I don’t drink but I watch a lot of people do. I see the mental change and all the unhealthy physical changes. I am so happy I don’t drink or even crave it!
I was always just a social drinker but i quit drinking a year and a half ago and it was one of the best things I've ever done. I feel so much better and have so much more energy.
Societal norms have conditioned people to drink. We have been conditioned to normalize alcohol despite the reality of addiction and dis-ease. Alcohol has become one of the largest billion dollar businesses that capitalize on poisoning people 👀
@@paulwiegerinck528 Isn’t it funny you have to justify what you’re not drinking poison to your friends.. just tell him you break out in handcuffs and end up in jail cells..
Thanks to Huberman I'm sober for more then 9 months now... I found the video completely randomly and it changed my life. You never know what video would hit you so hard
Recovered alcoholic. 3 years sober. Being able to find the strength and the means to navigate life without alcohol to ease stress or boost confidence, has elevated me to a level that drinkers and users will never experience. Raw-doggin’ life and surviving it makes you super-human.
Last drink in 2018 shortly after I turned 24. Now that I’ve just turned 30 (🎉🎂🥳 ) & am looking back on the last several years I’m very happy I wasn’t one of those people who used youth as excuse to put it off until I was over and quit soon after I acquired the knowledge I needed to make me desire to quit. Being health conscious in your youth helps you look and feel more youthful than your age-matched peers who couldn’t discipline themselves the same way
Biggest health decision I ever made was quitting smoking. Extremely close 2nd was when I quit drinking. Started a fitness journey during COVID and alcohol was killing my gains. Stopped drinking and the fat fell off me. Now after 3 years of weight lifting and not drinking (only have about 5-8 beers a year) I’m jacked and feel good in the mornings. If you work out, alcohol WILL rob you of all your hard work.
My husband and I both grew up with violent, alcoholic fathers. We drank socially in our 20s a couple times a month, and only with friends. When we had our first son, we just stopped. It wasn’t even an agreed decision between the 2 of us. I think we just wanted to sleep better and, for me, I never wanted my son to see me even a little buzzed. I had too many terrible memories of my dad. Plus I always wanted to have my wits about me. I can count on one hand the number of drinks I’ve had in 15 years. However, it has HUGE social repercussions. People automatically judge you or think that you believe you’re superior to them if you’re not drinking - they immediately call you out and/or isolate you. They think that you’re a prude. Or that you’re a recovering alcoholic. It’s so strange.
@@jm7174 Don’t hangout with people who drink. I don’t and I know what you are talking about. Eventually you will find people who don’t partake in alcohol/drug use and the friend ships are so much more sincere!
2 weeks sober fiending for a drink. Hopefully my mental state levels and my social anxiety clears. Hoping and praying for the best for myself and others.
Find something else that is healthier to replace it. Even some sort of drug. I know it sucks to replace something with another but do your research and find out a healthy option. Anxiety is terrible and you don't really need to live your life like that.
I totally agree after years of drinking from my young teenage years to my late 30s. Alcohol just took half of my life away. Now after more than a year of being sober, I can see how wonderful it is to not even take a sip of alcohol and find that there is nothing great about alcohol or any self-medicated substance for that matter. Even a slight taste of it is terrible. And I feel that I am beginning to live a real life and it feels so much better.
My struggle with alcohol isn’t gettin smashed but is 2 or 3 beers on an empty stomach and the ‘buzz’ then bring on the country music! It’s fun for about an hour then I start to feel not so good as it wears off. I feel over indulgent and I sleep like crap. I have learned I dont need a buzz to enjoy music. I have a number of friend who are ‘in recovery’ so I admire them and want to be like them.
It popped in my head one day watching my kids play that they are satisfied running around playing, even teens hang out and play. But as adults our idea of a good time has to start with some beers, bourbon etc and everything will revolve around the activity of drinking.
17 years sober. It’s never been better. I would have a couple martinis, a couple bottles of wine with dinner…then cocktails after. I did this everyday for 20 years before sobriety
Sobriety is sign of advanced intellect and self-worth. To self-medicate should be very insulting to oneself. Sadly, it's not. I tell everyone that I minister to. A sober mind grasps the beauty of our existence. And even if much of it is frightening, you don't fear it. For you are not running away from it, but towards it.
@@freedom4life123 ~I am an older person on government pension. You are wrong because “both” comfort zone “and” hardships & reality of living are “all” important in a balance together. Just like life is “both” a balance between dreaming “and” reality which “both” are an important part of life.
I am 44 and addicted to gin. I started during Covid. I never thought I’d become a drunk, but here I am. It’s ruined every facet of my life, yet I can’t stop the cravings every couple days. Awful hangovers, suicidal depression, stress and racing thoughts, detox, feel better, and then back to the bottle. Absolutely terrifying cycle.
Father of my children started drinking at 28. He suffered from a heart condition at 33 due to alcohol. At 36 he died of a heart attack because he started drinking 2 months before.
Rarely it can cause electrical problems with the heart that put a person at greater risk for heart attack. I went into a-fib after three large glasses of wine over several hours when I joined by son on his trip to Ireland. And I was a person who regularly had a glass of wine.
