Thank-you for your transparency, you are a blessing to so many. I quit drinking at age 27 and have been sober for coming up 44 years. I'm 70 now. The best decision I ever made. Thank-you Carol
I am tired of a nightly glass of wine before dinner. I feel so sleepy and it effects my food choices. I don’t feel I have a problem per se, but I don’t like how loose my tongue gets after a few drinks at a party. Glad to have this conversation with you.
I get a lot of grief from relatives (Irish) because I choose not to drink. On the once in a while time I decide to enjoy a drink … they cheer. It makes me mad and I still smile. I then fight off food and most often lose my fight with food. However, I believe now, because of you, I will seek mental help!! So there!! ❤️❤️ 🐆
Thank you for sharing such a personal story. I can relate to so much of what you said. I was a blackout binge drinker, making the poorest choices of my life in those moments, but have cut way back on drinking in the last few years. A lot of it had to do with finding the "sober curious" community that's largely based in the UK (Sober Dave's One for the Road Podcast, My Alcohol Free Life Podcast, William Porter who wrote Alcohol Explained etc.) but also the US (Annie Grace who wrote This Naked Mind, Holly Whitaker who wrote Quit like a Woman). Being able to question your relationship with alcohol without having to label yourself an alcoholic is so liberating. 🐆
Thanks for sharing your story. It's so helpful and moving to see your journey with alcohol, mental health and your view of it. As someone who has seen what alcohol addition can do to your mental and physical health I'm so glad you've found a better place and know who you are and don't need it as that social crutch anymore. It makes me very happy to see how comfortable and happy you are with the place you are that you've worked so hard to get to. You inspire me every day! Only 0.4kg away from 20% lost, gonna get there before my holiday 🐆👄🖤
Thank you for sharing ❤️ I too have used alcohol as a social crutch for way too long in fact most if my adult life. I consider that I have also been in a co dependent partnership with my drinking partner. My health now is the most important thing to me but I can still enjoy a drink. I am off in a cruise soon healthier than I have been in the last 3 years and will definitely be trying a couple of cocktails but the over indulgence no longer appeals J ❤️
Love your channel Carla. Have just stopped drinking at 66 and find your insights very helpful. I did have a laugh when you said what the Irish are known for😂. I don't like potatoes at all 😂😂😂😂
Super thanks! 🐆💋 I really appreciate you and your videos. Talking about alcohol is not an easy task. You sound like you have come such a long way and that is so awesome! 🎉
Thank you so much for sharing. I can totally relate to using food for numbing and alcohol to lower shame for functioning socially. You're inspiring as always! And I am so happy for you that you don't need those crutches anymore. You're definitely inspiring me to be more grounded and stop numbing out. I think another issue with intentionally numbing out is not only do we numb the pain but we also numb the joy. Really enjoying your maintenance journey as well. Please keep the amazing videos coming! 🖤🌞🐆
going from "I need a glass after work to decompress + of course I get drunk with friends on fridays" to "I will get 1 cidre because I genuinely love the taste, and then I am happy and satisfied and I don't need to get drunk" has been lovely
Carla ,I admire your honesty, you are an inspiration to many, including my self. I love listening to your channel. You are beautiful inside and out.I love your alt,style too.keep on with all your wonderful content ,and valuable information. Love Deb from Liverpool. ✨️ ❤
Thank you for sharing. Im complete sober since 2016. I used to say that I only had problem with alcohol when I was drinking it. But still there was problem…
Thanks so much for this video...I drank heavily pretty much daily for several years until this past January when my mom died of alcohol related issues. I currently still drink every now and then but I've realized I don't need it and don't really want it either. In the past I thought that alcohol was helping me with my social anxiety and depression but it actually made it so much worse. Wonderful content as always, your channel has helped me out a lot! 🐆🐆🐆
I absolutely love wine. But after gaining 3 stone and not living anymore I've realised how little it loves me. Im hoping that I never do again but it is so hard x
Lost my father to drink 11 months ago only 4 days before his 60th birthday. (Northern Irish family). As much as it is part of the culture here, it can be devastating for people. I never drink now, glad you can live happily without it also. X
Hi Carla I go out maybe every 4 weeks ...I love a bear or 2.but I know what u mean..I hate a hangover...but drink would give u more confidence...tks for been so honest ur a great person
Excellent video!!! Question for you , I don't know what is "normal" in Ireland. Are you going back to work soon or are you already back at work or is this now your full time job ?
🐆👄 Here is what I got from your video- Our health is our #1 priority Our bodies are beautiful vessels to live our lives Mental health work changes everything Thank you!
