10 POWERFUL Stories of Addiction (& Recovery) | Rich Roll Podcast
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- The third in an ongoing series of curated deep dives, today’s show is a masterclass on addiction & recovery, featuring personal stories of sobriety from past guests & wisdom from lauded mental health experts. To learn more & peruse the full show notes, go here 👉🏾 bit.ly/richroll644
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Truly awesome montage Rich, loved every bit of it! i definitely found it helpful, a lot of powerful messages hit right home. Thank you so much for sharing, God bless!
Love this
Hi Rich, you don't know me of course, but I truly believe that your interview with Dr. Lembke has changed my life; since I watched I've been finally starting to realize that I will be able to overcome a sex addiction that has so badly damaged and hurt the people that loved and trusted me the most. Could you PLEASE explore more about compulsive sexual behaviors / hypersexuality in some of the future videos in your channel?? Muchas gracias.
Im 44 and a single mom of a 14 year old ,no family at all riding all alone in life ,I'm going to watch this before I loss my mind ,to be continued...
ALCOHOLISM turns people into narcissistic psychopaths according to Sam VAKNIN 190 IQ.
I remember watching this all night when I couldn't get a day clean and wishing I could recover so bad. Now I have 76 days and I'm on my way. Don't give up
Hope you made it to 90 days today my man 🙏
@@papertiger9845 I have 95 days today ! Thank you for asking !
@@papertiger9845 I have 100 days today Thank you !
@@papertiger9845 Yes 👍
Congrats!
Last year when I commented here I was only three months sober, today I am 20 months clean and I am very proud to say that, so brothers and sisters keep on trying you can do it!
3 years sober thank god somebody had my back
I finally asked for help but couldn't get any and im really struggling
@@wikastuce9576 sometimes asking for help starts with hard decisions within yourself. Start with the people your around change it
@@wikastuce9576.. I'm also a struggling addict. I'm currently waiting on a detox bed. Stay strong ❤️ You're not alone.
Love that for you. Keep moving forward. Love hearing how people come out of active addiction
If you are watching this, just know you are loved
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporesss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac.
He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporesss
My brother just died of a drug OD. He laid dead for 2 days and was too decomposed to have a funeral......so he was cremated. He was a normal middle class, hard working family man. He had a wife and 2 kids who he ADORED! He drank a few beers a night and on weekends sometimes we would have picnics with neighbors and we drank. I knew over the yrs if he was on a Christmas break or a few days off that he would do a pain pill here and there. That wasnt uncommon these days. I NEVER EVER saw him as the type to get addicted! He was the strong smart one who was the familys rock and my BEST FRIEND. I started seeing changes....he wasnt quite the brother i knew. Then one day out of the blue he decides hes leaving his wife. I told him that divorce happens and ill support him.....but i said be sure to be there for your children. They will need extra love and support through this. As such a great dad...i figured he would do everything right and be there for the kids. He then tells me hes in love and has been seeing another woman for a yr. At that point i told him affairs happen......just help the kids if they need it. So he gives me his new girlfriends name and i look her up on FB. I ABOUT WENT THROUGH THE ROOF! By reading comments on her pics i found out that shes a longtime HEROIN addict. She is white with 6 black children that she lost custody of. I confronted my brother about it right away and he assured me that shes clean and not to worry. I knew my brother was super smart......he had an engineer mind that he inherited from his engineer grandfather. So i put my trust in his word.....but now i had my eye on him. He ended up moving away from his kids and had little contact with them and almost NEVER contacted any of his family again. We were so very close and now he shut me out. He never called my dad again. He texted me and my mom maybe 3 times a yr. I then knew they were on drugs. They ended up getting arrested a few times and while on probation they fled. They moved to an extremely rural town in KY. We had gotten word that they were in deep with needles and meth......and dealing. My brother was in KY for a little over a year........now hes ASHES in an urn on his childrens shelf. He died 3 weeks ago of a fentanyl OD. My brother is now just ashes. Im really struggling in the denial/shock stage of the grieving process. Because of how smart he was i figured he would get sick of that life and we would get him help. My mother and i were planning to try and find him this summer but he died first. We thought we could force him into coming with us and stop all this druggie lifestyle. I know thats ridiculous thinking because the addiction is too powerful and it takes alot of work in recovery......but i was praying that the shock of us finding him and his gf would at least make him think and know we are here for him. So here i am watching videos like these to try and get a glimpse of what his life these last 3 yrs was....and how did he feel mental and emotionally? What do they go through? We hadnt seen him in 3 yrs and the few texts we got showed a much different personality than we knew. He would say things that almost made us feel he had mental issues on top of the drugs......but now i know it WAS just the drugs. This epidemic took my best friend...my brother.....a husband and a GREAT father. Plz pray for my family and me. We are in a nightmare of grief and all the "what ifs" 😪😥😪🙏😥😪
Renee I am so sorry for your loss. My son is addicted to fentanyl. He was in a rehab but quickly checked out. He is 26 and I really don't know how to help him now. I am so scared that I am gonna lose him to this evil drug. I want him to seek help but IDK where to start anymore.