I find that no alcohol life really sucks so I have 2 glasses of wine in the evening it helps wind down and relax and my sleep is fine I sleep about 9 hours a night.
On the wagon again four days. I drank about 14 drinks a day, everyday for nearly a year (got wrongfully fired Oct. 15th, 2023 and began drinking again that day after 4 months sober but told myself I'd stop ASAP which was Sept. 26, 2024). I got drunk this summer while visiting my kids and now 2 out of three of them (the adults) won't talk to me like before. They gave me an ultimatum and I'd rather they be in my life than be drunk. Good luck to everyone trying to stop drinking--it's a matter of living a good life over a shitty one and early death.
I think it is sad that people "need" alcohol to have a good time or any substances. If you can't have a good time being yourself then you need to do some self evaluation. Life is beautiful as it is there is no need to alter it. ❤
@@oasisbeyondexactly and I do drink a glass on my birthday but it’s a fallacy to think moderate wine drinking (2-3 times a week) is beneficial to health. It’s actually not. Again I enjoy a glass a few times a year but I gave up the few glasses a week myth.
@@poppingjazeveryone I know into their 90s w/minimal health problems, drinks and small glass with dinner. ( I have always been around old people and work at an assisted living) P.S. I don’t drink & haven’t for years!
I am the opposite …hate the feeling but I love the taste of a fabulous red or white wine . It’s an experience to accompany a great meal or a perfect moment. 🤷🏼♀️
I gave it up after being just an occasional 2-3 drinks 5x a year or so. Realized it was just dumb. It's poison. Now i enjoy knowing i do not do it and I'm a unicorn. Oddly feel like I'm a better person than those that have to have it to be social or to be happy. I can do both very easily without it. 💙
When I took mushrooms years ago I tried to take a drink of my alcoholic drink and I couldn't no matter how many times I tried. The thought came into my mind that it is "pure molten evil".
I’m an old drummer going to open mic night several times a week to play with various musicians. Some musicians can’t play without a few drinks. I just drink soda and surprised I don’t get an pushback for not drinking alcohol. I’m noticing people around me are starting to drink soda now too.
I drank too much in my younger years. I did it to fit in and feel comfortable but can say that pretty much anything I regret in life has drink involved. I’m so glad I do not want or need this in my life any more. It’s weird how different you look at it when you’re no longer a drinker.
I love the flavor of beer and trying different beers. I enjoy going to a bar for a game night and having 3 to 4 beers but I can then go weeks without drinking. I enjoy it.
Me too. I enjoy the bit of euphoria feeling from a glass of wine. Not everyone has a drinking problem. I can go several days without. And then I enjoy it. I don’t need it. I enjoy it. Big difference
I think it is the fear of quietude and solitude that scares some people about sobriety. I was a weekend night binger for years. It was 80% fun and 20% drama. But the 20% is REALLY a drag! The drama is what makes you feel shame over your drinking. I would have really fun nights of intoxicated schmoozing and ecstatic dancing, only to have an unexpected nasty run-in with a bar patron or a cab driver on my way home, and the whole memory of the night would be tainted with shame or guilt over my big mouth or cocky attitude, lol. There are other negative by-products of alcohol abuse: the weight, the "less money", the saying nasty things you would never say if sober, the stealth mini-lectures from friends and strangers alike.. What's really bad is how, despite its being a social lubricant, alcohol makes you feel weirdly as if you have a "friend" and don't even need other people that much. It's a progressively darker and darker ride on the Alcohol Train as , like all drugs, the effect wears off over time and you progressively jack up your intake.. Sobriety is indeed boring, but it's GOOD-BORING in that it allows you a sense of peace and tranquility that is subtle, yet awesome. So good to get the shame monkey off your back and stop worrying about all the social and physical sh-t that can result from ritualistic inebriation.. Of course, I do not tell people who are curious about sobriety ii is "boring"; I tell them it is subtle....and some people prefer the rough and tumble life of drama and conflict. Maybe it makes them feel alive..
I don't drink, the very few times I did, in my teens, I didn't like it. I am so happy to hear podcasts like these! I never minded being the exception amidst my friends. I know what is best for me. I don't even drink soda. My preferred drink is water 😊
I’m on an entrepreneur chat group. One of my colleagues reported that her brother-in-law started a business using Kickstarter. He imported these thermoses that were made to hold alcohol. They had a double seal so there would be no condensation and a lid that prevented the smell of alcohol from emitting from the container, thus allowing drinkers to partake of alcohol in public. He raised MILLIONS on Kickstarter for this business. People won’t donate to charity, but they will donate to something like this. Priorities.
It can be really fun. If you can't find sober friends that are fun and hilarious you aren't trying Go to as many AA meetings as you can or some conferences where the speakers are great. It took me a while because I was a know it all misanthrope The energy at those conferences can be pretty electric You can waste a lot of time if you don't just sit down and read the big book because believe me if you're alcoholic you are in there, it's telling your story I learned so much profound stuff from people who have been through hell and back and popped up laughing You'd be surprised how powerful it is to have someone who is like you, but Recovered can spot what's going on with you in ways that doctors and nonalcoholics cannot It can feel super culty And I was actually raised in a family where conformity was considered a crime. But I got over my supercilious idiocy and what you find is your heart brims with happiness and you don't give a crap who thinks you're stupidbecause you love AA Good luck.
