Why I Quit Drinking & Got Sober #2: HANGOVERS!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Sobriety is a beautiful thing! And one of the main reasons that I love living a sober life is that I no longer have to deal with hangovers. Back when I was getting drunk on a nightly basis I always had to worry about being hungover in the morning. And my hangovers were bad! So bad that I usually spent all day in bed.
All told I have probably spent more than a couple years in bed hungover, and these are days that I will never get back. Days that I could have been out being productive, living my life, and spending time with loved ones. Hangovers are horrible. I'm so glad that I was able to quit drinking alcohol and I no longer have to suffer.
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I'm 54, made the decision to get sober last Monday after I came to the conclusion that I cannot drink in moderation. I'm going to an AA meeting on Saturday
Congratulations
Hows it going now?
Me neither I thought I can control it but I can’t I’ll stop n start n go on a few day binge and feel sick right after feeling Instant regret
I hope you are still sober and staying strong🙏🏽👍🏿
@@CesarSandoval024fell off the wagon
Reason to stop drinking!
1.liver damage
2. Kidney damage
3. Brain cell damage
4. Hangovers damage
5. Relationship damage
6. Yellow eyes (eye damage)
7. Pot Belly (see liver damage)
8. Termination (damage to income)
9. DUI (freedom damage)
10. Domestic issues (divorce damage)
@Fannie Mae
Let me be clear, nothing wrong with a drink, it becomes dangerous when you are DRINKING (plural)
@Painted Sunset Art
Yes, indeed!
@@enigmathegrayman2953 1 glass or 1 bottle it is still poison
#1 spiritual damage!!!
The yellowing of the eyes is jaundice and that's some sort of bile that gets released due to liver failure both acute and slow. But it's not necessarily eye damage but everything else is spot on.
Dude, you just described my hangovers. They were all day even when I was young, sometime 2 days as I got older. I earned it too. I LOVE waking up and not being hungover. These videos keep me motivated to stay on track. Thank You Sir.
No problem Jake!
I totally feel you bro. I'm 65 now.
Drank for so many years. I've had so many stankin hangovers throughout the years, it's unbelievable. Especially, on Monday mornings. Dreaded going to work. Sometimes I would drive an hour to work, and not go in.
Call work from the parking lot. Call in sick. Drive all the way back home. I've got many more stories, believe me. Well, I'll be sober 2 years, as of January 15th, 2023.
I actually ended up towards the end of my drinking career, going to Rehab, 28 days.
Drove myself there.
Don't ever want to go back to those dark days.
If you're young...STOP NOW!!!
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👍🏿🙏🏽❤👏🏾
Man I would drink so much and dehydrate myself so much that I would literally have multiple dreams about going down to the fridge and drinking something cold. Glad those days are over.
Dude I don't think people really know just how messed up these sort of half waking dreams can be. I would see like white spiders walking across the pillow and be awake trying to touch them, but they weren't there. It's pretty insane. I have a few slips now and again but in general I'm not drinking nowadays.
1st day sober & I'm so done with this vicious cycle of being hungover & a shitty drunk.
How are you doing?
24 hour hangover? Wow... Mine are 72 hours.
As a friend of mine said years ago, by the time he reached 30, he had hurt himself so many times and it was getting harder to recover as he got older. He realized this isn't what you call fun. He learned his limits and stuck to them.
Unless you're an alcoholic or drug addict, I think most of us do this.
Thanks Tim. We’re very similar in our drinking experience. I’m 36 and drank a lot for rhe last 16 or 17 years. The crazy black out nights became too much. And I decided enough is enough in the last few days and your videos are very inspirational to me.
I've been sober for over 18 months . I do miss Friday / Saturday nights however the hangovers aren't worth it.
Those 5 downvotes just cracked me up. They couldn't even have watched it that quickly! I wish my best girlfriend would watch these. She's an active alcoholic who just won't quit and she is getting sicker by the day, already experiencing symptoms of impending liver failure. I'm glad you share this info. People really need to hear it. Have a great day today, Tim!