I feel for you. It was the same with my brother. There was NO WAY I could accept that HE was an addict. Even still, it's hard for me to type. You always think that stuff just happens on TV :(
@@kelliborg4090 I know this sounds crazy and isnt realistic......but if my brother were still alive id kidnapp him with force. They wont get clean on their own.....they cant! The drug is too powerful......getting clean is going to have to be forced. I really dont know how else we are going to save these people! China is the supplier and supplys these pills cheap. Between Covid and fentanyl China is destroying America!
Your story touched my heart. I am so so sorry for your loss. Your brother sounded like a. Amazing man and I can’t imagine the void you must feel. I am a Registered Nurse, wife, PTA mom, admired by my peers and became addicted to pain meds. I too became unrecognizable to those around me because I wouldn’t even drink alcohol. I’ve tried so many times to remain clean and succeed for a bit then fall right back into the trap. Addiction is a thief and strips you of everything good in your life. It’s like this self inflicted hell you can’t come out of. Your story has touched me and encouraged me to be strong so that I do not destroy the hearts of the people I love. Nothing will ever be worth losing your brother but please know that because of your transparency in sharing your story I will stay clean one more day. Blessings and prayers for your family🙏🏼
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I stop drinking ,cold turkey ,relaps 3times but finely got sober and stayed that way day by day
Blessings
17 years sober by the Grace of God!
Man. Addiction is one of the worse things a person can go through. Even though my addiction was not as severe as the ones in the videos, they still hurt man. I’m now 8 months sober, but still gotta remind myself that it’s such a blessing to be sober in such a cruel world. God bless those who are also in the process of recovery.
I’m 9 months now too. Just re-visiting this video as it so good. It feels like it’s been 9 years though 😬😂. The time goes so slow. I just need to do the same with chocolate and binge eating issues now.
I think if you use the first step in any 12 Step program; 1. Admit that I am powerless over ……. and that my life becomes unhealthy & unmanageable than you may be able to minimise the harm brought about by regular excessive behaviour.
Good luck & don’t do it alone be a part of a fellowship 👍🎶☮️❤️
I started taking cocaine since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting cocaine addiction. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with similar health challenges.
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Switzerland. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
Yes Dr.benshrooms
I'm really happy for you that your wife decided to help you...I hear about alot of family members or so called friends shutting an addict out of their life, which since most addicts do it to mask emotions to me is the worse thing someone can do to an addict.
How do i reach out to him? Is he on instgram
When you get sober from any addiction it is absolutely vital to fill that now empty cup with the wonderful things life now has to offer you. Embrace and enjoy your freedom.
I remember watching this video a homeless man in New York a year ago. Seeing this brought tears to my eyes as how much better my life is now and this video is still here. Never give up in life. No condition is permanent
How’s it going Kendrick?
Glad u are no longer homeless. I've been 8years now but thank God have no addiction!
In going to rehab centre tomorrow, in been on heroin for 9 years now, see you all in 4 months, good luck to all in recovery....
From Mizoram India
I am from Gujarat, India , how are you now
Don’t stop trying! It’s possible don’t be too hard on yourself and keep trying!
Wishing you the best of luck.
Don’t give up & good luck….GOD BLESS
Congratulations Rich, I was an alcoholic up until July of 2006. I remember having my very last drink
On July 19th 2006. I finished the ice cold drink on a hot Phoenix day. I decided that that was the last one because there was so much more to my life. I took up ultra running and removed alcohol from my life. Now it is February 7th 2022 and I will be running my 66th ultra marathon. I am happily married to my wife, Cynthia and I love my Elementary School Music Teaching Career.
awesome ❤️
@@kyrobson6231 boring is great!!
Nice
I was in Phoenix July 2006 😃
Congratulations!! Keep it up!! I grew up in a family full of alcoholics and I started drinking at 15, I’m now 55 and I’m 6 months sober. It’s not easy but with determination you can do it. I wish you the best
2 minutes in and I'm in tears. Scheduled to go in to rehab next week after 14 years of struggling; the last 4 being the worst. Countless podcasts and lectures on addiction and the painful awareness of it hasn't helped me quit. Utterly humiliating, demoralizing, and feeling shameful. But at the same time a great sense of relief because I know I'm finally on the right path and realizing it's always going to be a battle but this is the best start I've ever raised my hand to. Thanks, Rich, and best of luck to everyone out there struggling with the same.
All the best, you actually can do it, you know you can, easier said than done I know. Good luck 👍
❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏 wish you the best dear and never give up, online hugs 🌹🌹🌹
Hope it works out for you, one day,one hour one minute at a time.we can't do this alone. We do recover 💪
Go for it. All the best 🙏❤
You can do this! You've already done the first step, recognizing the problem. Keep up with those baby steps towards your addiction freedom. Sending good vibes your way.
Alcohol is POISON for our minds, our internal organs, our family relationships ... I don't say I am an alcoholic because I am NOT a sickness. Rather, I say "I AM SOBER" and FEEL BETTER EVERYDAY WITHOUT THE HANGOVERS!!! All the best everyone, may God Bless and Guide you!!!