@@darrensheridan3168 ask for help. It was very hard to do alone… For me. Also, if you use the word Try then you’re endorsing struggle. If you like drinking keep doing it. If you don’t quit… And you don’t have to do it alone
Alcohol excess has been normalized by the news media as well. Every year at specific holidays we get “consumer safety advice” to essentially get drunk responsibly (just try not to drive and hurt others). Then a beer commercial.
I was never a big drinker but decided to quit 1.5yrs ago. In the beginning my "friends" were ok with it. As time went on I started getting invited less to gatherings. It's 1000% social and it's not needed at all. It's all habit. (Hey want to come over for some whiskies and chat business, pure habit). I've sure had my eyes opened.
I have been sober for 16 years this past September. I got sober when I was 48 as a Doctor half my age said I wouldn't make 50 if I didn't quit!! I feel great and fit as a fiddle. I hope I didn't do as much damage as I thought I may have. But Sober Life is the ONLY Life for me.
Last year i decided to do Sober October, I messed up and drank about 2 weeks in and woke up to a huge slap in the face reminder of how detrimental alcohol is for me, i spiral from alcohol... From that day on i chose sober forever for me... Going on one year, I'll never drink again, I'm done forever and i don't miss it. I still hang out at my bar, i don't stay long tho 😉
I watched so many college students throwing wild drinking parties😣 it was so heartbreaking😞 I was raised by an alcoholic~~ to this day I will have nothing to do with drinking💫✨💫✨💫✨
It's cultural and somehow anthropological. I guess it is one of the most important ways humanity has coped with the tragedy of existence in itself. My father was an alcoholic and drank for most of his life until he was able to stop in the later part. We as his kids inherited an idea of goodness and masculinity out of it. Looking back it has nothing to do with adulthood, but with child-like behaviors. It is not a coping mechanism, but an escape. The more I work in my life, the less I feel the need to drink, and the more I question the times I do it. Thank you for sharing such an interesting conversation.
I like wine , I’m French , it’s different if you don’t know when to stop . My family drinks wine all their lives and still to this day . 85 years old and up ❤
Alcohol absolutely dulls pain and anxiety. It can make things worse in the long run but sometimes when you're all alone and in a crisis you're so desperate to feel differently that you're willing to die a little bit.
That hour or so of euphoria during that initial buzz is what I chase. I’m joyful. The weight of this insane world is forgotten. I’m with my favorite people. I’m laughing my head off. That’s where I need to stop, but sometimes lose the willpower to do so. If that could be replicated healthier, I’d do it. THC has a totally different effect, not one I care for.
I’m a 58 year old widow who gave up drinking before the death of my husband on Aug. 22, 2024. It stopped being worth it to me, when I noticed how the pain in my joints was unbearable, along with usually saying things I regretted. 🤷🏻♀️😄
2:40: this exact phenomenon occurs in many areas of life. Here’s one: religion. The proselytizing religions have to include all persons, else they feel incomplete or something. Another is corporate culture. You can never be the naysayer, the person who grasps at the beginning that the trajectory of a project is so flawed that absent major change it will fail. You have to climb aboard the rah-rah train with everyone else.
I'm a long distance runner. And alcohol really screw up my recovery big time. It messes woth sleep, hrv, and stress big time. Seta recovery back several days.
I started drinking in my 40’s. I had a very abusive childhood growing up. My mom abused us and even used religion to brainwash us. I’ve struggled with addiction now for 5 yrs. Quit off and on with my drinking. I really want to be sober. I’m going to therapy to deal with the effects of my childhood but I could really use some prayers to stay strong and sober. Thank you 🙏
I've gotten alcohol induced pancreatitis twice and pretty bad neuropathy one time that took weeks to go away. I'm done with that. It's obvious My body hates it. I own two construction companies and I cannot be perpetually sick.
I never really had a taste for alcohol but I pretty well stopped when I had babies and my husband worked away. Used to say I did all my drinking in high school. Haven't had much more than a small drink a year for the last 38 years. Sometimes I feel a little left out of the ladies' wine drinking culture, and I do think I am excluded from some things because I don't drink. My husband is a homebrewer and I just describe myself as his built-in designated driver. Our brewers' club meetings are filled with tasting each others beers and technical discussions. I have to say having lived in England I love pub culture, as in a great place to go chat with friends on a Saturday afternoon or on Friday night after work. Of course it was followed by a good curry. I wish it was more available where I live.
Andrew and God helped me quit drinking totally cold turkey last May! I was a heavy drinker and it was ruining my life! I thank Jesus for Andrew! Being sober saved my life my family and my marriage! I’m happier now at age 42 than over been!!!
