Jae is like the X-Men character Wolverine. it looks like he regenerated over the past five years. Alcohol takes you down, but with perseverance, you can beat it back.Awesome visible proof you can do it. Passed my year , sober, from February 22, 2023 . And Jae helped make it happen!
I also regret the money I have spent on booze mostly wine. I also regret not using the years to better myself. I still feel the shame of being taken advantage of by strangers I met at bars and waking up in strange places. When I think about it I feel lucky that I wasn't killed.
Dear comment lurkers, You are not alone and this is a great community here at getting sober. We care about you , please dont stop trying! I found jae's channel on night 30 and today i have now reached 1 year of sobriety. Come say hi at our livestream sometime!
@GettingSoberAgain hi jae I'm still around and 3 years sober now. It's interesting how life shifts and moves creates and molds anew. I think about sobriety every day but more of a passing acknowledgment and appreciation. I remember in the beginning, I spent every waking moment needing to emerse myself in thinking about, reading about, and listening to info on sobriety. So, if anyone new is out there reading these comments, I just want to say KEEP GOING! It takes time to lay your solid foundation so invest the time here at GS...A your future self will need it. Thank you, jae, for everything we had some fun times for sure!
I can tell a huge difference in you from this video up until the recent ones! You have come a long way! Your videos are uplifting and inspiring! Thank you for what you do and congratulations on your awesome progress!
Oh, while I’m thinking about it, I heckled the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and talked back to the actors at the Goodman theater, one of the more renowned theater companies in Chicago. I never saw the woman I was on a date with again after that last one for that reason. Thanks for listening again.
No judgments, can't throw stones. I can tell that you have come a long way, you are so much healthier. Thank you for sharing some of your darker moments, we all can relate. Being sober, learning from our past and giving ourselves grace is the best way to start and end each day. Thank you again for all that you do.
Walked home in the pouring rain, underdressed, tripped on a curb and broke my collarbone - never went to the hospital. Just one of my various injuries sustained during drinking 😑
@GettingSoberAgain ...I wore no sling...just didn't sleep on my left side for weeks...took mega doses of ibuprofen and, as a result, I have a lopsided left shoulder appearance...I've also sustained fractured ribs...again, just drunken home remedies for these injuries. The list goes on and on 🙄
Got into three arguments, two family members may not talk to me after that. Ugh, yes, regrettable behavior is the worst. Wishing I could quit this shit!
I've been watching your channel for the last year. I've been on and off, watching then going down the wrong path, then coming back and watching your channel again. The "...again" part of the channel name really hits home. However we all know we can't and will not give up. Your channel is a safe haven for people like me struggling to rid themselves of something that has never served them and only serves to destroy "future you". Thank you Jae. Stay strong everyone.
That's what we are here for. Liken this community to personal training in the gym. Once you learn enough to be on your own, you're welcome now and beyond!
Happy new year The Alpha Journey! I know it has been a couple months since you left this comment and I just wanted to reach out and ask how is it going? You are not alone and this is a great community here at getting sober. We care about you , please dont stop trying! take care hope to see you at our live stream sometime :)
Jesus I ruined a lot of things and live with one big reget. Stopped drinking about nealry a year ago. Used to drink to self medicate for depression. Thing is I found I only prolonged the pain now 10 years later I still reget it all. Glad youre doing better.
Once at a friends party, I thought a guy, friend of mine was being attacked by three women so I challenged all of them to a fight, then I made a fourth woman cry. I am female for what it’s worth. That was the most mortified of my own behavior I may have ever been. Maybe. I also allegedly pushed somebody against a fence in a blackout. I gotta believe it. I don’t know why they’d make it up. Thanks for listening.
@@GettingSoberAgain thank you for the fellowship there, messed up as it is. I tend to not do that crap sober. Day 44. I gotta admit I’m curious about what cannot be told by such an open dude as yourself…
37 years, started as a sophomore in high school. I agree with you 100% alcohol has been a disaster in my life when it comes to making terrible decisions. Worst of all my relationship with alcohol made into a shitty little liar to people I really love and respect. It’s shit. But that was almost impossible to see when I was constantly using it. Thanks for the video and the honesty.