Thank-you for your transparency, you are a blessing to so many. I quit drinking at age 27 and have been sober for coming up 44 years. I'm 70 now. The best decision I ever made. Thank-you Carol
I'm 28 and decided to quit recently. I admire your decision and wish you all the best!
I am tired of a nightly glass of wine before dinner. I feel so sleepy and it effects my food choices. I don’t feel I have a problem per se, but I don’t like how loose my tongue gets after a few drinks at a party. Glad to have this conversation with you.
I love that; "Is this bringing me closer to, or further from my goal?" Really inspiring, as always. 🐆
You are such a breath of fresh air. You're the most relatable TH-camr I've come across x
Thank you so much Maebh xx
I get a lot of grief from relatives (Irish) because I choose not to drink. On the once in a while time I decide to enjoy a drink … they cheer. It makes me mad and I still smile. I then fight off food and most often lose my fight with food. However, I believe now, because of you, I will seek mental help!! So there!! ❤️❤️ 🐆
So many shattered lives from this. Glad you've found your balance. Soooo important... 💯👍
Going through a very stressful year and a half and using alcohol to cope. Watching this helps. Thank you, Carla.
Thank you for sharing such a personal story. I can relate to so much of what you said. I was a blackout binge drinker, making the poorest choices of my life in those moments, but have cut way back on drinking in the last few years. A lot of it had to do with finding the "sober curious" community that's largely based in the UK (Sober Dave's One for the Road Podcast, My Alcohol Free Life Podcast, William Porter who wrote Alcohol Explained etc.) but also the US (Annie Grace who wrote This Naked Mind, Holly Whitaker who wrote Quit like a Woman). Being able to question your relationship with alcohol without having to label yourself an alcoholic is so liberating. 🐆
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I heard a quote that I think sums up alcohol perfectly... " Alcohol is cunning, baffling and deceiving ."
Wow that’s such a great quote!!
Thank you for your honesty. You are an inspiration for weight loss and sobriety, much appreciated.
🐆 such honesty is very admirable
Thanks for sharing your story. It's so helpful and moving to see your journey with alcohol, mental health and your view of it. As someone who has seen what alcohol addition can do to your mental and physical health I'm so glad you've found a better place and know who you are and don't need it as that social crutch anymore. It makes me very happy to see how comfortable and happy you are with the place you are that you've worked so hard to get to. You inspire me every day! Only 0.4kg away from 20% lost, gonna get there before my holiday 🐆👄🖤
Wow Deni!! You’re doing so well 🖤
Love that you make your heath #1. You are right - nothing is more important. Literally nothing!
Thank you Kim 🖤
Thank you for sharing ❤️ I too have used alcohol as a social crutch for way too long in fact most if my adult life. I consider that I have also been in a co dependent partnership with my drinking partner. My health now is the most important thing to me but I can still enjoy a drink. I am off in a cruise soon healthier than I have been in the last 3 years and will definitely be trying a couple of cocktails but the over indulgence no longer appeals J ❤️
Love your channel Carla. Have just stopped drinking at 66 and find your insights very helpful. I did have a laugh when you said what the Irish are known for😂. I don't like potatoes at all 😂😂😂😂
Love listening to your life stories. This is exceptional. Just wow.💖
Thank you for always listening Rebecca 🖤
Super thanks! 🐆💋 I really appreciate you and your videos. Talking about alcohol is not an easy task. You sound like you have come such a long way and that is so awesome! 🎉
You are really helping me with this. No one else seems to talk about it. Thanks
Thank you Rosie 🖤🖤🖤
🐆 thank you so much for your vulnerability, and awareness of the differences in your coping mechanisms
👄You’re a very brave girl ! Bless you!
Thank you Kathleen 🙌🏼
Great content! Thanks for opening up. 🐆
Thank you so much for sharing. I can totally relate to using food for numbing and alcohol to lower shame for functioning socially. You're inspiring as always! And I am so happy for you that you don't need those crutches anymore. You're definitely inspiring me to be more grounded and stop numbing out. I think another issue with intentionally numbing out is not only do we numb the pain but we also numb the joy. Really enjoying your maintenance journey as well. Please keep the amazing videos coming! 🖤🌞🐆
That's so true Shannon, we also numb the joy, how well put. 🖤
going from "I need a glass after work to decompress + of course I get drunk with friends on fridays" to "I will get 1 cidre because I genuinely love the taste, and then I am happy and satisfied and I don't need to get drunk" has been lovely
Just wow. You are SO inspiring. 💋
Thank you Tamara x
Thankyou lovely lady… I needed this 😊
Awesome Video Carla, Thank you. ❤
So happy for you that you feel so comfortable in your skin! I'm getting there! 💋
I'm so happy for you Jennifer 🖤
Thanks!