:( feel like im getting sicker by the day as well but i just drink to not feel sick anymore
@@boytusok9197 I am sorry to hear that you feel like you need to drink just to feel normal. That is the sign of someone deeply addicted. You are unfortunately on a downhill slide. I hope you decide to improve yourself and change for the better.
Champ you will save a lot of money by not Drinking....... Congratulations T.... Keep it up.......
I definitely save so much money these days by not drinking. Now I wonder how I ever afforded it lol
Save a lot of empty calories too!
Yes thats why you get sober
Stupid much
Me too with the hangovers 24 + hours. Also love your channel
I do not miss those hangovers lol! And thank you!
Great vid man! Your videos helped me quit drinking. Sober for over half a year now. Keep on doing good for the world :)
Going on 11 months now
@@shawncarter8930 Well done shawn! Keep on the good work. Still sober as well and feeling better than in a long time..
@@audunseverin half a year for me now too :) hopefully in 6 months I will be where you are now in sobriety
@@vera1654 That's amazing, Veronika! I'm still sober and still loving it. Keep at it :)
Love your videos Tim. I’m on the road to sobriety. 24hr sober and yes I’m board as fuck but you and everyone else told me. Once you pass that stage you will be happy and free and I can’t wait for that. Hope I don’t have a relapse
Man I can relate to having the worst hangovers out of anyone I know. comparable to the flu, etc. Not a lot of people I know understand that: if I talk about being hungover, they equate it to what they must feel hungover, and I know we aren't talking about the same experience. What you described sounds so close to my experience. I'm watching this on Day 3 after NYE and I'm still not even back to like 90%. So thank you, bro! Appreciate you sharing this; this is my number 1 reason, so I'm glad really something finally that really resonates with me.
Totally was worse than the flu so bad
I remember always bragging about being able to out drink the fellas. And i would. Then waking up the next day lying to myself, saying I will never drink like that again. Trying to get through another hangover. Then two days later drinking again. no regerts. Just glad I don't do it anymore. keep sharing brother.
I will Tanja! And I'm glad those hangover days are behind both of us.
Had a relapse last weekend after a few weeks of sobriety and the hangover was horrid. Your videos are both comforting and motivating.
Glad you could use my videos to find some comfort. You got this!
@@TimothyWard Thanks bro.
I need friends like this guy!
After age 30, I REALLY started to notice how alcohol started affecting my brain health. Now, I still do enjoy a drink with a nice meal now and then, but my daily drinking days are SO OVER. And I am SO relieved!! It is nice to wake up everyday with energy, in a good mood, and a clear head. Life is absolutely better without heavy drinking/hangovers!!
I'm trying to quit myself - I'm weird, I can abstain for like 10 months, then I'll end up drinking again and the heavy drinking cycle begins....not fun. It's harder than it looks.
It definitely isn't easy. I think overcoming alcohol is one of the hardest things to do in life. But #youcanquit! One day one of those 10 month streaks will just keep going and never end.
Avoid drinking completely. Even of you tell yourself it's just 1. Some people only have control before the first drink... after that the drink takes control.
The studies have shown if an addict goes on a break for a while once they start it will be just as bad if not worse. Gotta end it once and for all
@@kileNoe yup, it's pretty much completely abstaining at this point
I can't even abstain for a week. I'm sick of everything. And getting hangovers that make me both mentally and physically screwed.
Thanks for the video Tim. I think many of us can say we WISH it had only been 1 hangover a week, but like you said, we adapt and get use to feeling like death. When a person feels so terrible all the time, especially when self inflicted, that poor quality of life just becomes an expectation. I wish I had come to the realization years ago that I was never controlling alcohol , it was always controlling me.
I agree Mathew. I wish I had learned my lessons about drinking sooner. But at least we know now lol.