Eventually, you will have enough time in-between you and your regrets and NOBODY will be able to deny your efforts. People are allowed to feel how they feel about you, and it's never too late to prove to yourself that you are changed for the better. Bonus points if you make mends and get to show them the new you too! Click here to watch our NEWEST videos on sobriety! th-cam.com/play/PLddHUddS-QQjIYyRNl-E3bkOiEWWIZtEt.html
I'm trying to go sober on my own. Your videos are phenomenal and thank you for your candor. I'm getting ready to retire and don't want my husband and I to continue on our binges. I want to listen to at least one of you videos daily! And the money! We probably spend about 700 a month on wine and that doesn't include going out.
I am just sick of being sick from alcohol....I love the drinking part....but not the hangover..and now that i am older.....57....the hangovers are 4 days....it sucks so bad
Been sifting through more of your videos and the transformation of your channel and yourself is unreal. The way you "speak" to the viewers in particular is very evident. This channel is helping me in my journey back to sobriety so I appreciate you getting out the early times when you had relatively few people watching. Also a late bigtime congrats on one year, inspirational my friend!
Kenji!!!!! Thank you so much! I am excited to hear more and more updates on your journey :) Stop by for out Livestream and chats. We are live every Friday and Sunday at 7pm eastern. If you haven't signed up for your free sobriety Shout-out yet, please go to our website www.gettingsoberagain.com, you can't miss it :) Maybe I'll see you tonight? RIGHT????? lol
I don’t like becoming selfish when I’m drunk. The things I make my wife go through. I just want to black out and don’t want no one to bother me so I turn off my phone. Just started being sober but I hate what I become drunk.
This blast from the past is wickedly awesome. It just popped up, and I’m so glad it did. Your delivery was a little different back then. 😂 BTW You’re doing 1000% better than Kid Rock these days.
Feeling guilty about watching sobriety videos while you're not sober is like feeling guilty for going to school before you have a degree. It's part of the journey. Repeat after me: it's going to take however long it's going to take. This is my journey, and this will be my story to tell.
buying coffee from a fast food place is a crime. Keurig is alright BUT the amount of waste and still a higher dollar amount compared to just making a pot is insane: "it's more than twice as expensive to brew a quick cup from the Keurig. Additionally, a 32-pack of K-cups costs $15.18 (or $0.47 per pod) whereas a 12-ounce bag of the same ground coffee only costs $13.15 and gives you enough to make 62 cups of coffee (about $0.21 a cup)"
15 years at least barely made it 2 days sober.. 34- skint as shit and wanna go do somethings else than sit in pubs and avoid reality 😅 Day one again.. got plans in place and motivated. Ready to feel like like shit and deal with ptsd/panic and cry for couple of days..
Hello from UK. Im going through the anxiety of regret right now(certainly not the first time). I often over react to things when im drunk and start mouthing off and trying to fight sometimes. Im not a tuff guy. Knowing that in a small town you cant hide. You still have to go to work. Have to show face. Inside myself im know im not a bad person but I can't blame people for thinking that perhaps. For me its a mixture of frustration of being surrounded by small town mentalities and ongoing depression. Im have a sensitive personality and im just exhausted now. Drink is an escape but I can't keep doing it.
WoAaaaah what made you hop down memory lane??? Lol thank you for sharing haha. I've been getting similar comments lately, I'm glad to have my own personal growth observed (in a public way 👁️). Not a lot of people have the luxury of having nonobjective critiques
@@GettingSoberAgain Memory lane(this video) miraculously popped up in front of me after I was talking with the universe this morning 😇 Kinda like, no actually EXACTLY like the 1st time I came across a video of yours. Hmmm interesting how that magic happens huh?🤔🙏💜
I wanted to watch your oldest videos to see how this all started. I'm dying over here. I'm so so sick right now from a brutal relapse and your videos are actually getting me to smile and I'm feeling some kind of hope. Thank you
I am so outrageously ashamed. But these older videos of yours are giving me hope that I can get out of this nightmare. When I see your fantastic new videos and I see the journey you've been on, it really really gives me hope.
