starting my second today. i’m scared but i know i can’t continue living the way i have been for so many years. i’m 26 and been drinking nearly half my life. i pray i can do this. thankful for your story and the many others who have been able to overcome this great challenge.
I’m starting my first day, about to tell my parents I need help. I’ve been drinking heavily for 6 years and it’s really effecting my health on top of every other aspect. Good luck to you and your journey!
I’m on my second day of sobriety. I’ve been drinking for a decade non stop. Im 26 years old and decided that I don’t want to live this way. Right now definitely going thru the withdrawals. It took hitting rock bottom to ask for help. I pray we can all make it thru. Good luck on y’all journey.
I with a lot of help got sober at age 28, I am now 77 years old and sober 48 years and still going to AA meetings not because I have to but because I want t. Life is good.
Alcohol finally did so much damage to my life that I quit last week. This video really hit a heartstring. My journey has just started but it’s comforting knowing others have made it through
It's so comforting and hopeful hearing this story because it describes the exact relationship I have with alcohol. It's even more powerful knowing how hard it must have been for this person to acknowledge the intricacies of that toxic relationship with alcohol.
Great sharing. I stopped drinking in 2016 , and i love being sober. The first year was hard. I lost a brother in 2015, he died from alcoholism. It got me looking at my own issue. I have a higher power , and that faith keeps me strong.
Thanks for your story. I am 34 and quit drinking seven months ago. I used to wake up at 0530 to drink before work at 0800. I have lost so many jobs I can't remember how many. Once I left the Navy, I lost a sense of purpose in my life and the last 5 years were just a downward spiral. When the virus hit, it was just an excuse for me to be wasted 24/7 even though I was an essential worker. I have tried to control my drinking 1000 times and it never worked. During the end I was constantly hungover, so I had to drink to make me function. I would only be able to survive with it. Vodka was the most important thing in my life and I didn't care about my family or friends. Eventually, my liver started to die (I won't go into details, it is nasty) but I studied medicine in school so I knew what was happening. I was throwing up everyday. I went to an 8 week inpatient treatment facility after sobering up. The DT's were so bad I was hallucinating, seeing and hearing things that weren't there and my heart rate and bp were through the roof. A nurse told me I had a max of 5 years to live. Now, being sober isn't easy but it is working. AA is my lifeline when I feel down. Just remember that AA does not have all the answers, you need more than AA. You need belief in yourself and a desire to stop. It sounds like your Higher Power is like mine too. My higher power is science and the Universe. When I feel sad or down I look up at the stars and moon at night and remember that I am the stars and the stars are me, we are connected. Some people think we are so small in the Universe in a small galaxy, in a small solar system, around a medium sized star but the fact is we are massive because we are the whole Universe. It is beautiful. One day at a time. Thanks.
I just went back to AA I'm desperate. The guilt and shame is killing me. I lost friends who kept giving me second third and more chances because of my bad behavior. I damaged my liver.. I'm very emotional right now. Congratulation to you for quitting especially at your age. I'm 43 and it destroyed my health but was told I could recover if I stay sober. I can relate to some of this.
Lynne, we do recover! Its possible for anyone. Age is just a number and we can surrender and join the winning side of sobriety whenever we are ready to. Regrets and shame are toxic for us. We can't change our past. If we fall, we get back up again and most importantly we ask for help. We can't do this alone, Lynne. I was a chronic alcoholic and I still am. However, I'm now sober with alcoholism. I have a 12 step programme and a network of people who support me and whom I support too. It keeps me sober on a daily basis. Don't say you're never going to drink again. Personally, it was always too daunting for me to say that. It's a painfully hard thing to let go of all you've ever known. So I say to myself and pray that I am not going to drink "just for today". 16 months sober now 💪🙏 Honestly, if you know you have a problem, ask for help. Get yourself to AA and be honest. Our illness hates honesty, connection and vulnerability with people who understand us. The opposite of addiction is connection! Please do not give up. You could have such a better life without alcohol. It's more than possible 💪 God bless you 🙏
My heart goes out to you. It sucks so much. Ten years ago i was desperate to quit too. I started video recording myself talking about my difficulties whenever i was feeling frustrated. Then i would watch those videos. I kept doing that. It created this feedback loop of a genuine desire to stop. I then did san pedro cactus. Between those two things i was able to stop and not have a single urge in over a decade. You can achieve freedom if you really want it and you really stay open minded to all possible options. Go with where your heart is pulling you.
