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Your experience sounds exactly like my dad’s days as an alcoholic. He died earlier this year at aged 62. All he did is drink in his flat and then went to Spoons to drink in the evening. Taxi to and from his flat and he could hardly walk. His flat was disgusting and he smelt horrible. He didn't have anything to cook with so only ever got takeaways to his door. He just watched youtube all day/listened to music. I went to his flat to clean and tidy it and he didn't even have a bed (he slept on the sofa) he went from a fit middle-aged man with a great job and wife to losing his house, wife, job and his mind. Sadly he had serious mental health problems too and never wanted help even when he was hospitalised multiple times. I tried my best to help him, helped him financially and managed his finances but the pull of alchol was so strong. He left behind 3 daughters under 30. Well done for pulling yourself out of the hole! I don't know you but I am proud of you.
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@@fangal5207 I’m sorry for your loss, this disease is so ruthless and unapologetic, it tears it’s way through family’s, starting with the person who addicted and then it spreads like wildfire to everyone who loves and cares for that person. You can’t blame yourself for your dad’s actions, some people are just too far deep in addiction it’s just too little too late . The “fuck it button” is a VERY dangerous thing and not many people recover after pushing it, especially later in life. I don’t know you father in the slightest and I’m definitely not excusing his behaviour/actions buts as someone who has suffered heavily with addiction to several different substances. I can imagine he loved you and given a magic choice he would of stopped there and then but I might be completely wrong. Like I said I don’t know the full story. Please find it in your heart to forgive him otherwise the misery and pain lives on without your dad being there . I wish you all the best and again, sorry for your loss.
I think that posts like this should be shown in schools to educate kids in the dangers of alcohol. You are incredibly brave giving your insight into these dangers.
@@peterq6535 Thank you Peter, why don’t I try this approach to get into schools and universities I have a friend who is a retired GP and a councillor locally it would be very worthwhile to do it & save lives Please subscribe to the channel and keek watching 👍
I appreciated listening to this. I'm 44, and since the age of about 22 I've drank hard. At my worst, I literally felt physically incapable of quitting, and every moment I was awake, I'd be drinking. My circadian rhythm was entirely thrown off... essentially, I'd just come to from bring passed out at random times and start drinking immediately until I passed out again. The nightmares, anxiety, shame, and feelings of impending doom were maddening. I even had visual and auditory hallucinations at one point during an attempt at quitting. I'd consistently and violently throw up bile. I truly had to get to a point in which I hated alcohol, and my body hated alcohol, in order to stop. Today I wake up early every day and go to the gym. I sleep peacefully, have tons of energy, have a voracious appetite, and enjoy the calmness of my life. I actually enjoy boredom, lol. I never realized being sober makes you do high.
@@JustinBennett-c1x Hi wonderful message… love that line “ Being sober makes you high” …so true..Please subscribe and pls share the channel to boost awareness 👍
Hope you're still going strong. I'm over 2 years sober now, and it's great. More motivation, clear head, no hangovers, and saved so much money. That's just to name a few benefits.
I have been there. I was a practicing professional with it all. Everything went. The courage to change felt impossible. Change happened in “hell” itself. Today I’m sober. Alcohol free for the past 2 years.
My dad died an alcoholic and so did my uncle. They were 37 and 44. I needed to hear this today because I need to take a look at my habits that are starting to go down the wrong path. Thank you
@@ben.g.414 Hi Ben so sorry to hear of your loss …they were both so young Start to look after yourself..we only have 1 chance … Please subscribe & share to help spread the word 👍
I’m 5 years sober. Don’t know how I’m still here. I was drinking 2 bottles if vodka a day. It took a quarter of a bottle to stop the shakes. Really don’t miss those days. The thought of it now gives me shudders. Anyone that makes it out of that deserves huge respect. Most don’t make it. Well done and thank you for sharing.👍
@@nontimebomala779 Hi thank you for sharing your personal story, congratulations on 5 years sober …it is a hard fought battle, Please subscribe to the channel and keep watching 👍
My girlfriend is going thru it now was with her 17 years I had to finish it I tried again and again she says she wants to die she’s turn psychotic on the pills she was Prescribed She got violent with me every night she’s still drinking and getting worse 1 point it was 4 litre bottles of vodka a day plus
I have been sober for 23 years and 3 months. When I chose to stop I received no help from anyone, indeed there were various people who actively tried to get me drinking again. These days there are many, many avenues you can go down for help and there are thousands of people who will help Keep going, one day at a time
Heartbreaking story, Sir - brought me to tears. I'm delighted to hear that you are 5 years sober - even though we've never met and I'm nobody important in your life, I'm so proud of you and your determination to survive and warn others. Stay strong.
I spent years addicted to drugs and took anything I get my hands on by the time I was 30 I started drinking and any shred of self esteem or hope for a better life were quickly swept away. I ended up homeless for years . I remember walking past houses on Christmas Eve trying to keep warm and seeing people with there families sitting with the tree up thinking there was no way back for me, I had mental breakdown after mental breakdown, alcohol is the worst drug out there and I’ve been through them all, now in recovery and just grateful I don’t think about drugs and alcohol 24 /7 and the constant fear of running out. Thanks for your vid fella and best wishes to you
Similar to me - absolute madness , I'm lucky to have made it to 56 . Alcohol is the worst drug . Got tired of some in AA thinking they were better than 'druggies' . Best wishes.
Apologies for the late response, Hi Neil sounds like you have been to hell several times…Great message you have given us….please subscribe & share the channel to help others 👍
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@@Oloolo597 Well done I am 3 months in and feel great. I ruined myself with that poision, hurt people that I love and was a total mess with it. Keep it going and you will see results every week.
Lost my two best mates to alcohol. One last year aged 64 and another in the 90's aged 35. Absolutely brutal. I stopped drinking almost 19 years ago before it became a real problem for me. Different corners. There by the grace of God etc etc. Well done you and I hope you have a happy, long and healthy future.
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As a medical professional that has worked in detox/rehabs for over 40 years here in Australia, I would like to thank you sir for your clarity and honesty about a daily life so many decent men and women have sadly and unintentionally fallen into. May I say that a properly medically managed detoxification with supportive follow-up and encouragement is not as hard as internal fear will tell you. Don't wait, it won't get easier as you wait for the loss of everything you loved. You do deserve better. Again, thank you Mr Curry. 👍
do you work in a normal hospital now or ever deal with A&E (ER,ED etc) ? because I really think they could do with some more education around alcoholism my dad was a alcoholic he's passed now will be 5 years on the 13th actually time flies the coroner ruled it an alcohol related death & his cause of death was alcohol poisoning and ischemic heart disease I still lived at home at this time with just my mam and dad my sister lived with her partner so I saw a lot sorry for going off the original question there just giving you some backstory I think some a lot of people working in A&E departments right now need re-educating on the severity of it and the dangers of withdrawal my dad was in and out of hospital due to alcohol and alcohol withdrawal and the same thing happened every time he would be put on a bed and then wait for a nurse/doctor to come and examine him once they found out he was under our local drug and alcohol team he wasn't the hospitals problem and they couldn't prescribe him any medication he would be told to go home and keep drinking until he has a bed at a detox centre/and or rehab one morning I woke up to him having an alcohol withdrawal seizure (I'd seen this before and seen him go through DTs before do I was relatively calm and tried to keep him on his side paramedics were called but he refused to go to hospital and after 20 minutes of try to convince him the paramedic left me mam was was on her way to work and asked me what she should do I said just get him some alcohol and ill watch him till you get back so she leaves and after about 20 minutes he had another seizure this time we managed to convince him to go hospital I said id go with him he was put on a bed and told he would be seen too soon well he wasn't and he ended up having another seizure in his bed that's when they decide to run over and try and help him I explained the situation he was put on a thiamine drip and dosed with Librium but after a night in he was told the same thing he always was fast forward to this year I ended up in the same situation I had to beg the nurse for Librium I had nerve damage in my feet from alcohol and my shakes were so bad I couldn't walk and needed a wheelchair my missus even had to wipe my arse for me that was rock bottom for me so I was in and out of hospital 3 times in 4 days for alcohol withdrawal and I genuinely believe most nurses don't have a fucking clue about it they just think 'oh another drunk just stick him in the corner till he sobers up' not realising I was in hospital because I hadn't had enough alcohol not because id had too much I got told the same thing in the morning as my dad did about not being their problem cause I was working with the drug and alcohol team and said I was taking up a bed and need to go home I was cutting my drinking down during this time hence the withdrawal id cut too much too fast sometimes I was cutting down as I was preparing for a 7 night medical detox and my GP thought if I went in there drinking the amount I was she thinks I would relapse once I got out I finally got a bed at the detox facility and stayed for 7 nights that was in April so I'm 7 months sober apart from 3 or 4 lapses but I have a life now at least I know you and others probably wont read all this but I just wish more people new how dangerous it is for an alcoholic to just go cold turkey like with say heroin and pretty much every drug other than booze and benzos anyway rant over but more should be done to help alcoholics instead of a lot of society seeing them as lazy weak minded people the reason that the stigma seems to be worse with alcoholics is cause of the culture of drinking we have nearly everyone drinks not everyone takes illegal drugs so some people think being an alcoholic must be great you just get drunk everyday 'I wish I could do that but I have to work' some people genuinely are that ignorant about it nurses included anyway sorry I rambled on but hopefully it might educate someone who decides to give my much too long comment a read I apologise if people cant read this due to lack of punctuation I do apologise but I don't know when and where to put commas and full stops
@@theChickenstones This is such a wonderful endorsement & I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I would be very grateful if you could subscribe and keep posting, it’s a real bonus to have a Professional as yourself joining us here Many thanks…Steven
@@crackhead8693 Yes sir. Did 5 years in A&E post grad' with cardiac care, emergency care and burns certificates, helped set up a children's burns unit over 18 months then left to do mental health certificates. and ultimately ran D&A detox and rehab units. Indeed, the offered D&A training was negligible in the 1970/80's but was one of the major admission causes, (in a major city hospital) thence many of us learned by the seat of our pants. It is a little better now with more services available but still lacking. Addiction is a serious and common health issue.