Carla ,I admire your honesty, you are an inspiration to many,
including my self. I love listening to your channel.
You are beautiful inside and out.I love your alt,style too.keep on with all your wonderful content ,and valuable information.
Love Deb from Liverpool. ✨️ ❤
One week sober today 🎉
Update 39 days
Well done - hope you’re still doing well. Kudos to you! 🙌😊
This was such a vulnerable and insightful conversation. Thank you once again for sharing ❤️
Thank you for sharing. Im complete sober since 2016. I used to say that I only had problem with alcohol when I was drinking it. But still there was problem…
You always have such amazing content, thank you😊💕
Thank you for sharing your story. So inspirational! 🥰
🐆🌞💕Carla, you never cease to amaze me with your honesty. It's so refreshing and I always learn something to use in my life. Thank you!
Thank you Gena 🖤
Fantastic video🐆
Thank you Carla! 🖤🥰
Thanks so much for this video...I drank heavily pretty much daily for several years until this past January when my mom died of alcohol related issues. I currently still drink every now and then but I've realized I don't need it and don't really want it either. In the past I thought that alcohol was helping me with my social anxiety and depression but it actually made it so much worse. Wonderful content as always, your channel has helped me out a lot! 🐆🐆🐆
Thank you for sharing Sui, I’m so sorry for your loss 🖤🖤🖤
Carla - real as always
Thank you for sharing, Carla! ☀️🐆💋
You are so wise and strong! 💋🐅
Thanks for sharing so openly with us. You are appreciated. 🐆 🖤
I love how self aware you are and how you work to understand and improve yourself. The world would be a better place if everyone was like you ⭐️
Awe wow thank you, it’s not easy but worth the work 🖤
Very good video. Thank you
Thank you xx
🌞🐆💋thank you for always inspiring me!
🐆👄 great video! Thank you for being so honest!
🐆💋Great and important video!!
Your story is so much like mine. I spent so many years binge drinking and binge eating,
you are authentic
Thank you for sharing with us🙏🏻❤️
Great video Carla 🐆💋
Thanks ! this is a wizen video!
I absolutely love wine. But after gaining 3 stone and not living anymore I've realised how little it loves me. Im hoping that I never do again but it is so hard x
I am also a wine drinker. I hate the weight gain and the bloated look. I wonder how long it takes to lose weight??
👄 Thank you for sharing this, I always learn something new or a new way of looking at things from your videos.
That means so much Cheryl 🖤
This is just the best video, thank you.
Thank you Deirdre 🖤
Great video
Thanks!
Lost my father to drink 11 months ago only 4 days before his 60th birthday. (Northern Irish family). As much as it is part of the culture here, it can be devastating for people.
I never drink now, glad you can live happily without it also. X
I'm so sorry to hear that Lauren 🖤🖤🖤
I’m so sorry that you lost your dad at such a young age 💔
@@jacquelinemartin9124 thank you. Yeah was only 26. Sucks.
👄 🐆 Thanks Carla
🐆 Great topic!
Carla - always so real🐆👄🐆
Hi Carla I go out maybe every 4 weeks ...I love a bear or 2.but I know what u mean..I hate a hangover...but drink would give u more confidence...tks for been so honest ur a great person
🐆 thanks for sharing 🖤
My necklace never stays still either… 😣🤷♀️ but I’m sure we all have bigger issues 😆😅😂🤣
😂😂😂 we certainly do!
I can relate to so much of this. Thank you for sharing
Excellent video!!! Question for you , I don't know what is "normal" in Ireland. Are you going back to work soon or are you already back at work or is this now your full time job ?
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Hello Carla! Can I ask, how many steps do you do in your 1 hour morning walk?
Thank you for your inspirational chats 🚶♀️😊
Between 6 and 9k the faster I go the less steps 🖤
@@HalfofCarla Thank you! Shall aim for 6 here on out! Helpful to have a target! 🧑🦳
@@liannemary4678 I’d focus more on the length of time you’re out and then your speed 🖤
@@HalfofCarla OK! Good idea! Thank you 😊
🐆💋 Thank you Carla. A question that may be a bit too TMI, but during your weightloss journey did you find that your body odor changed?
It didn't no Laura x
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Here is what I got from your video-
Our health is our #1 priority
Our bodies are beautiful vessels to live our lives
Mental health work changes everything
Thank you!
I really like that round up! 🖤
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How to socialise in ireland without drink?
Damn good question. Order a zero alcohol beer, and hope the lads don’t catch ya!
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