What Happens To Your Body When You Stop Drinking
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- The body experience significant changes when we stop drinking alcohol, this videos explains exactly what happens when we become sober or take a break from drinking.
Alcohol impacts almost every part of our mind and body, it significantly increases the risk of cancer, heart problems and liver disease. But what happens when we stop drinking? Does our body heal? Do we return to normal?
This video explores the changes we experience when we remove alcohol and covers the various aspects of change that happen.
It also includes before and after photos from when I was drinking alongside a month after I quit alcohol.
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Simon Chapple
The Quit Alcohol Coach
www.besober.co.uk
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I’ve been sober for 1235 days. Everything in my life has improved 100%
Congratulations
I'm proud of you. Keep going.
I want to be like you but I feel like it’s unattainable
@@lpsglitterpaws8536 one day at a time. Each victory fuels the next one.
Whole Europe and uk is down with alcohal😅
I stopped drinking at the age of 75, after continuous drinking for 55years. I had never touched ever after, without any side effects , even a single day. I used to drink 3/4 of a full bottle , every day, morning to evening. Thanks to My will power . I am 81 now.😀
God bless you sir!
A full bottle of what? Whiskey, wine, beer?
Fantastic! ❤
How did you survive that? I‘m 24 and nearly died from alcohol last year. Been dry since
Going thru about the same thing. Long time coming. Feeling great. Its just not a bad idea. Lol
I'm going to quit this time for sure, I'm not going to give up
I’m two months sober today after decades of drinking myself to sleep. It’s been rough mentally, but it’s all been worth it.
Day 5 of 40 years 10-15 beers a day. It's hell right now
@@lobstermania4025 Give it two months, no matter what. I went through severe anxiety and panic attacks but they will pass and you will feel so much better. Hang in there!
@@TroyGrey Thank you..Thats what i have now , high anxiety and Heart palpitation along with a murmur that I just went to the cardio for and he said it might be my drinking habits. My plan is to take some time off then only have a few beers 2-3 on the weekends. If I fail at that, I will quit.. I failed two times before trying to moderate but I never tried No beer on weekdays...Thanks for listening.
@@lobstermania4025 Same here friend. I'm two weeks in after drinking nightly for years. The first week was pretty brutal. Jolting awake all night, heart palpitations, and the reason I drank in the first place was anxiety which was absolutely the worst I've ever had. One thing that helped me massively was only eating one meal a day. For whatever reason eating would give me more anxiety. Hang in there.
Congrats man! I’m right behind you…..60 days next week, after a pint of bourbon every night for years. I feel great and have lost 24 lbs!
This morning I decided to stop drinking. I dumped everything down the drain. Today is day one for me. I am determined to do this. I NEED to do this. I am tired of living like this. Thank you for your video. I know it is going to be a difficult journey but I have confidence in myself to go forward.
How are you doing? ❤
Congratulations your mind is a powerful thong! One day at a time .
Pls do this I also decided today we tried of being controlled by unhealthy liquids
I surrendered myself to stop drinking.3 weeks ago i feel better then i have for 30 years of drinking.Well done mate.
Good for you. Find people doing the same. Recovery is Connection. Connection is Recovery.
I'm 12 days sober today after 10 years of 40+ drinks a week. The evenings are still tough for cravings, but drinking sparkling water is surprisingly satiating. I've also become much more productive and sleeping better. I hope I can stick with it!
Listen to Allen Carr’s easy way to control alcohol audiobook
I'm also 12 days sober. I enjoy drinking flavored, carbonated water. Good luck to you!
@user-lv1ie5xm2m Thank you and good luck to you too! At 21 days now and it feels amazing.
🎉stick with it! I’m happy for you. I drank the same way. I’m 4 + years sober now. Life becomes sooo good. 🍀🍀🍀
Substitute with some drugs, the nice kind that don't tax your health much. It's complete insanity that some of the most innocent drugs like mushrooms are illegal in most countries while alcohol is legal and even advertised. The world is upside down.