Yeah same for me guys... I lost my dad in April this year after a long alcohol battle, numerous hospital visits and mental health periods. Then went down the same road myself. Thankfully I got the help and am at peace.
@@Jleon1983 Hi pleased I can help, do not even consider 1 drink, relapse in my opinion is the killer …you re 15 months in …keep focused and positive Please subscribe and share to help spread the word 👍
Just remember. One drink and you will go back to where you were very quickly. Hence the saying “It’s the first drink”. There are two kinds of alcoholic. Those who drink and those who don’t drink. Just know that you are better off not drinking than drinking - whatever that little devil in your brain tells you. Tell the little devil to fuck if he tries to say anything. Good luck.
Hi,well done on your recovery, when the devil gets into your head shake him off,take a walk call a sober influence dont play with this incredibly dangerous substance. My youngest brother is on his way out with it,heartbreaking, I have been sober 25 years now, I count my blessings every day, but I never ever underestimate the evil that is alcohol, good luck and stay strong.
Thanks for posting that.Im 6 weeks out of hospital after living an almost identical day over and over again for a long time.All the very best to you sir.
My uncle was an alcoholic. It was very bad, like you described. He lost his job, his wife left him. He also smoked and he was hoarder. So he was alone in his small flat packed full of boxes and stuff, hardly room to walk through, drinking. And then he managed to stop drinking I think with the help of AA. I have so much respect for him and you and everyone who has the strength to kick this aweful addiction! He lived another 25 years or so, sober, better. Well done Steve, hope you're well today!
@@tabby73 Hi sorry for the late response, your uncle was a brave man it’s a hard fight, thank you for your support, please subscribe and keep watching 👍
@@stevencurry215 I subscribed. You're a brave man too not only for getting sober but also for sharing your story so honestly for the world to see. Thank you and God bless 🙏🏻
Hi, I’m an alcoholic, and getting some help, hopefully going to rehab, your so right, alcohol is the most dangerous drug, thank you for your channel, it helps ❤
@@paulroe9689 Hi there I am so pleased you are getting help, let me know how you are progressing, please subscribe to the channel and keep watching, hope to speak on here again soon👍
Hiya Steve thankyou so much for replying, I'm with March Cambs CGL and AA I've reduced my drinking and hoping to go to rehab, it's to so with my sexuality ( don't tell anyone) but I can get help for both alcoholism and my sexuality, the bottom line is to completely stop drinking and be happy within myself, keep posting Ur videos U help so many people xxx
Hi Steve, It's an existence & a total nightmare, obsessing over alcohol. Nothing else matters, no focus on anything else apart from the next drink. I couldn't sleep, so I drank more but still couldn't sleep, anxiety through the roof, panicking. Great video. I hope you're well
74 days sober. AA is a Godsend. Had to stop drinking by myself, AA helping me deal with sobriety. These are the best days of my life Thankyou for sharing Steven.
Hi ya ..welcome to the channel…so pleased for you getting sober AA has helped so many people maintain their sobriety.. Please subscribe & keep engaging 👍
My end was 8 bottles of wine a day and utter destruction and i have been free of the stuff for 9 months now and watch videos like yours to remind myself just how bad it was. . . .Stay well.
@@barristanselmy2758 Hi it seems an incredible amount of Alcohol, even to me as a seasoned drinker & alcoholic….Please subscribe and share the videos to others who are struggling 👍
15 months sober. Bravest thing I’ve ever done. I’ve been ‘born again’ and relearning how to do things sober. I drank daily since my teens. Got to the point I was sinking over 100 units each week. Fill each day with as many distractions as possible, notice that triggers are nothing but O.C.D. And don’t need to be acted on. Brilliant videos on TH-cam to relearn how to live. It can be done. Well done everyone ❤
@@gonnabeayogi1445 Thanks so much..congratulations on 15 months sober - Fantastic…thanks for your input Please subscribe and keep watching pls share to others who are struggling 👍
After being medically discharged from the Army I drank heavily. I’ve stopped drinking but the damage I’ve done was that I now suffer from pancreatitis and other abdominal issues. Thank you for your honesty 👍
Thanks for sharing your story I hope you are feeling a little better, please subscribe and keep watching my friend, share to others who are struggling, I am ex police massive drinking culture was it like that in the army?
Lost my best mate eddy at the age of 37 to alcoholism, God bless you brother, Well done for what you have achieved in getting clean, Wish you all the luck in the world, In Jesus name amen.
My old man died last year at 56 from exactly everything you've described here. Right down to not going to the doctors, not eating, not wanting to be seen. Everything is absolutely spot on. A year before he died he fell out of the loft trying to find more beer. Broke two ribs and never even bothered going to the hospital. Only reason we knew was the autopsy report afterwards. He died of a pulmonary embolism from sitting on the couch drinking beer. No blood flow in his legs as all he did all day was sit down and drink. Great video mate. People need to be aware of how this always ends.
I stopped 14 years ago. No choice. I mixed my meds with alcohol and had a catastrophic drop in blood pressure. Woke up covered in blood. Decision made. Drink and die. Don't drink stay alive. Thanks Steve for your honesty.
@@markcameron2691 Hello Mark seems you have been through torture too…. Congratulations on 14 years sober Please subscribe to the channel and keep watching 👍
Amazing video mate. I’m 33 and have been battling with my alcoholism for years, not completely out the woods with it since I still have my blips but getting better after every lil blip I have.
The last part about alcoholics not being able to cut down, "you've got to stop", is very poignant. I'm not and never was an alcoholic, but I am over 3 months alcohol free. I really empathise with anyone who has alcohol addiction. It's an awful disease, that spreads outwards, like the roots of a tree, and affects those we love also. Congrats on turning things around. Thanks for spreading the word.
I have been there Steve, 14 years sober and life is good. I have been scrolling through all the comments, and it shows just how much of a problem alcohol is. As they say, it's good to talk. Thank you Steve for your courage in sharing this with us. I wish you all the very best.
Absolutely bang on. I would go through gigantic binges that would sometimes last for years where i was so frightened of the world / of running out of booze that i felt as though i was living on a seperate planet to everyone else. Alcholism is a brutal and harrowing condition.
Thank you for sharing, I drink a bottle of spirits daily, usually after teatime and get drunk to oblivion. I do it cos of previous experiences in my life but I know I need to quit this sh*t. Your video was insightful and will help me quit this evil stuff. I'm glad you're on the road to being better my friend.
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Recovering alcoholic here. Got sober 1991. Relapsed in 2017 for 2 years, sober again since 2019. I forgot about how devious this illness is. Never forget, it’s sits on the shoulder like a praying mantis to strike when you least expect it. Ever vigilant now. Grateful to be sober today.
Wow that’s incredible sober for so many years ..26? It’s hard to believe it comes back so strong…I was off 8 years… then bang 💥 it was full on ….horrendous Please subscribe and keep watching… sharing.. I will pin this to the top it’s mind blowing how evil Alcohol is
I think you are incredibly brave putting this post out there. I am so happy to hear that you have turned your life around. I sincerely wish you all the very best for the future. You may not realise this but you are inspirational and I am sure you will go on to help many others in their battle against addiction.
Your story is spot on. I struggled with drinking for 10 years and it has taken its toll. I'm again experiencing these same words you speak. Thank you for your story, it gives me hope
It had taken after a massive heart attack followed by heart failure after 30 years of heavy drinking and smoking i gave up the drinking and smoking on new years day 2020. I found out the hard way the damage that both alcohol and cigarettes can do. I don't preach to anyone just access whats more important. i do have bad complications with my heart but alive to see my son grow into a self sufficent hard working man that doesn't drink or smoke. Well done onthe video Steven.
Keep going, you're not alone. My son is nearly 25 years old, I stopped drinking nearly a year after he was born. I almost threw everything away but I made a promise to my wife and son, that I'd never hurt them or drink ever again. She stood by me and helped me with my demons. And I've never looked back. I stopped and stayed strong for my family and me. Sometimes it will be really difficult, but just stay away from temptation even if it means losing a few friends down the pub, do it for yourself and your family
There are some like me who drink too much but who do no harm to anyone, or mean any harm, and still maintain loving environments for their families, continue working despite it all, the drinking is a self-medication for injuries sustained in the past.
Very heart felt and instructive from someone who has been to hell and has survived. I have known alcoholics and have been a drinker myself but managed to get control of my habit. Lost my brother 💔 at 52 years old from alcohol. It just destroyed him. His will to work and do things as the booze slowly consumed him. I hope people take heed and do something for themselves and their family. You are a good person and you have survived. May you have a good life now.
respect to your wife, she probably saved your life and you would not have seen your son grow up so huge credit to you both. If i had the same support maybe i would'nt have fell down so hard..the wake up call of divorce never helped me and can only blame myself. My son is 11.
The first time I got chronic pancreatitis, went to hospital, they did a scan and found i had a fist sized tumour in my right kidney. They took the kidney out soon after and I would have been dead years ago as Kidney cancer doesn't show until its gone everywhere else, so lucky in that respect, over the years I slipped back into drinking heavy and have had chronic pancreatitis a further 8 times that i have been hospitalised for and 2 other occasions when i suffered it out at home and once in my campervan for 3 days couldn't move. I am currently very focussed and 502 days without a drink. I am training strongman type weights, hillwalking and loving my retirement, im 58 and i plan on getting much much older. Thanks for your insights and stay strong and keep doing this it helps others without a doubt. Thank You.
