Alcohol is no longer killing me, been sober 10 months come the 22nd and ive never been better, i pray that everyone here who struggles with alcohol is able to see what its doing to themselves and the people around them and really make a step towards change. In my experience, rehab was the best thing that ever happened to me
Congrats man! Maintain, relapse has happened many times after ten months in many people, and you will face a period in your life where you seriously consider hitting the bottle again. You need to remember how you feel now if you ever have these thoughts, and tell a loved one if you ever relapse. Godspeed!
@adamlentz6708 thank you! Having countless reasons in several different categories to not drink helps, such as physical, mental, spiritual, life in general etc.
I drank heavily in my early 20s and eventually I was a full-blown alcoholic. I was showing up to 10am lectures drunk. Waking up still drunk from the night before, etc. Eventually, I got a serious wake-up call. I was an EMT at the time, and one day I took a male in his early 30s to hospice care. He had total liver cirrosis from years of severe alcohol abuse. He was gaunt, skinny, and his eyes and skin were completely jaundiced (a condition where your skin and eyes turn yellow from toxin buildup). He was not much older than I am now and he was dying. It was extremely sad, but also terrifying... Because I knew if i didn't get myself sober that could be in a few years. I don't remember his name, but I'll never forget his face. God rest his soul.
You're speaking the truth. It's sad to see how you've already gotten comments that think this is total BS. It proves how important it is for young people to speak up about this.
theres something poetic about slowly watching you starve to death as you talked about this lol, ive been drinking all day, every day since i was 19 and ill be 25 in 2 months, it never even started with parties, my favorite feeling from life was always the next feeling from life, and alcohol halted that entirely. While all the things you mentioned are very true, i feel like you skipped that addiction part.. even tho i know nobody wants to be told that, and can sometimes make themselves dig in deeper, its helpful to know that you wont all of the sudden notice youre addicted, itll come slowly and youll eventually think "fuck, it got me" and then its already too late. Ive done everything from cold and flu pills, to 2cb and meth, and alcohol is the one that got me. Ive been wanting to do videos or something about all of my crazy experiences but ive always felt nobody would want to hear it from someone actively addicted.. or maybe thatll make it more engaging? Get through it together type shit? Regardless, your video has inspired me (:
Best of luck to you. I also started drinking at 19 and just got sober this year (after attempting it twice last year) and I’m 28 in a month. I was lucky though, my liver and kidneys managed to stay strong and healthy according to my doctor, and the only real negative effect on my life was from weight gain. But that doesn’t mean anybody should be taking that gamble. Not only that, alcohol weight doesn’t carry itself well. I went from a jacked body builder to a flabby dad-gut and manboobs lmao
I used to drink, and I'm so grateful to no longer be, and I am so grateful for this video! I hope young people watching this listen and consider everything you are saying! Appreciate you.
Alcohol isn't bad for you if you drink in moderation. I.e. no more than 1 beer a day (depends on the beer). Getting drunk is obviously bad, but if you drink one beer, you aren't going to die.
Not so fun fact: While more studies need to be done, there is some evidence that engery drinks can harm your liver as much as alcohol. Maybe moreso not because it's more dangerous but because many people that drink them tend to drink 1 or 2 daily.
Also I'm not telling anyone what to do. Just throwing so info out there that you can research on your own. In fact I couldn't tell you what to do. I'm a terrible example. I drink twice a month. But not for social anxiety or to numb anything. In fact, I have a hard rule not to drink alcohol when I'm upset. I just thinking the feeling of being drunk is fun. lol
I had a friend who he and I were inseparable for a long time. I wasn't his girlfriend or anything like that, though we might as well have been given how much time we spent together back when we were teens. Growing up, we both had pretty hard lives. I was raised by shitty people, in a shitty environment, in a shitty town, and was treated, well, shitty. Same was pretty much true for him, really the main difference between us is that he was more neglected than anything, and I was not only that but also directly traumatized by all sorts of inhumane treatment I won't get into, but I will say that it involved everything from sexual abuse to nearly every horrible thing you can mention and then some. We both started drinking young. I was probably 14 or 15 the first time he got his hands on some alcohol, and being teenagers we did some stupid stuff on it. I liked the feeling of being drunk, but I hated getting drunk, and I hated the anxiety I had over the possibility of being found out as drunk, while both of our parents were absent, mine would show up when I fucked up to use me as a punching bag mostly emotionally though. Over time, things changed, I still drank a lot, eventually, I figured out how to hide my problem a lot better, and for years I was drinking right under the noses of my parents, did drugs, did all sorts of other stuff, and I also started to notice how shitty he treated me all time. Every single chance he got he screwed me over, treated me like dirt, and I found this out because other people noticed it and picked up on it and told me. One day I left, I stopped drinking, I pulled myself together and I made new friends, met new people, really changed my life and abandoned him and several others who