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Recovery with Sam
United States
Приєднався 30 лип 2022
A show where I (Sam) talk to everyday people about their Recovery from drugs and alcohol. My guests all differ in age, sex, economic and social classes. I hope to show how the disease of addiction is fought on a day to day (sometimes minute by minute) basis by ordinary people in the trenches of this sickness.
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68, retired military, went on to complete a second career. Work hard let’s drink! Sober for 7 months. I’m a different man.
That story of the guy drinking at 30 and the drinking at retirement and dying in 4 years is another bla taint lie by Bill Wilson the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. He had stopped drinking for 2 years when he made up this and many more stories in his cult building book. Don’t go to AA because over the long haul you are in a thought stopping cult.
I love this!
I had always assumed everyone "wanted more" after the first 2 drinks. Now that I look back on it, no one else around me was doing what I was doing. I was taking down shots of vodka like every 5 minutes until someone would take it away from me. I also didn't think anything of "having a problem" because I wasn't an "every day drinker". I was just someone who "binged" whenever I did drink. I also falsely believed, as most people do, that the dependency is what makes you an alcoholic. When in reality, it's the other way around. The dependency just happens as a result (but not guaranteed that it will). You see, for the alcoholic (it's a disease we are born with, in MOST cases) there is this abnormal reaction our bodies have to alcohol (Dr Silkworth referred to it as a "physical allergy"). When we take one, we literally crave more and more. No matter how many we've had, we're almost never satisfied. I say "almost" because there are exceptions. Once I started drinking every day, I did have a limit. But, at that point, the dependency had set in; and this "limit" was still well above the average drinker. I recently went through detox and that was NOT fun. And by "NOT fun" I mean a living hell. I'm still dealing with lingering withdrawal symptoms. I recall, during detox, I got on the floor curled up in a ball (I felt like something in me was trying to burst out of my skin) and I was crying and screaming, "Jesus, please take me now". I felt like I was in a dream for a week. I even had this crazy notion of taking the light switch plate off in the bathroom, standing in salty water (high conductor of electricity) and then grabbing the hot wires. When I couldn't get the plate off, I thought of doing it in the laundry room on the 220V dryer outlets (oddly enough, they let us in the laundry room by ourselves). I felt "trapped" that I could not get a drink. Thank Jesus I didn't do that, but it was rough for those few days.
I only drink during the night and dont really obsess about it in the daytime. However, I feel like it's a compulsion for me because once I do drink, I want more and more. I'm trying to tapper so I can one day be alcohol free. Christians, please pray for me. Thanks in advance ❤
Nah.
This guy talks a robot ... fucked his brain from booze .can't listen to his word voice.
When you come home from a night of binge drinking if you're seeing people in your room and your talking to them then it's a problem because those people aren't even there. It's your brain playing tricks on you. I stopped drinking after 25 years of this terrible stuff. I was fed up with Endoscopy, s ulcers in chest, panic attacks, I was even more miserable, lost my job and family everything. I'm a totally different person now and I'll never touch that poison again because that's what it is!!! 🤮
Love you Paul. Love ya Sam. Happy Easter!
Damn started out banging for first time .. 😳 all in
Is she old or young I can't tell? Coke is dumb AF unless as u got a ton of it cause it wears off so fast. 😂
I’ve done cocaine, Molly, ketamine, kratom and even Xanax but out of all the drugs I’ve experimented with in the past the only thing I seem to be addicted to is LSD and Shrooms I can never stop thinking about how wonderful and magical it is I just wanna go back to my tripping days. (Well tbh I’m addicted to weed and tobacco)
Also with coke you pay a shit ton of money to get high for 2 hours with lsd it’s like 7 bucks to be high for 9+ hours. 😂
She is not young, she has been sober for 15 years.
My addiction started with a high dive also. 13 yrs old, I was smoking cigarettes and I’d smoked weed but nothing hard not even alcohol. So 2 days after my 13th birthday I shoot up heroin. That was day one of 29 yrs of chaos and Hell. Today I have 5 yrs clean-ish. I still smoke weed. I know what clean is to me and I do consider myself clean just not sober.