3 months sober. Feeling good. Blood pressure coming down. Sleeping better. Lost 15 lbs
18 days today and already i feel so much better , ive lost a little weight , people say i look younger so onwards and upwards never going back to that poison
Stand strong! You'll make it!!
I drank for 40 years, quit at age as 53, I am close to 2 years sober now. It's tough sometimes feeling life without a crutch, but it's better than it's ever been. Every day is a gift.
Smoke a low dose thc ,high dose of cbd …..indica joint if you need a crutch once in awhile.
It will help you relax and sleep like a baby.
Hard stuff. I am 56 and drinking quite a lot
I don't see any future, and I have a hard time at night. Best wishes to you.
@@john2914 thank you John, and it's tough but try to get to a meeting, gotta start somewhere, you can do it if you want. Life still is tough but better without alcohol in it... Sleep will get better too. I used to have a tough time sleeping, now I don't.
Get into exercise my friend. It is the only crutch with no catch.
@@RickCostello at the gym right now lol. Usually I would be waking up hung over.
I've been sober a little over two weeks, and already my asthma systems have improved greatly and my bloat is already gone. 😊
I stopped drinking alcohol nearly 10 years ago, and I can still feel the benefits of not drinking alcohol now.
What are they?
4 days sober. Thanks for the support
just try to understand that alcohol is a pure Poison and its intention is to kill you, slowly..., THAT and those behind it made me mad and I did not touch drink again.
You can do it buddy if I done so!!!!!
How’s it going? I’m day 7.
@@growsinhouseherbiculturali1100 I have slipped up a couple of times but I keep going back to sober mode. I like the way I feel when I’m sober better and I guess I had to see if it was really better. I need to not see alcohol as a reward and see it for the demon it truly is. Keep going. It only gets better!
Me too, mr
@@lpsglitterpaws8536 Yup, it only gets better. I’m day 17 now, this is the longest I have gone in many, many tries! One day at a time.
Big love to everyone getting control of themselves here with alcohol. I wish you all success and good health.
I quit, didn’t journal, life is now so much better in every single way.
Yay so happy for you 👍 you got this...your life is worth it 👏
I quit over 2 years ago. Never missed it and haven’t noticed any difference.
I just made 29.I am a week sober now. Already feel a lot better and determined to go forever.
Alcohol has done more bad than good to me, I've lost alot and don't wanna lose again.
Decided to quit some cycles of friends for my own good. I been telling them i can't drink again. I'm determined,may God support me.
Going on 8 days and feel better than I have in 8 years 😊
Day 358 here. I still want to drink occasionally, but I haven’t, for nearly a year.
Now almost 15 months without.
@@scottjackson163 Great job!
Just hit 2 years myself, there were heavy cravings around month 21-22. Maybe you'll feel the same. Keep pushing forward!
Wish me luck I really want to stop but I do not know how
Awesome I wish I was close to that👏👍
Don't yes will power is everything, you're better then that,you got this...Yay 💪🤞
This is a very inspiring video. I stopped drinking 208 days ago after a 40 year habit which began after some shitty childhood experiences. My emotional life has been SO hard since I quit, as the layers stripped off and revealed the memories again. No one tells you this will happen, it’s all about great sleep, etc etc etc. So the unresolved trauma numbed by weed and alcohol now needs dealing with properly. I will never drink again.
Ive been on the wagon for 22 yrs. Never looked back. Best decision ever!!!
I stopped drinking just under 4 weeks ago having drunk too regularly over the years. I feel much better, my brain feels sharper, my weight is coming down and I sleep better. On top of this I have saved a fortune. The main thing other than the health benefits are family members are really pleased too. A very good informative video.
I need this! I cannot keep drinking as much as I do. I'm now 4 days in and I have headaches, irregular sleep cycles, and anxiety 😥
January 21, 2003, I said to myself, "That was the last hangover I'll ever have." And it was, 20 years ago, at age 49. The biggest change I anticipated? I respect and trust myself. I feel good in my own skin. I left an abusive marriage three years later, and met the most wonderful, loving man I've ever known. He quit drinking a few years after we met, and then we married. Sadly, Alzheimer's came on and he passed almost two years ago. I'd never have felt worthy of his love and cherishing, if I hadn't stopped drinking. At 69, I'm going for love one more time. And I know I'm a woman of value at last.