Hi Timothy, you obviously are thinking straight forward. You are one of the best vloggers for this issue.
I started drinking late, late 20’s-30. I had one really bad hangover that lasted 2 days and I never drank liquor again. The misery was not worth the few minutes of alcohol high. I’m almost 50 and can still remember the bad hangover 😂.
It took me a full week to feel myself again.
same
I quit because severe anxiety and I mean severe and I would get this tight knot in my stomach and many more symptoms. I’m done
I got bad anxiety the day after too i felt awful. Then i would drink again to get rid of the anxiety and start another bender total madness but alcohol is a highly addictive legal drug.
Hey man you're not alone.this used to be me too for about 3 years I got in a crazy spiral until I got outraged mad about this vicious cycle I'm sober and I respect my sobriety... But hey man good video..💯💯
Alcohol is such a killer even a small amount makes me feel awful. Good point about not remembering the fun you had. I actually look back at my drunken conversations and regret it.
Drinking depression kicks in the next day,no thanks, anymore especially when you've got young children
Thanks I'm sick of it. It's nice to wake up feeling great with clear vision and eyes.I get so much done when I dont. Im challenging myself to quit. IM A SUB!!
Welcome to the channel! And good luck with your sobriety. You got this!
@@TimothyWard Thank you
How are you doing?
I'm going to agree with this man 100%!! It's not worth it, it's poison! Days and time are a price!! Even going 3 to 5 days without alcohol makes me feel so great!!
Great video brother I was struggling with marijuana and I just quit it feeeeeels great and you have to stay away from ppl who don’t care about your sobriety
Congrats on quitting the Mary Jane!
Hangovers started spilling over into day 2 and even occationally day 3 when I was around about 30 or so. I'm 34 now and even though I had 9 months off alcohol during the two lockdowns we had here in the UK I went back to it literally the day the pubs reopened. I'm so fucking done with it.
The only thing i didnt agree was you ARE special :-))). You are totally AMAZING and inspiring to many people , luv ya ❤
Thank you! Love you too my friend!
I had the worst hangovers, too. Then i started to just drink the next day to avoid the headaches and withdrawals. Not to mention, when you quit drinking, your body and brain go through a detox period. Your mood suffers, you become anxious, paranoid, have hallucinations. It's absolutely miserable. I quit for 4 years until i reached a horrific period in life and started drinking again to cope. Unfortunately, it's been 6 years off the wagon and i know i need to quit again. It's different because I'm no longer the same person i was just a few years ago. I don't really know where to muster up the strength i had back then. Uggh I'm praying i find it and soon!
You have hallucinations when you drink now? Or when you quit?
@ashleyriosrizo after you quit drinking really heavily, some people hear stuff. It's pretty common but not a lot of people talk about it because of the stigma.
Makes all the sense. Thanks for sharing.
Yesss! That clock watching until feeling better is the worst. Need to eat but can't and that makes it last longer. Smh
Hi Tim I am still listening to your youtube channel I am alcohol free after 22 YEARS OF DRINKING I am going on 1year and 2 month SOBER May 6 2021 you keep encouraging people to stay away from that alcohol you have encourage me to stay strong I am taking it one day at a time THANKS AGAIN LOVE YOU MY BROTHER STAY SAFE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY 🙏
Wow that hit me when you said “ just imagine how far along i would of been achieving my dreams if i would of lived those days” thank you for this my journey just restarted again but this time i am going to stick to it
Hangovers are bad I lost a lot of time with that alcohol you are on point Tim Thanks 🙏
Since 2020 my drinking started to get problematic and last year is when I started my journey of quitting. And I've had to continuously keep quitting as you described in one of your videos. So I have recently decided to go sober once again and I'm on day 3 and I'm STILL not even recovered from the last day I drank.. alcohol seems to affect me way worse than most people. I am shocked by how a lot of people can have an evening of drinking and then they're completely normal and functional the next day. My experience with alcohol seems very similar to yours. And I think those of us who have such bad hangovers also have problems with alcohol in every regard to alcohol and it's just another sign that we are the type of people who have to go sober. And you're right I have also lost so many days due to trying to recover from alcohol.. which is currently the case for me now. All I can do is manage to (barely) push through work and then I am just completely dead afterwards and can not do anything productive what so ever and every moment is agonizing. Also being sick and having the flu is definitely way less agonizing than being hungover for me as well. And now as I am typing all oft his out, it's insane that I have subjected myself to all of this torture and agony..