1) I was wasted one time and played "hit-for-hit" with seven people that night, "winning" each match. Of course, my right hand was swollen like a miniature boxing glove and couldn't move it for over a week, but I've noticed a tendency to get aggressive toward "tough" people when I'm drinking--maybe so much quiet anger stored up while sober? I dunno, but "bold" moves are a lot more fun when drinking and injuries aren't as much of a thing to avoid. 2) I lost a job I had because I got drunk at lunch on a pint of vodka (it just seemed really "rock 'n roll-style-rebel... I know, dumb) and started acting rowdy around co-workers and customers. I was bagging at a grocery store and would answer anything MILDLY irritating to me with a lash-out and challenge and it got me fired--I showed up to work a half hour late the next day (with a hangover) and was told that my boss would "have to let me go". Two months later, I got forced to vacate my apartment and had just gotten another job working part-time in fast food--I tried to fix everything, but it wasn't good enough. 3) As recently as 2.5 years ago, I lost my job as a finance manager because I'd just go home every night and drink, getting nothing done and learning nothing for the job I had then had for about a year and a half. This sucked because I should have succeeded as I got the job after being off alcohol for over two years, though on a business trip I decided since I was almost at three years that it would be no big deal to drink--actually, I WANTED to be more social so I made myself "practice" drink to get somewhat of a tolerance and then just fell right back into the abyss I had escaped! Now... I sit here with my 45 hours off of alcohol typing this to you and while I'd love to say "that's it, I've had enough" I have watched myself slip/relapse a hundred times after thinking the same exact thing, so the track record doesn't really inspire belief--now I used to RUN track and that might be a different story :P Thanks for posting the vids, it sounds like you have a lot of your life together. I like your sound equipment and the fact that you said you were video recording a show kinda makes you seem similar to me in that I'm also a musician and would love to some time form a band again. Keep up the great work!
Man, I wish I would have seen this comment. I must have had my notifications turned off. I missed a lot. I have new videos up, please come check them out. I hope you are well!
Thank you for being so brave to share. You were in serious pain. The transformation from then to now makes me happy for you ❤ Anyway, therapy ✅ Drove when I shouldn’t have ✅ Terrible arguments with my adult sonI don’t remember ✅✅ Felt terrible about myself and would have been ok not waking up ✅ Thank you again. This one I’m sure was tough on ya🤗
Watching this 1/2025 after failing day7. Popped up on my feed. 😢 Been watching you for 6months now! You’re such an inspiration!!🥰🥰Your progress is amazing!! You’re the best!!🥰🥰🥰Things I want to do! Trying to stay sober…again! Love you Jae!!❤❤
There's many regrets for me. When i think about them, it takes my breath away for a moment. The feelings of shame and anguish are just too much. One of the worst regrets I have is the night of October 3 2016. I got so drunk and emotional. In front of my husband, i grabbed a kitchen blade with no for thought and lacerated my arm. He rushed me to the hospital where I almost bled to death. I have a permanent scar on my left arm now for the rest of my life reminding me of that night all of the trauma, sorrow and anger was taken out on myself while intoxicated. Im thankful to be alive and sober. I also feel terrible for the trauma i caused my husband too. He didn't deserve that. 😢
Thanks for the truth, it’s so appreciated! When is this happening? I get confused. My own history is terrible … on again, off again. I’m learning though reading Atomic Habits. I drank last night and there was no reward. A good habit results in good rewards … I’m working on it only drinking 1/3 of the days … aiming for sobriety before my ultimate eternity. You are an inspiration Jae! 🙏❤️
Regrets O’ plenty. My perception of things were so far off when I was drinking. Always right. “Monster” is probably a good name for my behavior sometimes. SMDH (DAY 151)
It's going to take me awhile to go through 2 years of episodes but it's worth it. I realize that many subscribers have seen your eps from the beginning, but just found out that SamE is your fiancé. You should introduce her as such for newbies. I assumed she was your girlfriend, but FIANCE, that's special....HELLO SamE👋
lol... 1. Most people have only seen a few episodes. I don't think anyone has seen ALL of them. 2. Sam is my friend. 3. I was formerly engaged to someome, at the time of the taping of this episode.
