Beautiful Becca~ I hope one day not to wake up in the morning and have a shot with my coffee. A shot in the afternoon. I drink to soften the pain when my son died of suicide 2 years ago this June. I am happy for you! Thank you for this message of hope. Much love.
I used to drink heavily until about 2007. It became a problem when I ended up in the emergency department of the local hospital because I fell out of my wheelchair...and didn't realize it. Oof. I still enjoy a drink now and then, but now it's maybe 4 times a year instead of 5 nights a week. End of credits fam: We need to take up a collection so Becca can get a proper stool or chair. I'm proud of you. Full stop...proud...of...YOU! 🧡
David!! How can a comment make me go from 'owww...' to chuckling to myself!! And also feeling like you've given me a hug. Thank YOU!!!! You are absolutely magnificent and your comments make me want to continue creating. 🧡🧡🧡🧡
For me, I had to tell the important people around me that I was out of control. I had to admit I was living a life I didn't want and I can change that. It's been 4 days and I needed this video so much. I have used alcohol to deal with grief of losing my husband to cancer 6/6/22. I know you understand grief!! Thank you!!
Sending you the biggest hug! 💗 Grief is a lot (having been through a loss last year too) but I feel like we move through life and hard times better when we aren't trying to outrun them... because running away never works. Sometimes we have to hold grief (and the love and amazing times behind it!) in to our chest and really experience it so it can evolve. I know you can change and feel better - never give up!
struggling back and forth with alcohol myself,but i KNOW i will win,ive stayed sober for long periods of time before,and i am going to do so again in the near future,watching this i got many good tips that i will use for my future as a tea-total,thank you Becca
A. Lot of people in recovery slipped. I've watched you and knew this story of your struggles. As someone who is currently struggling back and forth with alcohol, the stress got the best of me and even took a psych hospitalization and return to rehab, to get back to sanity around it. Props to you for starting your sobriety within the pandemic, because a lot if us in sobriety, fell again. I love your videos, you've seen some of my supportive comments before. I also lost my partner and have had to deal with my dtr's loss of her father while also navigating my grief of that trauma to our family. Your videos help me as your vulnerability is infectious and I know from my experience being a recovery coach, vulnerability and our truths create change and really does help those who listen. We are not alone! God bless you Becca 🙏 you're doing such a healthy and commendable job with your content.
Thank you so much for being here, Kelly, and for sharing a bit of your story. I always welcome them and they are always so... eye opening and I appreciate your vulnerability so so much. 🧡
I have never drunk, I would say almost teetotal. But that’s because I’m not a fan of losing control. I struggle with food. I’m making really bad choices and I want to add it’s more health related, not about being fat. I’m really struggling with choices and I’m struggling a bit with mood. I plan my meals etc just find it much harder to stop with the wrong food. It takes a lot of self-control to stop something destructive- I admire your dedication to yourself ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a similar situation with foods - I've always had a warped relationship with it. I really hope you're well. Sending hugs. 🧡
I'm so proud of you! I was an alcoholic at a very young age unfortunately. After being hospitalized at 13, I swore I'd never touch alcohol again. I turn 23 next month and I honestly have no regrets. I'm in therapy and I still attend meetings. I want people to know that there's hope. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, I promise.
You are so, so brave. This comment means so much to me, and I know so many people will find it inspiring too. Thank you so much for being vulnerable and sharing this with us. 🧡
I'm a child of an alcoholic. It's hard to realize at an early age that not everybody's mom drinks. Kids tend to blame themselves as the reason mom or dad drinks. To make a loooong story short, i had to watch my mom slowly die at the age of 25. If you're an alcoholic, think what it's doing to those who ❤you. Hugs Becca.