I have a hangover now. Feels like I'm going to die. Heart rate feels like it's off beat. And I can't eat anything body will more allow it. I have it up for a longtime. But now I'm giving it up 10 years.
Thanks for the upload - I’m at 56 days now after on off bouts of being AF.
I’m a classic binge/grey area drinker!
Watching sober content this time to help cement that there is another way in this life !!
I can relate to this SOOO MUCH Tim. Oh my God. Pure Hell. Please keep making these sobriety videos, they are brilliant. I have watched a lot of people talk about sobriety and your videos are definitely the best, by faaaaaar. They are helping me immensely. Thank You x
I swear I love you Tim.
Doing excellent work for people like me :-)
My pleasure 😁😁
Definitely saw my hangovers get worse over time. It got to the point where i just vomited the next day...all day long. My body was so desperate to get the alcohol out. It feels so good to be not hungover this morning. 6 months being alcohol free!
Congrats!! Wow! Any tips? I'm CLEARLY seeing he benefits even 24 hours after quitting but somehow, I'm having a hard time staying on the path after 5-7 days :(
You are correct. I remember I had such a bad hangover I couldn't even walk to the bathroom. I had to crawl and I was like that for two days straight
I actually got very good at lessening my hangovers. I'm here bcus of how advanced my drinking has become. I saw a video of Motorhead singer Lemmy saying he drank a bottle of Jack D every night. Needless to say he did not age well and died in severe pain. The jig is up. I newd to stop this insanity , period
Yesterday I came back from a 2 night stag do. I actually drank heavily the night before stag do too so I blacked out 3 nights in a row. I also peed myself 3 nights in a row. The feeling yesterday was horrendous. I had to wear pee soaked jeans on the way home. I had sleep paralysis last night. I’ve wanted to stop for so many years but I’m always in the cycle of stopping for 2 weeks or so and then I’m back on it ‘and I’ll drink bottles instead of pints’. Such a vicious cycle. I’m giving it a real go this time, it’s genuinely not even worth it when you can’t handle it.
How are you doing?
Hi Shelia, thanks for asking. I took my last drink on the 4th September 2021 (the wedding of the stag) and I’ve been sober ever since, so almost 6 months! It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made ☺️ how are you?
I forgot to mention, I attend AA meetings every Wednesday and I’m working the 12 steps ☺️
@@pursebey73 thats fantastic! Good for you! Im two weeks in : ) Im well, too, thanks for asking. I love watching vids on YT of people's experiences, and reading the comments; its very helpful.
@@MsSheilaC that’s great! Hopefully you keep at it as it’s not easy is it! ☺️ are you also attending meetings? I agree with watching the videos! There’s a great channel called Talksober, I recommend it ☺️
My first day sober. I’m getting back on the wagon for good this time. Thank you so much for these videos.
Good luck!
@@TimothyWardThank you!
Same here it takes me a full day, phone switched off, in bed, feeling like dying... to finally be able to get up...
I'm sick of drinking and getting these stupid and destructive hangovers. I also take almost a day to recover. Sometimes are worse than others. I'm truly sick of drinking but I can't stop doing it.
I so hear you. I was to the point of literally hallucinating from 2 beers. Never again 🙏💪
I need to stop drinking 29 female been drinking by myself everyday since I was 21.. since I moved out I've been drinking a 12 pack to 24.. everyday other day and my days off I can drink a whole 24 pack by myself:(
Id have two day hangovers. Shiiiitttt that was every weekend. 🤦♂️ ughh so over it!