I relate to this
You are clean congratulations 👍
Oh silly Lisa you were supposed to dabble with drugs as a kid/teen and get it out of your system by the time you have kids
It is not a disease. It is a self-imposed, chronic compulsion. There is, I believe, a genetic factor. But we KNOW when we start out that we don't handle it the way normal people do, yet the feelings from drinking keep pulling us back to it, despite knowing better. It is the pit we find ourselves in when we made a choice and, despite knowing its downside, we kept digging the pit.
dis·ease /dəˈzēz/ noun a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that has a known cause and a distinctive group of symptoms, signs, or anatomical changes. Opposite: health a particular quality, habit, or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people. "departmental administration has often led to the dread disease of departmentalitis"
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His story helps me understand or see from another perspective so to identify the problem. This is true of all addiction, even food which may just take longer. As a Health Coach, and one on my own journey, this truth sets freer and freer.
Oxy what's that
good story wish it was longer kicking is the hardest thing to do its so uncomfortable 😖 but when you get right the pain all gos away😅.
Sober since August 2022. Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day. I'm trusting in nothing but the blood of Jesus to pay for my sins to keep me out of hell.
The only failure is failure to succeed
You should be ashamed of yourself ... You are a thief...
I’ve had the same problem for years im finally able to stay sober. An finally figuring out how to see value in myself, u stay strong brother
@josephsauseda1982 Thats Great, Everyone has value, sometimes it's hard to see that in ourselves!
This has nothing to do with the current video however I had the thought that the old ad campaign for Snickers bar about being hangry was simply describing the withdrawal symptoms from a sugar addiction.
Yep that’s exactly right, now that you pointed that out I can’t unsee it!
Makes total sense!
I drink once in a blue moon. But this helps me want to clean up. I'm trying to quit smoking too, and it's hard. I need help with something though. I'm trying to get in the military and it's been more than 30 days and my body will not detox. Has anyone had this issue. Please 🥺❤
Take a home test, just because you didn’t detox doesn’t mean it’s still in your system.
@@Recoverywithsam I have a huge box full of tests and I still keep getting a positive on all of them. Could it be a problem in my kidneys or my liver?
@@Vaulteccutie27Do you drink lots of water? Green tea? Exercise everyday? Quitting smoking will definitely help the alcohol stop hanging on to your cells. Also, what’s your diet like with food?
I really like your information. Thank you and God bless you Sam!
Thank you for watching!
😂🙏🏻God bless
Ditto!
I don’t know how anyone can live without drinking. Life isn’t any fun anymore. Without alcohol everything is just a grind. I went sober for four years, and I hated every minute of it. Sure, I get in trouble from drinking who doesn’t,. But without drinking life is just an empty desert, the land of thirst.
Honest. That’s where you are at. I hope you find something just as compelling for yourself, just to show yourself that this is a possibility. If you still want to drink, that is your choice.
As long as you are not hurting anyone, or yourself. It’s amazing you did four years. That’s an honest to God try!
You're sadly an alcoholic thinking that way.
That’s the evil thing about it, society is so ok with it and the first time you get drunk and have “fun” you’ll never forget that feeling, it’s the same with every drug and some people will just love it. It’s kind of like losing your innocence on the idea of “fun”. But in the end it’s ultimately your choice and everyone can indulge in the poison of their choice. I just say there’s like 1000 cons of drinking and the only pro is you feel good…until well the next day or whenever you sober up.
Life was way more boring while drinking for me but I didn’t know that until I quit
Heart disease, liver and kidney disease, pancreatic issues, cancer, high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, psychosis...list goes on. Alcohol SUUUUUCKS.
374 days today and enjoying life. ❤
so what’s new? what is the difference about health?