You're addicted, addiction is a disease state. You are not the disease but you qualify as a member of the club. I am not alcoholism but as a (former) user I was certainly an alcoholic. Whether I am technically still an alcoholic sounds like a stretch but denying it is, for me, asking for trouble..
@@MBrown-wk1uc a disease kills and needs a cure.. like white bloodcells, antibiotica or else.. for this you just need to stop using.. (I stop drinking now for 5 days after more then 14 years of heavly drinking.. i was using 1,5 bottle of wine and a pint of strong beer 11,5% a day and 1 bottle of spirits a week on the side) i will overcome this shit. But im not sick!!!
Without a 12 step programme and getting a power greater than ourselves we are doomed. Im fucked with or without alcohol. I suffer with a disease.
@@chrisgreenhalgh735 your not sick.. you made a bad chose. God / a higher power will not take the blame for your action.. you did by seeking help and by stop drinking. 12-step was made up during the prohibision by wifes that pust for the prohibision..
@@pietb5085 so you think i chose to become a alcoholic 🤣🤣
8 yrs Sobriety for me in June 2022. 🙏My daughter was having a baby.❤ Fantastic for you!🙏💯
I am 40 days clean. The longest ive ever been clean since I became an addict. I havent stayed sober consecutively in about 6 years. I could use a prayer and any suggestions/info that you think I need. I need to keep going but I'm fighting MAJOR depression from guilt and sorrow due to my addiction... 😭💔💯
Get a big book and start reading, work the steps and work the program, get up and get to meetings, I believe in you.
Stay active w your recovery, need to keep going to meetings even when you think your okay w stopping for a while
Get a sponsor, know what your triggers are, and avoid them! Prayers for all who are still in active addiction 🙏
Exercise is a must
It's a tough journey but reading allen carr s book and doing the hypnosis really helped me... he has centers all over the world too and I don t know your poison but he s dealt with all addictions....
Check it out ! And don t struggle alone!
I hope you still are, and if not....I hope you try again. ❤
4 months clean, still dealing with legal issues from getting arrested last year but I am doing better every day.
After 19 years am sober for only 3 months, I have no cravings nor triggers but still I have to keep on watching show like these since we don't have help here in the remote part of North Eastern India and I am afraid of my future. Thank you once again for the show.
Sober for 'ONLY' 3 months? That's HUGE bro. Hang in there 'one day at a time' never give up!
Work 'the program' and the program will work for you!!
Pls read/ listen to alcohol explained by William porter
Congratulations brother from NYC america I was clean for 4 years and relapsed now I'm homeless trying to rebuild all alone. Nobody trusts me or cares about me
@@javin70 respect and trust will be yours if you give a try one last time, don't give up my friend
@@javin70
Never give up to your addiction,
So you relapsed, you was clean for 4 years, you can do it again bro
Anyone going through rehab- ur already a hero for trying!!! U can do it!! Hang on!
After having periods of sobriety I relapsed badly when my partner died during COVID. 3 years on Ive lost my parents and a close friend. I’ve been blaming my relapse of grief and bereavement but my reality is that I’m just an alcoholic. I hope I had my last drink yesterday, the withdrawal is dreadful but I’m going to try 90 in 90 and also reach out to others my AA friends and not self isolate which equates to self destruction. I pray for all in addiction. This was brilliant Rich and guests thank you.
Hey, I just wanted to tell you, you are not alone. The COVID period has been incredibly intense and difficult for drug addicts. I myself am struggling with alcohol and cocaine abuse. Don't let down, if its not today it might be tomorrow, hope is still alive and you are worthy off happiness ...
And.... how is it coming? I'm in recovery too.
Hope u have the courage to remain clean.
I can relate. That was my driving force for years. Well my whole family died so of course I'm a drunk. This is normal. 7 rehabs later, I'll have a year off booze July 16th, 1 year 4 days after my best friend overdosed is my day one.
Bless you! I hope you're doing well. I too relapsed recently. Sometimes the path upward isn't always a steady increase. Don't let a fall keep you down. Dust yourself and get back up. I say this to you hoping the same for myself. I'm sorry you've lost so much. I bet they're routing for you wherever they may be. Good luck
I pray that all the families have peace in their lifes and just think of all the beautiful memories.
Mental illnesses and trauma can destroy much! Much love to everyone..who is fighting ❤️✨
Beautifully said.
Agree totally with your sentiments.
All the best Judith and to those reading this.
"Fighting" is a recipe for failure. The foundation of recovery is "surrender", and then be willing to live differently! "No change, no change". Simple as that!
I agree ppl who suffer with addiction plus, mental health problems, really have to work twice as, hard to get clean / sober.... Thankfully I'm13 months sober from a chronic alcohol addiction... I always, felt so alone untill I found the recovery community online.... Ppl in recovery are, the most loving and caring ppl... X
Ritalin is the solution for every addiction except Porn addiction
@@fooddrugadministrator4079 According to whom?
I shared this with my daughter who is an addict, and pray she will listen! 🙏 Thank you
Your daughter may find
Gabor Maté +
Sam Vaknin's
Addiction TH-cams
Illuminating
Good luck both of you
👍🏻😁💖
I shared it with my son too. Praying for you and your family 🤍💛❤️🖤
I’ve done the same to my daughter. Her addiction is leaving her two beautiful children in my care. I just pray she makes the choice to get help
I 🤲she made the right decision.