Thank you very much for sharing your story. I relate with every word and more
I rarely drink because my hangovers are so bad. People tease me when I'm not drinking at social functions. I explain it to people like this, when I drink a six pack of coors light, I feel as bad as you do when you drink a 5th of Beam.
Am currently watching this hungover. Yuck. I go long stretches of sobriety, and every once in awhile I drink.
Its not worth this.
It's a process September. One day you will quit for good and never have to worry about hangovers again 🙂
You told my story! Congrats on a alcohol free life! The hangovers affected me spiritually, brought me to total dispair.
Wow. Really rough stuff. I am so glad you have overcome that problem.
Thanks Pops! So am I!
hangovers were the main reason i quit drinking a decade ago. it would take me 4 days to feel normal again. i just couldn't bear having one more day of feeling like shit, i said enough and quit drinking
Thank you for continuing to share your experiences. I would love to see a video sharing WHY you drank so much? Like what was the underlying reason for getting so heavily drunk? Was it a deeper emotional trauma, irresponsible fun with friends, were you unable to gauge your limits??? I think it would help people relate.
That is a great video idea! Thanks!
As usual, another great video!
Hello 🙋🏿♀️Mr Timothy. Great videos again. Keep inspiring people ✌🏿💓
When you said “Hangover, YAAAAAAAYYYY!” LMAO! But seriously, great video. You described hangovers to a T. Can’t wait till the video when you talk about being able to really enjoy your food without alcohol dulling the taste. mmmm 😋
Thank you for posting these!
No problem!
I needed this
Congrats for all you've achieved, it's a lot !
Thank you!
Tim you are so right you really really really really really feel like death drinking that posin keep preaching my brother the truth stay strong 🙏
Unfortunately I can totally relate to this video. 😢😮
As you get older they get worse. I don't even want to drink anymore -- at all -- because I know how crappy I'll feel the next day.
Great video.. Great speaking
I appreciate this video. Lol like the only cure to all of this chaos is stopping drinking. it is the ONLY solution. Thank you.
This was me last weekend..... not worth it. Thank you for sharing
damn i can relate so much
Hi Tim Elijah again thank God no more hangovers 🙏
I'm only 33 and I had to quit drinking or it was gonna kill me. Blew my stomach lining out and had a huge ulcer in October.. 3 weeks later had to have my stomach drained of fluid.. January ended up popping my pancreas and spent almost 3 weeks in the hospital (this is when I decided to stop drinking) 2 weeks later back again (small stomach drain) but they also discovered something in my left hip.. It had been bothering me for awhile but I hadn't gotten it looked at because I was focused on healing my stomach. Turned out I had Avascular Necrosis of the left hip and needed left hip replacement. Then in april had another stomach surgery for 2 abdomen hernias, in June finally had the hip surgery and that leads into today. Not looking for sympathy, just leaving this for others as a cautionary tale. Alcohol isn't worth it in the long run.
As a listener and viewer, I appreciate your candid attitude towards the drawbacks to alcohol.
I often question why. Why drink alcohol? How much? To what level? How often? How does one feel during, after, and wanting more?
The substance is tricky.
It feels better not drinking for health. In the subjective domain it gets very tricky.
If not that is to say, alcohol does nothing at all. But that's not the case because its evident alcohol has endless cons mixed with subjective pros.
I quit for months. Had social angst after a few months. And felt like I wasn't vibing on the same level as others. I feel comfortable but choose to drink. Not always though.
Love-hate relationship with the substance long-term.
But. It is not sustainable to a healthy body overall.