were shitty to me. Years later he apologized to me and we started to restart our relationship as friends, but it was never going to be what it was before. This was right before he got cancer of the liver, right before he nearly died from alcohol. You see, he's lucky, he didn't die from it, but he literally cannot drink even a single drop of alcohol anymore or it might kill him. He has medical issues, and while his life isn't horrible, he has a restricted diet and must remain clean for the rest of his life now or the consequences are death. He should have died by all accounts, but he got lucky, got one more chance. Funny thing is that I have control over myself now. I still drink once every six months or so but it's also never an extreme amount. It's an every once in a while thing to lighten my mood. Not that I'm advocating that most people could or should go to being a once in a while drinker, generally it's better to stop altogether, but regardless, the key to that for me is what was important, and that was recognizing that I am enough by myself. I don't need the drinks to feel better, I don't need the substances to advocate my existence, I don't need the bottle to tell me that it's ok, that I'm alright, that life can be good, that the past crimes committed against me in my formative years are not what define me. I don't need it for that, because I can do it myself. But that never would have happened if I didn't stop using the crutch for a substantial amount of time, and I can promise you for as hard as it is to recognize now, you are enough, you don't need the drinks, you don't need the drugs, and sure, maybe you fuck up but tell me, who the hell doesn't? I'm also not going to sugar coat it for you, I won't lie to you and say it's easy, I won't tell you that learning to advocate for yourself isn't stressful and that it won't cost you in some way, that it won't be difficult to stand up for yourself, that some days you won't feel like you've accomplished nothing, that the demons will cease to come for their pound of flesh from time to time. It's hard, it's very, very, hard. And I don't always do my best. But, I recognize that good isn't always doing what is best, it isn't always being the best, it isn't always making the best decisions. It's doing all that, as much as you possibly can. It's about making mistakes, apologizing for them and moving on to do better tomorrow than you did today. Every little improvement, every single step is part of the journey to recognizing yourself. Day by day, the demons grow more and more silent. Maybe some people won't forgive you, and maybe they are right not to, because you don't get to decide who you are in their life and their story, I can promise you that the people who abandoned me still sometimes slice my heart like a knife through butter, that their absence hurts my very soul in ways that words could never convey. But the only thing I get to decide, and the only thing you get to decide is how your story is going to be going forward. I choose who I am from now on. I choose.
You have been uploading a lot of videos about topics that I have recently thought a lot about. Yet another very relatable video! Used to drink a lot back in 2019 - 2021 or so. Especially 2020 and 2021. Usually several times a week or so. Not every week of course, but usually so. I still drink, but not as much, and have actually been totally sober for more than 3 months currently. I would really recommend spending less time intoxicated and more time sober.
What's crazy is I one day had my "Eye Opened" when I drank the worst IPA and alcoholic beverage I ever held in my hands. All my friends recommended Ranger IPA and I just looked at it with pure disgust. Haven't drank any alcohol since so I usually go for fruit punch or whatever else they serve at parties and weddings.
bro when you said your that this was ur other channel in ur starbound vid, i was so shocked. i always had these vids recommended to me but never bothered to click on it thinking its some random minecraft video.
I think it depends on the person. For me it was certainly an enjoyable social lubricant, but the next day I'd feel terrible mentally, emotionally, and physically. I haven't had a beer in a few months now and I have felt incredible. We're all different and anything in moderation definitely works for some!
Living is literally killing you. Breathing is literally killing you. Oxygen is slowly chipping away at your tissues and DNA. This came up in the side recommended as I was watching Vintage Story game play.
@@Syrnian directly above when you said you disagree that drinking alcohol isn’t killing you faster than oxygen. You can’t have oxygen less than every day.
Damn could only make it a minute into the video before it became insufferable. I won't take advice from anyone who uses the term "level up" to refer to personal growth. Video games are killing you slowly too, give up that childish trash.
i don't drink or anything but the concept of talking something serious over Minecraft intrigued me, I'm staying around I wanna see where this goes
thanks! consider MC as the vessel that helps deliver the message to people who otherwise wouldn’t see it
No idea what this channel is, but as someone who’s almost 3 months sober from drugs and alcohol, I’m incredibly happy I got this recommendation
Alcohol is no longer killing me, been sober 10 months come the 22nd and ive never been better, i pray that everyone here who struggles with alcohol is able to see what its doing to themselves and the people around them and really make a step towards change. In my experience, rehab was the best thing that ever happened to me
Congrats man! Maintain, relapse has happened many times after ten months in many people, and you will face a period in your life where you seriously consider hitting the bottle again. You need to remember how you feel now if you ever have these thoughts, and tell a loved one if you ever relapse. Godspeed!