69, nice
You are truly a woman of value, For some lucky someone!!
@@kevinchaplin3089 Most kind, Sir.
Good for you. I'm glad you're ❤happy with yourself
I’m showing your comment to my 30 year old daughter. Everyone who loves her believes in her value. sadly she doesn’t I pray for her to see what we see
Alcohol makes you pretty useless after about 5 hours you drained and sluggish.
I found that after a meal with alcohol I was ready to sleep totally ruined the day with no energy.
Not to mention the anxiety hitting you the next day which want to make you drink again.
The worst is the drama which follows the next day.
You might gone to a party and made a fool of yourself and you can’t remember really what exactly you did and if you insulted someone. The next day you start to try and figure out and peace together last nights events adding even more to the hangover and anxiety.
Alcohol can be an absolute nightmare.
It starts with one drink and you think it’s just the one.
By the time you finish it you think oh it’s okay I have another one and you back in the train wreck.
Saw a documentary about the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer in female.
It was a big reason why I quit.
Sober 10 months after drinking for decades. This guy nailed it in this video drinking is a psychological addiction. Never thought I could quit alcohol. No more hangovers emotionally turned my world around.
You got help to quit you can't drink that long and quit you have to be detox by professionals
I quit when i was 55 , 73 now. Cold Turkey. Only thing that changed was i lost a ton of weight. Didn't experience anything except weight loss. Ate the same, lost 50 lbs over 6 months
I'm on day 8 and feeling amazing!
Keep it up
Ime on day 13 can already feel benefits.
I just went over 2 months and can tell you that it will continue . Sleeping better too.
@Just Greg Congrats on 2 months! And yeah, totally agreed. I'm on day 67 today, and feel like a new man. More energy as a result if better sleep, and my mental focus is a whole lot better. Zero regrets cutting it out of my life.
look, alcohol is a PURE Poison intended to kill us simple as that, if you get that right you are done with drinking, Amen
It's a mental compulsion not a craving. Physical craving happens after you take the first drink, not before, and result in the inability to stop drinking once you've started.
Yes and it comes at you it won’t leave you alone, that’s why I always have a few bottles of non- alcoholic beverages in the fridge after one just one I’m okay if that was beer that one would end up being 10 cans, also the longer you abstain the addiction goes down way down, however I always have fake beer at the ready!..
I'm 3 years sober
Day 7,989 here.
I'm 7 days sober. It's a start
What drink are replacing alcohol with?
@@fernageer761 to begin with it was soft drinks but now I'm just water and focusing on my work 👌👍
@kenny1161 I'm trying to find something that is going to taste enough like wine that'll want it...
Cranberry juice and tonic is good.
Also upping my water...
It's hard. Especially in the evenings when I'm enjoying a campfire, reading or TV
.good luck to you
@@fernageer761 oh yes all the best to you also. I was a beer and spirits drinker but now over 2months. It gets easier I promise you that. Like I said I've put all my focus into my trade and my daughter ❤️
It's the 5.30pm psychological bell thats still going off in my body everyday...even after 6 weeks.....
Yep yep, I feel this strong. I swear the routine is more addicting than the alcohol
@@armymarshal13 it took mine about 8 weeks to stop. Now it's only a Friday or Saturday. The conditioning is strong in this one 😏
At 70 years old, I'm 35 years sober. My heart goes out to all those new to this who have commented here. The selfie tip is good. they didn't exist 35 years ago but in every photo of me from back then I have a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other. Yes the most significant effects when giving up drinking are emotional and mental, but both are products of our physical brain. It DOES get better although at first it seems to get worse. It's more just a consequence of removal of the aesthetic though. From my early teenage and emotionally developmental years I used alcohol, and then other drugs, to cope. It was the ONLY coping mechanism I had. I had to learn to deal with life on life's terms. Not my own. In my humble opinion it is not so much a matter of "giving up drinking". That's akin to "giving up hitting your thumb with a hammer". It's all about "learning to live sober". It IS WORTH IT!