31 months off it, not a drop, biking 10,000km a year now. It's been tough, I stopped because I had to get my head together to deal with my mentally ill jab damaged elderly mother and my brother who lived with her who is an alcoholic and heroin/crack polyuser.... Realised I couldn't do this on the emotional rollercoaster that alcohol keeps you on(I was the classic functional alcoholic, the "weekend warrior" that through Covid became the daily warrior....). It's been tough, it's a lot largely unresolved(he at least is out and in his own place but like a true addict child still expects her to fund his addictions via her pension ) but this is my "new normal" . I got given 3g of dried shrooms from a friend a year ago, maybe I should try a microdose of 0.75g.... did them a lot in my late teens so know it won't be a full on trip, but I'm also wary that this may not be the right time in my life to "peek through that door"....Or maybe it's the perfect time who knows....??
When you drink a lot you do nothing, time just goes by. 10 years feels like 3 cuz you blank out 15 plus days of the Month. It's a big waste of time and happiness.
many of us who rep a small minority have known this and communicated this for years. the impact of consumption is entirely dismissed and downplayed. its physical, mental, social, and economic costs are incalculable.
I did a dry January and although alcohol was not an issue for me personally, I started to feel physically better. Sleep quality was greatly improved. And there was more mental clarity. I think there is not much that alcohol can’t make worse.
I'm 5 months sober
Tell us how it changed your life and business
@@RsouthR in every possible way, for the better
Keep it up! Congratulations!
Good for you!
Well done
Addiction is giving up EVERYTHING for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for EVERYTHING.
👌🏻
I like that!
I’ve never heard that but wow is that ever true!!
Profound
I am steeling this🎉
I don’t drink but I watch a lot of people do. I see the mental change and all the unhealthy physical changes. I am so happy I don’t drink or even crave it!
I got clean June 3, 2017 (after 3 1/2 years of trying).
My life is unbelievable now!!!
I am 54 and had drank a lot of beer daily for 30 years. I quit on July 14 and have lost 27 pounds. I hope my body can be repaired.
Look up the benefits of milk thistle and see if that appeals to you- it’s supposed to regenerate the liver. Congrats!
@@AnthropomorphicGhost I have taken milk thistle for years. Thank you.
Awesome! 🥳 You’re creating a new you! 🥰🌷❤️🦋🌸❣️🦋💕🌸❤️🥰
@Blackink3 thanks!
Try Liv52, it's even better than milk thistle
I was always just a social drinker but i quit drinking a year and a half ago and it was one of the best things I've ever done. I feel so much better and have so much more energy.
I spent the last 3 years as a functioning alcoholic and I'm on day 32 cold turkey without alcohol. I feel so much better. Life is just better.
How much did you drink and how did you quit ? Did you use some medication when you quit ? I'm proud of you 💙
I've decided My alcohol career is over
I say that I hung up my drinking gloves. ;) Coming up on 14 months and feel amazing.
good for you, bud
12 weeks sober. Starting to feel pretty good. The first couple of months I was annoyed at my lack of energy.
Very wise decision
😅😅😅
Normalize sobriety! This idea that someone may need permission to not drink is ridiculous.
Alot of people do not understand why i wont some days.
Societal norms have conditioned people to drink.
We have been conditioned to normalize alcohol despite the reality of addiction and dis-ease.
Alcohol has become one of the largest billion dollar businesses that capitalize on poisoning people 👀
That’s what I’m sayin..
Sober is the new cool kids!
@@paulwiegerinck528
Isn’t it funny you have to justify what you’re not drinking poison to your friends.. just tell him you break out in handcuffs and end up in jail cells..
@@lauriediandrea715 Sobriety is IN
Thanks to Huberman I'm sober for more then 9 months now... I found the video completely randomly and it changed my life. You never know what video would hit you so hard
Hi can you tell me which video it is please as would love to watch it
Recovered alcoholic. 3 years sober. Being able to find the strength and the means to navigate life without alcohol to ease stress or boost confidence, has elevated me to a level that drinkers and users will never experience. Raw-doggin’ life and surviving it makes you super-human.
Congratulations! How did you work all 12 steps in three years.? I’ve got 2 1/2 years and I’m just starting a fourth step
@@realityreconsidered9416 There are other ways, not only AA.
Last drink in 2018 shortly after I turned 24. Now that I’ve just turned 30 (🎉🎂🥳 ) & am looking back on the last several years I’m very happy I wasn’t one of those people who used youth as excuse to put it off until I was over and quit soon after I acquired the knowledge I needed to make me desire to quit. Being health conscious in your youth helps you look and feel more youthful than your age-matched peers who couldn’t discipline themselves the same way
Biggest health decision I ever made was quitting smoking. Extremely close 2nd was when I quit drinking. Started a fitness journey during COVID and alcohol was killing my gains. Stopped drinking and the fat fell off me. Now after 3 years of weight lifting and not drinking (only have about 5-8 beers a year) I’m jacked and feel good in the mornings.
If you work out, alcohol WILL rob you of all your hard work.