As of now, I am now 2 years sober !! Your videos were the first I saw. Now I send them to my sponsee. Glad you are making more videos . Not sure if you will ever see this but thanks, a million
If anyone is reading this… if you’ve failed many times, just start over again. Keep trying. Keep failing. Then try again. You won’t stop the first time. And if you feel hopeless, trust me you can do it. I’ve been in your shoes and I’ve felt hopeless. But just keep trying. There are more ppl like you than you think. Being sober is more of a high than you could ever get from drinking or drugs. Best of luck to you
My sibling has been to detox 3 times in the past few years and relapsed each time after about 60 days. Can it take alot more than that to finally stay sober? I feel lost as to what I can say or do, to be helpful to my sibling. 😢
Thank you for sharing your story. It really helped me today, past few days i got worse mentally. A lot of negative thoughts and anger, it's been a year since my son passed. I'm 29 now and a lot of things you said were same for me. 47 days sober and I'm trying my best. Quit this poison people as it brings nothing but darkness. Bless
Im 29 from Australia and became sober recently properly after a long time if trying and failing its amazing and really uplifting to hear a story almost identical to my own. This has really given me more strength and encouragement. Thank you
Acceptance is the key to recovery. Excellent inspiring video. I recall that feeling, like my brain switching on and feeling genuine love for myself. Been sober now for 18 years and that feeling has never left me once. I feel safe, content and not afraid anymore or alone even when on my own.
I got sober in 2007 and it was the best choice I ever made. I love that you took control of your life. You're amazing. Thank you for sharing your story. Sending lots of love and positivity.
Thank you so much for this video. I felt like u were describing my twenties verbatim. I've found a new sense of freedom and control I never knew existed. The gym and the iron plates inside have become my higher power...setting PR's and helping others to achieve their goals is my new path.
My life was so similar to yours dude. Only I didn't use coke, because it costs $300+ a gram here in Australia lol. But I used to go through an O of weed a week, plus drink 30+ units of alcohol from morning to night. I'd have my "reviver" of a 750ml beer first thing, and then gradually progress to vodka as I couldn't stomach the amount of beer to get drunk enough. My life fell apart. I knew it was time to do something about it when my son was born, and instead of staying in the hospital with my wife and son, I went to the pub and got trashed. All alcoholics are the same, and alcohol is always the same. The more you abuse it, the more it abuses you. One day at a time.
I just hit 2 months. I do the 12 steps everyday. I was mainly into the parkotin forti, benzos, sometimes alcohol, and I almost got into heroin. My only problem now is resting plenty after the people quota for the day because I found out that I was a likeable guy. I just needed to get sober.
Quitting at 22, I always knew it wasn’t normal I was drinking to kill my self at 16 years old. And I have been addicted to it to for 6 years. Both sides of my family have alcoholism so I knew I had it: my dad passed away a couple months ago from alcoholism and I decided to change for him. I am 2 months sober
wow that hit hard.. im 33 and im on this dark path of keep going back to the drink thinking ill be okay.. the destruction just gets worse and worse.. time to do the work. god bless you all
I turned to alcohol when I lost my boys. My son Tommy and my son Steven. Miscarriage and SIDS. I told myself I didn't deserve to live! But my family deserved better! I am now 6 years sober! I dont know you but I'm so proud of you! You got this!!!!
I feel your pain brother. I five days into my sobriety. I cause so much damage due to my addiction family, money, spirit and relationships. I’m about to be 39 years old and I want a sober life till the day I pass away.
Dude. I have to share with you that this is one of the best videos I've ever seen on youtube. Thank you so much for sharing your journey and your story. Really hits home ❤
Im 18 years old, and im finally taking the first step to become sober. ADMITTING that i have a huge problem i have been sober for 2 days now, its hard its my first weekend in years not drinking, but hopefully i wont again in a long time,i dont think im ready to fully throw it away but thats alright💔 Maybe someday i will learn to only drink a couple of times a month❤
I could identify with your feelings and a lot of your story. There are a lot of AA heaters and that's ok. People are entitled to there own opinion even if they are wrong. Four days ago I turned 78 and I am now sober with the help of AA and a network of great people for49 years and 8 months. Please continue on the 12 step path and I am sure your video will help a lot of people. THANK YOU
Thank you for sharing, I can relate a 100% about your teenage years and early 20s. I was also hating myself back then, and It led me to binge drink and being unable to socialise without being drunk. for some reason in my mid-20s I was able to gain confidence in myself, and loving myself. The binge drinking stopped. and I was able to control my drinking. Turns out I was not an alcoholic, just someone with self-esteem problems. Today I'm a normal week end drinker, I never Black out, rarely hungover. I'm just sharing my story, It's different than other people commenting, A lot of alcoholic have self-esteem issues that trigger the disease.
Thanks for sharing. AA also saved my life!! The program and rhe People in AA helped me learn to live a new way of life. I liked how you mentioned the promises...... they do come true if you work for them. God bless!!!
Thank you for sharing your story and congrats on being clean & sober!!!!! I'm a firm believer in karma, which to me means what you send out comes back to you, which is why this part of your journey is so important imo. Best wishes!!!!!
26 years old. I became an alcoholic at 21. I have a generation of alcoholics & I know the outcome. If I don't change today. I will drown.. godbless us all & stay strong to be a better person ❤. You can do it. Sobriety ❤❤
Thank you for sharing your story. Great video, very motivating. I only drink on weekends, usually just a drink or two, but sometimes it's a runaway effect not knowing when to stop. Don't know how to control it except to stop completely. Feel deep regret to disappoint the family when it happens.