@adamlentz6708 thank you! Having countless reasons in several different categories to not drink helps, such as physical, mental, spiritual, life in general etc.
I drank heavily in my early 20s and eventually I was a full-blown alcoholic. I was showing up to 10am lectures drunk. Waking up still drunk from the night before, etc.
Eventually, I got a serious wake-up call. I was an EMT at the time, and one day I took a male in his early 30s to hospice care. He had total liver cirrosis from years of severe alcohol abuse. He was gaunt, skinny, and his eyes and skin were completely jaundiced (a condition where your skin and eyes turn yellow from toxin buildup). He was not much older than I am now and he was dying. It was extremely sad, but also terrifying... Because I knew if i didn't get myself sober that could be in a few years.
I don't remember his name, but I'll never forget his face. God rest his soul.
You're speaking the truth. It's sad to see how you've already gotten comments that think this is total BS. It proves how important it is for young people to speak up about this.
Watching this while I drink my beer
theres something poetic about slowly watching you starve to death as you talked about this lol, ive been drinking all day, every day since i was 19 and ill be 25 in 2 months, it never even started with parties, my favorite feeling from life was always the next feeling from life, and alcohol halted that entirely. While all the things you mentioned are very true, i feel like you skipped that addiction part.. even tho i know nobody wants to be told that, and can sometimes make themselves dig in deeper, its helpful to know that you wont all of the sudden notice youre addicted, itll come slowly and youll eventually think "fuck, it got me" and then its already too late. Ive done everything from cold and flu pills, to 2cb and meth, and alcohol is the one that got me. Ive been wanting to do videos or something about all of my crazy experiences but ive always felt nobody would want to hear it from someone actively addicted.. or maybe thatll make it more engaging? Get through it together type shit? Regardless, your video has inspired me (:
Best of luck to you. I also started drinking at 19 and just got sober this year (after attempting it twice last year) and I’m 28 in a month.
I was lucky though, my liver and kidneys managed to stay strong and healthy according to my doctor, and the only real negative effect on my life was from weight gain. But that doesn’t mean anybody should be taking that gamble. Not only that, alcohol weight doesn’t carry itself well. I went from a jacked body builder to a flabby dad-gut and manboobs lmao
I used to drink, and I'm so grateful to no longer be, and I am so grateful for this video! I hope young people watching this listen and consider everything you are saying! Appreciate you.
Alcohol isn't bad for you if you drink in moderation. I.e. no more than 1 beer a day (depends on the beer). Getting drunk is obviously bad, but if you drink one beer, you aren't going to die.
Not so fun fact: While more studies need to be done, there is some evidence that engery drinks can harm your liver as much as alcohol. Maybe moreso not because it's more dangerous but because many people that drink them tend to drink 1 or 2 daily.
Also I'm not telling anyone what to do. Just throwing so info out there that you can research on your own.
In fact I couldn't tell you what to do. I'm a terrible example. I drink twice a month. But not for social anxiety or to numb anything. In fact, I have a hard rule not to drink alcohol when I'm upset. I just thinking the feeling of being drunk is fun. lol
This guy over here talking about some really heavy stuff.
Me: "NOOOO DONT KILL THE COWS!!!"
this is why im glad ive never drank, or done any drugs at all
I had a friend who he and I were inseparable for a long time. I wasn't his girlfriend or anything like that, though we might as well have been given how much time we spent together back when we were teens.
Growing up, we both had pretty hard lives. I was raised by shitty people, in a shitty environment, in a shitty town, and was treated, well, shitty. Same was pretty much true for him, really the main difference between us is that he was more neglected than anything, and I was not only that but also directly traumatized by all sorts of inhumane treatment I won't get into, but I will say that it involved everything from sexual abuse to nearly every horrible thing you can mention and then some.
We both started drinking young. I was probably 14 or 15 the first time he got his hands on some alcohol, and being teenagers we did some stupid stuff on it. I liked the feeling of being drunk, but I hated getting drunk, and I hated the anxiety I had over the possibility of being found out as drunk, while both of our parents were absent, mine would show up when I fucked up to use me as a punching bag mostly emotionally though.
Over time, things changed, I still drank a lot, eventually, I figured out how to hide my problem a lot better, and for years I was drinking right under the noses of my parents, did drugs, did all sorts of other stuff, and I also started to notice how shitty he treated me all time. Every single chance he got he screwed me over, treated me like dirt, and I found this out because other people noticed it and picked up on it and told me.
One day I left, I stopped drinking, I pulled myself together and I made new friends, met new people, really changed my life and abandoned him and several others who were shitty to me.
Years later he apologized to me and we started to restart our relationship as friends, but it was never going to be what it was before. This was right before he got cancer of the liver, right before he nearly died from alcohol.
