I was drinking for about 30 years, with some pauses in between. Now I'm 66 and can't afford it any longer - it ruins my health so much worse than when younger. I stopped 45 days ago, and I know that only a single drink would cause a relapse.
This was powerful - I’ve be n listening to this going through withdrawals from 10 year opiate addiction. Thanks. I made that decision ‘I’m stopping this now’ no ifs or buts.
Man, you are 100% right. Back in 2019, I read Allen Carr's Stop Drinking Now. Just making the decision to stop and never do so again is the cusp of his method. I quit for several months and then relapsed during COVID. Took many years to get sober again, but the method doesn't change. Just make the final decision to stop.
Really good video mate, don’t apologise for getting emotional it just means that it means a lot to you, it would be worse if didn’t. You’re invested, stay strong 💪
The addictive mind The irrational becomes the rational.. 20 months clean. And understanding how your brain tricks you Its is emotional when you realise what has happened and im glad i realise this,,
Isn’t sobriety a super power?! You’re able to speak off the top of your head, on message, for a 1/2 hour, in one take. I’ve realized that I just might be the first sober male in my entire family lineage. And, quitting caffeine did more to stop the anxiety than the booze.
@@bluecoffee8414 I quit drinking coffee as well and I sleep way better and have a consistent level of energy and mood. When I was drinking coffee I had mood swings and my natural, core energy kinda relied on coffee to feel a content mood.
@@melberg6821 I quit drinking alcohol and cigarettes at the same time before coffee. I realized the immense impact that had in my life. So I started removing everything I felt addicted to and coffee was one. Just gotta have the mindset and will to do it.
13 days into sobriety so far. Wasn't an every day problem but was binge drinking once a week/fortnight to deal with the frustrations of my circumstances. Lost job just before Christmas, never seeing my partner due to her circumstances and trying to maintain myself as best as possible as a father. I royally ***ked up with my now estranged partner while blackout drunk mid December and staring down the barrel of another failed relationship (Not all my fault, hand on heart). If I hadn't have been drinking, I would have still felt the same emotions and frustrations but wouldn't have said some horrible things, pushing her further away.
Generally with addictions… for me if I’m talking myself into doing it or justifying it, that is a bad sign. Not just drinking but many habits in general. On the path of awakening, it is crazy how many habitual things we do on a daily basis which are basically addictions and fly under the radar. I feel it needs to be said also to always be watching that addictive side because it will be always trying to find a weakness, something else to sneak in that you aren’t watching for. I have had this manifest in desires, pleasure, destructive relationships, pursuing anything it can grasp onto rather than just being as is.
Thanks its like what happened to me i wish i quit in 2003 but i thought i could control it then again in 2008 i thought i could control it now in 2021 my biggest screw up and now its been 4 years sober i stayed sober now its the best thing ever thanks for this share
This is a great video, I'm 7 years sober from weed and 10 months from booze... But I'm 25 minutes sober from nicotine, (it's just after midnight) which has proven me to be harder to quit with vapes/pouches. I'm going cold turkey, so wish me luck and I'll stay sober with you today.
Great words eloquently said We ve had the book for 10 years Spouse unwilling unready Very sick with addiction now 30 yes in I quit over health and a desire to be supportive Not an issue in my case His addiction is my issue He said he d do 30 days Couldn’t do 4 Digging out our book And I ll play this to him
Did you go through DT? That was the turning point for me. I go through cycles of being sober for 6 months and then put my mind and body through the torment again. I'm in the cycle of drinking again and i hate myself. I walk to my local Spar to buy a myself a bottle of vodka to stop myself from going through the horrible withdrawal again. I don't want the horrific dreams and the sweating and insomnia. I hate myself right now.
Thank you, just helping me stick to my stop smoking . Love listening to you, sounds autentic .No congratulation cause it wasn't a good idea to follow in the first place...like that and now I forgive it to That which is already and always sane, sober, happy needing nothing to reach that ☀️🙌🙏
We weren't born needing it, it was never required Something powerful to really consider. We're nearly 3/4 water, our entire body, and this toxin depletes our primary essence of this water that makes up so much of our existence.