I am 35, quit drinking about a month ago.
These are great points. I stopped about 900 days ago and, to tell the truth, the "hard" part of quitting was over rapidly. The key is to understand what form of "therapy" the alcohol was giving you and learn to replace it with a healthier alternative. Bad habits can replaced with equally "addictive" healthy habits.
I agree.
I believe that most people have addictive personalities.
You're correct in observing that healthy addictive behavior can be substituted for unhealthy addictive behavior.
Thanks for making this important observation!
3 weeks come Saturday..
The social aspects have been the hardest.
All anyone wants to do here is drink. Bars and breweries everywhere i go..
I quit drinking tomorrow, on April 1, 2023. I've quit before for a period of one year, just to try it out, but now that I'm 42 I just can't take hangovers anymore, and the recent research just makes it less compelling to drink even a bit. I am hung over as I type this, and it's horrible. I hate hangovers and they just get worse and worse. I will take a photo as you suggest, and I'm also going to schedule a DEXA scan so I can map out my body fat % in highest accuracy. Then I will walk every morning for 10K steps, start my daily yoga routine, and stick to a super clean diet. I think I'll even start reading books again. I can only imagine how my life could change after I quit for good.
Hi Michael, hope you're doing well. Don't put too much pressure on yourself, easy does it.
I’m one of those who has quit alcohol because of it what it does the human body. I’m happy to join the rest who have had more of a battle to quit, and 50+ days in, I’ve never felt better from completely staying off it.
1 month without alcohol and although i wasn't a heavy drinker, definitely not dependent, i was getting into the habit. I feel better psychologically rather than physically.
same here, but for some reason very little weight loss.
6 week and feel worse mentally.
Drank everything every waking minute apart from horrible lager
Day 33 here
That's the main thing for me, feeling free and not wondering about drinking again. You can just feel good now and with the next breath.
Very accurate. There was the 3 day period where you felt worse but pretty quickly moved on and I understood that was gonna happen. Definitely didn't sleep well the first days. The biggest challenge I had in the first year was the mental. I was mostly over drinking in boredom and being not being fulfilled in my life. Had to find other things and build a better life. Trust me, particularly the first 3 months were tough on a mental level but I have found other thing and people to fill my life.
Same why I drunk bored lonely and blots pain ...
Never again week one sober
I quit when I turned 50 just a couple of weeks ago. Best decision I’ll ever make.
After a bunch of rehab trips. Sober almost 3 years now. Life is so much better. Something was different the last time and it was easier to stop. Now playing m accomplishing life goals. I’m my kid’s little league coach, built my boys a tree fort, saved money, saved tons of vacation and sick days at work. All good stuff!!!
Hi Simon, thanks for this video. Funnily enough I only started watching videos about the effects of alcohol, and quitting drinking several months after I quit. Into my six month without alcohol after being a moderate to heavy drinker most of my adult life. Although I did start drinking at the age of 14. I'm 72 and have nothing but total respect for anybody that attempts to stop drinking. And for those that have managed it after years and years... Wow!!! Well done to everybody and at every level. And Simon, only saw you this morning, well, of all the people I've recently watched, you made a reinforcing connection with me. Well done mate. Keep up the excellent effort and work.
6weeks sober,and still feel anxiety at times
Inspirational no-nonsense advice-thank you. I have started my journey and have embraced sobriety. 4 days in and I feel positive about what I’m gaining in health and mental well-being. Respect to everyone out there who is on the journey and making it work for them 💪👍
Good luck! Wishing you success!
i’m going to quit today
I've never felt better. Drank from 17 to 59. Never Again!! Also saved my life!
Well Done.👍
Sober since summer 2022. 1 minute at a time, 1 hr, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month , now almost 1 year
16 days today!
Absolutely!