This piece deserves a Nobel prize or something.
I used to think I could quit doing drugs, and drinking alcohol by myself, 25 years later I finally am going to give it my all, and quit for good. With the help of God and cam h i'm going to a in patient treatment program. FINALLY
You CAN go 24 hrs without a drink ( or a toke!). That's all you need to do. Promise yourself you won't drink TODAY, and take 5 mins to feel good about staying the course despite everything that may have triggered the urge during the day just ended. It's as simple as that, but you have to schedule both the 24- hr promise and thanking your higher power before you drift off to sleep at night. Skip these daily rituals and you'll end up wriggling off the hook.
Dear friend, the test of sober living is more tastier than any drug or alcohol. May my Lord who helped me take your hands and lead you......
How are you doing?
@@Jen.Rothstein oh am doing well by HIS grace, thank you
I'm so glad to hear that surely God will help you
We keep drinking yeah from childhood trauma and number of other things but another main reason is that we don't love ourselves enough to stop hurting ourselves. Learn to love yourself more and more each day and you'll start realize how much you truly VALUE yourself.
MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL ALWAYS
Sobriety date 1/26/2012
Well said! Best of luck on your journey 🙏🏻
*"I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine." - Neil Armstrong*
Shout out to those in recovery and those yet to find recovery, either way, love you all.
Good luck in your journey, whether in AA, NA or CA etc.
I’m an alcoholic, my family were alcoholics, I don’t want to give it up because I love it but I also hate it and wish I could give it up.
20 days clean, hopefully I get to 100 days for the first time since 2009.
Try ayahuasca! Or psilocibine mushrooms
Ritalin is the solution for every addiction except Porn addiction
try to get to 21 days before thinking about day 100. We do recover man.
I've heard Kratom can help?
Alcoholic? Try Omega 3 fish oil/Dha y Epa... And Gaba + ashawaganda .
This for recovering your sistem and a 2/3 ceremonis for ashawaganda
Tell your head to shut up. Perfect advice. Tried that the other night bf going to sleep. It worked and next day felt it was still working. When it creeps up to start thinking, I recognize I'm doing it and stop.
Omg .. when Cho said “ I want to lose” … thst fckn hit my soul …. Growing up knowing my sister was murdered at the age of 23 and brother was murdered 4 years later at the age of 23 … I grew up with this inside language that “I am going to die at 23” ,,,. I’ve been an addict of every form my whole life … went in and out of sobriety since first trying at 17 until I finally got sober this last time at 25 .. I have 7 years one day at a time since 5-15-2016 … n am alive and free by the grave if a loving God… and still very much battle all the dopamine chasing
It's always so frustrating when you're trying to quit and your "friends" poke fun at it or say silly comments like "you're not going to stop!" Or "it's just one drink you can have a drink" thinking a true addict can just have one is so far from reality
Those aren’t friends
After being diagnosed an alcoholic as a college freshman at the age of 18 in 2005, I continued to chronically abuse alcohol for 14 years until I got sober in 2019 at the age of 32.
As you might imagine, the road to the bottom was downright hellish but also absolutely necessary.
921 days ago I asked for help. 921 days later, I'm still sober.
Thanks, Rich, for your vulnerability and your ability to find like-minded people to share their experience, strength and hope.
Addiction is a monster, but it can be conquered with the proper action and support. Big Ups 🤙🏼
Congratultions!!!!!
That's, amazing very well done to you J R.... I'm 13 months sober a after years of chronic drinking.... Started when I was, 15....and I was, a problem drinker for approx on and off for 10 years
@@jamierupert1008 Thank you!!!
@@debbiefinn6483 Keep it up, Debbie! 13 months is an eternity to be sober, particularly living through the craziness of COVID. You should be proud of yourself 🤙🏼👏
@@JRC_86 it's well deserved.
This is such an important video. I’m in a cycle of addiction even though I overcame my Vicodin, xanax and alcohol addiction. I’ve been on Kratom, smoking weed here and there and cigarettes. It’s been almost 3 years since I hit rock bottom. This was a really important episode that helped me revisit the past and current issue I’m having. I’m not outta the clear yet. I’m just maintaining, which isn’t recovery. It’s maintaining. SO THANK YOU ALL ❤ I can’t sum up in a few sentences just how grateful I am for coming across this amazing piece!
I loved watching this… I never struggled with addiction, I was a social drinker who was forcing herself to drink due to peer pressure… I never liked or enjoy drinking and having just a couple of drinks would make me feel like shit for days….I was thankful for my pregnancy and the lockdowns as I didn’t « have » to drink…. But this year I have decided to change and stand up to my friends I am now sober and so happy…. Many aren’t supportive but I’m strong enough to resist! I don’t owe anything to anyone…
Good for you!! I've always been able to go to a bar/club and not drink, but still have fun. But, I've found it boring these past few years. I just stay home and watch youtube now, lol!!! Or, I take myself out to the movie theatre, a play, or a concert. Be your own best friend. 🌸
good for you
@@Carmen-us1ew awesome
Me too but a decade ago.