Being that mother is heartbreaking Sometimes that becomes a reason to drink. I am thankful and grateful to show her a mom that cares today. Her struggle is that she only remembers me well! She was 2yrs old when I kicked opiates. The struggle was new and also devastating, his father lost his battle with them when she was 5, and I was sober seven years working in a recovery center. Best years of my life as I founded a group called mom's in recovery group. Mom's getting help. I wish everyone recovery. In AA we call people like your mom'the sick a d suffering. I'm sorry that it took your mom, and your innocence. Addicts and alcoholics always hurt these that are near them the most ❤️
You're so amazing! 🤗 Thanks for making this video! yeah not everyone who struggles with alcohol is an alcoholic. It could be that they're stepping away from the club/pub crawl bar hopping life, or maybe they drank too much in social settings or even (like me) had alcohol impact people in their lives and just choose not to drink. I don't know what it is like to quit drinking. But I do know how awkward it can sometimes be not to. I too used to "fake it" with non-alcoholic beer but sometimes friends/family would really seem ANGRY that I wasn't drinking as much. I used to go out and try to fit in but a lot of the friendships where we were going to lots of clubs and everyone was getting hammered... it was like, "Why am I doing this?" I do know how it is to quit an addictive behaviour (smoking!) and a lot of it is decision and also finding healthy replacement habits in my experience.
I always love how insightful, meaningful and helpful your comments are - thank you so much for sharing. I really hope you're okay and thank you always for being here. 🧡
I was drinking heavy in 2020. I was drinking enough to black out,fell and smashed my face, broke my nose, broke my back after drinking. I decided to be stupid and drove home after going to a party. I drove my car head on into a telephone pole. I got hurt but thank God I didn’t hurt anyone else after my stupid decision. It scared me straight. I don’t think I’m an alcoholic. It was easy to quit but oddly it’s harder to work through the cravings. Becca I love your videos!
Thank you so much for sharing this, I know it will be beneficial not just for me, but for many others too. I appreciate your vulnerability and openness. Thank you for being here and continuing to work hard on your journey. 🧡
What a wonderful video. I don't usually expect such great advice from non alcoholics, but this really hit me to the heart. I saved it... I want to be sober in two years. I need to for my health's sake... Edit: and most importantly, thank you for sharing. The TH-cam algorithm decided to show me your source of trauma today and it broke me, so I wanted to see what you were up to. I too have been through trauma and loss, mine was about ten years ago and involved my daughter. You are beautiful and brave and it's amazing that you are using your strengths of overcoming life's pains to help other people. ❤
Wow. Thank you so much for being open and vulnerable here. I really hope you're okay and getting the support you need? I am sending you a gentle hug. 🧡🧡🧡
I want to quit drinking. I don't drink everyday. But I always reach for it when I am sad. I was going to therapy. My health isn't so great so it will be a good thing not to get wasted when I'm sad. I also had some friends that I lost. Aswell. I can start some journals. You're videos are always so helpful. I struggle most days. I really don't have a great support system. I used to talk to my mom but she has cancer since 2015 and she is now forgetting every 5 minutes.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I wish I could give you a gentle hug. Please get support if you need it - it looks like you're doing all the right things. 🧡
I was a "mild" drinker. Started with sneaking my Dad's vodka in my later teens. Social drank for a few years. Two beers made me too loopy. Never got "sick" drunk. In my 50s I dabbled in wine and beer. Following my breast cancer diagnosis 6 1/2 years ago I gave up drinking all together. Now if I could just give up sugar products! Thanks for sharing Becca 🥰 (end of credits fam)
@@IamBecca TY❤️. I'm still here 😊 but found out yesterday I may have a hole in my heart so will have further testing next month. I wanted to wait until after our family vacation with kids and grandkids. 🥰
🤗💛s my Becca!!! Picks up my smirnoff blue raspberry lemonade vodka and chugs!!! Joking I have Cola & sprite!!! Dollar General is having a sale on pops rite now!!! Buy 3 and get 1 free sooo I brought enough pop to get thru yesterday and today
Very informative video, Becca! I had my days when I was in my 20s where I would go out on the weekends with friends and sometimes drink too much. I found as I got older, my body just couldn't handle it. I would feel sick even having a couple of drinks. I thought, "So why am I doing this to myself?" I realized I don't have to drink to have a good time. I hardly ever have a drink anymore. I can't even remember the last time. For New Year's Eve my fiance' and I crack open a bottle of sparkling grape juice and have that to celebrate. End of credits fam forever! 🙂🧡 I hate when my leg or foot goes to sleep like that and then you get the sensation of needles when it's "waking up." LOL!