@@Candles666 Wow what an incredible story, thank you for sharing this. Well done on achieving 502 days….you are a strong man💪 keep going. Please subscribe to the channel and keep watching 👍
Hi Andy …great news …did you get a private Rehab ?. I got offered nothing sadly from the NHS Thank you for watching … please subscribe and share the channel to help spread the word 👍
Hello Steve, I’m very grateful for finding this channel literally by chance. I’m not an alcoholic and I never struggled with alcohol but I live with a flatmate who is an alcoholic. He is never violent and he never crosses any lines so there is no issues there. He tried to get help last year but lasted only 2 weeks in the hospital, then he discharged himself and went back home with 2 bottles of wine. I didn’t say anything really but I felt what a waste of time and money. He struggling with depression all his life and using alcohol as a coping mechanism. He is still able to work but soonest he gets home, he starts drinking and that’s 7 days a week. I’m not quite sure how can I help him? I don’t judge him because his alcoholism doesn’t cause me any problems, but he is very ashamed of it and doesn’t really know how to quit. Thank you Steve
That's a great description of a day in the life of an alcoholic well done Steven. I drank until I was 47 and I'm 60 now and it took a long time with a lot of attempts to get sober. The last 3 years were horrific just as you described, my pattern was pretty much the same as you and I was sick until I got the first drink in the morning often puking in the pub toilet after my first sip. Panicking about trying to get the alcohol into me to stop the shaking, watching the barman to turn his back while I held the pint in two hands. Horrific I was a dead loss and close to death so eventually I ended up I rehab and only for them I was gone. I'm sorry for rabbiting on your video brought me back so thank you for the good work. If you're struggling don't give up trying it took me about 100 attempts over 10 years to get it and I can't believe I don't need a drink now.
@@Fifty-one-Fifty Hi thanks for sharing your story, it’s hell on earth or worse been sober 5 years now, every day is a good day, I am glad you are much better, please subscribe and share the channel to help spread the word 👍
Well done Steve for staying sober and for putting your story on TH-cam, I witnessed alcoholism in my family many years ago, you are an inspiration to people who are dealing with it
My heart breaks listening to you mate. Such a nice, kind, cool bloke and to know you had all this shit is awful. I will say, you are my favourite channel to watch while i try to quit. So personable and straight forward. Thanks for existing brother.
@@TheDeathlessLordCerberus Thank you my friend… I think I’m getting the message across a little about how deadly Alcohol is I appreciate your support 👍
Thank you for such an honest and vulnerable look into your former lifestyle. My dad is an alcoholic and I believe I have inherited a predisposition to addiction from him, although not with alcohol. Only now, in my mid 30s, have I been able to start to reflect on buried childhood trauma. Thanks for sharing.
Hi thank you so much for your personal story …I am currently doing some research onto the genetic link with addiction. Please subscribe to the channel & keep sharing 👍
Thankyou for posting this, I'm on day 30 and yesterday and today was so close to going to buy wine. When i say that i don't mean 1 bottle, i always had to buy 5 to make sure i had enough for the day. I've watched so many videos but this has really hit home and i thank you!
@rosalindwyatt8274 morning, thankyou for checking on me 🥰 wow can't believe just 4 weeks ago I was craving, seems so long ago. Just over a month alcohol free now thankyou. Hope you are well 🙏
With that world falling apart, or on the way to falling apart, I've always said that the world around you grows smaller and smaller the worse your problem gets. It's tough to put into words what I mean exactly but I think anyone who's been down that road will know that feeling. Beyond that, you will also reach a stage where everyone, and I mean everyone, knows exactly what goes on in your little world. I don't mean to suggest it is shameful. I just know that I felt shame. I lost a sibling to suicide. Alcohol played a role in their death. They were sober but they had been binge drinking for weeks and no one knew. How did I deal with this? Alcohol and painkillers for several years. When I look back now, the physical suffering was intense at times but the mental suffering...the anxiety...my god there's nothing like it. After probably my worst binge ever, I sat in a heap the next day with electricity and daggers zapping in and out of my head with no warning, I felt this stronger than ever before felt sense of impending doom, I barely knew up from down, I hadn't eaten in days, I sat barely able to move but with my mind going into a frenzy. I sat and replayed through my head all the things I thought had happened in the last few days, or what had maybe happened, or what I'd dreamed and confused with reality. Who did I speak to or not speak to. Who knows what I've been doing here. Does anyone know. Or was my uncle here yesterday taking photos? No wait he's in France at the moment. Who took photos of me lying here? Maybe there weren't photos. Maybe I've just been alone. Maybe I should eat something. Or maybe just keep filling my empty body smoking cigarettes I'm not even enjoying through my dry mucked up lips. Now I'm coughing hard enough I might throw up. On this day in particular I had a moment where I finally knew why my sibling killed themselves. I felt as I believed they had felt and I understood why they did it. That was one of the lowest moments of my life but it did not inspire change. I kept going with my addictions for another year or so. When I finally did get help, I had just turned 28. I was in hospital and having my liver test/results which came back saying my liver was actually reasonably healthy. I was kind of shocked. My friend there with me almost looked disappointed as I think he was immediately worried I would see this as licence to keep drinking and taking pills. The nurse and doctor were also surprised but they made it very clear that I was incredibly fortunate to get those results. They said my relatively young age was likely a big factor in this but that as you age, grow older and continue drinking like this, your body will become less and less able to recover and heal. Still, I believed I would die. Intentionally or unintentionally. I had zero fight left in me to change. I had zero energy. I had zero faith that I could change my life. I knew many people loved me but that changed nothing. I had never felt more alone in my life. All those people tried to talk to me, to get me to see what they saw, to talk about how things could be. I just didn't care. It meant nothing to me. I was just completely empty. I wish I could say what changed for me and then I could maybe help someone reading this. Truthfully I don't know what happened. Something inside me stirred. I did have two seperate moments where two people spoke to me and somehow got through to me. It didn't cause an immediate change in me but i definitely kept thinking about them over time. Somehow I stopped. What I want to emphasise to anyone reading this... If you recognise yourself in any of the above, if you feel that hopelessness and despair, you can still conquer your addictions. I was absolutely convinced I never would. I was wrong. If I can do it, I know anyone can. So please never give up. Hold onto hope because without it you have nothing. If you have no hope, you can find it. I hate cheesy motivational stuff but I write all of this sincerely. I've been sober almost seven years now. Within that time I have gone through some really quite traumatic stuff. My mum died after many years of being brain damaged after a botched operation. She died slowly for three years. Most of this burden was on my shoulders and hand on heart I never once even thought about having a drink. It truly is possible to get to this stage. My life isn't perfect... At all... But it is so much better without this poison controlling me.
This is an amazing message to all ….so well written and factual….your words are so powerful I will pin this to the top so it gets maximum exposure, please subscribe and share the videos 👍
wow just wow reading your comment am drinking as I write this, but I know I am heading your way (in the past) thank you so much you have inspired me. It's now up to me. Pauli
I could remember few years back after my husband died, I was left alone with 3 kids. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment changed my life for better. I can proudly say i'm totally clean for 6 years and still counting. Always look to nature for solution to tough problems, Shrooms are phenomenal.
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I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
Mushrooms are very medicinal. This is why anybody familiar with psilocybin and any other kind of fungi will tell you, "They are alive." They have a very ancient wisdom. To my experience, all mushrooms have always said, "Pay attention to your life. How you think, how you feel, and what will you do with the information that you always knew, but now are seeing in this point of view." This is why mushrooms are so respected in tribal cultures. This mental health treatment works for me too. Half micro doses do the trick for me. At least a few days at a time with lengthy time in between. Never addictive. Thank you for sharing this point!
Hey Mate - thank you so much for your honesty. I’m so glad to hear you are safely out the other side and may the strength to stay well be with you always.
Thank you for your candid video. I was a miserable alcoholic, I no longer drink after my bile ducts became inflamed and affected my liver, I stopped drinking immediately and not drank for 7 years. I'm sure you'll think it odd, but I work in a small bar, luckily being with drink doesn't seem to bother me, but a very close friend who was also a regular in the bar died in his sleep last week. He was in the bar the night before he died, he was only 70, he basically drank himself to death, his whole day revolved around alcohol and your description of a typical day sounded just like his, I miss him. Well done in getting yourself off the drink.
My older brother was a binge drinker, when he was drinking he hit it real hard. So i can kind of relate to what you say. Genuinely glad you have managed to turn your life around. Good for you 👏🏻👏🏻
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I'm so glad the TH-cam algorithms brought your video to me today... As i almost gave in to temptation. Within a week I would have been lying in a bed of my own filth and still drinking, shaking, sweating and retching bile..desperate to get even an hour of respite through sleep...HELL!
Hi Andrew you sound like me years ago….Relapse was my enemy…it takes you back immediately that first drink Please subscribe & share the content Keep in touch mate 👍
Drank heavily for 10yrs and it got to the point a hangover was a daily routine. I was swollen like a balloon and it just kept getting worse and worse. I kept away from the hard stuff and stuck to beer only. I knew if id keep a bottle of hard liquor sooner or later i would drink it like a fish with a roll of tums for heartburn i could pass anything. I was at the point of almost in tears trying to quit but it just got the best of me and id start over again and again and nothing changed but my health for the worse. Well i met this great woman that filled the void i was so trying to fill and today i can say il buy a 6pack and it will last me the whole week. I did not go to any AA meetings as i was not ready to say il never drink another beer my whole life but never to the point i was at. Well 6 months now and i have to buy new pants and the clothing i had to put aside now fits very well. My legs shrunk to normal i just cannot believe how much it was hard on my body and my daily thinking of how i seen things around me. She has 2 glasses of wine il have 3 to 4 beers on a Saturday night and that it. I am eating at normal hours it sure feels good to be myself again. I have to watch myself and it will be better with time but i can seriously say the cravings are nothing like i had before. Yes its still there but when i walk thru that door at home and see this beautiful lady it goes away and getting easier with time. I told her i would rather have cravings then to drink myself to stupid and not make her go thru what i went thru with my ex wife. She had gotten into nose candy ended up ruining us 14 yrs ago after 17 yrs of marriage. never il let it get back to the point i was at. Best quote i ever read was doing something over and over again and expecting different results. Best part is waking up in the morning beside the woman of my life without the hangover.
Well done on your sobriety 🎉. I've been sober 25 years this year.I was staying sober 5 minutes at a time in the beginning of my recovery because the thought of not having a drink for more than 5 mins was terrifying.Keep it up and all the best for your future.