@Big T fantastic. 16 days your liver is cleaning out , 16 days of your brain cells not dying, 16 days your heart , blood pressure, liver is repairing itself. 16 days you're at peace, hopefully with family too
16 days becomes 30. Then 2 months, 3, then half a year, 1 year
Awesome.
Still not drinking
Like he said I've only been off alcohol for a month, I sleep far better I am calmer and lost approx 6 pounds.
Me to
I quit aged 72 now i am hooked on ginger tea !!
All true, thanks for sharing. Am 12 years in, best move I’ve made.
I chose to fast alcohol for 21 days and decided to continue - it's been 90 days. I feel great and I'm happier. I never drank to get drunk and I won't say that I'll never drink again but I want it to be like a toast here and there.
Same here. Im 60 plus days no alcohol and lots of amazing benefits are showing its sign.
@@brucemcguire5324 congratulations on on taking good care of yourself! I wake up sometimes giggling like I discovered this amazing secret 😄.
Who cares if you don't drink then? If you're on this video, I think you're lying to us and yourself.
Drinking was a social lubricant for me as I suffer from social anxiety, I quit in December 2019 at 48 , I’m still sober living now , you have to find new ways to live your life away from alcohol the world doesn’t stop turning because you stop drinking you have to learn to have fun without the booze , good luck to all !
I have social anxiety too so its hard to give up alcohol...
@@e.t926 depends on your age and circumstances if ur still drinking heavy and single by the time you get into your mods 40s I think quitting is in your best interest health wise .
Week 6 booze free. Was hitting it hard for 12 years, after 12 years of being totally sober. Gave it up temporarily for health, but mainly to lose weight. First 3 nights off, not easy to fall asleep, but after that it gets easier. As much as I liked to booze, I don’t miss it as much as I thought. Life’s not amazing, but it does feel great. Better than I expected. If I can do it (again), anybody can! Unless I was sick, I drank daily for the most part of 12 years, sometimes pretty heavy!
I stopped drinking Saturday 13th of August 😜
Still on the wagon?
Four years since I had a beer I feel great I’m now trying to lose weight by dieting
Nothing better than a cold almost frozen beer after a nice productive and sporty day. You know that👺
@@8nakata8 Never did like the first beer. Had to have at least 4 before i started to enjoy the taste.
I am 62 years old, I’ve lived in Mexico, most of my life, drank like a fish, I am one of the few people that quit for my health or so he says, it’s been seven months, not a drop, it wasn’t hard to quit, but it sure is boring 🙈. Seems like I don’t have friends anymore. I hope he gets better. 🙏
I hear you. Day 5 10-15 beers a day. I'll be 60 next week. I got heart problems
Good Luck Bro, Stay Strong 💪
Try AA or other sober groups easy way to make sober friends!
@@marydempsey5985 Thanks
Finding a productive hobby that you really enjoy helps with using your time in a wonderful way.
Thanks for this, friend. I'm starting my journey now, and your message is truly inspiring.
I've been beaten up three times this year. I can't do this anymore. I am intelligent well educated and love people but alcohol is freely. I thank god I am still alive.
Oh you’re the asshole drunk that challenges every other guy in the room?
Big hug ❤
@@djdoolittle1315 thanks
Life can be really hard. Honestly I was a big drinker for 19 years, I stopped 8 days ago, two things helped, this book I just read Alan carr’s quit drinking. He teaches you to do it by de programming you says willpower doesn’t work. Second ask Jesus into your heart, the Holy Spirit can take away your cravings.
@melkathleen6460 I agree on both counts. Thanks. It's an evil thing
Ive never made it past 2 yrs. Sober. Im coming up on 3 years clean. I realized, this was the first time...i dont wish i can drink. No more bp meds
Love your video very easy to understand & good that you have had your own experience & overcome it. Thank you for the inspiration
I quit 3 weeks ago. So I could quit smoking. I knew I’d get a buzz and light up.
Day 40 here.
12 days sober here!!! With the help of a wonderful detox in Richmond Va
Day 20. Thankyou so much for your help Simon❤
I stopped drinking for almost 5 months and this channel was a huge help.