But maybe more people feel this way than anyone realises.
Drinking is so normalised and ingrained into the fabric of our countries society.
From births to death... Christenings, birthdays, weddings, funerals and every normal day and special celebration day Inbetween.
Sometimes takes u urself to even realise u can step away and not have to drink like all ur friends usually do growing up.
I was the same tho, was a pregnancy that made me stop and realise didn't have to start again afterwards as u are programmed to think, with just thinking about it like I won't be able to drink for the next 8/9 months.
This was so powerful omg!
Currently struggling with addiction, finding it hard to reach out. Losing my job, crashed my car, girlfriend left me 😒
So many marathon meetings today! Drag yourself in, don't wait to be READY, just go! So many people will want to give you a ride to meetings, that is an easy way to do service and get out of our own heads! My first meeting a lady said, do someone here a favor and ask them to be your sponsor as we were putting away chairs after the meeting. I was like FU, in my head but I kept going back and 2 weeks later never picked up again and I asked a woman to be my sponsor.
Rich will inspire you too, keep listening! 👍
AA has helped me and it will help you too. Go there early, introduce yourself, ask for help. Keep going back. Whatever it takes, you can do it, and you’re worth it.
Just take it as a mosh pit that you ran into, and you're hurting right now beat yourself up and keep going it'll be okay
So many have and are in the same boat....when you throw out a line for help,there will be so many people that totally get you and understand who have experienced the remorse,guilt and shame....that's how we've learnt to give you an anchor.....we all started from the beginning...?throw the line...someone's waiting to catch you...I promise.....
Find an NA. Having people you can talk to when the days drag feeling like crap is necessary
Thanks, Rich! A good reminder of how much I am grateful for my 33 years clean!
Congrats on your sobriety!
Congrats.
Congratulations 🥳 I’m 1 year 2 month 22 days sober after years of relapses and trying 🙏🎁One day at a time .
Congratulations 💚
Amazing!!! What an achievement 👏
In treatment now giving it my all. I need the change been to long coming I want soberity more then anything
I've watched this once a day for the last 11 days....just listening is what keeps me going on my positive trajectory ❤ ❤ ❤ ..eternally grateful for these words 🙏
Look up NA / AA speaker meetings on TH-cam. There's lots. I'm 7 months clean. Good on ya!
That's amazing , welll done on ur sobriety / clean time.... #WEDORECOVER
Getting repetitive?!
I'm learning heaps & laughing with
Gabor Maté +
Sam Vaknin's
Addiction TH-cams
👍🏻😁💖
@@PortraitoftheArtistasanOldDog8
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Personally I've turned to binge consumption due to feelings of near constant isolation. As a poor person in 21st century America, this has always been my normal. Still looking for my thing and community to get involved with.
My husband continues the struggle but continues to makes progress.
My last day using heroin, (which ended up being my DOC,) was June 1, 2017. My life has gotten so much better since working on my recovery/sobriety. I still suffer with anxiety and occasional depression but that's life. I'm beyond grateful for my new way of living. I pray for anyone still sick n suffering, pls go and get help. It's never too late to change your life around!
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What an engaging 'deep-dive into recovery' conversation. The miracle is that it's a Saturday morning with no hangover or being strung out, but listening and making notes and filling my heart and my mind with what works.
Good on you. I hope you can stay strong and love how your life improves ❤
Celebrated 7 years 5-10-2022, by the grace of God and 12 Steps one day at a time ♥️
By the grace of a loving GOD and AA 😊I AM coming up on 8 years sobriety 5-10-2023 ❤ I AM truly a miracle 😊please do not think you can’t get clean and sober ❤GOD LOVES YOU ❤
I'm hurting right now. Realizing that I have a problem, I dranked a lot this weekend. I can't sleep, my body hurts, I have a lot of cramps all over. Spent a lot of money. I am embarrassed, I am hurting. I feel so alone. "You're not a bad person". Damm that hurts.
It's day 1.
Day 2, ran 20 mins.
Day 3
Day 4. Ran same distance 18.5 min and started weights 💪.
Day 5. ;)
Day 6.
10 X better than a University Course on addiction and way cheaper. Thanks Rich!
Ted Talks have some pretty amazing clips...
7 months off meth, 7 days no alchohol. 2022 is guna be 100% clean/sober. No more u healthy coping mechanisms. If I just keep going only good things can come of it! I go to NA once a week.
Ritalin is the solution for every addiction except Porn addiction! I watch Porn every day avoid drugs and alcohol and gambling! Suboxone is for withdraw symptoms only
Hope everything is still going well! 7 months is quite and achievement 👏
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My boyfriend of 5 yrs is in rehab now. I told him I need him sober. I just know how amazing he is that he can do it💪🏻. I can't marry him until he seeks help. This time will give me time to forgive all the lies and hurt feelings. I'm praying he will come out a new man but still love me. ✝️ Congratulations on your sobriety. 👏🏻
I was addicted to pain pills and Adderall at the same time for 4 and a half years, quit cold turkey November 12 2020, only because I ran out of money, It was rough, I couldn't get out of bed for a couple of weeks, it's still a struggle, but my incentive to quit was that these drug dealers were getting rich off me,
That’s awesome! I was addicted to Adderral for about 4 Years as well and haven’t messed with it since 2016. It’s been a complete life changer to be off it.