Barely made it 2 months sober these past 10 years, then slipped and have been spiraling for months since. It's hard because holy shit I'm isolated and I don't feel that social at all when I push myself to get out there. I've always had some kind of the real autism and just not feeling connected with things, seems like decades of most socializing has been just so negative and horrible - when there is a decent connection, it feels like I have a bunch of psychological scars anyways. Wow a glimmer of hope, been mostly hell. Though I know this is also the hangover talking and I'm in much better spirits sober most of the time. It would be nice to just have a few decent people to talk to. The tough question is "Who are you?" - that's a hard one, I suppose I'm trying to remember.
I'm in the exact same situation .. I live in complete isolation , I go out drink on the street alone or in the house. I'm 47 now. I gotta quit ...or I'll die. Hope you can find a way forward ❤
Im trying my best now. Feel like i cant do it. Sometimes i can go a week without it but when my days off come, i start drinking and binge. Fucking sucks. Growing up i hated alcohol and now i drink everyday day go figure. Used up all my credit cards. Shit sucks. This video was extremely helpful and informative. I’ll come back here to let you know how im doing
@wrenning4ever it went good the first two weeks. Got a little urge to drink after that and binged again. Now im a week in and no alcohol. Im trying my best to not think about it. Its extremely difficult. But im trying my best.
1 year sober now and 2 weeks into quitting cigarettes too. Somehow, this time, I know I've quit them both for good. I destroyed so much in my life and I'm not going back to that anymore. Next goal is to increase my discipline wrt physical fitness.
“I hated myself and alcohol washed away that hate” I was drinking 26 ounces of vodka or more daily from the morning til bed. I had so many problems it was causing but it also made me not think about them which made the so much worse since they never got dealt with. Then it got so much worse and I had to deal with it
I lost my girlfriend a couple days ago to my addiction, she told me I need help and I do. Alcohol won the battle and caused me to lost the love of my life. Im currently living with my dad and going through the process of quitting drinking, going to AA. But it’s only my third day and I’m having trouble sleeping, eating and staying strong. I hope I can work on myself to get her back and creat a future for myself and her. All I do is lay in bed beating myself up for my mistakes and forcing the person that loves me, is seeing me killing myself with that vodka bottle.
I understand every feeling 😢 Alcohol ruined all my relationships friendships I’m so lonely I’m still looking for help for my alcoholism but so ashamed specially with work 😢
This is me right now.im the lowest in my life. I need serious help.Just quit my job yesterday to fix myself. I have failed everybody in my life.I can see the sadness on my mom's eyes.I have to sober up😭😭
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your story. Honesty and acceptance, knowing the truth being that you are addicted is always the first step. For me I found God, alcohol was a sin. But God can forgive. I try to do actions and also have thoughts that is good in the eyes of God!
I'm an alcoholic and I promise you on my mother's life that I would've never became one had I had the money you seem to have made in your life. I'll never understand how people who are well off (not ultra rich) get addicted to things. A HUGE reason I am an alcoholic is due to financial stressors. This cannot be overstated.
I understand your point man. Just a random advice from a random stranger on the internet. You don’t have to listen to me if you don’t want to so here goes: You don’t know how much healthier and creative your brain can become when you quit ANY addiction until you start trying. There’s something like magic that happens every day on your sobriety journey that reveals how much power your mind has. It always feels like a light bulb 💡 is turning back on slowly but surely. With it all forms of creativity and opportunities start coming your way and you don’t know how it happens. Thing is, your mind is getting more aware of your environment and you’re training it to know that it’s survival is no longer attached to the addiction but to being PRESENT. It puts it into work mode to find out other ways it will ensure your survival while still being present in time and not in the escape zone of the addiction. That’s one of the greatest strengths we have as humans. We ALWAYS adapt. And adapting to being present, channeling that attachment you have to the addiction to being present and sober in nature is the trick. And ultra wealthy doesn’t necessarily mean ultra happy and ultra content. Ps: I’m 27. On a sobriety journey. Was at the club last night. Ordered drinks for the people with me and drank only water (something I never in my life would have thought possible lol 😂) Funny thing which I find quite interesting is that I had waayy more energy that those who were all high. I took up kickboxing though so my body is getting in the best shape it ever has been. Maybe that’s why. Good luck 👍
I'm a mental health expert. After getting my Ph.D., I became a university professor and ran a clinic on our campus. I taught research methods & statistics and diagnosis. I say this in order to say that I stopped drinking because of a spiritual experience. After the experience I discovered that I had no desire to drink. AA was attended when I was 13.5 months sober. The first 3 meetings I thought these guys weren't like me. In the fourth meeting I felt like I belonged. I have a private practice where I do psychotherapy and was the clinical director of a psychiatric hospital. I am 32 years and 11 days sober and never wished for a drink by the grace of my Higher Power. I am a recovered alcoholic. AA uses the word recovered two times. It means I have recovered from the damage but I know I can't ever drink again. I'm still an alcoholic but I am a RECOVERED alcoholic. I can tell you I learned how to have fun while not drinking. It's not what I gave up it’s what I have gained.