This is great. It's got me just as I' m about to start a course that is directly related to this form of recovery. There's nothing wrong with being emotional. You must have been a pain in the arse when drinking but you sure aren't now. Thanks! 👍
Would be fare to say that any self talk that mentions alcohol, good or bad is probably the alcoholic voice. Like a narcissistic person the only way to deal with it is to have nothing to do with it?
Love it. Returned to this video because it just popped up. Watched the end part again an.. Get sober, stay sober and you can now, right now is so important to people. Words like "just quit". Yikes! To "it" that sounds deadly. Addicted people don't see the "freedom" they only see the "can't have" Exactly "it" is the illusion in that case. Where is "it" in the case of awakening and who is "it"? Where is my "it" now in the awakening process? Is it the same as chemical addiction as we have experienced?
@@corinbryant I've thought that way for long time. Doesn't seem to work the same but has same tactics. Bait and Switch is one of them. How else does it hide? How to separate rational thought from illusion? Body/mind is laughing but doesn't know why. It is being cornered via letting go.
Been a AA reject and a AVRT informed for years. I never drink right now and of course has been effortless once learning AVRT. So angry I lived in purgatory for so long. I don't live "in recovery" either. I live in the freedom of knowing I just don't have to fight that fight anymore. I have felt misled, very alone, disrespected, disregarded, dropped on my head and finally rejected by people who support sobriety but just not in that manner (just quit). Now I would really like to entirely LEAVE the recovery bullshit mentality. So angry huh? Gun shyness I suppose. Now as in exploring my true nature and non duality it just doesn't sit right somehow to use label like "I'm in recovery". I'm not! Appreciate you video and definitely the subject of AVRT. Something feels sticky about this subject and I don't know why. Work in progress. Thank you.
Sounds to me like you have a good grasp on it all, the anger subsides after a while I had that too. Stay confident in your intuition, you are right you are not in recovery you are recovered, the more confident you are the more you will leave the purgatory behind. Appreciate the comment and thanks for watching.
@@corinbryant Anger about deception about addiction and finding out just how easy if one is allowed to be honest is/was over hot and dusty anger for sure. The anger that is now is about suffering, normal everyday suffering. Since July and shifting and shifting back to suffering it feels like emotions are raw and explosive.
I can see a direct link from AVRT to NON Duality. Have put that two and two together for years, put it together before "awakening" was seen as "non duality". When I learned of AVRT I saw the similar qualities of ego/mind hijacking true nature.
Regret, recognition of having gone wrong, made mistakes and willing to make amends, repair rather than shame or guilt. Both of those are useless imo. Otherwise great talk. Appreciate your sincerity.
Thank you for this feedback, I have taken it on board and will integrate this, I recognised after filming the word 'shame' wasn't correct in my usage here and yes the 'guilt' part needed further extrapolation to the effect that you have described - Appreciate the comment :)
It's almost silent now, over the last year it has risen briefly and very quietly twice, very easy to dismiss I just found it amusing and odd it would still make an attempt.
Nope! Too much bullshit getting through bullshit to find people who have moved past it but still are in "recovery" What are you recovering from? Not drinking?
Something just clicked and I just stopped! And I was an alcoholic for 20 years. I just stopped. Weirdest thing lol When youre ready YOURE READY!!!
I was drinking for about 30 years, with some pauses in between. Now I'm 66 and can't afford it any longer - it ruins my health so much worse than when younger. I stopped 45 days ago, and I know that only a single drink would cause a relapse.
This was powerful - I’ve be n listening to this going through withdrawals from 10 year opiate addiction. Thanks. I made that decision ‘I’m stopping this now’ no ifs or buts.
Man, you are 100% right. Back in 2019, I read Allen Carr's Stop Drinking Now. Just making the decision to stop and never do so again is the cusp of his method. I quit for several months and then relapsed during COVID. Took many years to get sober again, but the method doesn't change. Just make the final decision to stop.
You got it man :)
Yes all we have to do is stop, then everything will take care of itself , Thankyou
Blessings Corin n fellow A.V.R.Ts. The mind can be a cunning adversary !! *Shine On*
Really good video mate, don’t apologise for getting emotional it just means that it means a lot to you, it would be worse if didn’t. You’re invested, stay strong 💪
The addictive mind
The irrational becomes the rational..