Had a sad experience few years back. Turned to alcohol for a short while but like yourself the hangover got too much. A good friend of mine invited me to the gym and that is where I got hooked. To me the best therapy is a good exercise the feeling afterwards is really satisfying. But it will not work for everyone guess.
@@IamBecca I wish I could help you with that. We are all different. Not all of us like the same things. A friend invited me to join him there the people who worked there were amazing they assisted me alot and motivated me and that is how I got hooked. It distracted my broken heart it was n lifesaver for me. One of the few addictions where you actually feel well afterwards🤣
I am having trouble in general with self discipline. In ALL aspects of my life. Getting up on time for work. Going to bed on time. Eating the proper foods. Drinking enough water. Doing any sort of exercise. And I typically drink one night per week, and usually too much. I would love to learn more about how to have more self discipline…what will help this? Thanks as always Becca ❤ Love from Indiana.
I had to comment here as a lot of people don't ever want to do it, but AA has given me years of sobriety. As Becca said, and was correct about, is AA. Doesn't mean you and alcoholic, but hearing Al's share their truths about how they drank and what happened and what their life is like now just as dear Becca does in her video, may get you to understand yourself better or the reasons you may want to change this pattern. I comment without judgement, but as a binge type drinker myself what your comme t struck in me is that may be your way with the drink and this is the hardest type of alcohol drinking to not only stop, but very dangerous as well. I have been hospitalized too many times with this pattern and have learned through treatment for it that without support of AA and other therapies I can be very dangerous to myself with that one night of overindulgence. Be safe and well 😃
Oh Beverly. This sounds so much like me. It feels so overwhelming doesn't it? If I'm being honest, we are in the same satiation. I struggle so so much with self discipline. I'll try to maybe make a video on what has helped me, but I'm very much still on a journey myself. 🧡
So relate to this! Struggling with self discipline and feeling like a failure ( yup sleeping, eating healthy foods, drinking water, taking care of myself in general) came to a head in 2019 for me. If I tried to make changes I didn't really stick with them in the past.. but in 2020 (ha ha year from hell) I started slowly adding walking and changing my eating habits (eating things I made at home because of lockdowns) and that alone made me feel so good that I started adding in OTHER healthy habits and got my body in shape! And I look back and think, "wow I used to believe I was undisciplined but I created so many changes!" - Don't feel like you have to do "self discipline" all at once. Start with ONE little thing you can do today. When you find ones you like and you see the rewards you'll do them more... You've got this!! 😊
end of credits fam reporting in once again haha, i consider myself "semi tee total" i know its not really a thing but i only drink a few times a year mainly for birthdays, christmas and new years, but when i was at uni i was terrible with alcohol. but looking back i think i drank loads at uni to fit in, also once again RIP Becca's leg
Your comments are always simply WONDERFUL. Thank you. I am completely the same as you regarding university. I was a mess! And the leg is back in tip top shape - haha!!! End of credits fam forever! 🧡
@@IamBecca thank you for your lovely response, they are always so sweet, i think i drunk at uni because i was homesick and lonely even though i made amazing friends, but by the end of my first year i knew i couldnt carry on drinking as much, i'm glad your leg is better now haha, the end of credits fam rocks
I was never obedient and always preferred to do things my own way, and now it’s been over a year and I don’t crave it anymore, without suffering withdrawal it was a smooth ride, happened after go’ogling and reading Steffon Barkload’s Quit Drinking Forever, not even within the first days after I quit did I want to, did not need AA meetings or meds either.