@@BarryPittom Thank you Sir I can relate to the 5 minute issue, I was terrified of stopping due to previous seizures Thank you for subscribing and for your support 👍
Thank you for sharing your experience. It clearly was a hell of emotional rollercoaster, but I can assure you a lot of people appreciate the courage it took , to lay it out as it was. Thank you and I wish you all the best!
@@timcoulton3706 Thank you Tim, my health is excellent now just need to Abstain from alcohol eat well & exercise. How are you? Please subscribe to the channel and keep watching 👍
So good to find this.ive been sober 3 Months,having made the decision to stop using alcohol. It's not been difficult mainly because I just realised I didn't Want to drink anymore. I have chronic anxiety and I'd been using booze to self medicate.
A Day in The Life of an Alcoholic...My first thought when I woke up in the morning was that I definitely need to drink now... It’s like you don’t belong to yourself. Everything becomes gray and unimportant - only drinking matters. And cigarettes. 2 packs a day.I was constantly drunk, as soon as I started to sober up, horror, tremors, tachycardia, profuse sweating, shaking rolled in - it was hard for me, but I continued to drink
I fully understand you as an alcoholic. Incredible that I am still alive through Grace I believe. Leaving the clinic today, a bit scared to go back to reality. Great reminder what you describe about the serious dangers of alcoholism.
Well done for getting a grip...My Dad was an alcoholic, he had various warnings throughout his life to stop, he couldn't..he had 3 kids, a wife who loved him dearly...not enough, passed away in the end. Alcoholism is an illness...a very bad illness. Drinking is one thing, it's when it becomes your best friend in the world that it becomes the problem that leads to your doom..so. well done steven for stopping when you did.
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Fair play for turning it around chap,you should be proud of yourself.Ive watched it take the lives of a few people in my family who couldn't overcome it.keep doing what your doing
Hats off sir, I'm in recovery from opiate addiction and now work in the field. It never goes away and no matter how many years go by we are never fixed! Never get complacent and think you can have one. Remember one is too many and ten is never enough. Keep talking! Never isolate. Thanks for the honesty.
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" It never goes away and no matter how many years go by we are never fixed!" That is such an irresponsible comment for people taking the first step to recover (especially youngsters), totally negative. The problem is NOT with the substance, the problem is in the nature and belief system of the substance abuser.
It’s so easy to slip into it. Looking forward to having drink. Thinking about the next drink. Never entertaining stopping, because you know you can’t. Very brave videos. I’ll look out for your next one.
Joined british merchant navy 1970.good wages. On board 10p a pint and branded spirits £1 a botlle. Cigs £200 for £1.drank to excess. Had DT’s a few times. Myself and many crew members were probalbly alcoholics. Berr at breakfast time. I had a runnin with my boss when in avonmouth. He was an alcoholic and arrogant with it. He got aggresive . I tried to walk away. He laid handsvon me. Warned him. Next time i lost it and in the morning was thrown off the ship. On returnnto liverpool for a meeting with merchant navy officials i told them to stick the job. Poss still drunk from night before. Got other jobs but could not afford to be an alcoholic( did try tho). Still like a drnk a couple times a week but packing up the sea probably saved my life.
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Thank you for taking you're time to make this video ..i went to rehab and all i got told was to cut down no help at all. Im going through the same. My problem is my brain tells me i need it, and then my body. Alot of the reason i drink is boredom, Also sweats and not sleeping with out it.... i feel if i can not get to grips with this i will be dead soon. i have drank for 30 years some time really heavy to the point im puking bile and ill. Im not a pub man but like clock work im at asda every day to buy more its a vicious circle.
Thank you for this and your honesty my dad was an alcoholic it's the worse and not talked about enough when you are going threw this with them it's the worst unless they want to change my dad has passed now 11 yrs ago but its what killed him seeing someone you love in some harendous ways is very hard to forget but I just need to remember my dad was ill ❤
Literally everything you said happened to me aswell. I started really young though. By the time I was 19 I was drinking 3-4 3 litres of frosty jacks everyday. I would stock pile it as well incase I ran out. I ended up in hospital when I was 21 because I wasn’t eating, and the nurses and doctors said if you don’t stop you won’t see 30. Being young I thought nah I’ll be ok and just started putting half cider half lemonade in. But the damage was already done and when I was 24 I ended up in hospital again with a blood clot that went from my left leg into my left lung, a swollen liver and I had completely destroyed my stomach. I am 38 now and still struggle to eat. I have to force myself to eat now. I still think about drink everyday and sometimes I think a few cans wouldn’t do any harm but I know I’ll just end up the same way in less than a year. Anyways thanks for sharing your story mate. Glad you got off it and I hope you live happily ever after. Well done mate and keep it up. Alcohol is the worst but it’s still legal for some reason.
@@pavelowpower Thanks for sharing this very REAL story, this disease is hideous and kills too many, I will pin your post at the top, you suffered terribly as a very young man. Please subscribe to the channel and keep watching 👍
Thank you for sharing your story. My husband was an alcoholic & it destroyed our relationship & in the end destroyed him. Hope life is good for you in the future.
Well done Sir. Alcohol is like a familiar, warm embrace that also stabs you in the back. It's so easy to fall into the warm embrace when life gets tough, but nothing beats sleeping well and waking up chirpy. 😀
Brilliant video. I've been there. My last drunk was so bad. Anxiety off the chain, hungry but not able to eat, not showering, unshaven, tired but not able get that deep sleep etc etc. I ended up in hospital after a seizure. When the poison becomes the medication, you know you're in trouble. Nice one Steven!
Yes I have been through all of that, reached rock bottom with health issues like liver disease and heart failiar, I ended up inhospital, I have not had a drink now for nearly 2 years. It's been hard and the temptation is always there but I cope and my health is stable at present. I'm 56 and feel and look a lot better. Thank you so much for letting me know that I was not the only one feeling the same as you. All the best to you. 😊
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Your experience sounds exactly like my dad’s days as an alcoholic. He died earlier this year at aged 62. All he did is drink in his flat and then went to Spoons to drink in the evening. Taxi to and from his flat and he could hardly walk. His flat was disgusting and he smelt horrible. He didn't have anything to cook with so only ever got takeaways to his door. He just watched youtube all day/listened to music. I went to his flat to clean and tidy it and he didn't even have a bed (he slept on the sofa) he went from a fit middle-aged man with a great job and wife to losing his house, wife, job and his mind. Sadly he had serious mental health problems too and never wanted help even when he was hospitalised multiple times. I tried my best to help him, helped him financially and managed his finances but the pull of alchol was so strong. He left behind 3 daughters under 30. Well done for pulling yourself out of the hole! I don't know you but I am proud of you.
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Had same with my dad sometimes u just can’t help them no matter how much u try
@ I'm sorry, it’s so sad and heartbreaking but some people just don't want the help or to change.
@@fangal5207 I’m sorry for your loss, this disease is so ruthless and unapologetic, it tears it’s way through family’s, starting with the person who addicted and then it spreads like wildfire to everyone who loves and cares for that person.
You can’t blame yourself for your dad’s actions, some people are just too far deep in addiction it’s just too little too late .
The “fuck it button” is a VERY dangerous thing and not many people recover after pushing it, especially later in life.
I don’t know you father in the slightest and I’m definitely not excusing his behaviour/actions buts as someone who has suffered heavily with addiction to several different substances. I can imagine he loved you and given a magic choice he would of stopped there and then but I might be completely wrong. Like I said I don’t know the full story.
Please find it in your heart to forgive him otherwise the misery and pain lives on without your dad being there . I wish you all the best and again, sorry for your loss.
@fangal5207 Thankyou for your nice compliment and I wish you well
I think that posts like this should be shown in schools to educate kids in the dangers of alcohol. You are incredibly brave giving your insight into these dangers.
@@peterq6535 Thank you Peter, why don’t I try this approach to get into schools and universities I have a friend who is a retired GP and a councillor locally it would be very worthwhile to do it & save lives
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I fully agree. I started drinking regularly around age 13/14. You just never think it'll be you when you're young
@@crank3751 hi this is an excellent road to take this community down, we are growing quickly thanks the intelligent insightful comments & debate, 👍
@@peterq6535 This is an excellent idea I will start looking into it 👍
@@stevencurry215 Excelllent idea, get TV and media involved, on-line media go for it. You are doing something really worthwhile - well done. 😉
I appreciated listening to this. I'm 44, and since the age of about 22 I've drank hard. At my worst, I literally felt physically incapable of quitting, and every moment I was awake, I'd be drinking. My circadian rhythm was entirely thrown off... essentially, I'd just come to from bring passed out at random times and start drinking immediately until I passed out again. The nightmares, anxiety, shame, and feelings of impending doom were maddening. I even had visual and auditory hallucinations at one point during an attempt at quitting. I'd consistently and violently throw up bile.
I truly had to get to a point in which I hated alcohol, and my body hated alcohol, in order to stop.
Today I wake up early every day and go to the gym. I sleep peacefully, have tons of energy, have a voracious appetite, and enjoy the calmness of my life. I actually enjoy boredom, lol.
I never realized being sober makes you do high.
@@JustinBennett-c1x Hi wonderful message… love that line “ Being sober makes you high” …so true..Please subscribe and pls share the channel to boost awareness 👍
Nearly completed my first week sober. Stories like this keep me focused. Thanks for posting 💙
@@jamescoogan9003 you are welcome James. Well done on your sober week..congrats
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Keep going mate you can do it 👍
Please stay with it
I just fell off feel guilty as fuk
Hope you're still going strong. I'm over 2 years sober now, and it's great. More motivation, clear head, no hangovers, and saved so much money. That's just to name a few benefits.
im 26 days sober and am so glad this came up on my algorithm. Thankyou Steven i needed to listen to this today.
Stick with it. Stop counting.
Well done, you are doing REALLY WELL.
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I have been there. I was a practicing professional with it all. Everything went. The courage to change felt impossible.
Change happened in “hell” itself.
Today I’m sober. Alcohol free for the past 2 years.