I really like these early, raw videos that are done in one take. Your current pro-grade videos are great too of course. Just interesting to see what your sarcastic, semi-resistant attitude was like in the beginning. Easy to relate to because it's very human.
I love these videos. I jump around the timeline a lot and to see you 5 years ago and then watch a current video the change is amazing. This video made me laugh while you were getting a serious message across. I have a lot of regrets from my time using. It also was normal for me to go out on the weekend and drop $1300 bucks on alcohol and cocaine. I don't know how I'm still alive most days. Anyways, thank you for this channel. But for the grace of God go I...
whoa...the difference of starting my binge watching from your news ones vs this one i randomly picked....the difference in your growth...Now, i get your sick in this one...i almost cried at first thinking i was seeing pain in your eyes, when really just congested sinus hell...lol.....My regrets, are realising my whole sex life has been pretty much been booze induced or related ...Im almost 50...and managed to be a late bloomer addict in the making...Thanks Covid and a slumblord to add to my list of excuses!....but currently on 17 days no booze, but still smoking like now, half snoop dog level...but going to run out soon and going to try that cold turkey and start the no eating and feeling like crap for over 3 days again...ugh...
Had to watch this one again to see how you have grown...the open slap...surprised you didn't use a fist. I used to slap mouths that were rude to me..but a closed fist if a guy got physically fresh (remember 7 brothers). But usually, after a few drinks I could verbally handle the banter. Broke a cue stick one night. Do not like to be put into a physical altercation.
Lol well this was like 4 years ago. We've put out 524 more videos. Click here to watch our NEWEST videos on sobriety! th-cam.com/play/PLddHUddS-QQjIYyRNl-E3bkOiEWWIZtEt.html
This video was 5 years ago... How you like me now??? Here's the playlist to our most recent episodes! th-cam.com/play/PLddHUddS-QQjIYyRNl-E3bkOiEWWIZtEt.html
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Drunk for 25 years. Tons of regrets sober now and it’s rough
I hear you loud and clear 👌 😌
Jae is like the X-Men character Wolverine. it looks like he regenerated over the past five years. Alcohol takes you down, but with perseverance, you can beat it back.Awesome visible proof you can do it.
Passed my year , sober, from February 22, 2023 .
And Jae helped make it happen!
A WHOLE YEAR?!?!! LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!! 👏👏👏
I also regret the money I have spent on booze mostly wine. I also regret not using the years to better myself. I still feel the shame of being taken advantage of by strangers I met at bars and waking up in strange places. When I think about it I feel lucky that I wasn't killed.
Dear comment lurkers, You are not alone and this is a great community here at getting sober. We care about you , please dont stop trying! I found jae's channel on night 30 and today i have now reached 1 year of sobriety. Come say hi at our livestream sometime!
Miss you @CD-zy5te
Day 8 done
@GettingSoberAgain hi jae I'm still around and 3 years sober now. It's interesting how life shifts and moves creates and molds anew. I think about sobriety every day but more of a passing acknowledgment and appreciation. I remember in the beginning, I spent every waking moment needing to emerse myself in thinking about, reading about, and listening to info on sobriety. So, if anyone new is out there reading these comments, I just want to say KEEP GOING! It takes time to lay your solid foundation so invest the time here at GS...A your future self will need it. Thank you, jae, for everything we had some fun times for sure!
I can tell a huge difference in you from this video up until the recent ones! You have come a long way! Your videos are uplifting and inspiring! Thank you for what you do and congratulations on your awesome progress!
Oh, while I’m thinking about it, I heckled the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and talked back to the actors at the Goodman theater, one of the more renowned theater companies in Chicago. I never saw the woman I was on a date with again after that last one for that reason. Thanks for listening again.
*eating popcorn 🍿 while reading your comments*
@@GettingSoberAgainsmh 😂😂😂
No judgments, can't throw stones. I can tell that you have come a long way, you are so much healthier. Thank you for sharing some of your darker moments, we all can relate. Being sober, learning from our past and giving ourselves grace is the best way to start and end each day. Thank you again for all that you do.
Walked home in the pouring rain, underdressed, tripped on a curb and broke my collarbone - never went to the hospital. Just one of my various injuries sustained during drinking 😑
OMG...did you have to wear a sling???