@@IceQuiky was 130kg before now 86kg. Sleeping better and eating a way healthy diet 👍
I tried to be a alcoholic but my body doesn't let me🤷🏿♂️ I don't know how people become alcoholics..
That’s great, you know you’re an Alcoholic if you have an Obsession for it.
It’s a progression thing and doesn’t happen overnight. Everyone reacts to drugs differently and alcohol being one of them I would classify as a drug.
@Xstr3ngthz absolutely! But I really tried to drink my depression away after I lost my dad, and I just kept getting sick and kept trying to get drunk but got sick every time, then just gave up trying to drink
You are very lucky you did not take to alcohol like a duck to water.
@@LisaKelly-k8s Amen. Had my first at age 10 and KNEW it was a game changer. By 14, I knew it was a real problem.
I quit drinking some amount of years ago. Six maybe? I never really set a date but I just kindof didn't want to do it anymore. I have friends who are struggling and I wish there was some magic thing that I could tell them to help them quit, but it's different for everyone. My life has gotten unexpectedly better without it.
Same for me, my worst day sober is way better then my best day drunk. After talking with many people in group and on my podcast, there isn’t much to say. I think it has to become a desperation, rock bottom, and that is different for everyone.
Hey guys someone need's I'll help will ull be able to his a kid 14 years of age watch's a All ur videos
Thank you for watching, reach out via DM on Tiktok or Instagram, if you ever need help. www.tiktok.com/@sammyjmedia?lang=en , instagram.com/recovery_checkins/
You do you and we’ll do us ! It’s our life to live it how we want , big whoop you recovered . Stop preaching it’s boring as fuck
I don't get angry that others can drink just one
Great, for me I’m jealous I can’t drink like a gentleman
@@Recoverywithsam how might one define "drinking like a gentleman"?
I think he means not losing your composure eventually, getting sloppy in affect with the alcohol. I think Sam is a true gentleman for sharing and caring with his experiences of addiction.
@@LisaKelly-k8s I'm actively in my addiction. I never get sloppy or even buzzed anymore. I just can't deal with not having it. I get sick and sometimes I have auditory hallucinations.
@@Recoverywithsam With me, once I start thats it. One glass of wine or beer sets off the mental dominos for me
I’m sober 14 1/2 months after I was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach and liver cancer. They tell me I’ll be dead in a few months. Unfortunately I’m still a loser, I’m still fat and I still have no interest in living. I definitely recommend quitting but dont be fooled it’s some sort of miracle cure all.
I will keep you my prayers, you ever need anything reach out to me via DM instagram.com/recovery_checkins/ , www.tiktok.com/@sammyjmedia?lang=en
God bless you ! You too Sam.
Good luck, bro.
I hope you’re still alive while I’m writing this to you. I force myself to go for walks everyday to put drinking behind me and I will ask the wind to carry you positive thoughts wherever you are in the world. Life is hard, yes… but somehow there’s always flowers growing out of the bullshite. I hope you find whatever flowers speak to you and you find happiness. Earth is blessing you with the Will to do anything you put your mind to. ❤
Thank you. I needed to hear this
Thanks for watching!
This guy looks native
Partly I think. Mexican anyway
The Devils elixir. Alcohol is an awesome drink! Unless, you know other people, NEVER exit your dungeon, walk, talk, have children, have a wife, have a relationship, have a life, see, smell, taste, have feelings, or generally, have a pulse. Oh, and if you do, well, you won’t for long. 🤮🤢🤢🤢😵💫
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Right? I call it the devil’s pee. 😂 I’ve got way too much soul to drink spirits.
5months sober now, longest ive gone in my life, im nearly 56, would drink vodka neat for breakfast, did it so far by myself, totally different person now for the better
Hell yeah! Same with me, never since I started 25 years ago have I gone this long. I've been alcohol free for 1 year, 10 months, 28 days #iamsober
Holy Toledo ! At least you coulda mixed it with orange juice, lol.