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Congratulations
Good on you, my story has much similarities to yours. May God bless you.
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My dad died an alcoholic and so did my uncle. They were 37 and 44. I needed to hear this today because I need to take a look at my habits that are starting to go down the wrong path. Thank you
@@ben.g.414 Hi Ben so sorry to hear of your loss …they were both so young
Start to look after yourself..we only have 1 chance …
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Keep away from it ben, my dad died 54 of it...I didn't follow his path I'm now 62...stay away.
10 years sober last week but the greatest delight was seeing a guy after 3 weeks sober and seeing the difference in him
@@clivet3846 Hi Clive what a lovely message 3 weeks sober looks better…I love that 👍
10 years for you “Awesome”
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Feel for you thank you for sharing
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I’m 5 years sober. Don’t know how I’m still here. I was drinking 2 bottles if vodka a day. It took a quarter of a bottle to stop the shakes. Really don’t miss those days. The thought of it now gives me shudders. Anyone that makes it out of that deserves huge respect. Most don’t make it. Well done and thank you for sharing.👍
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Amazing well done!!! I'm 30 days free today
Well done 👍
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My girlfriend is going thru it now was with her 17 years I had to finish it I tried again and again she says she wants to die she’s turn psychotic on the pills she was
Prescribed She got violent with me every night she’s still drinking and getting worse 1 point it was 4 litre bottles of vodka a day plus
I have been sober for 23 years and 3 months. When I chose to stop I received no help from anyone, indeed there were various people who actively tried to get me drinking again. These days there are many, many avenues you can go down for help and there are thousands of people who will help
Keep going, one day at a time
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@@stevencurry215 you’re doing great, we’re all with you
Then you haven't been doing it properly
Well done I have been off it for many years never looked back done it all by myself put your mind to it good luck
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Heartbreaking story, Sir - brought me to tears. I'm delighted to hear that you are 5 years sober - even though we've never met and I'm nobody important in your life, I'm so proud of you and your determination to survive and warn others. Stay strong.
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I spent years addicted to drugs and took anything I get my hands on by the time I was 30 I started drinking and any shred of self esteem or hope for a better life were quickly swept away. I ended up homeless for years . I remember walking past houses on Christmas Eve trying to keep warm and seeing people with there families sitting with the tree up thinking there was no way back for me, I had mental breakdown after mental breakdown, alcohol is the worst drug out there and I’ve been through them all, now in recovery and just grateful I don’t think about drugs and alcohol 24 /7 and the constant fear of running out. Thanks for your vid fella and best wishes to you
Similar to me - absolute madness , I'm lucky to have made it to 56 . Alcohol is the worst drug . Got tired of some in AA thinking they were better than 'druggies' . Best wishes.
Great post …agreed re AA 👍
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Well done buddy, been there with you, 3 years now.
Hello! I’m in day 3, I’ve got nausea the first and last night but headaches are gone. Thanks for your videos and please keep going.
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@@Oloolo597 Well done I am 3 months in and feel great. I ruined myself with that poision, hurt people that I love and was a total mess with it. Keep it going and you will see results every week.
Keep going brother - you got this, all the same boat. ✌🏻
Many thanks for sharing. This helps me a lot. Three months sober now and I feel much better for each day that passes
@@klasse645 Hi thank you…so pleased you are doing so well…amazing.. keep at it
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Me too. 74 days and feeling better
Lost my two best mates to alcohol. One last year aged 64 and another in the 90's aged 35. Absolutely brutal. I stopped drinking almost 19 years ago before it became a real problem for me. Different corners. There by the grace of God etc etc.
Well done you and I hope you have a happy, long and healthy future.
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As a medical professional that has worked in detox/rehabs for over 40 years here in Australia, I would like to thank you sir for your clarity and honesty about a daily life so many decent men and women have sadly and unintentionally fallen into. May I say that a properly medically managed detoxification with supportive follow-up and encouragement is not as hard as internal fear will tell you. Don't wait, it won't get easier as you wait for the loss of everything you loved. You do deserve better. Again, thank you Mr Curry. 👍
do you work in a normal hospital now or ever deal with A&E (ER,ED etc) ? because I really think they could do with some more education around alcoholism my dad was a alcoholic he's passed now will be 5 years on the 13th actually time flies the coroner ruled it an alcohol related death & his cause of death was alcohol poisoning and ischemic heart disease I still lived at home at this time with just my mam and dad my sister lived with her partner so I saw a lot sorry for going off the original question there just giving you some backstory I think some a lot of people working in A&E departments right now need re-educating on the severity of it and the dangers of withdrawal my dad was in and out of hospital due to alcohol and alcohol withdrawal and the same thing happened every time he would be put on a bed and then wait for a nurse/doctor to come and examine him once they found out he was under our local drug and alcohol team he wasn't the hospitals problem and they couldn't prescribe him any medication he would be told to go home and keep drinking until he has a bed at a detox centre/and or rehab one morning I woke up to him having an alcohol withdrawal seizure (I'd seen this before and seen him go through DTs before do I was relatively calm and tried to keep him on his side paramedics were called but he refused to go to hospital and after 20 minutes of try to convince him the paramedic left me mam was was on her way to work and asked me what she should do I said just get him some alcohol and ill watch him till you get back so she leaves and after about 20 minutes he had another seizure this time we managed to convince him to go hospital I said id go with him he was put on a bed and told he would be seen too soon well he wasn't and he ended up having another seizure in his bed that's when they decide to run over and try and help him I explained the situation he was put on a thiamine drip and dosed with Librium but after a night in he was told the same thing he always was fast forward to this year I ended up in the same situation I had to beg the nurse for Librium I had nerve damage in my feet from alcohol and my shakes were so bad I couldn't walk and needed a wheelchair my missus even had to wipe my arse for me that was rock bottom for me so I was in and out of hospital 3 times in 4 days for alcohol withdrawal and I genuinely believe most nurses don't have a fucking clue about it they just think 'oh another drunk just stick him in the corner till he sobers up' not realising I was in hospital because I hadn't had enough alcohol not because id had too much I got told the same thing in the morning as my dad did about not being their problem cause I was working with the drug and alcohol team and said I was taking up a bed and need to go home I was cutting my drinking down during this time hence the withdrawal id cut too much too fast sometimes I was cutting down as I was preparing for a 7 night medical detox and my GP thought if I went in there drinking the amount I was she thinks I would relapse once I got out I finally got a bed at the detox facility and stayed for 7 nights that was in April so I'm 7 months sober apart from 3 or 4 lapses but I have a life now at least I know you and others probably wont read all this but I just wish more people new how dangerous it is for an alcoholic to just go cold turkey like with say heroin and pretty much every drug other than booze and benzos anyway rant over but more should be done to help alcoholics instead of a lot of society seeing them as lazy weak minded people the reason that the stigma seems to be worse with alcoholics is cause of the culture of drinking we have nearly everyone drinks not everyone takes illegal drugs so some people think being an alcoholic must be great you just get drunk everyday 'I wish I could do that but I have to work' some people genuinely are that ignorant about it nurses included anyway sorry I rambled on but hopefully it might educate someone who decides to give my much too long comment a read I apologise if people cant read this due to lack of punctuation I do apologise but I don't know when and where to put commas and full stops
@@theChickenstones This is such a wonderful endorsement & I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I would be very grateful if you could subscribe and keep posting, it’s a real bonus to have a Professional as yourself joining us here
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@@stevencurry215 Thank you sir. If I have a possibly helpful thing to say, I shall. Regards from Australia.
@@crackhead8693 Yes sir. Did 5 years in A&E post grad' with cardiac care, emergency care and burns certificates, helped set up a children's burns unit over 18 months then left to do mental health certificates. and ultimately ran D&A detox and rehab units. Indeed, the offered D&A training was negligible in the 1970/80's but was one of the major admission causes, (in a major city hospital) thence many of us learned by the seat of our pants. It is a little better now with more services available but still lacking. Addiction is a serious and common health issue.
@theChickenstones rehab in greater Manchester you are having a laugh you can't even see a dentist nhs a joke
My dad died from being an alcoholic 9 hrs ago, tried to help him for 10yrs, these stories really take me back to some hard times
sorry about your loss
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Geeez billy you have me in your thoughts mate …so sorry to hear of this .. truly gutted for you ❤️
So sorry to hear this, alcohol took my dad too x
Yeah same for me guys... I lost my dad in April this year after a long alcohol battle, numerous hospital visits and mental health periods. Then went down the same road myself. Thankfully I got the help and am at peace.
I've been itching to drink again. Glad I saw this. 15 months sober ❤
@@Jleon1983 Hi pleased I can help, do not even consider 1 drink, relapse in my opinion is the killer …you re 15 months in …keep focused and positive
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Just remember. One drink and you will go back to where you were very quickly.
Hence the saying “It’s the first drink”.
There are two kinds of alcoholic. Those who drink and those who don’t drink.
Just know that you are better off not drinking than drinking - whatever that little devil in your brain tells you. Tell the little devil to fuck if he tries to say anything.
Good luck.
@nicholasmartin297 very wise words. Thanks for that.
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Hi,well done on your recovery, when the devil gets into your head shake him off,take a walk call a sober influence dont play with this incredibly dangerous substance. My youngest brother is on his way out with it,heartbreaking, I have been sober 25 years now, I count my blessings every day, but I never ever underestimate the evil that is alcohol, good luck and stay strong.
Thanks for posting that.Im 6 weeks out of hospital after living an almost identical day over and over again for a long time.All the very best to you sir.
@@seansirkett3868 Thank you Sean, how are you now?
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My uncle was an alcoholic. It was very bad, like you described. He lost his job, his wife left him. He also smoked and he was hoarder. So he was alone in his small flat packed full of boxes and stuff, hardly room to walk through, drinking. And then he managed to stop drinking I think with the help of AA. I have so much respect for him and you and everyone who has the strength to kick this aweful addiction! He lived another 25 years or so, sober, better.
Well done Steve, hope you're well today!