@GettingSoberAgain ...I wore no sling...just didn't sleep on my left side for weeks...took mega doses of ibuprofen and, as a result, I have a lopsided left shoulder appearance...I've also sustained fractured ribs...again, just drunken home remedies for these injuries. The list goes on and on 🙄
Jae, I've done SO much stupid stuff while drinking! I was in the Army, and Drinking 101 was basic knowledge! Stupid doesn't even begin to describe it!
Got into three arguments, two family members may not talk to me after that. Ugh, yes, regrettable behavior is the worst. Wishing I could quit this shit!
I've been watching your channel for the last year. I've been on and off, watching then going down the wrong path, then coming back and watching your channel again. The "...again" part of the channel name really hits home. However we all know we can't and will not give up. Your channel is a safe haven for people like me struggling to rid themselves of something that has never served them and only serves to destroy "future you". Thank you Jae. Stay strong everyone.
That's what we are here for. Liken this community to personal training in the gym. Once you learn enough to be on your own, you're welcome now and beyond!
Happy new year The Alpha Journey! I know it has been a couple months since you left this comment and I just wanted to reach out and ask how is it going? You are not alone and this is a great community here at getting sober. We care about you , please dont stop trying! take care hope to see you at our live stream sometime :)
Jesus I ruined a lot of things and live with one big reget. Stopped drinking about nealry a year ago. Used to drink to self medicate for depression. Thing is I found I only prolonged the pain now 10 years later I still reget it all. Glad youre doing better.
This video vs his most recent vidoes are an awesome example of how sobriety can help, the difference is mind boggling in a good way
I'll tell him you said so 😉 (hi btw. And thank you)
Once at a friends party, I thought a guy, friend of mine was being attacked by three women so I challenged all of them to a fight, then I made a fourth woman cry. I am female for what it’s worth. That was the most mortified of my own behavior I may have ever been. Maybe. I also allegedly pushed somebody against a fence in a blackout. I gotta believe it. I don’t know why they’d make it up. Thanks for listening.
Oh Lord, the list of regrets never ends lol. You don't even know the half of the horrific crap I'm not willing to mention on the channel 🙉🙊🙈
@@GettingSoberAgain thank you for the fellowship there, messed up as it is. I tend to not do that crap sober. Day 44. I gotta admit I’m curious about what cannot be told by such an open dude as yourself…
37 years, started as a sophomore in high school. I agree with you 100% alcohol has been a disaster in my life when it comes to making terrible decisions. Worst of all my relationship with alcohol made into a shitty little liar to people I really love and respect. It’s shit. But that was almost impossible to see when I was constantly using it. Thanks for the video and the honesty.
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Alcohol has caused many questionable decisions in my life.
I'm listening 👂
Got 2 DUIs .25 and .27 within 2 months. Did not learn because i am going on 8 days sober and living healthier.
I quit & throw away beers over & over again. I'm sick of alcohol.
Make more videos like this. I felt this episode. 😢
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Im going sober for many reasons but shame for doing stupid things while drunk was the reason i started.
Eventually, you will have enough time in-between you and your regrets and NOBODY will be able to deny your efforts.
People are allowed to feel how they feel about you, and it's never too late to prove to yourself that you are changed for the better. Bonus points if you make mends and get to show them the new you too!
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I'm trying to go sober on my own. Your videos are phenomenal and thank you for your candor. I'm getting ready to retire and don't want my husband and I to continue on our binges. I want to listen to at least one of you videos daily! And the money! We probably spend about 700 a month on wine and that doesn't include going out.
I am just sick of being sick from alcohol....I love the drinking part....but not the hangover..and now that i am older.....57....the hangovers are 4 days....it sucks so bad
Been sifting through more of your videos and the transformation of your channel and yourself is unreal. The way you "speak" to the viewers in particular is very evident. This channel is helping me in my journey back to sobriety so I appreciate you getting out the early times when you had relatively few people watching. Also a late bigtime congrats on one year, inspirational my friend!