@@chrisjohnson4272I use to drink a half a bottle of vodka damn near every day! I weened off if alcohol by switching to light beer but I was still drinking like 10 cans a day. I don’t binge drink anymore nowadays. I might have a beer or two once a week and that’s about it. My drunken days are over. I’m 3 months into my new pattern.. so it’s still early but wow I love being sober! Being sober is my new “high” lol
Watching this video as I lay on the couch hung over from a night of drinking. I don't ever want to do it again.Alcohol has controlled my life for way too long
I've never had that feeling that you described of warmth and love for myself. Never. Not since I was 14 anyway. I've only ever felt a cold emptiness. That's what I used alcohol for, to fill that, to make me feel different. Even though I went to AA for 10 years, worked my way through the program, done service and done all the suggested things, the emptiness never left. I'm off the alcohol now for nearly 15 years but I stopped going to AA in about 2014. I never truly felt part of it. Anyway, AA helped me at the start of my journey into sobriety, so that's all that matters.
Brother, Awesome!!!!! Congratulations!!!! However, we must always remain anonymous as AA members in the press and radio and other public mediums (12 Traditions). Remember, we must place Principles over personalities. Keep on coming back!!!!!
I tired quitting a shit ton of times it was completely controlling me I would always get boredom and go right to the liquor store. I started anti craving pills, depression pills and thearpy to fix my fucked up brain. It's working so far but I still get boredom sometimes because adjustmenting to life without alcohol is a challenge.
Damn. I Went to school with you and i know that for a fact cause you got a sister, younger brother and i think you had like 3-4 cousins in that little s**t hole of a town too. Good to hear you got your s**t together, brother.
Kept stopping for a month at a time then went hard for three-4 months straight longest I got was 3 3/4 months then relapsed once again but I broke my record.
Alcohol is poison, I’ve been drinking heavy for 2 years straight and with the gambling I started thinking about suicide and not to mention I got a DUI.
starting my second today. i’m scared but i know i can’t continue living the way i have been for so many years. i’m 26 and been drinking nearly half my life. i pray i can do this. thankful for your story and the many others who have been able to overcome this great challenge.
I’m starting my first day, about to tell my parents I need help. I’ve been drinking heavily for 6 years and it’s really effecting my health on top of every other aspect. Good luck to you and your journey!
@@catboo9356 how has it been going so far?
I’m on my second day of sobriety. I’ve been drinking for a decade non stop. Im 26 years old and decided that I don’t want to live this way. Right now definitely going thru the withdrawals. It took hitting rock bottom to ask for help. I pray we can all make it thru. Good luck on y’all journey.
@@sheriellesegura6756 it gets easier, your body, friends and family will thank you. one day at a time. you got this! 🤘🏼
You can do it. Take it day by day, and please reach out to Jesus/God. He will help you through this.
I with a lot of help got sober at age 28, I am now 77 years old and sober 48 years and still going to AA meetings not because I have to but because I want t. Life is good.
you are awesome
Wow .. Amazing 🎉 I wish I can do it like u ❤
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You are a good man David Leary
@@davidleary7328 Woop Woop!! Party over here!! Congratulations!!
I'm 28 and have been alcohol free for 18 days. This is the longest time I've been sober from alcohol in a decade. I will never go back.
so proud of u keep pushing ❤
How is it going?
@@niezlykretik going good! 75 days clean and don’t miss alcohol at all!
@@maddiewes5989 great 👏🏻
Chad @@maddiewes5989
Alcohol finally did so much damage to my life that I quit last week. This video really hit a heartstring. My journey has just started but it’s comforting knowing others have made it through
I hope things are better ❤
Still sober ?
Im in the same position as you man. Stay sober and strong and continue the journey. We got this.
It's so comforting and hopeful hearing this story because it describes the exact relationship I have with alcohol. It's even more powerful knowing how hard it must have been for this person to acknowledge the intricacies of that toxic relationship with alcohol.
it's a death sentence srsly
I have been sober for 16 years. Life is good!
Great sharing. I stopped drinking in 2016 , and i love being sober. The first year was hard. I lost a brother in 2015, he died from alcoholism. It got me looking at my own issue. I have a higher power , and that faith keeps me strong.