20 months clean. And understanding how your brain tricks you
Its is emotional when you realise what has happened and im glad i realise this,,
Isn’t sobriety a super power?! You’re able to speak off the top of your head, on message, for a 1/2 hour, in one take. I’ve realized that I just might be the first sober male in my entire family lineage. And, quitting caffeine did more to stop the anxiety than the booze.
Wow. Could you elaborate on how quitting caffeine changed you?
No one's taking my coffee😊.
@@bluecoffee8414 I quit drinking coffee as well and I sleep way better and have a consistent level of energy and mood. When I was drinking coffee I had mood swings and my natural, core energy kinda relied on coffee to feel a content mood.
@@Banzo_how did you do it?? I can’t even imagine quitting both
@@melberg6821 I quit drinking alcohol and cigarettes at the same time before coffee. I realized the immense impact that had in my life. So I started removing everything I felt addicted to and coffee was one. Just gotta have the mindset and will to do it.
Fantastic video. Wonderful clarity in explanation and hopefully will be used to help so many people..I will be showing this to many. Thank you ❤
Spot on. I've fallen for all the traps! Re-committing to total sobriety, no cheat codes to speak of.
No cheat codes! You've got it :D
13 days into sobriety so far. Wasn't an every day problem but was binge drinking once a week/fortnight to deal with the frustrations of my circumstances. Lost job just before Christmas, never seeing my partner due to her circumstances and trying to maintain myself as best as possible as a father.
I royally ***ked up with my now estranged partner while blackout drunk mid December and staring down the barrel of another failed relationship (Not all my fault, hand on heart). If I hadn't have been drinking, I would have still felt the same emotions and frustrations but wouldn't have said some horrible things, pushing her further away.
Thank you for helping others. God Bless💜
Generally with addictions… for me if I’m talking myself into doing it or justifying it, that is a bad sign. Not just drinking but many habits in general. On the path of awakening, it is crazy how many habitual things we do on a daily basis which are basically addictions and fly under the radar. I feel it needs to be said also to always be watching that addictive side because it will be always trying to find a weakness, something else to sneak in that you aren’t watching for. I have had this manifest in desires, pleasure, destructive relationships, pursuing anything it can grasp onto rather than just being as is.
Thanks its like what happened to me i wish i quit in 2003 but i thought i could control it then again in 2008 i thought i could control it now in 2021 my biggest screw up and now its been 4 years sober i stayed sober now its the best thing ever thanks for this share
This is a great video, I'm 7 years sober from weed and 10 months from booze... But I'm 25 minutes sober from nicotine, (it's just after midnight) which has proven me to be harder to quit with vapes/pouches. I'm going cold turkey, so wish me luck and I'll stay sober with you today.
Good luck, if you can get off that other stuff you can get off nicotine too no doubt about it, wishing you all the best x
I hope you are still not smoking because if I quit I know you can ✅
Great stuff man, thank you
Amongst many truths….”the addictive voice doesn’t care about you in the slightest” …so true it kind of cracked me up!
There is a lot of correlation between truth and humour for sure, often the funniest jokes are the ones that are the most true!
Great words eloquently said
We ve had the book for 10 years
Spouse unwilling unready
Very sick with addiction now 30 yes in
I quit over health and a desire to be supportive
Not an issue in my case
His addiction is my issue
He said he d do 30 days
Couldn’t do 4
Digging out our book
And I ll play this to him
@@lesliecarlson9984 Good luck :)
Really reached me today. Thank you. I really need the head up and shoulders back today amongst EVERTHING you said.
Did you go through DT? That was the turning point for me. I go through cycles of being sober for 6 months and then put my mind and body through the torment again. I'm in the cycle of drinking again and i hate myself. I walk to my local Spar to buy a myself a bottle of vodka to stop myself from going through the horrible withdrawal again. I don't want the horrific dreams and the sweating and insomnia. I hate myself right now.