Kenji!!!!! Thank you so much! I am excited to hear more and more updates on your journey :)
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Maybe I'll see you tonight? RIGHT????? lol
@@GettingSoberAgain watching a ton of football, sans beer of course, but I'll try to jump in at some point!
I don’t like becoming selfish when I’m drunk. The things I make my wife go through. I just want to black out and don’t want no one to bother me so I turn off my phone. Just started being sober but I hate what I become drunk.
This blast from the past is wickedly awesome. It just popped up, and I’m so glad it did. Your delivery was a little different back then. 😂 BTW You’re doing 1000% better than Kid Rock these days.
lol probably not financially 🤣🤣🤣 lord help us all!
@@GettingSoberAgain
Well, money can’t buy dignity, intelligence, common sense, peace of mind or self-respect. So you’re definitely one up there….😏
@@joko09010 💪💪💪 I feel very blessed
I feel completely guilty watching this while drinking wanting n knowing im gonna get sober sooner than later... Im putting it out there :)
Feeling guilty about watching sobriety videos while you're not sober is like feeling guilty for going to school before you have a degree. It's part of the journey. Repeat after me: it's going to take however long it's going to take. This is my journey, and this will be my story to tell.
I really got the sincerity of your apology to your friend. Thank you on her behalf.
"Arguments with my now fiance we're my worst and my darkest." I have so much regret from my memories of arguing with my spouse while intoxicated. 😢
The math for booze...I threw that monthly, yearly $$ out to my brother about Dunkin Donuts daily tab. It blew his mind. He bought a Keurig.
buying coffee from a fast food place is a crime. Keurig is alright BUT the amount of waste and still a higher dollar amount compared to just making a pot is insane: "it's more than twice as expensive to brew a quick cup from the Keurig. Additionally, a 32-pack of K-cups costs $15.18 (or $0.47 per pod) whereas a 12-ounce bag of the same ground coffee only costs $13.15 and gives you enough to make 62 cups of coffee (about $0.21 a cup)"
15 years at least barely made it 2 days sober.. 34- skint as shit and wanna go do somethings else than sit in pubs and avoid reality 😅
Day one again.. got plans in place and motivated. Ready to feel like like shit and deal with ptsd/panic and cry for couple of days..
Hello from UK. Im going through the anxiety of regret right now(certainly not the first time). I often over react to things when im drunk and start mouthing off and trying to fight sometimes. Im not a tuff guy. Knowing that in a small town you cant hide. You still have to go to work. Have to show face. Inside myself im know im not a bad person but I can't blame people for thinking that perhaps. For me its a mixture of frustration of being surrounded by small town mentalities and ongoing depression. Im have a sensitive personality and im just exhausted now. Drink is an escape but I can't keep doing it.
It's time for a change lad!
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I drive as well.. it's incredibly terrifying. Regrets..
I broke my hand in the EXACT same way
So embarrassing lol
Thank you for this video Jae. Seeing your transformation (then to now) is truly incredible....and unbelievably inspiring to say the least.
WoAaaaah what made you hop down memory lane??? Lol thank you for sharing haha. I've been getting similar comments lately, I'm glad to have my own personal growth observed (in a public way 👁️). Not a lot of people have the luxury of having nonobjective critiques
@@GettingSoberAgain Memory lane(this video) miraculously popped up in front of me after I was talking with the universe this morning 😇 Kinda like, no actually EXACTLY like the 1st time I came across a video of yours. Hmmm interesting how that magic happens huh?🤔🙏💜
@@martad.3083 lol well if god isn't listening...google is 👁️🤣🎯
@@GettingSoberAgain Yep! 🤣🤣
My biggest regrets are that I've caused damage to my kids.
Time to bury those bad memories with good ones, and lots of accountability
I get that. I’ve driven MY FREAKING KIDS home drunk. That’s why I’m on this journey.
I wanted to watch your oldest videos to see how this all started. I'm dying over here. I'm so so sick right now from a brutal relapse and your videos are actually getting me to smile and I'm feeling some kind of hope. Thank you
I am so outrageously ashamed. But these older videos of yours are giving me hope that I can get out of this nightmare. When I see your fantastic new videos and I see the journey you've been on, it really really gives me hope.