You see, he's lucky, he didn't die from it, but he literally cannot drink even a single drop of alcohol anymore or it might kill him. He has medical issues, and while his life isn't horrible, he has a restricted diet and must remain clean for the rest of his life now or the consequences are death. He should have died by all accounts, but he got lucky, got one more chance.
Funny thing is that I have control over myself now. I still drink once every six months or so but it's also never an extreme amount. It's an every once in a while thing to lighten my mood.
Not that I'm advocating that most people could or should go to being a once in a while drinker, generally it's better to stop altogether, but regardless, the key to that for me is what was important, and that was recognizing that I am enough by myself. I don't need the drinks to feel better, I don't need the substances to advocate my existence, I don't need the bottle to tell me that it's ok, that I'm alright, that life can be good, that the past crimes committed against me in my formative years are not what define me.
I don't need it for that, because I can do it myself. But that never would have happened if I didn't stop using the crutch for a substantial amount of time, and I can promise you for as hard as it is to recognize now, you are enough, you don't need the drinks, you don't need the drugs, and sure, maybe you fuck up but tell me, who the hell doesn't?
I'm also not going to sugar coat it for you, I won't lie to you and say it's easy, I won't tell you that learning to advocate for yourself isn't stressful and that it won't cost you in some way, that it won't be difficult to stand up for yourself, that some days you won't feel like you've accomplished nothing, that the demons will cease to come for their pound of flesh from time to time. It's hard, it's very, very, hard. And I don't always do my best.
But, I recognize that good isn't always doing what is best, it isn't always being the best, it isn't always making the best decisions. It's doing all that, as much as you possibly can. It's about making mistakes, apologizing for them and moving on to do better tomorrow than you did today. Every little improvement, every single step is part of the journey to recognizing yourself. Day by day, the demons grow more and more silent.
Maybe some people won't forgive you, and maybe they are right not to, because you don't get to decide who you are in their life and their story, I can promise you that the people who abandoned me still sometimes slice my heart like a knife through butter, that their absence hurts my very soul in ways that words could never convey. But the only thing I get to decide, and the only thing you get to decide is how your story is going to be going forward.
I choose who I am from now on. I choose.
You have been uploading a lot of videos about topics that I have recently thought a lot about. Yet another very relatable video! Used to drink a lot back in 2019 - 2021 or so. Especially 2020 and 2021. Usually several times a week or so. Not every week of course, but usually so. I still drink, but not as much, and have actually been totally sober for more than 3 months currently. I would really recommend spending less time intoxicated and more time sober.
cant wait for my parents that have booze every day for years to tell me that i need to contribute my money for all these surgeries
This is the best video idea ever
What's crazy is I one day had my "Eye Opened" when I drank the worst IPA and alcoholic beverage I ever held in my hands. All my friends recommended Ranger IPA and I just looked at it with pure disgust. Haven't drank any alcohol since so I usually go for fruit punch or whatever else they serve at parties and weddings.
Your videos are wonderful please don’t stop making them😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
womp womp i dont like my liver anyways
being alive is killing you, a couple of drinks a week isn't really going to accelerate that.
I need a video like this but about energy drinks
bro when you said your that this was ur other channel in ur starbound vid, i was so shocked. i always had these vids recommended to me but never bothered to click on it thinking its some random minecraft video.
haha, thanks for finally checking it out!
I have to disagree it’s not all bad, like everything else, everything in moderation. 🙃
I think it depends on the person. For me it was certainly an enjoyable social lubricant, but the next day I'd feel terrible mentally, emotionally, and physically. I haven't had a beer in a few months now and I have felt incredible. We're all different and anything in moderation definitely works for some!
i read alcohol ass school
I like drinking
Living is literally killing you. Breathing is literally killing you. Oxygen is slowly chipping away at your tissues and DNA.
This came up in the side recommended as I was watching Vintage Story game play.
alcohol is killing you much, much faster
@@solacespeaks
I disagree,
@@Syrnianyou’re objectively wrong then. Someone who breathes oxygen every day isn’t dying faster than someone who drinks alcohol every day.
@@BradsGonnaPlay
Where did I mention drinking everyday? I did not even mention alcohol.
@@Syrnian directly above when you said you disagree that drinking alcohol isn’t killing you faster than oxygen. You can’t have oxygen less than every day.
Damn could only make it a minute into the video before it became insufferable. I won't take advice from anyone who uses the term "level up" to refer to personal growth. Video games are killing you slowly too, give up that childish trash.
Keep drinking. Let's see what your life is like when you are 60
Bro reallly doesn’t want to confront his addiction
yes because my 1-4 hours a week of video games are poisoning my blood and destroying my internal organs and mental health
Man literally everything kills. Energy drinks, nicotine, weed.
This isn’t the point you think it is.