My husband and I both grew up with violent, alcoholic fathers. We drank socially in our 20s a couple times a month, and only with friends. When we had our first son, we just stopped. It wasn’t even an agreed decision between the 2 of us. I think we just wanted to sleep better and, for me, I never wanted my son to see me even a little buzzed. I had too many terrible memories of my dad. Plus I always wanted to have my wits about me. I can count on one hand the number of drinks I’ve had in 15 years. However, it has HUGE social repercussions. People automatically judge you or think that you believe you’re superior to them if you’re not drinking - they immediately call you out and/or isolate you. They think that you’re a prude. Or that you’re a recovering alcoholic. It’s so strange.
@@jm7174 Don’t hangout with people who drink. I don’t and I know what you are talking about. Eventually you will find people who don’t partake in alcohol/drug use and the friend ships are so much more sincere!
Misery loves company.
It's best not to care too much about what other people think.
I find so many people have given up alcohol and the stigma of not drinking is not as blatant.
Sober for 13 months ... life is much more fun!
Good job ❤
What makes it more fun?
@@andrewm4767they get asked these questions but cannot answer
@@andrewm4767 .......
2 weeks sober fiending for a drink. Hopefully my mental state levels and my social anxiety clears. Hoping and praying for the best for myself and others.
Microdose
You can do it! ❤❤❤
Every day it gets easier
Find something else that is healthier to replace it. Even some sort of drug. I know it sucks to replace something with another but do your research and find out a healthy option. Anxiety is terrible and you don't really need to live your life like that.
Read the book by Alan Carr, "Easy way to quit drinking"
I totally agree after years of drinking from my young teenage years to my late 30s. Alcohol just took half of my life away. Now after more than a year of being sober, I can see how wonderful it is to not even take a sip of alcohol and find that there is nothing great about alcohol or any self-medicated substance for that matter. Even a slight taste of it is terrible. And I feel that I am beginning to live a real life and it feels so much better.
My struggle with alcohol isn’t gettin smashed but is 2 or 3 beers on an empty stomach and the ‘buzz’ then bring on the country music! It’s fun for about an hour then I start to feel not so good as it wears off. I feel over indulgent and I sleep like crap. I have learned I dont need a buzz to enjoy music. I have a number of friend who are ‘in recovery’ so I admire them and want to be like them.
2 drinks a week is the threshold for health problems...
Me laughing in alcoholism.
By the way 2½ weeks sober now.
After bartending for years ( years ago) I can 2nd that not much good happens after 1am!🙍♀️
9 years sober next month 🎉
Inspiring❤
Great!
Do you want a medal?
9 years last month, congrats!!
Go Girl! Happy Birthday!
I’m 10 months sober from alcohol
Fantastic!
Wish I could say that!
It popped in my head one day watching my kids play that they are satisfied running around playing, even teens hang out and play. But as adults our idea of a good time has to start with some beers, bourbon etc and everything will revolve around the activity of drinking.
17 years sober. It’s never been better. I would have a couple martinis, a couple bottles of wine with dinner…then cocktails after. I did this everyday for 20 years before sobriety
That’s a lot of drinks! Well done . Keep up the great work .
Sobriety is sign of advanced intellect and self-worth. To self-medicate should be very insulting to oneself. Sadly, it's not. I tell everyone that I minister to. A sober mind grasps the beauty of our existence. And even if much of it is frightening, you don't fear it. For you are not running away from it, but towards it.
So true , now I know
Nothing good comes from your comfort zone. Hardships and reality of living is what makes us grow and strengthen.
@@freedom4life123 ~I am an older person on government pension. You are wrong because “both” comfort zone “and” hardships & reality of living are “all” important in a balance together. Just like life is “both” a balance between dreaming “and” reality which “both” are an important part of life.
@@royjohnson465there’s an even older person than you with the name Schopenhauer who’s turning in his grave right now about your comment..
Coming up on 2 years sober, now training for my first full ironman 😊
13 years sober living my BEST LIFE❤
I am 44 and addicted to gin. I started during Covid. I never thought I’d become a drunk, but here I am. It’s ruined every facet of my life, yet I can’t stop the cravings every couple days. Awful hangovers, suicidal depression, stress and racing thoughts, detox, feel better, and then back to the bottle. Absolutely terrifying cycle.
@@joeykremple that happened to me too… I finally surrendered and went to AA Two years sober now. Life has never been better… Truly!
Go to AA! Best tho g I EVER did! 14 years sober.
Father of my children started drinking at 28. He suffered from a heart condition at 33 due to alcohol. At 36 he died of a heart attack because he started drinking 2 months before.
he must of put down a lot of hard liquor to die that early.
Rarely it can cause electrical problems with the heart that put a person at greater risk for heart attack. I went into a-fib after three large glasses of wine over several hours when I joined by son on his trip to Ireland. And I was a person who regularly had a glass of wine.
I enjoy drinking for social reasons and can’t wait to start sober October
I’m going to do that!
Start yet?
It’s Oktoberfest though
@@krismatthew6296 that ended on the 6th
I always enjoy listening to Huberman, he shares lots of information, graciously! Thank you for sharing. 😊
after 28 months without drinking, I went back to my two, three drinks a night, and realized I am an alcoolic. Back to sobriety now, for good, I hope.