That's why Jedi's win in the end. They know they ways of the dark side. "USE YOUR ANGER"
Alcohol liquid courage and social lubricant.... equalled myself sticking my foot into a lot of self imposed dog poop..
one foot in the poo 😂😂😂
ur legit telling my story with the whole broken 5th metacarpal(TWICE) while being called a monster... I never punched a wall again
Some of us have to touch fire to KNOW how hot it is 👼😈
1) I was wasted one time and played "hit-for-hit" with seven people that night, "winning" each match. Of course, my right hand was swollen like a miniature boxing glove and couldn't move it for over a week, but I've noticed a tendency to get aggressive toward "tough" people when I'm drinking--maybe so much quiet anger stored up while sober? I dunno, but "bold" moves are a lot more fun when drinking and injuries aren't as much of a thing to avoid.
2) I lost a job I had because I got drunk at lunch on a pint of vodka (it just seemed really "rock 'n roll-style-rebel... I know, dumb) and started acting rowdy around co-workers and customers. I was bagging at a grocery store and would answer anything MILDLY irritating to me with a lash-out and challenge and it got me fired--I showed up to work a half hour late the next day (with a hangover) and was told that my boss would "have to let me go". Two months later, I got forced to vacate my apartment and had just gotten another job working part-time in fast food--I tried to fix everything, but it wasn't good enough.
3) As recently as 2.5 years ago, I lost my job as a finance manager because I'd just go home every night and drink, getting nothing done and learning nothing for the job I had then had for about a year and a half. This sucked because I should have succeeded as I got the job after being off alcohol for over two years, though on a business trip I decided since I was almost at three years that it would be no big deal to drink--actually, I WANTED to be more social so I made myself "practice" drink to get somewhat of a tolerance and then just fell right back into the abyss I had escaped! Now... I sit here with my 45 hours off of alcohol typing this to you and while I'd love to say "that's it, I've had enough" I have watched myself slip/relapse a hundred times after thinking the same exact thing, so the track record doesn't really inspire belief--now I used to RUN track and that might be a different story :P
Thanks for posting the vids, it sounds like you have a lot of your life together. I like your sound equipment and the fact that you said you were video recording a show kinda makes you seem similar to me in that I'm also a musician and would love to some time form a band again. Keep up the great work!
Maybe we should do an interview?
Man, I wish I would have seen this comment. I must have had my notifications turned off. I missed a lot. I have new videos up, please come check them out. I hope you are well!
Thank you for being so brave to share. You were in serious pain. The transformation from then to now makes me happy for you ❤
Anyway, therapy ✅
Drove when I shouldn’t have ✅
Terrible arguments with my adult sonI don’t remember ✅✅
Felt terrible about myself and would have been ok not waking up ✅
Thank you again. This one I’m sure was tough on ya🤗
Mom, is that you?? lol
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Me too
I disagree that you can't use comments as therapy.. But I love the videos and thank you for posting your journey.
thank you for blood sport 😂
@@GettingSoberAgain lol
Oh my goodness I just saw this video and I relate I’m so thankful that I didn’t get stopped for my stupidity
Watching this 1/2025 after failing day7. Popped up on my feed. 😢 Been watching you for 6months now! You’re such an inspiration!!🥰🥰Your progress is amazing!! You’re the best!!🥰🥰🥰Things I want to do! Trying to stay sober…again! Love you Jae!!❤❤
🥰🥰🥰 I wish you would leave me little love comments everyday 🥰🥰🥰
day 11 sober after heavy drinking almost every day feeling great never back to posion again thnks jae❤❤
There's many regrets for me. When i think about them, it takes my breath away for a moment. The feelings of shame and anguish are just too much. One of the worst regrets I have is the night of October 3 2016. I got so drunk and emotional. In front of my husband, i grabbed a kitchen blade with no for thought and lacerated my arm. He rushed me to the hospital where I almost bled to death. I have a permanent scar on my left arm now for the rest of my life reminding me of that night all of the trauma, sorrow and anger was taken out on myself while intoxicated. Im thankful to be alive and sober. I also feel terrible for the trauma i caused my husband too. He didn't deserve that. 😢
Spill the beans mate
Thanks for the truth, it’s so appreciated! When is this happening? I get confused. My own history is terrible … on again, off again. I’m learning though reading Atomic Habits. I drank last night and there was no reward. A good habit results in good rewards … I’m working on it only drinking 1/3 of the days … aiming for sobriety before my ultimate eternity. You are an inspiration Jae! 🙏❤️
Anger walking is something I've been doing as long as I can remember. I've never heard anyone talk about doing such a thing. Ha!