so much to write or say here. a) im a teetotaler if you will, but out of my own observation and volition. alcohol? i just dislike being off my titz. it makes one loud, clumsy AF, with me i get overly emotional and "friendly" (YUCK!) and i just dont like being not in control of my state of being. so my wild drinking days are over. which leads me to b) THAT ONE HORRIBLE FRIEND. you mentioned them, we all have one. social get together = getting pissed. i literally had a good friend, whom i consider to be a psychopathic narcisisst (and alcoholic in almost completed training) by now, which i avoid like hell by now, that always brought the vodka out. but with a trick. he was putting pressure onto people to drink and drink. and as you know, with vodka = diminutive of "water" - you start to gulp it down because after a while its just tasteless and you wont bother the quantity anymore. so guess what - youd end up being unable to walk and hes like "oh look at him, what an embarassment!" that and the constant tendency to confuse jolliness with drink...nah. c) as it happens (now then now then) i just literally started my own withdrawal / detox from my personal addiction that i HAVE: energy drinks. it has become to the point where my blood pressure has become problematic, and my heart "complained". blamed it on corona, but then i knew better. it was at a point where my entire daily hydration was that pish. not to mention my endboss sugar addiction. now im a cigar smoker, but im like, "once a week, thats it" because those thingies cost munneeeh and i want it to be a treat. so...same now with the other. cant let go? then at least reduce it to once a week and make it a nice treat. promise. as for your journey: im proud that you stopped, but i cant blame you to lean on the juice with what life gave you. but at any rate, we should be able to let go and overcome. so - yes. i am proud of thee. oh....and dat overly dramatic thumbnail.....
Beautiful Becca~ I hope one day not to wake up in the morning and have a shot with my coffee. A shot in the afternoon. I drink to soften the pain when my son died of suicide 2 years ago this June. I am happy for you! Thank you for this message of hope. Much love.
Oh Laura... I wish I could help in some small way. Perhaps its time to chat to someone? Or confide in a friend? I hope June is kind to you. 🧡
I used to drink heavily until about 2007. It became a problem when I ended up in the emergency department of the local hospital because I fell out of my wheelchair...and didn't realize it. Oof. I still enjoy a drink now and then, but now it's maybe 4 times a year instead of 5 nights a week.
End of credits fam: We need to take up a collection so Becca can get a proper stool or chair.
I'm proud of you. Full stop...proud...of...YOU! 🧡
David!! How can a comment make me go from 'owww...' to chuckling to myself!! And also feeling like you've given me a hug. Thank YOU!!!! You are absolutely magnificent and your comments make me want to continue creating. 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Thank you for sharing Becca I think about pee wee all the time you guys will always be in my thoughts
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Helpful, articulate and insightful, as always 💙💙
Thank you, for everything always. 🧡
For me, I had to tell the important people around me that I was out of control. I had to admit I was living a life I didn't want and I can change that. It's been 4 days and I needed this video so much. I have used alcohol to deal with grief of losing my husband to cancer 6/6/22. I know you understand grief!! Thank you!!
Oh wow. What an incredible story - I'm so glad this video could help slightly. Please look after yourself. 🧡🧡🧡
Sending you the biggest hug! 💗 Grief is a lot (having been through a loss last year too) but I feel like we move through life and hard times better when we aren't trying to outrun them... because running away never works. Sometimes we have to hold grief (and the love and amazing times behind it!) in to our chest and really experience it so it can evolve. I know you can change and feel better - never give up!
struggling back and forth with alcohol myself,but i KNOW i will win,ive stayed sober for long periods of time before,and i am going to do so again in the near future,watching this i got many good tips that i will use for my future as a tea-total,thank you Becca
End of credits fam!!!!! 🧡🧡🧡 Let me know how you get on on your journey. Please always feel free to ask this community for help too. 🧡
A. Lot of people in recovery slipped. I've watched you and knew this story of your struggles. As someone who is currently struggling back and forth with alcohol, the stress got the best of me and even took a psych hospitalization and return to rehab, to get back to sanity around it. Props to you for starting your sobriety within the pandemic, because a lot if us in sobriety, fell again. I love your videos, you've seen some of my supportive comments before. I also lost my partner and have had to deal with my dtr's loss of her father while also navigating my grief of that trauma to our family. Your videos help me as your vulnerability is infectious and I know from my experience being a recovery coach, vulnerability and our truths create change and really does help those who listen. We are not alone! God bless you Becca 🙏 you're doing such a healthy and commendable job with your content.
BTW, forgot to say I'm proud of you!!! From Vermont, USA
Thank you so much for being here, Kelly, and for sharing a bit of your story. I always welcome them and they are always so... eye opening and I appreciate your vulnerability so so much. 🧡
I'm proud of YOU! 🧡
@@IamBecca many thanks and same to you.