I disagree with the notion that you are powerless against alcohol. Don't stop fighting for your health and for yourself and one day you will be triumphant over your addiction! Believe it, and you can achieve it! I did it 15 years ago and you can too
Yep it has a lot to do with perspective
Some of us, many of us ARE powerless against alcohol. You are fortunate not to be one of the many but some people need daily triumphs and are never really through the battle over addictive to substances.
But anyway, good work!🎉
It's true, I can't speak for everyone of course, but it's my feeling that If you concede to the notion that you're powerless against alcohol, then you're admitting you can't beat it on your own. That seems like a form of giving up. True strength and perseverance come from within yourself, and with the power of the mind, anything is possible! Wish you all the best
Exactly! The whole AA nonsense "ohhh, I'm so powerless" is pathetic. That's simply another excuse. I say to them, "well if you have no power or hope, might as well drink til the light goes out". Part of recovery is taking responsibility responsibility and seizing internal power, a driving force that enhances one's ability to take responsibility and to maintain sobriety. AA may work for 4 or 5 percent of attendees; for most, it is total BS.
I am 52 yrs old, I have been drinking alcohol since I was 15 yrs old.I no longer have the desire to drink anymore mostly due to the fact that I know if I don't stop my health will suffer.I have many friends and family members whom have died from alcohol addiction, sadly a few of them were suicides.
Yep same for most. Keep up the good fight! I just did a podcast with my friend Joe, we did one a few months ago and he needed a liver, he came back on and he just got the liver he needed. It will be posted sometime this week
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Thank God you did and anybody with a lot of time but a short date that's even more impressive to me because it is so hard to quit booze I I quit booze very easily but I'm a drug addict I just replaced booze with Xanax which is not really a good idea but there is a little bit of damage control I am convinced that this medicine is not good for me but it's I would be dead if I kept drinking. But the problem with all these addictive substances pills and alcohol particularly is you're either completely inebriated or you're sick there's not much in between now there is a short period in the beginning where you're going to function and have less hangovers but or just be more tolerant to Hangovers but again there's a point where you're either completely drunk because there is a point where the allergy kicks in and having the booze in your system puts your brain in that comfort zone making you dependent another observation I had is since alcohol has such a short half-life that's one reason why it was legal over cannabis. Anyway another thing I wanted to say is yeah just like this guy explained how he had a sober time and then when he started drinking again it was just the same like he's bottle after bottle that's another thing I've had two or three years off of pills and yeah at one point found a bottle of pills and I'm not too ashamed of myself I did take the pills that were like 90 Percocet and at one point in my life 90 Percocet would have lasted a month and a half maybe and that was partying by the end of my by the time I checked into treatment 90 Percocets would barely last a week and that's just being comfortable and not agitated. I've never laughed so hard then my first day out of rehab and it was like a tiny little cat picture and I swear I laughed out loud for about 5 minutes and I realized that is my true brain I felt like I was 12 years old. Find something that makes you happy and then that will help you find somebody you love. And don't count on your family they don't even know what affects you and they could have good intentions that affect you negatively. I love my parents but they're just as screwed up as I am except they had their shit together when America had a functioning economy.
The WHY is key to shift to inner, powerful motivation to change, do hard things, choices.
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I truly appreciate you making this video on your check-in. What topics should we expect? I’m impressed, I liked this video and subscribed!
Thank you, it feels weird to do it on my own. I might do another soon.
Yep, we have the Marchman Act here in FL too
Idle hands are the Devils playground for sure
Ive had to do the same exact thing to a cpl ppl..... Soon i was the person to come to with ODs.... That wasnt fun
It’s not a disease. Stop playing the victim. I understand addiction but it’s not a disease z
okay so you don’t understand addiction
it literally has been scientifically proven that it rewires the brain and is defined as a disease by all of modern science. alcoholism has been classified as a disease since 1956 dude.
Tell me you're an uneducated idiot that wants to sound smart without telling me.... It's a disease. It's incurable. Head to med school and you'll learn