@@jasongravely7217 That's really good to hear, it gives me hope that I can say the same thing some day,
Not all mate most are selling because that pays for theirs lived that life my self
@@andrepellegrini2849 you will get there time is the best healer
How are You right now?
I loved what Amy Dresner said. "Don't wait till you feel like you're ready"
I've been an addict with opiads my drug of choice for 15 years it's pure hell .. it's the one thing that even a selfish addicted mind wouldn't wish upon even there worst enemies
Find things you absolutely truly love and get so busy with these things that you don’t have time to drink. 10 months off alcohol and weed, down to .5mg of Ativan a day from 3mg a day, let go of a lot of BS social obligations, just turned 36 wish I’d have done all of this 22 years ago but thank god at least the alcohol is done. Alcoholism is pure hell. I wouldn’t put my worst enemies through the torture I put myself through for over 20 years. I hope you find what you love and find some version of existential purpose. I hope you latch on to those healthy things and know you can allow everything negative to just melt off you and out of your life.
As a 48yo all rounder functioning addict that's been playing with fire all my life this video has certainly opened my eyes to an inescapable truth, I am an insult to all those struggling, and those who have lost the struggle, against addiction.
I walk through each day thinking I'm some sort of gift to humanity because I have some sort of edge on addiction, like I'm allowed to toy with it so I can show people there is a path out of it through Christ Jesus the Lord & Saviour.
I am a blemish to the name of Jesus, I am a liar, I am a thief, I am a idolator, full of pride & deceit. I think that somehow I'm above accountability, that I've got some special right to f**k up as often as I please without recompense.
Thank you for sharing real stories of real people who have made it through real struggles because of real circumstances, that life is not a joke, and that there are people out there that need real help, and resources are low meaning lazy addicts like myself need to pull their finger out, get & keep sober, for Christ's name's sake and for the sake of those trapped in darkness. I'm sorry for not towing the line. Thank you for sharing and making it to the end of my pity party. God bless & keep you who are on the narrow way doing the hard miles for those you love, and those that love you 🙏🙏🙏
You are still being honest with yourself. None of us really "function" well while using alcohol or drugs. It is just another lie we tell ourselves to justify our using. At least you know there is a problem and it sounds like you want freedom. Sometimes God is working harder in our lives than we are but every minute we have a choice to do something different and Align with his plan for our lives. 🙏🌺
Every addict is a "functional" one; that is until the disease progresses to the point where that is no longer possible.
Thanks for sharing you true feelings. I am 68 and have been an addict fo 45 yrs. I am on the road to freedom once more. Through Jesus Christ my Lord and savior I will succeed .
Thanks for sharing all your fears with addiction! I too have been an addict for 23 years but in the last 3 years I've still dabbled on and off, I seem to get control of my addiction then think I'm in control only to have to go through the same outcome everytime! There is no such thing as a part time addict, the monster is always bigger than us , so I'm hopeful this time I'll finally stay clean for my mental stability and for the rest of my life ! It's so difficult doing life on life's terms, I have no choice now, I have to and it's scary ! Like climbing out of a cave fir the first time with anxiety hitting the roof , but I'll go through anything now , otherwise I'll loose my mind and life to the ugly monster...Jesus is guiding me,
Sounds like you are very hard on yourself my friend. I know exactly what that feels like and looks like and is. We definitely have a lot of work to do on ourselves to obtain the tools necessary for us to have success in recovery. A big part of that work is learning to be kind to ourselves, hopefully get to be able to forgive ourselves and maybe if we are really successful and a bit lucky we can get to where we actually love ourselves. I'm not there yet, but I see the value in it and I know that it's powerful shit. You're not alone and you're not as bad as you'd like to believe that you are. I don't know you, but I know that. OK? K.
Thank you Rich. 40+ years in recovery. Learning more here.
Love to chat sometime.
Omg that's an amazing amount of time in recovery... I'm 13 months sober after years of chronic alcohol abuse plus my doctor has been amazing with the correct meds and genuinely caring that I succeed... X
Congrats to you!!! 34 years for me...Once I understood dopamine and why my drug of choice was what it was, i started to hear birds chirping, the richness of fresh orange juice and the beauty of blue skies AND clouds. Stay well and all the best to you! and to everyone who struggles with addiction...
I'm about to start watching this 4 days before I am due to depart to detox and rehab.... Wish me luck....
Good luck , stay strong.
@@laza6141 thank you. :)
How have you got on..??
I’m not an addict but I’m a distructive drunk, it’s kinda ironic bc I don’t have anything “wrong” in my life and my mom doesn’t even know that I drink, and how awful I have gotten. I’m only 17 and I tell myself I’m just having fun and it’s part of life, but I keep making really bad mistakes every-time I drink and feel so much guilt, I’m trying to cut down on my drinking. wish me luck bc I’m going on vacation to Mexico in 6 days(which is where my alcohol abuse started)
Me too. Any bad thing that has happened to me was linked to alcohol. I am 77 and sober thru AA for 2 years.