I have never drunk, I would say almost teetotal. But that’s because I’m not a fan of losing control. I struggle with food. I’m making really bad choices and I want to add it’s more health related, not about being fat. I’m really struggling with choices and I’m struggling a bit with mood. I plan my meals etc just find it much harder to stop with the wrong food. It takes a lot of self-control to stop something destructive- I admire your dedication to yourself ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a similar situation with foods - I've always had a warped relationship with it. I really hope you're well. Sending hugs. 🧡
I'm so proud of you! I was an alcoholic at a very young age unfortunately. After being hospitalized at 13, I swore I'd never touch alcohol again. I turn 23 next month and I honestly have no regrets. I'm in therapy and I still attend meetings. I want people to know that there's hope. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, I promise.
You are so, so brave. This comment means so much to me, and I know so many people will find it inspiring too. Thank you so much for being vulnerable and sharing this with us. 🧡
I'm a child of an alcoholic. It's hard to realize at an early age that not everybody's mom drinks. Kids tend to blame themselves as the reason mom or dad drinks. To make a loooong story short, i had to watch my mom slowly die at the age of 25. If you're an alcoholic, think what it's doing to those who ❤you. Hugs Becca.
I relate to this comment more than you known. I wish we could have a cuppa and chat about our similar experiences. 🧡
Being that mother is heartbreaking Sometimes that becomes a reason to drink. I am thankful and grateful to show her a mom that cares today. Her struggle is that she only remembers me well! She was 2yrs old when I kicked opiates. The struggle was new and also devastating, his father lost his battle with them when she was 5, and I was sober seven years working in a recovery center. Best years of my life as I founded a group called mom's in recovery group. Mom's getting help. I wish everyone recovery. In AA we call people like your mom'the sick a d suffering. I'm sorry that it took your mom, and your innocence. Addicts and alcoholics always hurt these that are near them the most ❤️
You're so amazing! 🤗 Thanks for making this video! yeah not everyone who struggles with alcohol is an alcoholic. It could be that they're stepping away from the club/pub crawl bar hopping life, or maybe they drank too much in social settings or even (like me) had alcohol impact people in their lives and just choose not to drink. I don't know what it is like to quit drinking. But I do know how awkward it can sometimes be not to. I too used to "fake it" with non-alcoholic beer but sometimes friends/family would really seem ANGRY that I wasn't drinking as much. I used to go out and try to fit in but a lot of the friendships where we were going to lots of clubs and everyone was getting hammered... it was like, "Why am I doing this?" I do know how it is to quit an addictive behaviour (smoking!) and a lot of it is decision and also finding healthy replacement habits in my experience.
I always love how insightful, meaningful and helpful your comments are - thank you so much for sharing. I really hope you're okay and thank you always for being here. 🧡
16 years alcohol free here. Best thing I ever did.
Wow this is amazing!!!! I agree - becoming teetotal so far has opened up so many doors for me. 🧡
I was drinking heavy in 2020. I was drinking enough to black out,fell and smashed my face, broke my nose, broke my back after drinking. I decided to be stupid and drove home after going to a party. I drove my car head on into a telephone pole. I got hurt but thank God I didn’t hurt anyone else after my stupid decision. It scared me straight. I don’t think I’m an alcoholic. It was easy to quit but oddly it’s harder to work through the cravings. Becca I love your videos!
Thank you so much for sharing this, I know it will be beneficial not just for me, but for many others too. I appreciate your vulnerability and openness. Thank you for being here and continuing to work hard on your journey. 🧡
I never drink in my life but I have 2 brothers that are struggling to quit
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you are all okay. 🧡
What a wonderful video. I don't usually expect such great advice from non alcoholics, but this really hit me to the heart. I saved it... I want to be sober in two years. I need to for my health's sake...