Sometimes you gotta tell your own dumbass to go take a hike 🤣🤣🤣
40 years
Regrets O’ plenty. My perception of things were so far off when I was drinking. Always right. “Monster” is probably a good name for my behavior sometimes. SMDH (DAY 151)
Oh wow, look at THIS trip down memory lane lol
@@GettingSoberAgain LOL! I’m still binging. 😆
@@CindyP10 I'm binging too. Every once in awhile the Live seems to go by so fast to me and I've got to get a bit more on Friday nights. 😊
It's going to take me awhile to go through 2 years of episodes but it's worth it. I realize that many subscribers have seen your eps from the beginning, but just found out that SamE is your fiancé. You should introduce her as such for newbies. I assumed she was your girlfriend, but FIANCE, that's special....HELLO SamE👋
lol...
1. Most people have only seen a few episodes. I don't think anyone has seen ALL of them.
2. Sam is my friend.
3. I was formerly engaged to someome, at the time of the taping of this episode.
@@GettingSoberAgain Well, Now I realize not to suggest personal comments until I have seen all of the episodes. I apologize for being rude.
@@T.K.111 S*** happens lol
@@GettingSoberAgain I used to own that bumper sticker😄In more ways than one
I really like these early, raw videos that are done in one take. Your current pro-grade videos are great too of course. Just interesting to see what your sarcastic, semi-resistant attitude was like in the beginning. Easy to relate to because it's very human.
I love these videos. I jump around the timeline a lot and to see you 5 years ago and then watch a current video the change is amazing. This video made me laugh while you were getting a serious message across. I have a lot of regrets from my time using. It also was normal for me to go out on the weekend and drop $1300 bucks on alcohol and cocaine. I don't know how I'm still alive most days. Anyways, thank you for this channel. But for the grace of God go I...
Fun fact: if you play this video at .75 speed, it sounds drunk, haha, just teasing
bwaaaaaahahaha I like it
you look so much better now than you did then
lol thanks! I posted a side by side in episode 127 on what I look like after 1 year sober. th-cam.com/video/347NdDTPkp8/w-d-xo.html
whoa...the difference of starting my binge watching from your news ones vs this one i randomly picked....the difference in your growth...Now, i get your sick in this one...i almost cried at first thinking i was seeing pain in your eyes, when really just congested sinus hell...lol.....My regrets, are realising my whole sex life has been pretty much been booze induced or related ...Im almost 50...and managed to be a late bloomer addict in the making...Thanks Covid and a slumblord to add to my list of excuses!....but currently on 17 days no booze, but still smoking like now, half snoop dog level...but going to run out soon and going to try that cold turkey and start the no eating and feeling like crap for over 3 days again...ugh...
Okay I see comments, 5 years ago….what a difference!
Ironic that's what I drink
Your funny......ha ha
Had to watch this one again to see how you have grown...the open slap...surprised you didn't use a fist. I used to slap mouths that were rude to me..but a closed fist if a guy got physically fresh (remember 7 brothers). But usually, after a few drinks I could verbally handle the banter. Broke a cue stick one night. Do not like to be put into a physical altercation.
Man your grumpy in this one. But I guess when I talk about my alcohol regrets I'm not really happy about it either. 🤷♀️
Lol well this was like 4 years ago. We've put out 524 more videos.
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You seem a little off on this one, a little edgy, like maybe coming off somthing hopefully everything is OK. Keep on the path, you're an inspiration.
This video was 5 years ago...
How you like me now???
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How much sober time did you have here? I'm back on day 1, and I'm at an all time low.
$144,000 gone for this career drinker!
I reckon you stand to make plenty more moving forward!
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What's your poison??? what do you drink???
I don't drink lol
What did you drink???