Prescription dependency is a thing. After learning about the cycles of tolerance I guess I can say I'm an addict. I know I can't go completely off my medication, but I will certainly be more mindful and respect my body. 😌
I’ve been sober for 56 days and have had no cravings (alcohol). But that’s scary to me. Knowing that cravings will come. But making videos and just being active have helped me tremendously with the hardest thing I faced, which was boredom
Listen to the Amy Dresner segment. She addresses the cravings. They pass. Relapses are awful.
I recently read a book about addiction that discussed about how to avoid craving so well...hit me up if you need the book link.
@@Jerid58 Relapsing suck! it's the worst, just vicious cycle.
@@peterinfante6187 Everyone says it’s the worst. Ironically had a woman I’d never met in a meeting last night crying off and on while people were sharing, she went last and turns out she had started to slip away from the program and get too comfortable and went back out. She said to everyone don’t do it, it’s NOT worth it.
@@peterinfante6187 drop your Email let me send it to you directly...am trying to avoid spamming.
This episode is a gift Rich! Thank you so much! Ending with Mishka saying he takes you with him wherever he goes is exactly how I live my AA life now with a sprinkling of zoom and live meetings. The pandemic is my excuse. At 9.6 years sober I use the tools given to me in AA and I would not have A life without surrendering to the accountability the was hammered into me through the 12 steps. Monday I interview for a full time job that I hope will combine service and a paycheck with the Salvation Army. Time takes time! I am so glad I found your podcast this year! Blessings to you and your tribe!xx
The 12 Steps are "Our design for living". I went to "topic" and "discussion" meetings for eleven years, then moved, and found a "step" meeting. Totally changed my sobriety for the better! (5/8/94) All the best to you!
The first line could read this is a rich gift
Sober 18 plus years 2 relapses in those 18 years and I paid dearly for the liver was not ready and cholesterol levels skyrocketed and they put stints in the first time and second and last time quadruple bypass. It was cool in my younger years and my family were drunken parties all the time people not blaming them. They didn’t have a clue about the dangers either. Don’t be ashamed just change when you’re ready to quit.
I'm going to rehab soon. I have been an addict since I was 13 with weed and now at 28 I been on crack cocaine for 3 years which started sniffing 6 years ago. It has been a battle my whole life. I have now met the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with and we hope I come back as a new person. I tried so many times but always failed but most importantly I never gave up trying. Sometimes we need some support. Stop being ignorant and just accept that is nothing wrong with asking for help. I never judge anyone, we all see the world different and I wish the best for everyone out there in the world whatever your addiction is. I wish success peace and love
Hope the recovery is going well mate. How you doing
I hope you make it. You are making a great change.
I used alcohol and drugs for 12 years i have one year and 3 weeks sober now it truly works if you work it.
thank you passport!
My parents were both alcoholics and drug addicts. Both narcissistic and emotionally absent. Even to this day at 49 years old I still struggle with the fact that my parents never cared. I try to make peace with the fact that they did not have the ability to see outside of themselves and it’s not my fault. I tried to get closer to my dad bye taking opiates together and drinking and then only made it very worse! My mother is extremely narcissistic yet for some reason I still feel the pool of codependency and trying to get her to acknowledge me/love me. I think my addictive nature came first with my relationship to these narcissist parents. Thank you for letting me share love you all very much thank you
I definitely identify with struggling to get a parent to care although logically I know she's incapable of giving love. It's hard to come to terms with no matter what age. Very best wishes with your recovery.
I can identify, too. Except my emotionally absent is my husband. 😪
You're telling my story. You aren't alone. We can rise above this. With God in the center and a true commitment to change, addiction doesn't have to control our lives for one more day.
God bless.
your child background echos mine but it was my dad who is a violent criminal who was on heroin I got on it when I was in my 20s spent a few years on it but got help but i drink every day but gonna try and get sober will be 49 next june and its now or never for me. kind regards from the uk
Maybe you can try the “ CODA “ 12 steps program . And if you are serious about your recovery that can help you!
This is literally one of the best things I've watched in like ten years. I can't believe how fantastic this is... And it's also super meaningful and important. You are amazing. Simply amazing.
Wow! Thank you so much Rich! I just discovered your podcast tonight, and I was completely blown away! Thank you for sharing and my goodness I needed to hear this. You’re a wonderful speaker and you speak the truth! I’m on the road to recovery and will be watching many of your other episodes from here on out. I just subscribed. I’m an alcoholic and I’m finally on the road to recovery. Your podcasts/videos are going to help me continue my journey. Thank you for doing what you do. Much appreciated, sir.
22 years off opioid addiction.alcohol free!
In service we give and relieve me of self
Thankyou for giving inspiration concerning addiction and recovery. I am 4 months clean and getting better day by day.
GOD bless you
@@CommercialArciaR. Tx I appreciate that. I am 9 months clean now. The healing continues
Good job 👍
Gabor Mate has the very best way of understanding and expressing addiction! His viewpoint has I'm sure saved many! I appreciate him so much for opening my eyes and heart because I had felt that addiction was a relief from the problem rather than being the problem! With this, so many more people can climb out of the cycle
He has a new book out: The Myth of Normal. (Not affiliated.)