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Thanks for your story. I am 34 and quit drinking seven months ago. I used to wake up at 0530 to drink before work at 0800. I have lost so many jobs I can't remember how many. Once I left the Navy, I lost a sense of purpose in my life and the last 5 years were just a downward spiral. When the virus hit, it was just an excuse for me to be wasted 24/7 even though I was an essential worker. I have tried to control my drinking 1000 times and it never worked. During the end I was constantly hungover, so I had to drink to make me function. I would only be able to survive with it. Vodka was the most important thing in my life and I didn't care about my family or friends. Eventually, my liver started to die (I won't go into details, it is nasty) but I studied medicine in school so I knew what was happening. I was throwing up everyday. I went to an 8 week inpatient treatment facility after sobering up. The DT's were so bad I was hallucinating, seeing and hearing things that weren't there and my heart rate and bp were through the roof. A nurse told me I had a max of 5 years to live. Now, being sober isn't easy but it is working. AA is my lifeline when I feel down. Just remember that AA does not have all the answers, you need more than AA. You need belief in yourself and a desire to stop. It sounds like your Higher Power is like mine too. My higher power is science and the Universe. When I feel sad or down I look up at the stars and moon at night and remember that I am the stars and the stars are me, we are connected. Some people think we are so small in the Universe in a small galaxy, in a small solar system, around a medium sized star but the fact is we are massive because we are the whole Universe. It is beautiful. One day at a time. Thanks.
So beautiful. My story is very similar to yours and quantum physics reads made me feel more connected to Everything
Turn your life to Jesus, no one get to God, but through him. Jesus is the truth; the way and the light to everlasting life.
I just went back to AA I'm desperate. The guilt and shame is killing me. I lost friends who kept giving me second third and more chances because of my bad behavior. I damaged my liver.. I'm very emotional right now. Congratulation to you for quitting especially at your age. I'm 43 and it destroyed my health but was told I could recover if I stay sober. I can relate to some of this.
Hows it going?
Lynne, we do recover! Its possible for anyone. Age is just a number and we can surrender and join the winning side of sobriety whenever we are ready to.
Regrets and shame are toxic for us. We can't change our past. If we fall, we get back up again and most importantly we ask for help. We can't do this alone, Lynne.
I was a chronic alcoholic and I still am. However, I'm now sober with alcoholism. I have a 12 step programme and a network of people who support me and whom I support too. It keeps me sober on a daily basis.
Don't say you're never going to drink again. Personally, it was always too daunting for me to say that. It's a painfully hard thing to let go of all you've ever known. So I say to myself and pray that I am not going to drink "just for today". 16 months sober now 💪🙏
Honestly, if you know you have a problem, ask for help. Get yourself to AA and be honest. Our illness hates honesty, connection and vulnerability with people who understand us. The opposite of addiction is connection!
Please do not give up. You could have such a better life without alcohol. It's more than possible 💪
God bless you 🙏
My heart goes out to you. It sucks so much. Ten years ago i was desperate to quit too. I started video recording myself talking about my difficulties whenever i was feeling frustrated. Then i would watch those videos. I kept doing that. It created this feedback loop of a genuine desire to stop. I then did san pedro cactus. Between those two things i was able to stop and not have a single urge in over a decade. You can achieve freedom if you really want it and you really stay open minded to all possible options. Go with where your heart is pulling you.
As of now, I am now 2 years sober !!
Your videos were the first I saw. Now I send them to my sponsee.
Glad you are making more videos .
Not sure if you will ever see this but thanks, a million
You're very welcome. Thanks for letting me know, it means the world to me.
If anyone is reading this… if you’ve failed many times, just start over again. Keep trying. Keep failing. Then try again. You won’t stop the first time. And if you feel hopeless, trust me you can do it. I’ve been in your shoes and I’ve felt hopeless. But just keep trying. There are more ppl like you than you think. Being sober is more of a high than you could ever get from drinking or drugs. Best of luck to you
My sibling has been to detox 3 times in the past few years and relapsed each time after about 60 days. Can it take alot more than that to finally stay sober? I feel lost as to what I can say or do, to be helpful to my sibling. 😢
Thank you for sharing your story. It really helped me today, past few days i got worse mentally. A lot of negative thoughts and anger, it's been a year since my son passed. I'm 29 now and a lot of things you said were same for me. 47 days sober and I'm trying my best. Quit this poison people as it brings nothing but darkness. Bless
Im 29 from Australia and became sober recently properly after a long time if trying and failing its amazing and really uplifting to hear a story almost identical to my own. This has really given me more strength and encouragement. Thank you
You're very welcome. Thx for watching.
Been sober for 6 months now. One day at a time. I thank God for my sobriety. Service, unity, recovery
Acceptance is the key to recovery. Excellent inspiring video.
I recall that feeling, like my brain switching on and feeling genuine love for myself.
Been sober now for 18 years and that feeling has never left me once. I feel safe, content and not afraid anymore or alone even when on my own.
I got sober in 2007 and it was the best choice I ever made. I love that you took control of your life. You're amazing. Thank you for sharing your story. Sending lots of love and positivity.
Thank you for sharing your story. I’m sober for 5 days now and I really hope I can make it like you did
My first AA meeting tonight, I'm very scared, watching this video there is like mirror image of my addictions. Thanks for posting
You're welcome
how did it go? Ive attended two but was drunk and left early..
@@Sarinitos I'm sorry you left. But you can always try again🙏
Thank you so much for this video. I felt like u were describing my twenties verbatim. I've found a new sense of freedom and control I never knew existed. The gym and the iron plates inside have become my higher power...setting PR's and helping others to achieve their goals is my new path.