When I relapsed I had a really shitty job and my mind was always of friday and that sixpack. It was a relief and getting drunk on my computer was actually helping in someway. On most Saturdays I also drank from 4 to 8 beers.
Now I have a great new job and I honestly don't think about drinking that much. For me it's now just a habit. "Well it's weekend so I SHOULD get beer like usually do", but I have noticed that I don't get the same good feeling as I used to. Like after 2-3 beers I don't feel like drinking anymore where as previously I was pretty bummed when I was getting to the end of my sixpack.
I'm thinking of trying sober life again and leaving alcohol for good. Please ask me updates on my situation I think it motivates me even more if someone asks 3 months or 1 year from now and I can say "Ye still sober" and give you my intake how it has affected my life.
You sound kike a super responsible drinker, and then chose sobriety. Most of us would ve kucky to end up where you started. Good for you.👍♥️
Watch all you videos,your doing great work and helping people Sir
I have 4 years and 5 months clean&sober ✝️🙏 what happened when I tried to quit ? Serious DT’s and then seizures it was BRUTAL of course I had to be hospitalized, my liver was in acute failure and had pancreatitis so damn bad I thought I was going to die
Great content! And uplifting.
I stopped drinking at home in the new year but still drink socially, once or twice a month, best decision I’ve ever made but don’t intend to stop completely.
Same… I stopped drinking at home 12, 15 years ago. I had to because I was drinking at home almost every night. Once I made that decision, I might drink two or three times a month. It’s fun, doesn’t affect anything in my life in a negative way, I think that’s the way to go.
To some of us one drink is not enough and 2 is too many 😢
Super relatable thanks!
Thank you for your honesty. I am on the same journey and taking one day at a time. Congratulations! ❤
Thank you.. I need to find my way out of this habit. Triggered tonight after a conversation with my Dad aging and becoming more depressed. Sadly the first thing I did after attending to him was to get a bottle of wine. Already tired but drank a the bottle even though my intention was to have one or two. Your video gives me hope. My intention is to change and soon.
Crazy to think EVERYTHING you said here was true. My sleep is 10000000x better after 2 weeks of no more drinking.
That was really good advice, practical and life saving.
Don't forget that the opposite of addiction is connection. When you quit you need to be around others who have successfully quit.-weezi-🙏💖🙏
The opposite of addiction is sobriety.
Addiction is an attempt to temporarily control the emotional pain and dysfunction you are experiencing .
Sobriety will force you to learn how to deal properly with the emotional pain and dysfunction you are experiencing.
I'm only in day 4, had to resort to the wonderdrug baclofen today. The panic and anxiety was off the map 1st thing this morning. That, combined with the fact that I have a family thing to attend tonight has tipped me over the edge. If I can get through tonight without alcohol it will be a major triumph and a turning point in my life
I hope you made it through?
@@DianaCarolinaGirl22 amazingly, I did. Thankyou, I'm still going through withdrawal but I'm determined to beat it
That was a well-stated and well presented exposition of positivism. Well done.
Right after I stopped (22 years ago) I experienced drastic improvement to my sleeping. I would say within days I felt it. Scary dreams subsided and quietly faded away for good, as well.
Other changes include healthy gut behaviour; return of relaxed, confident mind and mood. and physical stamina (I'm a runner).
Great video.
Wow...What a great communicator....I have cut my drinking down quite a bit over the last 4 years and now I am trying to stop drinking completely....This channel will help.
Go for gold friend 🎉
Thank You Simon. I went through 3 days of Withdrawals.
When I was Drinking. I Let it get the Best of Me. I've been sober for 5 years. And I don't miss it at all. Once again Thank You Very Much SIR.
I quit a week ago, still,feeling a bit rubbish and scared I have left it too late, great video thank you 🙏 ❤ subscribed
I signed up yesterday, I want to change my bad habit so much.