I find that no alcohol life really sucks so I have 2 glasses of wine in the evening it helps wind down and relax and my sleep is fine I sleep about 9 hours a night.
Give the 12 Steps a chance. It's a good life.
On the wagon again four days. I drank about 14 drinks a day, everyday for nearly a year (got wrongfully fired Oct. 15th, 2023 and began drinking again that day after 4 months sober but told myself I'd stop ASAP which was Sept. 26, 2024). I got drunk this summer while visiting my kids and now 2 out of three of them (the adults) won't talk to me like before. They gave me an ultimatum and I'd rather they be in my life than be drunk. Good luck to everyone trying to stop drinking--it's a matter of living a good life over a shitty one and early death.
Well done💪
I think it is sad that people "need" alcohol to have a good time or any substances. If you can't have a good time being yourself then you need to do some self evaluation. Life is beautiful as it is there is no need to alter it. ❤
Amen!
Stop lying to yourself 😂
Are you on probation?😂😂😂
A glass of good wine from time to time with food is a blessing.
Zero wine is better don't believe all the crap people feed you.
The devils blessing indeed
The devil's blessing god himself told the entire nation to buy 😆 just stop @@youareIndenial981
@@oasisbeyondexactly and I do drink a glass on my birthday but it’s a fallacy to think moderate wine drinking (2-3 times a week) is beneficial to health. It’s actually not. Again I enjoy a glass a few times a year but I gave up the few glasses a week myth.
@@poppingjazeveryone I know into their 90s w/minimal health problems, drinks and small glass with dinner. ( I have always been around old people and work at an assisted living) P.S. I don’t drink & haven’t for years!
Love the feeling it gives me…that’s hard to give up
I am the opposite …hate the feeling but I love the taste of a fabulous red or white wine . It’s an experience to accompany a great meal or a perfect moment. 🤷🏼♀️
I gave it up after being just an occasional 2-3 drinks 5x a year or so. Realized it was just dumb. It's poison. Now i enjoy knowing i do not do it and I'm a unicorn. Oddly feel like I'm a better person than those that have to have it to be social or to be happy. I can do both very easily without it. 💙
Me too 💪
This is what everyone’s talking about.
You should not feel superior to others who drink simply because you finally decided to stop.
People who think they are superior to others, I can guarantee they are anything but
For those who can appreciate sobriety its a totally different frequency that feels Amazing 🕊️
Everything in moderation as they say
Know your limits
How many people know better but do it anyways 👀
When I took mushrooms years ago I tried to take a drink of my alcoholic drink and I couldn't no matter how many times I tried. The thought came into my mind that it is "pure molten evil".
LOL I had a similar experience in the seventies.
Happened to me in oz after lsd lol
Interesting! I loved both, I now am in AA 😂
12 years without the poison and zero regrets or longing to return. Sober is sexy!
My blood pressure is perfect since I quit drinking without a Rx!! So proud and happy about that. And I’m still fun
Life with no alcohol and exercise is great!
The drinking culture is out of control
I’m an old drummer going to open mic night several times a week to play with various musicians. Some musicians can’t play without a few drinks. I just drink soda and surprised I don’t get an pushback for not drinking alcohol. I’m noticing people around me are starting to drink soda now too.
Thank you!! Great info. I had seen the effects in my family. Not good.
I drank too much in my younger years. I did it to fit in and feel comfortable but can say that pretty much anything I regret in life has drink involved. I’m so glad I do not want or need this in my life any more. It’s weird how different you look at it when you’re no longer a drinker.
“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”
BS, not true, from a long time drinker.
I love the flavor of beer and trying different beers. I enjoy going to a bar for a game night and having 3 to 4 beers but I can then go weeks without drinking. I enjoy it.
@@Enjoytheinbetween if you can’t stop at one, you have a problem, doesn’t matter if you can go weeks without a drink. Binge drinkers are addicts.
So many Good non alcohol beers to choose from....
@@lynnpayneart9722 when I do have beer at home I have either na Athletic Beer or Miller Ultra Lite which is only 2.8 %.
Me too. I enjoy the bit of euphoria feeling from a glass of wine. Not everyone has a drinking problem. I can go several days without. And then I enjoy it. I don’t need it. I enjoy it. Big difference
Yep, hence moderation and balance - a being mindful how much you want to consume.
I think it is the fear of quietude and solitude that scares some people about sobriety. I was a weekend night binger for years. It was 80% fun and 20% drama. But the 20% is REALLY a drag! The drama is what makes you feel shame over your drinking. I would have really fun nights of intoxicated schmoozing and ecstatic dancing, only to have an unexpected nasty run-in with a bar patron or a cab driver on my way home, and the whole memory of the night would be tainted with shame or guilt over my big mouth or cocky attitude, lol. There are other negative by-products of alcohol abuse: the weight, the "less money", the saying nasty things you would never say if sober, the stealth mini-lectures from friends and strangers alike.. What's really bad is how, despite its being a social lubricant, alcohol makes you feel weirdly as if you have a "friend" and don't even need other people that much. It's a progressively darker and darker ride on the Alcohol Train as , like all drugs, the effect wears off over time and you progressively jack up your intake.. Sobriety is indeed boring, but it's GOOD-BORING in that it allows you a sense of peace and tranquility that is subtle, yet awesome. So good to get the shame monkey off your back and stop worrying about all the social and physical sh-t that can result from ritualistic inebriation.. Of course, I do not tell people who are curious about sobriety ii is "boring"; I tell them it is subtle....and some people prefer the rough and tumble life of drama and conflict. Maybe it makes them feel alive..