Thank you for this lifesaving advice ⚘🙏🏿⚘
Thankyou for this video it’s so relatable ,I’m 50 and have lots of hangovers in my life ,they have become worse ,this is the main reason I’m trying to stop as can’t moderate,my husband can he has four lagers food then few hours sleep ,I can’t do that ,my worst symptoms of a bad Hangover would be ,cannot sleep more than two hours ,wake up twitching,headache,vomiting,weakness,eye blurred,elbow or arm pain,anxiety,fear ,depression,heartburn,fast heart ,awareness of heart,no appetite,different blood pressure reading (I’m on pills),bloating,diareah,dehydration,tiredness but can’t sleep,hyperventilating,
Is it worth it ,no.
I'd get insane panic attacks for no reason just sitting still the next morning and thinking my heart is going to explode. Had to avoid people and crowds the entire day. If not for benadryl I wouldn't make it. If you are hung over. Benadryl is your friend.
You are too tired to care about your heart stopping.
Beer screwed up my esophagus so now I get acid reflux near daily.
Down to a six pack a day now. Used to be around 18 beers a day. Start with a beer for breakfast.
This is exactly why I stopped! Went to the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. Was just a bad panic attack from being hungover. Alcohol is the worst.
I suffered my WORST hangovers in my early drinking years, when I was actually drinking less than I would later on, which I would ascribe to my tolerance level. I would still get hangovers when I was drinking nightly, but not with the regularity or severity as when I was only drinking on weekends.
My worst ever was when I was a student..split a bottle of Southern Comfort with a friend, which I polished off pretty quickly, then I started on the cider, and suddenly felt extremely ill. Subsequently ended up vomiting all night and taking about 3 days to recover.
One time I drank so much I slept with my best friends grandma. I haven't drank every since..
Lol
I woke up the next day and of course was vomiting and it was like a dark red color… looked like old blood!?? How scary, what was that… I finally decided to UA-cam something for help and support.:/
I come from a family of drinkers. I have 5 siblings, were all under 30 but 3 of them are heavy drinkers with my parents. Functional alcoholics for sure but would never admit it. It took me moving out of state and a couple of months ago to realize that it wasn't normal. It's what I grew up around since about 15 I started drinking and smoking with my parents. I moved out 2 years ago, and I have pretty much stopped drinking a year ago, and just quit cigs 4 months ago. I have a couple drinks when I go visit and then wake up a little foggy and thats reminder enough that it's not worth it. My parents and three brothers still are doing the same thing drinking just as much. Every time I go there if I drink I'm drinking water constantly walking around with a jug of water and they're like youre consuming more water right now than i do all week im like how are you even alive lol. I dont know how I stumbled upon this video but it was a nice reminder. I thank my partner for opening my eyes up to how bad my habits were. Thank you
This is a God send.
I'm never drinking again... again.
I’m trying to do The Alcohol Experiment and man this nails what I’ve been feeling the last month or two. I miss my weekends and feeling good. Thank your for your videos man.
Thank you for these videos on alcohol sir
This video saved my life, thank you!
I like how you get the point across you tell it like it is one drank is too many so don't take that first one hangovers or a terrible keep making does great youtube I love them
Thanks Elijah!
Thank you so much for these videos I am with you
Z older you get.. the longer it takes to recover from a night of drinking.
Nice🤟. I did some math: drinks per day X 365 X # years ! So about 50,000 beers 🤛
Always wondered where that number fits in compared to others who have quit.
Looking back on all the dumb crazy stuff I used to do when I was a drunk makes me cringe and that's just the stuff I remember doing which probably isn't even half as bad as what I do remember doing.
First vacation with no hangover
Awesome!
@@TimothyWard I don’t really drink during Monday-Thursday anymore so my next step is to drink less on Friday and I’ve already drink less on Saturday
@@TimothyWard when I started drinking less at family function that when my cousin started invited me back out at 28
them hangovers cold man
I was drinking on weekends and on my drunkenness go do drugs after he was always the same history. There’s a gate between alcohol and bad decisions.
Oof been there. Imagine how awful that is for our bodies
Thank you for this motivation
So helpful! Thank you so much. :)