Learning the Big Book doesn't cut it
I was fortunate at 16 years sober, when I knew in my heart, it was just a matter of time. Before I would drink, Power delivered me Daily Steps in a very simple profound way. I am still here 45 years sober no longer scratching my head wondering what to do
Wow, Janice.... 45 YEARS, SOBER!!!!!!!!.... WOW UR AMAZING!!!!!!!..... VERY WELL DONE!!!!!... #ODAAT... #WEDORECOVER... #WESOBERNOW.. X
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Ritalin is the solution for every addiction except Porn addiction! I watch Porn and stop doing drugs and alcohol and I’m clean
Did you do AA ?
Eventually the book is the tool that comes to us in pieces when we we need it to redirect us in times of trouble to seek the answer in the great spirit....rock on and congrats 45..much respect
I've been addicted for 13 years. I'm really looking for a fresh start. These videos help me tremendously. My hope is a deeper understanding of the brain will enable the ability to change. Good luck everyone.
I was married to a compulsive gambler and it almost broke me in every way, financially, emotionally and physically. For years i went to a support group for loved ones of gamblers. My recommendation is if you are with an addict walk away. No one talks about the damage to those around the addict.
Let them go.
Wow this was really powerful! I liked what Amy Dresner said- if you never just get through that feeling of "you want to use" you never know that you actually can, because that feeling does pass whether you use or not." I needed to hear that today. Thank you!
Ritalin is the solution for every addiction except Porn addiction! Suboxone is for withdraw symptoms only
@@fooddrugadministrator4079 thank you for that info, will definitely look into that
Absolutely beautiful, thank You!!!
From a addict in active recovery with no cravings by staying busy, committed to taking my meds, and encouraged.
My only regret is the lost of wasting valuable and quality time with my family and self.
The ugly is still my challenge, thank you for your Priceless Time.
Amazing podcast. Soon 10 years into my recovery, I am aspiring to develope my self to become the Norwegian version of you. Thanks man 🙏❤
Congratulations
Thank you Rich. To all those struggling out there - we always have the choice to do the next right thing.
Your correct it is a choice. It took for me to almost kill my mother (whom I loved very much and miss her rest in peace) driving drunk where I was given an ultimatum that I made the choice. Had I known sooner that I can and I will and you are what you think about. I have learned that we do have control but we limit ourselves and expect others to love us when we don't know that we must love ourselves first. Check out other videos the Greatest Secret, As A Man Thinkith, I am what I think about. Dr. Joe Dispenza reprogram your mind. You all struggling out there have faith and you can and you will beat this battle and be happy. My oldest daughter who is now 38 is to an alcoholic and tried to OD this past thanksgiving. She hasn't stopped drinking but she is finally in EPTX with me know and trying. God loves you
Finally a podcast worth my precious time. Thank you so much !
How wonderful your show is!!!!!!
Much LOVE and appreciation from
EAST TENNESSEE 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕.
"You're not ready until you're ready"
I tried to kick my addiction several times and always failed...until I was ready. It's not easy but it's definitely easier now that I can look in the mirror and truly say "I'm done with this shit"
This was incredible. Thank you Rich.
Thank you for this Rich! I love these compilation episodes, you've done so many amazing podcasts, it makes so much sense to revisit them and reuse these valuable parts.
This is amazing Rich. Thank you for doing this
This was amazing, thank you for creating this!!
I am working on 2 years of sobriety, I lost my dad to sorosis 2 years ago. It was a hard look in the mirror but I dedicate my freedom from alcohol to my dad. I love you and miss you everyday. God works in mysterious ways bc I now work with other addicts and alcoholics.
Great job, Rich! Thanks for the service.
Great man.Love to hear from you.
This is amazing and a great resource! Thank you, Rich! 😊
What a gift! Wonderful podcast.
Great advice and stories. Thank you Rich!
Thank you Rich. Ive been waiting for an addiction episode and this surpasses my desires. You are a legend and someone I aspire to be like one day 🌈
"Huge difference between self knowledge and actual change" - YES
This was one of the most helpful episodes. Thanks Rich and those who contributed.
It is wonderful to see such quality of content in YT. Thanks Rich and all your guests. I believe many people out there are in real need of these words.
Excellent, Rich. Thank you. All of us in recovery are in this together.
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You have put together an incredible array of people and their stories. Thank you for this video.
Im 31 and have 14 years of opioid/heroin addiction with 30 days clean and still in withdrawals. Trying to prevent young teens from starting using substances is something I have been thinking about alot. I dont think having teachers/ parents talking to them about it really does anything. In my opinion I feel maybe once a year at school or something they should have people close to there age like mid 20s-30 max that have really went threw it hit them with real honest and brutal stories about how quickly the fun turns to pure hell
Such an intelligent, comprehensive examination of what addiction is, why it is and how facing up to it is a noble thing to do. Thanks Rich - really appreciate you.
My favourite podcast. Rich, thanks for all the great conversations. Happy Thanksgiving from Montreal.
Thanks for this valuable information! Well done! Gratitude!