@@tabby73 Hi sorry for the late response, your uncle was a brave man it’s a hard fight, thank you for your support, please subscribe and keep watching 👍
@@stevencurry215 I subscribed. You're a brave man too not only for getting sober but also for sharing your story so honestly for the world to see. Thank you and God bless 🙏🏻
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Hi, I’m an alcoholic, and getting some help, hopefully going to rehab, your so right, alcohol is the most dangerous drug, thank you for your channel, it helps ❤
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@@paulroe9689 Best of luck brother, you are not alone.
Good luck brother.... my thoughts are with you 🙏
Wish you well, pal.One day at a time.Find something to occupy your mind.
Hiya Steve thankyou so much for replying, I'm with March Cambs CGL and AA I've reduced my drinking and hoping to go to rehab, it's to so with my sexuality ( don't tell anyone) but I can get help for both alcoholism and my sexuality, the bottom line is to completely stop drinking and be happy within myself, keep posting Ur videos U help so many people xxx
Hi Steve, It's an existence & a total nightmare, obsessing over alcohol. Nothing else matters, no focus on anything else apart from the next drink. I couldn't sleep, so I drank more but still couldn't sleep, anxiety through the roof, panicking. Great video. I hope you're well
@@ChristopherHughes-u5j Hi Chris all good thanks, how’s you ? Yeah the only focus is Alcohol & survival
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@@ChristopherHughes-u5j Thank you Chris 👍
I am nearing 11 months sober. Videos like this keep me strong! Thank you!
You got this!…well done
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74 days sober. AA is a Godsend. Had to stop drinking by myself, AA helping me deal with sobriety. These are the best days of my life Thankyou for sharing Steven.
Hi ya ..welcome to the channel…so pleased for you getting sober AA has helped so many people maintain their sobriety..
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My end was 8 bottles of wine a day and utter destruction and i have been free of the stuff for 9 months now and watch videos like yours to remind myself just how bad it was. . . .Stay well.
8 bottles that even shocks me …. So pleased you are still with us …❤️
8 bottles of wine a day. What in the hell is that even right or what.
@@barristanselmy2758 Hi it seems an incredible amount of Alcohol, even to me as a seasoned drinker & alcoholic….Please subscribe and share the videos to others who are struggling 👍
This lady is on an American gallon
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Well done, keep going who ever you are
15 months sober. Bravest thing I’ve ever done. I’ve been ‘born again’ and relearning how to do things sober. I drank daily since my teens. Got to the point I was sinking over 100 units each week. Fill each day with as many distractions as possible, notice that triggers are nothing but O.C.D. And don’t need to be acted on. Brilliant videos on TH-cam to relearn how to live. It can be done. Well done everyone ❤
@@gonnabeayogi1445 Thanks so much..congratulations on 15 months sober - Fantastic…thanks for your input
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Congrats, not a easy thing to do. Very painful.
After being medically discharged from the Army I drank heavily. I’ve stopped drinking but the damage I’ve done was that I now suffer from pancreatitis and other abdominal issues. Thank you for your honesty 👍
Thanks for sharing your story I hope you are feeling a little better, please subscribe and keep watching my friend, share to others who are struggling, I am ex police massive drinking culture was it like that in the army?
Be as healthy as possible and enjoy the time you have
@@RealLifeFinance 100% Great advice, please subscribe and keep watching this is so true “the time we have’” 👍
Lost my best mate eddy at the age of 37 to alcoholism,
God bless you brother,
Well done for what you have achieved in getting clean,
Wish you all the luck in the world,
In Jesus name amen.
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My old man died last year at 56 from exactly everything you've described here. Right down to not going to the doctors, not eating, not wanting to be seen. Everything is absolutely spot on. A year before he died he fell out of the loft trying to find more beer. Broke two ribs and never even bothered going to the hospital. Only reason we knew was the autopsy report afterwards. He died of a pulmonary embolism from sitting on the couch drinking beer. No blood flow in his legs as all he did all day was sit down and drink.
Great video mate. People need to be aware of how this always ends.
So sorry for your loss …a very personal story …Alcohol kills too many people too early
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I stopped 14 years ago. No choice. I mixed my meds with alcohol and had a catastrophic drop in blood pressure. Woke up covered in blood. Decision made. Drink and die. Don't drink stay alive. Thanks Steve for your honesty.
@@markcameron2691 Hello Mark seems you have been through torture too…. Congratulations on 14 years sober
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I'm a three weeks sober, good on you sir 💙🙏 God bless you
@@rigby7662 Well done..sorry for the late response…glad you are making excellent progress…please subscribe and keep watching 💪
Amazing video mate. I’m 33 and have been battling with my alcoholism for years, not completely out the woods with it since I still have my blips but getting better after every lil blip I have.
Hi apologies for the late response…..I hope you can stop totally if I can you can
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The last part about alcoholics not being able to cut down, "you've got to stop", is very poignant. I'm not and never was an alcoholic, but I am over 3 months alcohol free. I really empathise with anyone who has alcohol addiction. It's an awful disease, that spreads outwards, like the roots of a tree, and affects those we love also. Congrats on turning things around. Thanks for spreading the word.
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My uncle was an alcoholic and he used to speak with the same mannerisms as this man - the pursing of the lips as if savouring a drink.
Great video.
Hi ya …I never thought about the lips …and the drink
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I have been there Steve, 14 years sober and life is good. I have been scrolling through all the comments, and it shows just how much of a problem alcohol is. As they say, it's good to talk. Thank you Steve for your courage in sharing this with us. I wish you all the very best.
@@michaelmurray-d8m Thank yon Michael I hope I can help others
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“Please make me feel better” I remember those desperate prayers and pleas to the great unknown. It’s the worst nightmare.
Absolutely horrendous Ian. Hope you are well, please subscribe and share to help spread the word 👍
No idea why this popped up in my feed, I've never drunk or researched it on TH-cam but this is a really enlightening video.
Thank you so much…I would be grateful if you could subscribe & maybe share the videos to highlight the problems of steady drinking
Absolutely bang on.
I would go through gigantic binges that would sometimes last for years where i was so frightened of the world / of running out of booze that i felt as though i was living on a seperate planet to everyone else.
Alcholism is a brutal and harrowing condition.
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Thank you for sharing, I drink a bottle of spirits daily, usually after teatime and get drunk to oblivion. I do it cos of previous experiences in my life but I know I need to quit this sh*t. Your video was insightful and will help me quit this evil stuff. I'm glad you're on the road to being better my friend.
@@slakjak869 Hi there thank you for your kind words..it is good you have realised you have an issue with Alcohol
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Your on the other side of this mess now; another life saved “yours!!”… I don’t think courage can come as gracious and humble as yourself
@@jacklonergan9991 Thanks Jack for your very sincere support
Recovering alcoholic here. Got sober 1991. Relapsed in 2017 for 2 years, sober again since 2019. I forgot about how devious this illness is. Never forget, it’s sits on the shoulder like a praying mantis to strike when you least expect it. Ever vigilant now. Grateful to be sober today.
Wow that’s incredible sober for so many years ..26? It’s hard to believe it comes back so strong…I was off 8 years… then bang 💥 it was full on ….horrendous
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*You have a beautiful way with words!*
You shared an important aspect of this illness, that years don’t remove the illness.
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Well done mate
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I think you are incredibly brave putting this post out there. I am so happy to hear that you have turned your life around. I sincerely wish you all the very best for the future. You may not realise this but you are inspirational and I am sure you will go on to help many others in their battle against addiction.
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Your honesty is inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing a most difficult time in your life. All the best to you
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Your story is spot on. I struggled with drinking for 10 years and it has taken its toll. I'm again experiencing these same words you speak. Thank you for your story, it gives me hope
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It had taken after a massive heart attack followed by heart failure after 30 years of heavy drinking and smoking i gave up the drinking and smoking on new years day 2020. I found out the hard way the damage that both alcohol and cigarettes can do. I don't preach to anyone just access whats more important. i do have bad complications with my heart but alive to see my son grow into a self sufficent hard working man that doesn't drink or smoke. Well done onthe video Steven.
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Keep going, you're not alone. My son is nearly 25 years old, I stopped drinking nearly a year after he was born. I almost threw everything away but I made a promise to my wife and son, that I'd never hurt them or drink ever again. She stood by me and helped me with my demons. And I've never looked back. I stopped and stayed strong for my family and me. Sometimes it will be really difficult, but just stay away from temptation even if it means losing a few friends down the pub, do it for yourself and your family
@@MrChillytube Wonderful message Sir, what an inspiration, please subscribe to the channel and keep commenting please 👍
There are some like me who drink too much but who do no harm to anyone, or mean any harm, and still maintain loving environments for their families, continue working despite it all, the drinking is a self-medication for injuries sustained in the past.
Very heart felt and instructive from someone who has been to hell and has survived. I have known alcoholics and have been a drinker myself but managed to get control of my habit. Lost my brother 💔 at 52 years old from alcohol. It just destroyed him. His will to work and do things as the booze slowly consumed him. I hope people take heed and do something for themselves and their family. You are a good person and you have survived. May you have a good life now.
respect to your wife, she probably saved your life and you would not have seen your son grow up so huge credit to you both. If i had the same support maybe i would'nt have fell down so hard..the wake up call of divorce never helped me and can only blame myself. My son is 11.
The first time I got chronic pancreatitis, went to hospital, they did a scan and found i had a fist sized tumour in my right kidney. They took the kidney out soon after and I would have been dead years ago as Kidney cancer doesn't show until its gone everywhere else, so lucky in that respect, over the years I slipped back into drinking heavy and have had chronic pancreatitis a further 8 times that i have been hospitalised for and 2 other occasions when i suffered it out at home and once in my campervan for 3 days couldn't move. I am currently very focussed and 502 days without a drink. I am training strongman type weights, hillwalking and loving my retirement, im 58 and i plan on getting much much older. Thanks for your insights and stay strong and keep doing this it helps others without a doubt. Thank You.
@@Candles666 Wow what an incredible story, thank you for sharing this. Well done on achieving 502 days….you are a strong man💪 keep going.