Edit: and most importantly, thank you for sharing. The TH-cam algorithm decided to show me your source of trauma today and it broke me, so I wanted to see what you were up to. I too have been through trauma and loss, mine was about ten years ago and involved my daughter. You are beautiful and brave and it's amazing that you are using your strengths of overcoming life's pains to help other people. ❤
Wow. Thank you so much for being open and vulnerable here. I really hope you're okay and getting the support you need? I am sending you a gentle hug. 🧡🧡🧡
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I want to quit drinking. I don't drink everyday. But I always reach for it when I am sad. I was going to therapy. My health isn't so great so it will be a good thing not to get wasted when I'm sad. I also had some friends that I lost. Aswell. I can start some journals. You're videos are always so helpful. I struggle most days. I really don't have a great support system. I used to talk to my mom but she has cancer since 2015 and she is now forgetting every 5 minutes.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I wish I could give you a gentle hug. Please get support if you need it - it looks like you're doing all the right things. 🧡
I was a "mild" drinker. Started with sneaking my Dad's vodka in my later teens. Social drank for a few years. Two beers made me too loopy. Never got "sick" drunk. In my 50s I dabbled in wine and beer. Following my breast cancer diagnosis 6 1/2 years ago I gave up drinking all together. Now if I could just give up sugar products! Thanks for sharing Becca 🥰 (end of credits fam)
End of credits fam!!! 🧡🧡🧡 Oh wow - this is so inspiring. I really hope you're okay. Sending loving hugs. 🧡
@@IamBecca TY❤️. I'm still here 😊 but found out yesterday I may have a hole in my heart so will have further testing next month. I wanted to wait until after our family vacation with kids and grandkids. 🥰
🤗💛s my Becca!!! Picks up my smirnoff blue raspberry lemonade vodka and chugs!!! Joking I have Cola & sprite!!! Dollar General is having a sale on pops rite now!!! Buy 3 and get 1 free sooo I brought enough pop to get thru yesterday and today
Family Dollar has Coke 2/$10 in FL which is quite cheap considering normal price.
Haha this made me chuckle! Enjoy! 🧡
Looking healthy and radiant Becca :) Go Lady X
Thank you Dan, always and always. 🧡
Very informative video, Becca! I had my days when I was in my 20s where I would go out on the weekends with friends and sometimes drink too much. I found as I got older, my body just couldn't handle it. I would feel sick even having a couple of drinks. I thought, "So why am I doing this to myself?" I realized I don't have to drink to have a good time. I hardly ever have a drink anymore. I can't even remember the last time. For New Year's Eve my fiance' and I crack open a bottle of sparkling grape juice and have that to celebrate.
End of credits fam forever! 🙂🧡 I hate when my leg or foot goes to sleep like that and then you get the sensation of needles when it's "waking up." LOL!
End of credits fam!!!! 🧡🧡🧡 The fact you and your fiancé open a bottle of bubbly anyway makes my heart so happy for you. 🧡 Thank you for being here. 🧡
@@IamBecca Thank you! And thank you so much for posting these informative and fun videos! 🧡
This is very helpful Becca 🙂 I really admire you for this video and your story 💜
Again, you’re the best, sending massive hugs 🧡
I drink almost everyday, but I don't drink to excess. I'm still would like to stop, but I enjoy it.
It is such a normal part of our culture I think. 🧡
You're so cool, and down to Earth.
Thank you so much! 🧡
Thank you for sharing, I was struggling with the same thing..
You're most welcome. Thank you for being here. 🧡
Had a sad experience few years back. Turned to alcohol for a short while but like yourself the hangover got too much. A good friend of mine invited me to the gym and that is where I got hooked. To me the best therapy is a good exercise the feeling afterwards is really satisfying. But it will not work for everyone guess.
I wish I loved the gym... But I can't get into it! Any tips and tricks to help? 🧡
@@IamBecca I wish I could help you with that. We are all different. Not all of us like the same things. A friend invited me to join him there the people who worked there were amazing they assisted me alot and motivated me and that is how I got hooked. It distracted my broken heart it was n lifesaver for me. One of the few addictions where you actually feel well afterwards🤣
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I am having trouble in general with self discipline. In ALL aspects of my life. Getting up on time for work. Going to bed on time. Eating the proper foods. Drinking enough water. Doing any sort of exercise. And I typically drink one night per week, and usually too much. I would love to learn more about how to have more self discipline…what will help this? Thanks as always Becca ❤ Love from Indiana.