My life was so similar to yours dude. Only I didn't use coke, because it costs $300+ a gram here in Australia lol. But I used to go through an O of weed a week, plus drink 30+ units of alcohol from morning to night. I'd have my "reviver" of a 750ml beer first thing, and then gradually progress to vodka as I couldn't stomach the amount of beer to get drunk enough. My life fell apart. I knew it was time to do something about it when my son was born, and instead of staying in the hospital with my wife and son, I went to the pub and got trashed. All alcoholics are the same, and alcohol is always the same. The more you abuse it, the more it abuses you. One day at a time.
I just hit 2 months. I do the 12 steps everyday. I was mainly into the parkotin forti, benzos, sometimes alcohol, and I almost got into heroin. My only problem now is resting plenty after the people quota for the day because I found out that I was a likeable guy. I just needed to get sober.
Quitting at 22, I always knew it wasn’t normal I was drinking to kill my self at 16 years old. And I have been addicted to it to for 6 years. Both sides of my family have alcoholism so I knew I had it: my dad passed away a couple months ago from alcoholism and I decided to change for him. I am 2 months sober
wow that hit hard.. im 33 and im on this dark path of keep going back to the drink thinking ill be okay.. the destruction just gets worse and worse.. time to do the work. god bless you all
I quit at 21 ...joined AA did the Steps and have not looked back, I celebrated 40 years this past Jan, Thank God for AA!
As someone in my home group AA says, "thank God for AA and thank AA for God"
I turned to alcohol when I lost my boys. My son Tommy and my son Steven. Miscarriage and SIDS. I told myself I didn't deserve to live! But my family deserved better! I am now 6 years sober! I dont know you but I'm so proud of you! You got this!!!!
Beautiful that you made it half of the video before it changed. I’m definitely the first half atm trying to change
I feel your pain brother. I five days into my sobriety. I cause so much damage due to my addiction family, money, spirit and relationships. I’m about to be 39 years old and I want a sober life till the day I pass away.
Thanks for this video. I needed this to continue on to day 3 sober.
I hope you're still working at it! I am too. Sending positivity :)
Congrats Man. Inspiring and looking forward to my journey
Bro I’ve been going through an alcohol addiction day 2 of sobriety 🙏🏾
Dude. I have to share with you that this is one of the best videos I've ever seen on youtube. Thank you so much for sharing your journey and your story. Really hits home ❤
Im 18 years old, and im finally taking the first step to become sober. ADMITTING that i have a huge problem i have been sober for 2 days now, its hard its my first weekend in years not drinking, but hopefully i wont again in a long time,i dont think im ready to fully throw it away but thats alright💔 Maybe someday i will learn to only drink a couple of times a month❤
I could identify with your feelings and a lot of your story. There are a lot of AA heaters and that's ok. People are entitled to there own opinion even if they are wrong.
Four days ago I turned 78 and I am now sober with the help of AA and a network of great people for49 years and 8 months. Please continue on the 12 step path and I am sure your video will help a lot of people. THANK YOU
Thank you for sharing, I can relate a 100% about your teenage years and early 20s. I was also hating myself back then, and It led me to binge drink and being unable to socialise without being drunk. for some reason in my mid-20s I was able to gain confidence in myself, and loving myself. The binge drinking stopped. and I was able to control my drinking. Turns out I was not an alcoholic, just someone with self-esteem problems. Today I'm a normal week end drinker, I never Black out, rarely hungover.
I'm just sharing my story, It's different than other people commenting, A lot of alcoholic have self-esteem issues that trigger the disease.
I'm 29 now, and I am quitting. Been drinking for 11 years & I've lost toxic friends over it! But I feel so motivated now.
10 days sober today. I don’t know if it’s going to be forever, but I’m trying to do it for a month to see what happens.
I hv read your comment today. How is it going? I am on my 20th day.
@@damarisobieroOP has drank himself to death RIP.
How are you doing yourself ? You still sober 🤔
Thanks for sharing. AA also saved my life!! The program and rhe People in AA helped me learn to live a new way of life. I liked how you mentioned the promises...... they do come true if you work for them. God bless!!!
I'm glad you caught the promises. Not everyone does.
This was truly amazing! Thanks for sharing your story💙
How's your drinking going?x
This needs more views. Thank you.🙏❤️
Awesome testimony. Thank you my friend!
Thanks for listening
Thank you for sharing your story and congrats on being clean & sober!!!!! I'm a firm believer in karma, which to me means what you send out comes back to you, which is why this part of your journey is so important imo. Best wishes!!!!!
How's your drinking?
I’m so proud of you! I know it takes a lot of bare your soul in this way. God bless. ❤
This is beautiful and it speaks for all of us. You put ao much of my thoughts and feelings into words. Thank tou for this video.
26 years old. I became an alcoholic at 21. I have a generation of alcoholics & I know the outcome. If I don't change today. I will drown.. godbless us all & stay strong to be a better person ❤. You can do it. Sobriety ❤❤
this is an outstanding video with a great video attached.