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Thank you, I have been drinking for about 13 of the last 15 days by myself. This is a helpful wake up call.
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I've just got out of rehab. I'm dry over 3 months now. I'm 58 and need a longer life. Regularly attending AA meetings now. Thnx for sharing
Hi Andy …great news …did you get a private Rehab ?. I got offered nothing sadly from the NHS
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Hello Steve,
I’m very grateful for finding this channel literally by chance. I’m not an alcoholic and I never struggled with alcohol but I live with a flatmate who is an alcoholic. He is never violent and he never crosses any lines so there is no issues there. He tried to get help last year but lasted only 2 weeks in the hospital, then he discharged himself and went back home with 2 bottles of wine. I didn’t say anything really but I felt what a waste of time and money. He struggling with depression all his life and using alcohol as a coping mechanism. He is still able to work but soonest he gets home, he starts drinking and that’s 7 days a week. I’m not quite sure how can I help him? I don’t judge him because his alcoholism doesn’t cause me any problems, but he is very ashamed of it and doesn’t really know how to quit. Thank you Steve
Steve, you seem a really genuine and humble bloke, what a journey you’ve been on.
@@iuhjhfdskjsdf Thank you my friend..it was a terrifying battle …I was lucky to fight on..cheers for your support 👍
@@stevencurry215life is beautiful if you let it be, I feel grateful for every day these days❤️
That's a great description of a day in the life of an alcoholic well done Steven.
I drank until I was 47 and I'm 60 now and it took a long time with a lot of attempts to get sober.
The last 3 years were horrific just as you described, my pattern was pretty much the same as you and I was sick until I got the first drink in the morning often puking in the pub toilet after my first sip. Panicking about trying to get the alcohol into me to stop the shaking, watching the barman to turn his back while I held the pint in two hands.
Horrific I was a dead loss and close to death so eventually I ended up I rehab and only for them I was gone.
I'm sorry for rabbiting on your video brought me back so thank you for the good work.
If you're struggling don't give up trying it took me about 100 attempts over 10 years to get it and I can't believe I don't need a drink now.
@@Fifty-one-Fifty Hi thanks for sharing your story, it’s hell on earth or worse been sober 5 years now, every day is a good day, I am glad you are much better, please subscribe and share the channel to help spread the word 👍
Thank you for sharing your story and experience.
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@ yeah sure 👍🏻. Thanks again for your videos.
Almost the exact same story as a friend of mine who died 24 years ago.
Well done Steve , you have done a fantastic job in saving yourself.
@@bobrushing1085 Thank you Bob…so sad that so many die too young due to Alcohol
Well done Steve for staying sober and for putting your story on TH-cam, I witnessed alcoholism in my family many years ago, you are an inspiration to people who are dealing with it
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Hey everybody just found this channel at 4. 47 on 1st off November All your stories are really helping me at the moment tanks so much
My heart breaks listening to you mate. Such a nice, kind, cool bloke and to know you had all this shit is awful. I will say, you are my favourite channel to watch while i try to quit. So personable and straight forward. Thanks for existing brother.
@@TheDeathlessLordCerberus Thank you my friend… I think I’m getting the message across a little about how deadly Alcohol is I appreciate your support 👍
Thank you for such an honest and vulnerable look into your former lifestyle. My dad is an alcoholic and I believe I have inherited a predisposition to addiction from him, although not with alcohol. Only now, in my mid 30s, have I been able to start to reflect on buried childhood trauma. Thanks for sharing.
Hi thank you so much for your personal story …I am currently doing some research onto the genetic link with addiction.
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Thankyou for posting this, I'm on day 30 and yesterday and today was so close to going to buy wine. When i say that i don't mean 1 bottle, i always had to buy 5 to make sure i had enough for the day. I've watched so many videos but this has really hit home and i thank you!
You got this! Thanks for watching and for subscribing…please keep strong 💪
Hi, hope you are still doing well. Keep going, it does get easier🙏
@rosalindwyatt8274 morning, thankyou for checking on me 🥰 wow can't believe just 4 weeks ago I was craving, seems so long ago. Just over a month alcohol free now thankyou. Hope you are well 🙏
With that world falling apart, or on the way to falling apart, I've always said that the world around you grows smaller and smaller the worse your problem gets. It's tough to put into words what I mean exactly but I think anyone who's been down that road will know that feeling. Beyond that, you will also reach a stage where everyone, and I mean everyone, knows exactly what goes on in your little world. I don't mean to suggest it is shameful. I just know that I felt shame. I lost a sibling to suicide. Alcohol played a role in their death. They were sober but they had been binge drinking for weeks and no one knew. How did I deal with this? Alcohol and painkillers for several years. When I look back now, the physical suffering was intense at times but the mental suffering...the anxiety...my god there's nothing like it. After probably my worst binge ever, I sat in a heap the next day with electricity and daggers zapping in and out of my head with no warning, I felt this stronger than ever before felt sense of impending doom, I barely knew up from down, I hadn't eaten in days, I sat barely able to move but with my mind going into a frenzy. I sat and replayed through my head all the things I thought had happened in the last few days, or what had maybe happened, or what I'd dreamed and confused with reality. Who did I speak to or not speak to. Who knows what I've been doing here. Does anyone know. Or was my uncle here yesterday taking photos? No wait he's in France at the moment. Who took photos of me lying here? Maybe there weren't photos. Maybe I've just been alone. Maybe I should eat something. Or maybe just keep filling my empty body smoking cigarettes I'm not even enjoying through my dry mucked up lips. Now I'm coughing hard enough I might throw up. On this day in particular I had a moment where I finally knew why my sibling killed themselves. I felt as I believed they had felt and I understood why they did it. That was one of the lowest moments of my life but it did not inspire change. I kept going with my addictions for another year or so.
When I finally did get help, I had just turned 28. I was in hospital and having my liver test/results which came back saying my liver was actually reasonably healthy. I was kind of shocked. My friend there with me almost looked disappointed as I think he was immediately worried I would see this as licence to keep drinking and taking pills. The nurse and doctor were also surprised but they made it very clear that I was incredibly fortunate to get those results. They said my relatively young age was likely a big factor in this but that as you age, grow older and continue drinking like this, your body will become less and less able to recover and heal. Still, I believed I would die. Intentionally or unintentionally. I had zero fight left in me to change. I had zero energy. I had zero faith that I could change my life. I knew many people loved me but that changed nothing. I had never felt more alone in my life. All those people tried to talk to me, to get me to see what they saw, to talk about how things could be. I just didn't care. It meant nothing to me. I was just completely empty. I wish I could say what changed for me and then I could maybe help someone reading this. Truthfully I don't know what happened. Something inside me stirred. I did have two seperate moments where two people spoke to me and somehow got through to me. It didn't cause an immediate change in me but i definitely kept thinking about them over time. Somehow I stopped. What I want to emphasise to anyone reading this... If you recognise yourself in any of the above, if you feel that hopelessness and despair, you can still conquer your addictions. I was absolutely convinced I never would. I was wrong. If I can do it, I know anyone can. So please never give up. Hold onto hope because without it you have nothing. If you have no hope, you can find it. I hate cheesy motivational stuff but I write all of this sincerely. I've been sober almost seven years now. Within that time I have gone through some really quite traumatic stuff. My mum died after many years of being brain damaged after a botched operation. She died slowly for three years. Most of this burden was on my shoulders and hand on heart I never once even thought about having a drink. It truly is possible to get to this stage. My life isn't perfect... At all... But it is so much better without this poison controlling me.
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Well done you and enjoy the rest of a life worth living.
wow just wow reading your comment am drinking as I write this, but I know I am heading your way (in the past) thank you so much you have inspired me. It's now up to me. Pauli
I could remember few years back after my husband died, I was left alone with 3 kids. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment changed my life for better. I can proudly say i'm totally clean for 6 years and still counting. Always look to nature for solution to tough problems, Shrooms are phenomenal.
@@Mcdogmom288 Hi thanks for your comment I don’t know anything about mushrooms
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I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped
you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES very sure of mycologist Predroavaro. This treatment worked for me too. Helped me get rid of my life long depression and BPD.
Mushrooms are very medicinal. This is why anybody familiar with psilocybin and any other kind of fungi will tell you, "They are alive." They have a very ancient wisdom. To my experience, all mushrooms have always said, "Pay attention to your life. How you think, how you feel, and what will you do with the information that you always knew, but now are seeing in this point of view." This is why mushrooms are so respected in tribal cultures. This mental health treatment works for me too. Half micro doses do the trick for me. At least a few days at a time with lengthy time in between. Never addictive. Thank you for sharing this point!
Your brutal honesty is very inspiring. No nonsense. Hard truth. God bless you.
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So pleased for you pal listening to you is like listening to every alcoholic I have ever had the pleasure of meeting .
Been sober for 16 years now . ❤
Thanks for posting Sir, god bless you and all the very best of wishes to you. Well done on turning your life around.
Hey Mate - thank you so much for your honesty. I’m so glad to hear you are safely out the other side and may the strength to stay well be with you always.
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Very brave thing to make this video and a very important thing to share! Thank you for sharing and good luck with you sobriety
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Thereb be truth in that.
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Well done Steve. That’s quite a story mate. Keep positive. You made it out the other side.
@@James-yp7jm Evening James, thank you for your kind words, hope you are well
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Thank you for your candid video. I was a miserable alcoholic, I no longer drink after my bile ducts became inflamed and affected my liver, I stopped drinking immediately and not drank for 7 years. I'm sure you'll think it odd, but I work in a small bar, luckily being with drink doesn't seem to bother me, but a very close friend who was also a regular in the bar died in his sleep last week. He was in the bar the night before he died, he was only 70, he basically drank himself to death, his whole day revolved around alcohol and your description of a typical day sounded just like his, I miss him. Well done in getting yourself off the drink.
Hi sorry to hear about your friend
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Thanks man for sharing the truth about liquor.
I'm glad you became a human being again.
God bless.