I am an alcohol epidemiologist. Before I started this job I used to drink and now I don’t because I’m confronted with the evidence daily.
I was an alcoholic for 25 years and psilocybin also showed me how awful that swill can be. I wish more people had the courage to talk about this.
I'm sober 6 years and it made such a positive change on my life. My weight, overall health and mental outlook are dramatically improved.
I don't drink, the very few times I did, in my teens, I didn't like it. I am so happy to hear podcasts like these! I never minded being the exception amidst my friends. I know what is best for me. I don't even drink soda. My preferred drink is water 😊
April 14th 1983. My First Meeting of AA. I was 21. There's really no better solution. The WORLD needs the 12 Steps And 12 Traditions.
I’m on an entrepreneur chat group. One of my colleagues reported that her brother-in-law started a business using Kickstarter. He imported these thermoses that were made to hold alcohol. They had a double seal so there would be no condensation and a lid that prevented the smell of alcohol from emitting from the container, thus allowing drinkers to partake of alcohol in public. He raised MILLIONS on Kickstarter for this business. People won’t donate to charity, but they will donate to something like this. Priorities.
Lol my one Navy CO always said nothing good happens if you’re out drinking after midnight.
Watching this after my first whiskey Sunday. Jeez. Let me have my mid life crisis before advising me to get better 😂😂
"Loosening up" is a euphemism for getting drunk.
It's a way of glorifying it. Knowing that helped my sobriety
Im trying to quit
You can do it 👍
It can be really fun. If you can't find sober friends that are fun and hilarious you aren't trying
Go to as many AA meetings as you can or some conferences where the speakers are great. It took me a while because I was a know it all misanthrope The energy at those conferences can be pretty electric
You can waste a lot of time if you don't just sit down and read the big book because believe me if you're alcoholic you are in there, it's telling your story
I learned so much profound stuff from people who have been through hell and back and popped up laughing You'd be surprised how powerful it is to have someone who is like you, but Recovered can spot what's going on with you in ways that doctors and nonalcoholics cannot
It can feel super culty And I was actually raised in a family where conformity was considered a crime. But I got over my supercilious idiocy and what you find is your heart brims with happiness and you don't give a crap who thinks you're stupidbecause you love AA
Good luck.
Find the fitness path 😊
@@darrensheridan3168 ask for help. It was very hard to do alone… For me. Also, if you use the word Try then you’re endorsing struggle. If you like drinking keep doing it. If you don’t quit… And you don’t have to do it alone
One thing I’ve learned by not ever drinking alcohol is the amount of social pressure there is to drink alcohol.
Since the opioid hysteria, it's my main pain reliever.
Alcohol excess has been normalized by the news media as well. Every year at specific holidays we get “consumer safety advice” to essentially get drunk responsibly (just try not to drive and hurt others). Then a beer commercial.
I was never a big drinker but decided to quit 1.5yrs ago. In the beginning my "friends" were ok with it. As time went on I started getting invited less to gatherings. It's 1000% social and it's not needed at all. It's all habit. (Hey want to come over for some whiskies and chat business, pure habit). I've sure had my eyes opened.
I have been sober for 16 years this past September. I got sober when I was 48 as a Doctor half my age said I wouldn't make 50 if I didn't quit!! I feel great and fit as a fiddle. I hope I didn't do as much damage as I thought I may have. But Sober Life is the ONLY Life for me.
Last year i decided to do Sober October, I messed up and drank about 2 weeks in and woke up to a huge slap in the face reminder of how detrimental alcohol is for me, i spiral from alcohol... From that day on i chose sober forever for me... Going on one year, I'll never drink again, I'm done forever and i don't miss it. I still hang out at my bar, i don't stay long tho 😉
I watched so many college students throwing wild drinking parties😣 it was so heartbreaking😞 I was raised by an alcoholic~~ to this day I will have nothing to do with drinking💫✨💫✨💫✨
It's cultural and somehow anthropological. I guess it is one of the most important ways humanity has coped with the tragedy of existence in itself. My father was an alcoholic and drank for most of his life until he was able to stop in the later part. We as his kids inherited an idea of goodness and masculinity out of it. Looking back it has nothing to do with adulthood, but with child-like behaviors. It is not a coping mechanism, but an escape. The more I work in my life, the less I feel the need to drink, and the more I question the times I do it. Thank you for sharing such an interesting conversation.
I like wine , I’m French , it’s different if you don’t know when to stop .
My family drinks wine all their lives and still to this day . 85 years old and up ❤
Sober 259 days here after watching Hubermans original episode.
Me to my friend “I’ve been sober six months.”
Friend : I’ll drink to that!