Break the cycle, go through it for the last time. Never drunk again and you will never go through withdrawal again
Thank you, just helping me stick to my stop smoking . Love listening to you, sounds autentic .No congratulation cause it wasn't a good idea to follow in the first place...like that and now I forgive it to That which is already and always sane, sober, happy needing nothing to reach that ☀️🙌🙏
So heartened that this has been helpful for you, thank you for these words and so glad you have stopped smoking :)
Congratulations (not for beast ears)
We weren't born needing it, it was never required
Something powerful to really consider. We're nearly 3/4 water, our entire body, and this toxin depletes our primary essence of this water that makes up so much of our existence.
This is great. It's got me just as I' m about to start a course that is directly related to this form of recovery. There's nothing wrong with being emotional.
You must have been a pain in the arse when drinking but you sure aren't now. Thanks! 👍
Would be fare to say that any self talk that mentions alcohol, good or bad is probably the alcoholic voice. Like a narcissistic person the only way to deal with it is to have nothing to do with it?
Love it. Returned to this video because it just popped up. Watched the end part again an..
Get sober, stay sober and you can now, right now is so important to people. Words like "just quit". Yikes! To "it" that sounds deadly. Addicted people don't see the "freedom" they only see the "can't have" Exactly "it" is the illusion in that case. Where is "it" in the case of awakening and who is "it"? Where is my "it" now in the awakening process? Is it the same as chemical addiction as we have experienced?
Great question - Treat all thoughts in the same way you treat the addiction in AVRT and you will be awakened RAPIDLY.
@@corinbryant I've thought that way for long time. Doesn't seem to work the same but has same tactics. Bait and Switch is one of them. How else does it hide? How to separate rational thought from illusion? Body/mind is laughing but doesn't know why. It is being cornered via letting go.
Thank you 🙏 friend
You are very welcome friend
Been a AA reject and a AVRT informed for years. I never drink right now and of course has been effortless once learning AVRT. So angry I lived in purgatory for so long. I don't live "in recovery" either. I live in the freedom of knowing I just don't have to fight that fight anymore. I have felt misled, very alone, disrespected, disregarded, dropped on my head and finally rejected by people who support sobriety but just not in that manner (just quit). Now I would really like to entirely LEAVE the recovery bullshit mentality. So angry huh? Gun shyness I suppose. Now as in exploring my true nature and non duality it just doesn't sit right somehow to use label like "I'm in recovery". I'm not! Appreciate you video and definitely the subject of AVRT. Something feels sticky about this subject and I don't know why. Work in progress. Thank you.
Sounds to me like you have a good grasp on it all, the anger subsides after a while I had that too. Stay confident in your intuition, you are right you are not in recovery you are recovered, the more confident you are the more you will leave the purgatory behind. Appreciate the comment and thanks for watching.
@@corinbryant Anger about deception about addiction and finding out just how easy if one is allowed to be honest is/was over hot and dusty anger for sure. The anger that is now is about suffering, normal everyday suffering. Since July and shifting and shifting back to suffering it feels like emotions are raw and explosive.
Messages I sent 10 days ago are obsolete already. Finding more of "just this" instead of "what was".
Thank you
I can see a direct link from AVRT to NON Duality. Have put that two and two together for years, put it together before "awakening" was seen as "non duality". When I learned of AVRT I saw the similar qualities of ego/mind hijacking true nature.
Yes, I have an upcoming video on AVRT being the most powerful meditation there is
Regret, recognition of having gone wrong, made mistakes and willing to make amends, repair rather than shame or guilt. Both of those are useless imo. Otherwise great talk. Appreciate your sincerity.
Thank you for this feedback, I have taken it on board and will integrate this, I recognised after filming the word 'shame' wasn't correct in my usage here and yes the 'guilt' part needed further extrapolation to the effect that you have described - Appreciate the comment :)
This is good
Hey Corin , does your AV still come up once in aa while or has it been inactive fro a while now ? even after all these years( 8 years).
It's almost silent now, over the last year it has risen briefly and very quietly twice, very easy to dismiss I just found it amusing and odd it would still make an attempt.
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First week hardest
Agreed
Nope! Too much bullshit getting through bullshit to find people who have moved past it but still are in "recovery" What are you recovering from? Not drinking?
Who cares.
Gr gr Dario