@@alanmcbride6658 Thank you Alan
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My older brother was a binge drinker, when he was drinking he hit it real hard. So i can kind of relate to what you say. Genuinely glad you have managed to turn your life around. Good for you 👏🏻👏🏻
@@kinghenrik3696 Hi thanks for your message binge drinking is as bad as heavy steady drinking so I’m told
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I'm so glad the TH-cam algorithms brought your video to me today... As i almost gave in to temptation. Within a week I would have been lying in a bed of my own filth and still drinking, shaking, sweating and retching bile..desperate to get even an hour of respite through sleep...HELL!
Hi Andrew you sound like me years ago….Relapse was my enemy…it takes you back immediately that first drink
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Thanks for sharing.
Keep it up and stay sober.
I'm sober for 3 years now at 43.
Very brave of you to share your story. Well done. Good luck to you!!
Drank heavily for 10yrs and it got to the point a hangover was a daily routine.
I was swollen like a balloon and it just kept getting worse and worse. I kept away from the hard stuff and stuck to beer only. I knew if id keep a bottle of hard liquor sooner or later i would drink it like a fish with a roll of tums for heartburn i could pass anything. I was at the point of almost in tears trying to quit but it just got the best of me and id start over again and again and nothing changed but my health for the worse. Well i met this great woman that filled the void i was so trying to fill and today i can say il buy a 6pack and it will last me the whole week. I did not go to any AA meetings as i was not ready to say il never drink another beer my whole life but never to the point i was at. Well 6 months now and i have to buy new pants and the clothing i had to put aside now fits very well. My legs shrunk to normal i just cannot believe how much it was hard on my body and my daily thinking of how i seen things around me. She has 2 glasses of wine il have 3 to 4 beers on a Saturday night and that it. I am eating at normal hours it sure feels good to be myself again. I have to watch myself and it will be better with time but i can seriously say the cravings are nothing like i had before. Yes its still there but when i walk thru that door at home and see this beautiful lady it goes away and getting easier with time. I told her i would rather have cravings then to drink myself to stupid and not make her go thru what i went thru with my ex wife. She had gotten into nose candy ended up ruining us 14 yrs ago after 17 yrs of marriage. never il let it get back to the point i was at. Best quote i ever read was doing something over and over again and expecting different results. Best part is waking up in the morning beside the woman of my life without the hangover.
Thank you for sharing this success story..so please you are happy again
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Well done on your sobriety 🎉. I've been sober 25 years this year.I was staying sober 5 minutes at a time in the beginning of my recovery because the thought of not having a drink for more than 5 mins was terrifying.Keep it up and all the best for your future.
@@BarryPittom Thank you Sir I can relate to the 5 minute issue, I was terrified of stopping due to previous seizures
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Very informative, Steve. I'm glad that things are improving for you and that you have managed to overcome the demons. Well done!
@@howardmealey1408 Thank you Howard, I appreciate that, hoe are you?
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Thank you for sharing your experience. It clearly was a hell of emotional rollercoaster, but I can assure you a lot of people appreciate the courage it took , to lay it out as it was. Thank you and I wish you all the best!
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Thank you for your honesty. In my opinion ,you are a brave man to face your demons. It is so easy to avoid that. I wish you the best of luck.
Thank you so much I hope you’re well
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Thanks for sharing, sounds like one hell of a struggle. Hope you continue to recover.
@@timcoulton3706 Thank you Tim, my health is excellent now just need to Abstain from alcohol eat well & exercise. How are you?
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So good to find this.ive been sober 3 Months,having made the decision to stop using alcohol.
It's not been difficult mainly because I just realised I didn't Want to drink anymore.
I have chronic anxiety and I'd been using booze to self medicate.
@@kevpendle2459 Hi thank you, has the anxiety started to subside ?
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A Day in The Life of an Alcoholic...My first thought when I woke up in the morning was that I definitely need to drink now... It’s like you don’t belong to yourself. Everything becomes gray and unimportant - only drinking matters. And cigarettes. 2 packs a day.I was constantly drunk, as soon as I started to sober up, horror, tremors, tachycardia, profuse sweating, shaking rolled in - it was hard for me, but I continued to drink
@@УшастоеКенгуру Thank you for your message, yes Alcohol becomes a priority and it takes your life
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Good on you for doing this post and wishing you happiness and good health in your Recovery.
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Thank you very much for taking up the courage and making us understand the world a bit better!
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I fully understand you as an alcoholic. Incredible that I am still alive through Grace I believe. Leaving the clinic today, a bit scared to go back to reality. Great reminder what you describe about the serious dangers of alcoholism.
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Well done for getting a grip...My Dad was an alcoholic, he had various warnings throughout his life to stop, he couldn't..he had 3 kids, a wife who loved him dearly...not enough, passed away in the end. Alcoholism is an illness...a very bad illness. Drinking is one thing, it's when it becomes your best friend in the world that it becomes the problem that leads to your doom..so. well done steven for stopping when you did.
@@tracyyy99 Thank you so much, so sorry to hear about your Dad, as me liver Consultant said to me “ It’s the power of addiction “
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Fair play for turning it around chap,you should be proud of yourself.Ive watched it take the lives of a few people in my family who couldn't overcome it.keep doing what your doing
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Thank you for your honesty, it’s very brave and your doing great , the strength to beat addiction is special.
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What a powerful story. Amazing that you have overcome so much and feel compelled to help others by sharing your story! One day at a time!
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Hats off sir, I'm in recovery from opiate addiction and now work in the field. It never goes away and no matter how many years go by we are never fixed! Never get complacent and think you can have one. Remember one is too many and ten is never enough. Keep talking! Never isolate. Thanks for the honesty.
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" It never goes away and no matter how many years go by we are never fixed!" That is such an irresponsible comment for people taking the first step to recover (especially youngsters), totally negative. The problem is NOT with the substance, the problem is in the nature and belief system of the substance abuser.
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It’s so easy to slip into it. Looking forward to having drink. Thinking about the next drink. Never entertaining stopping, because you know you can’t.
Very brave videos. I’ll look out for your next one.
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Joined british merchant navy 1970.good wages. On board 10p a pint and branded spirits £1 a botlle. Cigs £200 for £1.drank to excess. Had DT’s a few times. Myself and many crew members were probalbly alcoholics. Berr at breakfast time. I had a runnin with my boss when in avonmouth. He was an alcoholic and arrogant with it. He got aggresive . I tried to walk away. He laid handsvon me. Warned him. Next time i lost it and in the morning was thrown off the ship. On returnnto liverpool for a meeting with merchant navy officials i told them to stick the job. Poss still drunk from night before. Got other jobs but could not afford to be an alcoholic( did try tho). Still like a drnk a couple times a week but packing up the sea probably saved my life.
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Thank you for taking you're time to make this video ..i went to rehab and all i got told was to cut down no help at all. Im going through the same. My problem is my brain tells me i need it, and then my body. Alot of the reason i drink is boredom, Also sweats and not sleeping with out it.... i feel if i can not get to grips with this i will be dead soon. i have drank for 30 years some time really heavy to the point im puking bile and ill. Im not a pub man but like clock work im at asda every day to buy more its a vicious circle.
@@icer71 Hi thanks for your message I can help you with this
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Respect to you Man for being honest and telling it like it is, I couldn’t have explained it better myself, you’re an inspiration! 👍🏻
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Thanks for sharing this. Very open and honest! That is in essence, your true colours. Wanting to help other people is our best gift. Keep it up
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Thank you for this and your honesty my dad was an alcoholic it's the worse and not talked about enough when you are going threw this with them it's the worst unless they want to change my dad has passed now 11 yrs ago but its what killed him seeing someone you love in some harendous ways is very hard to forget but I just need to remember my dad was ill ❤
Literally everything you said happened to me aswell. I started really young though. By the time I was 19 I was drinking 3-4 3 litres of frosty jacks everyday. I would stock pile it as well incase I ran out. I ended up in hospital when I was 21 because I wasn’t eating, and the nurses and doctors said if you don’t stop you won’t see 30. Being young I thought nah I’ll be ok and just started putting half cider half lemonade in. But the damage was already done and when I was 24 I ended up in hospital again with a blood clot that went from my left leg into my left lung, a swollen liver and I had completely destroyed my stomach. I am 38 now and still struggle to eat. I have to force myself to eat now. I still think about drink everyday and sometimes I think a few cans wouldn’t do any harm but I know I’ll just end up the same way in less than a year. Anyways thanks for sharing your story mate. Glad you got off it and I hope you live happily ever after. Well done mate and keep it up. Alcohol is the worst but it’s still legal for some reason.
@@pavelowpower Thanks for sharing this very REAL story, this disease is hideous and kills too many, I will pin your post at the top, you suffered terribly as a very young man.
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@@pavelowpower Frosty jacks, I used to drink that as well or three hammers. Terrible stuff but it used to do its job. Thank you for sharing x
@@stevencurry215how did you manage to afford it with no work
Thank you for sharing your story. My husband was an alcoholic & it destroyed our relationship & in the end destroyed him. Hope life is good for you in the future.
Sorry to hear that it’s a terrible drug……it is a socially acceptable poison, madness
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Well done Sir. Alcohol is like a familiar, warm embrace that also stabs you in the back. It's so easy to fall into the warm embrace when life gets tough, but nothing beats sleeping well and waking up chirpy. 😀
Well said …the pub seems so inviting at times
Sober is the only way
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Brilliant video. I've been there. My last drunk was so bad. Anxiety off the chain, hungry but not able to eat, not showering, unshaven, tired but not able get that deep sleep etc etc. I ended up in hospital after a seizure.
When the poison becomes the medication, you know you're in trouble.
Nice one Steven!
Thank you Paul, Great message..thank you
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Yes I have been through all of that, reached rock bottom with health issues like liver disease and heart failiar, I ended up inhospital, I have not had a drink now for nearly 2 years. It's been hard and the temptation is always there but I cope and my health is stable at present. I'm 56 and feel and look a lot better. Thank you so much for letting me know that I was not the only one feeling the same as you. All the best to you. 😊
@@yvonnemellish1456 Hi Yvonne thank you for your message, pleased you are sober now…keep strong
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