Great videos I am a husband of a addict who’s going through inpatient soon too switch too a IOP. There helping me understand. Great job!!
You should do al-anon.
@@thesoberempire we are plus doing a family workshop
how long has she been drinking?
Thank you for sharing your story. Great video, very motivating. I only drink on weekends, usually just a drink or two, but sometimes it's a runaway effect not knowing when to stop. Don't know how to control it except to stop completely. Feel deep regret to disappoint the family when it happens.
This has really helped, thank you for making this
crying this whole video
I feel you
One year sober on March 19th, 2024… checked myself into rehab, and got sober at 27 years old. Best decision I ever made for myself…
Barely made it 2 months sober these past 10 years, then slipped and have been spiraling for months since.
It's hard because holy shit I'm isolated and I don't feel that social at all when I push myself to get out there.
I've always had some kind of the real autism and just not feeling connected with things, seems like decades of most socializing has been just so negative and horrible - when there is a decent connection, it feels like I have a bunch of psychological scars anyways. Wow a glimmer of hope, been mostly hell. Though I know this is also the hangover talking and I'm in much better spirits sober most of the time. It would be nice to just have a few decent people to talk to. The tough question is "Who are you?" - that's a hard one, I suppose I'm trying to remember.
I'm in the exact same situation .. I live in complete isolation , I go out drink on the street alone or in the house. I'm 47 now. I gotta quit ...or I'll die.
Hope you can find a way forward ❤
Bless you David. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
@@thesoberempire You're changing my life. I thank you for that.
Thank you for sharing! 19 months here with no rear view mirror in sight
Im trying my best now. Feel like i cant do it. Sometimes i can go a week without it but when my days off come, i start drinking and binge. Fucking sucks. Growing up i hated alcohol and now i drink everyday day go figure. Used up all my credit cards. Shit sucks. This video was extremely helpful and informative. I’ll come back here to let you know how im doing
@wrenning4ever it went good the first two weeks. Got a little urge to drink after that and binged again. Now im a week in and no alcohol. Im trying my best to not think about it. Its extremely difficult. But im trying my best.
1 year sober now and 2 weeks into quitting cigarettes too.
Somehow, this time, I know I've quit them both for good.
I destroyed so much in my life and I'm not going back to that anymore.
Next goal is to increase my discipline wrt physical fitness.
Beautiful man ! Very inspiring. Much love
Im stuck in that spiral brother
Thanks for sharing bro. Day 1 again for me.
“I hated myself and alcohol washed away that hate”
I was drinking 26 ounces of vodka or more daily from the morning til bed. I had so many problems it was causing but it also made me not think about them which made the so much worse since they never got dealt with. Then it got so much worse and I had to deal with it
Thank you for this video this was me 100% and it helped show my family how I really feel
I lost my girlfriend a couple days ago to my addiction, she told me I need help and I do. Alcohol won the battle and caused me to lost the love of my life. Im currently living with my dad and going through the process of quitting drinking, going to AA. But it’s only my third day and I’m having trouble sleeping, eating and staying strong. I hope I can work on myself to get her back and creat a future for myself and her. All I do is lay in bed beating myself up for my mistakes and forcing the person that loves me, is seeing me killing myself with that vodka bottle.
this resonated deeply with my own experience
I understand every feeling 😢
Alcohol ruined all my relationships friendships I’m so lonely
I’m still looking for help for my alcoholism but so ashamed specially with work 😢
Very Powerful Video! 🎥Thanks for this Gem man 💎 God Bless 👍
We need more content from you been missing this food
This is me right now.im the lowest in my life. I need serious help.Just quit my job yesterday to fix myself. I have failed everybody in my life.I can see the sadness on my mom's eyes.I have to sober up😭😭
I am in similar position bro please help me
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 ! Well done my friend! 😊
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your story.
Honesty and acceptance, knowing the truth being that you are addicted is always the first step.
For me I found God, alcohol was a sin. But God can forgive. I try to do actions and also have thoughts that is good in the eyes of God!
I'm an alcoholic and I promise you on my mother's life that I would've never became one had I had the money you seem to have made in your life.
I'll never understand how people who are well off (not ultra rich) get addicted to things. A HUGE reason I am an alcoholic is due to financial stressors. This cannot be overstated.
I understand your point man. Just a random advice from a random stranger on the internet. You don’t have to listen to me if you don’t want to so here goes: You don’t know how much healthier and creative your brain can become when you quit ANY addiction until you start trying. There’s something like magic that happens every day on your sobriety journey that reveals how much power your mind has. It always feels like a light bulb 💡 is turning back on slowly but surely. With it all forms of creativity and opportunities start coming your way and you don’t know how it happens. Thing is, your mind is getting more aware of your environment and you’re training it to know that it’s survival is no longer attached to the addiction but to being PRESENT. It puts it into work mode to find out other ways it will ensure your survival while still being present in time and not in the escape zone of the addiction. That’s one of the greatest strengths we have as humans. We ALWAYS adapt. And adapting to being present, channeling that attachment you have to the addiction to being present and sober in nature is the trick. And ultra wealthy doesn’t necessarily mean ultra happy and ultra content.