😂
I've been sober for 5.5 years. My brother is only 38 and needs a transplant in order to stay alive. Liver failure 😭
Alcohol absolutely dulls pain and anxiety. It can make things worse in the long run but sometimes when you're all alone and in a crisis you're so desperate to feel differently that you're willing to die a little bit.
2 1/2 years sober, loving it and never going back. I highly recommend just cutting it out completely.
As a nurse i hated looking after drunks. It meant the really sick ones couldnt get the care they needed.
That hour or so of euphoria during that initial buzz is what I chase. I’m joyful. The weight of this insane world is forgotten. I’m with my favorite people. I’m laughing my head off. That’s where I need to stop, but sometimes lose the willpower to do so. If that could be replicated healthier, I’d do it. THC has a totally different effect, not one I care for.
I’m a 58 year old widow who gave up drinking before the death of my husband on Aug. 22, 2024. It stopped being worth it to me, when I noticed how the pain in my joints was unbearable, along with usually saying things I regretted. 🤷🏻♀️😄
Great interview but one point….. headliners in Vegas nightclubs stumble on stage after 1am usually
Alcohol destroyed me inside out
I lost everything and everyone
September 22nd 2015 God lifted the drink from my life
Thank you Lord
2:40: this exact phenomenon occurs in many areas of life. Here’s one: religion. The proselytizing religions have to include all persons, else they feel incomplete or something. Another is corporate culture. You can never be the naysayer, the person who grasps at the beginning that the trajectory of a project is so flawed that absent major change it will fail. You have to climb aboard the rah-rah train with everyone else.
I'm a long distance runner. And alcohol really screw up my recovery big time. It messes woth sleep, hrv, and stress big time. Seta recovery back several days.
I started drinking in my 40’s. I had a very abusive childhood growing up. My mom abused us and even used religion to brainwash us. I’ve struggled with addiction now for 5 yrs. Quit off and on with my drinking. I really want to be sober. I’m going to therapy to deal with the effects of my childhood but I could really use some prayers to stay strong and sober. Thank you 🙏
I've gotten alcohol induced pancreatitis twice and pretty bad neuropathy one time that took weeks to go away. I'm done with that. It's obvious My body hates it. I own two construction companies and I cannot be perpetually sick.
I never really had a taste for alcohol but I pretty well stopped when I had babies and my husband worked away. Used to say I did all my drinking in high school. Haven't had much more than a small drink a year for the last 38 years. Sometimes I feel a little left out of the ladies' wine drinking culture, and I do think I am excluded from some things because I don't drink. My husband is a homebrewer and I just describe myself as his built-in designated driver. Our brewers' club meetings are filled with tasting each others beers and technical discussions. I have to say having lived in England I love pub culture, as in a great place to go chat with friends on a Saturday afternoon or on Friday night after work. Of course it was followed by a good curry. I wish it was more available where I live.
Still won’t stop. 💪🏻
Great information👍
Andrew and God helped me quit drinking totally cold turkey last May! I was a heavy drinker and it was ruining my life! I thank Jesus for Andrew! Being sober saved my life my family and my marriage! I’m happier now at age 42 than over been!!!
Andrew is a stud!
I wasn't a big drinker ever. But I don't drink at all now. And it makes me feel so much better not having any. 😊
Alcohol is the worst thing you can put in your body.
31 months off it, not a drop, biking 10,000km a year now. It's been tough, I stopped because I had to get my head together to deal with my mentally ill jab damaged elderly mother and my brother who lived with her who is an alcoholic and heroin/crack polyuser.... Realised I couldn't do this on the emotional rollercoaster that alcohol keeps you on(I was the classic functional alcoholic, the "weekend warrior" that through Covid became the daily warrior....). It's been tough, it's a lot largely unresolved(he at least is out and in his own place but like a true addict child still expects her to fund his addictions via her pension ) but this is my "new normal" . I got given 3g of dried shrooms from a friend a year ago, maybe I should try a microdose of 0.75g.... did them a lot in my late teens so know it won't be a full on trip, but I'm also wary that this may not be the right time in my life to "peek through that door"....Or maybe it's the perfect time who knows....??
When you drink a lot you do nothing, time just goes by. 10 years feels like 3 cuz you blank out 15 plus days of the Month. It's a big waste of time and happiness.
Thank you, for sharing👍
many of us who rep a small minority have known this and communicated this for years. the impact of consumption is entirely dismissed and downplayed.
its physical, mental, social, and economic costs are incalculable.
I did a dry January and although alcohol was not an issue for me personally, I started to feel physically better. Sleep quality was greatly improved. And there was more mental clarity. I think there is not much that alcohol can’t make worse.
10 months later and no desire to drink.
Im 3 weeks in.
Im having the BEST sleep ive had in a long time
I can't remember how many years since I've had a drink. Maybe over 10 or 15 and then it was one glass. Don't miss it at all.
As a southern European since a kid in our family we never missed having a bottle of red wine and extra virgin olive oil. Life is good
165 days sober and counting! Feeling good!
I quit drinking and smoking 40 years ago. Best thing I ever did for myself. They were nothing but bondage!