week. I don't have a compulsion to drink alcohol in huge quantities, but I know that if I touch heroin or crack I'll become addicted again. One is too much and a thousand is never enough....

New subscriber looking forward to watching your videos as a recovering alcoholic all my life (sober 6 months one day at a time) im now in a good place good days bad days that is to be expected all about learning to stay sober and of course WILLPOWER ..everything your saying is very TRUE ❤❤

I am not sure but I think I may have spoken to you around this time in 2020 via the 24/7 zoom AA meetings ( I am Scottish and THINK we had a good chat but may have been someone else with a similar accent / voice) we swapped numbers .

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He makes it seem so glamorous and trendy. I'm giving it a shot.

You sound like you're still drunk. Either that or permanent brain damage.

The drink took u down that fast

Hi Steven, Just wanted to say I think what you're doing is incredible. You are making a direct, positive difference to many people's lives, including mine, through your sincere, brave, honest & unpretentious videos. Keep doing what you're doing mate. Thank you ❤

Not easy.

You're 100% right

Good afternoon Steven. Well said 💪🏻❤️

I've been lucky, I dabbled with intravenous drugs when I was very young teenager and contracted HEPC, but when I was infected it wasn't even tested here in Australia, I found out about 9 years later as I was donating blood and my blood was tested in America, can't remember why now, maybe we just started testing for it, I was then monitored for a few months, but couldn't donate any longer (understandably). I've been lucky being a drinker and not giving it up, that my liver is ok, although I recently was told to cut down as a few markers are higher than they should be, and a CT scan showed shrinking of my brain and given my age (61), they think it's from my consumption of alcohol, but I still haven't given my frenemy up. I have been a binge drinker most of my life, although in later years have drunk more daily, or every second day, anyway, I like your videos, hopefully I'll see the light.

7pounds 50 that's ok😅

It’s a valid question. The line gets very blurred for many of us. Too many of us start justifying the bad behavior, the excessive consumption, the chaos that creeps into ones’ life. Often those around us also justify it, saying things like “you’re not an alcoholic” when you clearly are. God forbid that you might address the issue and improve yourself. So for many, it goes on and on and I guess once you enter your mid 40’s onwards, then things get worse. That’s what happened to me anyway, which also coincided with COVID which changed a ton of things, increased isolation, despair, feeling unable to see a way through whereas previously I’d been pretty optimistic on the whole. Seeking refuge in drink more so through despair than anything else really. Very dangerous mindset for anyone to have, obviously. Bottom line is though, we have to address it one way or another, sooner or later. As you’ve said on the channel recently, we’re not young any more, and the compounding effects of such abuse are more apparent in later years than when we were in our 30’s or early 40’s. Wishing everyone the strong mindsets we will all need to make it through this Christmas 🎄 season alcohol free 🙏

I drank at home in the evenings because I was so bored. Now I go out to exercise in the evenings and come home an asleep by 10pm. Now I am £400 a month better off, thinner and fitter. Still miss beer with all my heart, so never let your guard down people.

I shall never forget the darkness of Monday mornings, my alarm clock going off 5:00am after a feverish and sleepless night. Some mornings I'd still be slightly drunk as well as tired and hungover. Laying alone and despondent, agonzing as to whether to throw another sicky - knowing how suspicious it would look. The anxiety and paranoia all the way to work, feeling sweaty and nauseous and strangely detached from the outside world, and wondering whether colleagues would notice anything amiss when I arrived at the office. Replaying the conversations I'd had in the pub the day before, and sometimes finding names and number written down on scraps of paper in my pockets that meant nothing to me. Desperately trying to sleep on the train, but heart thumping like a broken clock. I haven't been in a pub since 2020, and am still amazed at how easy Monday mornings are now. Enjoyable, even. Sometimes I go for an early-morning run, and afterwards reflect on those dark Mondays of yore. Freeing myself from the tyranny of booze was absolutely the best thing I ever did; I'd recommend it to anybody.

Another great video mate. Just a note for others. I may have mentiioned it before. Alcohol is classed as a class 1 carcinogen by the world health organisation. It can and will cause cancer. It destroys both you and your body from the inside out. We need to change our whole culture around drinking because it kills. Even in moderation, yet its everywhere.

These are brilliant ! Just ' to the point ' of wot can happen ! Im sober 4 years in feb , i dont feel like drinkin n the memory of the times n how horrendous i felt hopefully will prevent a relapse ! The mornins of crap sleep , wonderin wot i had said or done , n dry heavin in the sink or bein sick with attempts to drink coffee ! Constantly tired n plagued with thoughts of how am i gonna stop this ? ! I declared , ' i feel possessed ' to my long exasperated partner n i think i was ! Its devils brew , its a wicked drug , im glad you came out the other side , its takes many n creates hell around it x 😅😊