Ps: I’m 27. On a sobriety journey. Was at the club last night. Ordered drinks for the people with me and drank only water (something I never in my life would have thought possible lol 😂) Funny thing which I find quite interesting is that I had waayy more energy that those who were all high. I took up kickboxing though so my body is getting in the best shape it ever has been. Maybe that’s why.
Good luck 👍
Thank you for sharing your story ❤
You're welcome
Thanks so much for this💖inspired me truly
Thank you for sharing bro
I'm a mental health expert. After getting my Ph.D., I became a university professor and ran a clinic on our campus.
I taught research methods & statistics and diagnosis. I say this in order to say that I stopped drinking because of a spiritual experience. After the experience I discovered that I had no desire to drink. AA was attended when I was 13.5 months sober. The first 3 meetings I thought these guys weren't like me. In the fourth meeting I felt like I belonged. I have a private practice where I do psychotherapy and was the clinical director of a psychiatric hospital. I am 32 years and 11 days sober and never wished for a drink by the grace of my Higher Power. I am a recovered alcoholic. AA uses the word recovered two times. It means I have recovered from the damage but I know I can't ever drink again. I'm still an alcoholic but I am a RECOVERED alcoholic. I can tell you I learned how to have fun while not drinking. It's not what I gave up it’s what I have gained.
Nobody wants to hear the word 'expert' again after you tards trampled on freedom during covid. You're sheep
Almost 2 weeks without a drink. I was never a heavy user but I did drink everyday so the urge was there and it bothered me.
I take one day at a time.
How much were u drinking I drink about a pint a day trying to quit for good
@@chrisjohnson4272I use to drink a half a bottle of vodka damn near every day! I weened off if alcohol by switching to light beer but I was still drinking like 10 cans a day. I don’t binge drink anymore nowadays. I might have a beer or two once a week and that’s about it. My drunken days are over. I’m 3 months into my new pattern.. so it’s still early but wow I love being sober! Being sober is my new “high” lol
I have a problem with alcohol and won't eat when I was drinking I'm starting today to not drink and have bad anxiety
Me too. First night here. Shaking and racing thoughts are terrible. We got this. ❤️
47 almost... Desperately want to quit. Tried so many times , always fail. Cant fill the void 😢
You are the Greatest American HERO!!!!!
Thanks for your experience strength and hope 🙏
congratulations on your success bro.
Watching this video as I lay on the couch hung over from a night of drinking.
I don't ever want to do it again.Alcohol has controlled my life for way too long
Do something then! Make the decision.
I always say if I’m boring now people would’ve found me utter tiresome on alcohol.
I've never had that feeling that you described of warmth and love for myself. Never. Not since I was 14 anyway. I've only ever felt a cold emptiness. That's what I used alcohol for, to fill that, to make me feel different. Even though I went to AA for 10 years, worked my way through the program, done service and done all the suggested things, the emptiness never left. I'm off the alcohol now for nearly 15 years but I stopped going to AA in about 2014. I never truly felt part of it. Anyway, AA helped me at the start of my journey into sobriety, so that's all that matters.
I find IFS very helpful. I'm 58 and finally getting to know myself.
Great story! Be proud.
Brother, Awesome!!!!! Congratulations!!!! However, we must always remain anonymous as AA members in the press and radio and other public mediums (12 Traditions). Remember, we must place Principles over personalities. Keep on coming back!!!!!
Amazing video! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thanks for watching!
Cheers to that mate!
how inspiring!!
A.A saved my life A.A is the greatest gift i ever got
"the desire to drink" not just being drunk
I tired quitting a shit ton of times it was completely controlling me I would always get boredom and go right to the liquor store. I started anti craving pills, depression pills and thearpy to fix my fucked up brain. It's working so far but I still get boredom sometimes because adjustmenting to life without alcohol is a challenge.
❤❤your video's been sober 7 years
What's the name of that movie with Danzel Washington? Thx for anybody who will answer
Damn.
I Went to school with you and i know that for a fact cause you got a sister, younger brother and i think you had like 3-4 cousins in that little s**t hole of a town too.
Good to hear you got your s**t together, brother.
Thank you for sharing
How you have the big books saying ans the THE PROMISES!! YESSSS
Kept stopping for a month at a time then went hard for three-4 months straight longest I got was 3 3/4 months then relapsed once again but I broke my record.
100 days my record , done that twice ... Now I'm on day 1 again.. keep trying 🎉
Im 30 in 6 months, im so completely done.
You've got this!
@JulezX.X 11 days so far.
Did you delete your Instagram pages? I can't seem to find them.
❤❤❤ Thank you.
Alcohol is poison, I’ve been drinking heavy for 2 years straight and with the gambling I started thinking about suicide and not to mention I got a DUI.