I had to comment here as a lot of people don't ever want to do it, but AA has given me years of sobriety. As Becca said, and was correct about, is AA. Doesn't mean you and alcoholic, but hearing Al's share their truths about how they drank and what happened and what their life is like now just as dear Becca does in her video, may get you to understand yourself better or the reasons you may want to change this pattern. I comment without judgement, but as a binge type drinker myself what your comme t struck in me is that may be your way with the drink and this is the hardest type of alcohol drinking to not only stop, but very dangerous as well. I have been hospitalized too many times with this pattern and have learned through treatment for it that without support of AA and other therapies I can be very dangerous to myself with that one night of overindulgence. Be safe and well 😃
Oh Beverly. This sounds so much like me. It feels so overwhelming doesn't it? If I'm being honest, we are in the same satiation. I struggle so so much with self discipline. I'll try to maybe make a video on what has helped me, but I'm very much still on a journey myself. 🧡
I love that this community tries to help and talk to others. You are all awesome. 🧡
So relate to this! Struggling with self discipline and feeling like a failure ( yup sleeping, eating healthy foods, drinking water, taking care of myself in general) came to a head in 2019 for me. If I tried to make changes I didn't really stick with them in the past.. but in 2020 (ha ha year from hell) I started slowly adding walking and changing my eating habits (eating things I made at home because of lockdowns) and that alone made me feel so good that I started adding in OTHER healthy habits and got my body in shape! And I look back and think, "wow I used to believe I was undisciplined but I created so many changes!" - Don't feel like you have to do "self discipline" all at once. Start with ONE little thing you can do today. When you find ones you like and you see the rewards you'll do them more... You've got this!! 😊
@Willow Winkle tha harm reduction at it's best! Good for working it the way it's done. Did you have any support?
God's Love And Blessings To All
Thank you so much 🧡
end of credits fam reporting in once again haha, i consider myself "semi tee total" i know its not really a thing but i only drink a few times a year mainly for birthdays, christmas and new years, but when i was at uni i was terrible with alcohol. but looking back i think i drank loads at uni to fit in, also once again RIP Becca's leg
Your comments are always simply WONDERFUL. Thank you. I am completely the same as you regarding university. I was a mess! And the leg is back in tip top shape - haha!!! End of credits fam forever! 🧡
@@IamBecca thank you for your lovely response, they are always so sweet, i think i drunk at uni because i was homesick and lonely even though i made amazing friends, but by the end of my first year i knew i couldnt carry on drinking as much, i'm glad your leg is better now haha, the end of credits fam rocks
I was never obedient and always preferred to do things my own way, and now it’s been over a year and I don’t crave it anymore, without suffering withdrawal it was a smooth ride, happened after go’ogling and reading Steffon Barkload’s Quit Drinking Forever, not even within the first days after I quit did I want to, did not need AA meetings or meds either.
so much to write or say here.
a) im a teetotaler if you will, but out of my own observation and volition. alcohol? i just dislike being off my titz. it makes one loud, clumsy AF, with me i get overly emotional and "friendly" (YUCK!) and i just dont like being not in control of my state of being. so my wild drinking days are over. which leads me to
b) THAT ONE HORRIBLE FRIEND. you mentioned them, we all have one. social get together = getting pissed. i literally had a good friend, whom i consider to be a psychopathic narcisisst (and alcoholic in almost completed training) by now, which i avoid like hell by now, that always brought the vodka out. but with a trick. he was putting pressure onto people to drink and drink. and as you know, with vodka = diminutive of "water" - you start to gulp it down because after a while its just tasteless and you wont bother the quantity anymore. so guess what - youd end up being unable to walk and hes like "oh look at him, what an embarassment!" that and the constant tendency to confuse jolliness with drink...nah.
c) as it happens (now then now then) i just literally started my own withdrawal / detox from my personal addiction that i HAVE: energy drinks. it has become to the point where my blood pressure has become problematic, and my heart "complained". blamed it on corona, but then i knew better. it was at a point where my entire daily hydration was that pish. not to mention my endboss sugar addiction.
now im a cigar smoker, but im like, "once a week, thats it" because those thingies cost munneeeh and i want it to be a treat. so...same now with the other. cant let go? then at least reduce it to once a week and make it a nice treat.
promise.
as for your journey: im proud that you stopped, but i cant blame you to lean on the juice with what life gave you. but at any rate, we should be able to let go and overcome. so - yes. i am proud of thee. oh....and dat overly dramatic thumbnail.....
Your comments are always AMAZING. Thank you so much for this. 🧡