Thank you for your great programme 7 days off the drink on the alcohol for over 46 years one of the problems that I experienced was severe constipation and sleep deprivation and my anxiety was very severe but I know that I have to go through cold turkey I have made a pledge to my son that I will never drink again.much appreciated
I'm 12 days in stopped all drinking and Cigars. Its been very interesting watching the fight inside of me.
Thank you & God bless you!🙏
Day 2 for me… I’ve been drinking off and on for decades… I’ve gone over a year sober, 6 months here and there, a month or two from time to time but always went back to the bottle! With a wife and young daughter now, its time to give it another go🙏
Good luck mate
How are you going?
@@Mrspeedwell 2 1/2 weeks… feeling great with no desire to drink. The real test is when we go to Mexico for a month long surf trip. I’ll cross that bridge when I get there. Thanks for asking 🙏
Good luck on your surf trip! When you’re tempted, try to remember your “why” - why you’ve chosen the difficult journey to sobriety.
@@DLY0898 thanks buddy!
It's my day first. Getting very hard to sleep. By reading all these comments, my not to drink decision is becoming stronger.
Great video and great support for people giving up alcohol. My journey started with an eye condition called wet macular retinal obstruction. This can be aggravated by high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Also high liver enzymes suggesting fatty liver were detected at my blood assay and physical test I undertook as a result of discovering the eye condition.
Push came to shove and the doctor recommended cutting to less than 14 units a week.
As I have a very compulsive and addictive personality, I know this from cigarettes 33 years ago, I decided to quit drink altogether.
19 days off and my mind is much clearer and focussed than it ever was as an adult, drinking since age 19, and now I notice the number of people around me who DONT drink or do so very moderately.
Unlike most people I do not have an "OFF" switch when it comes to addictive things.
Like my time giving up tobacco I am only in the early stages of giving up alcohol but many of the personal skills I learned giving up cigarettes I can now apply to alcohol.
You do not TRY to gove up something, you just DO it. THe word " try "gives people an opt out if they regress to drinking again. The mind will try to subvert your will and resolve in many different ways because the body likes "business as usual". This is known as homeostasis and also applies to food habits and weight loss.
Another thing to watch out for is social settings and friends who may try to encourage a former drinking buddy to go back to the old ways of drinking. Happily in my case all my close friends are non drinkers or very modest drinkers who do not try to encourage me to drink so at my age tha is not a problem.
Social messaging and adverts are a problem in that I never realised how much money is spent on advertising drink and also gambling and junk food. Something needs to be done about this but governments will not do it because of all the lovely taxes they get with present arrangements.
Solving this problem and going up against these corporate interests is well beyond my pay grade. At least now I am aware of the problem.
I had the false impression beer wasn't really alcohol, found out the hard way.
Thanks for the video.
I gave up alcohol a while ago as I thought that it was bad for me (after 50 years of excess!). When lockdown came I started again but much less, a couple of bottles of wine a week. After being diagnose with AFib I cut out alcohol completely. I was tempted to have a glass of wine and then two on holiday. I woke in the night with a racing heart so that stopped that sneaky drinking. I still enjoy a small glass of wine on my birthday and at Christmas so I am not TT. But I do now count myself as a ex-habitual drinker. I’ve lost about 30lb and my BP has also reduced over the years since my heavy drinking days. I also feel much better.
My reasons were all health related. I had not many social issues from alcohol. Liver is a big one but heart problems are extremely common and often the cause of death. I had heart arrhythmia at dangerous levels but since I stopped drinking, it has disappeared. Lastly, brain and focus issues are critical if you work with your mind.
Stopped drinking 10 years ago sometimes feel tempted but will never start again.
This is great 👍 thanks
Your whole body and senses wake back up. Life becomes great again. I'm glad I got sick of the smell of it right on time for the grandkids. Although disappointment and discussed sets in when you see how you and family have been treated and attacked. The way things have gotten are hard to put up with.
Stopped smoking and drinking same day, hard slog for awhile but feel great now. Life is good, being alive is a gift.
3 days. 4 nights. Nights are the hardest.
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@@perthwatchgirl Thank you so much.
Thank you ❤
This is as good a time as any to quit drinking Bud Light. 🤣