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Been sober now for 2 years 3 months. Thanks Craig. And your right. We don’t really change habits when we stop drinking. I felt lost when I quit. But at least I’m sober after 35 years of drinking.
I have been sober now for 20 months. The realisation that it is impossible for me to drink in moderation was the final piece of the puzzle of trying to sort out the train wreck that was my life. I tried so many ridiculous ways to justify trying to keep alcohol in my life.....no spirits.....only drink beer.....only on weekends......trust me it will never work!!!!! Once you can accept that fact, you are half way there, if I can do it , anyone can.my life is infinitely more manageable and happy without alcohol.my heartfelt best wishes to all who struggle, hang in there!👍👍👍❤❤❤
@@evansnick81 Hi Nick, yes, I am still sober!👍 It will be six years in June!!😊 I am eternally grateful for each of those days....and look forward to each one yet to come 👍very much hope you are well yourself 🤞🤞🤞
I allowed my EGO to convince me countless times to master moderation....ONE BIG FAT LIE...so many months and years wasted...once I Cowboy'd Up, focused, and started Craig's program, it all became so, damn, simple.....dont waste the time I did...commit!!! Crush it. Thanks Craig!!!!!
I drink beer every night. I always start the day telling myself that tonight i will go straight to bed. The night comes and I say to myself, ok man! just two beers tonight. I always end up drinking like 4-6 beers. I ruin my body and my mind but the worst enemy seems to be my low ambition in life. BUT! I will fix this someday, i must!
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Piff Piff some day you’ll do one thing that may humiliate you to sobriety that’s what happened to me but also the hangovers the pain in my side the anxiety the depression. , for me there was no alternative... ;)
It's exactly what I came for and needed to hear. I have reached a point in my life where I am seeing the lies told to me by this little demon sitting on my shoulder and whispering in my ear, shovelling bullshit in to it. I have had enough and no longer desire to live this lie. I am very pleased to have met you ( so to speak) and hang on your every word. Thank you my friend.
@@NB-sq7ui Hey NB. Thanks for asking. I still don't drink 🙂 I'm 2 years one month. Had to think about that for a second. I don't count anymore. I still can't find a good reason to drink again. Keep getting new reasons not to, all the time! I've influenced my girlfriend and my house mate to give it up too which is unbelievable really. It's nonsense. Total bullshit and a waste of energy. I couldn't begin to tell you how much my life has changed for the better since stopping. Read Alan Carr's 'How to control Alcohol', that and 'Alcohol lied to me' they sealed the deal for me. Funny, I haven't been even watching anything remotely about alcohol on CZcams in a long time. When you're free your free.
You're a classic mate. Truely one of a kind. You have such a beautiful simple way of looking at things. The cross-country analogies you use are excellent. It paints a clear picture, which in turn has the ability to dispel the lies, leaving no room for arguementive come back. I love you mate. Thank you for assisting me to tear down the stronghold of alcohol out of my life.
Out of all of the many Craig Beck videos I have watched, this is definitely one of the best. Straight facts mixed with dry humour. Love your work mate.
I went to an Asian wedding on Saturday and there was no alcohol. I had a brilliant time. Joined in with the Bhangra dancing and was able to drive myself home. What’s not to like. Thank you for your inspiration 😊
Great video once again today its a special day for me I’ve been clean for 3 years today and it’s all down to people like you and around the world keep the good work up and a hope it work a helps all the people who have a drink problem like me ☀️
I help run a FB sobriety support group of well over 30,000 members. Over the years I have seen and heard every possible twist and turn on moderation possible. Quit Lit and podcasts/videos are not my path, but I was obliged to watch this video after a member posted the link and I needed to make sure it didn't promote moderation in any fashion. (That title ....?) Well, it doesn't. Furthermore, this guy is not only quite entertaining, but every word he uttered is very accurate. I especially liked the part where he denounces his father's "Everything in moderation" maxim as complete horse***t, a sentiment I share. I laughed out loud. Five stars for this one. I'm impressed, Craig Beck. Godspeed.
I’ve been drinking for 5 and a half years since my divorce. Even though I “slowed down” to once a week, on Friday’s, I consume 8 25oz of Natty Daddies. Last year I was drinking straight vodka. Yeah...this drinking is not working out for me. I can’t make long term goals and feel more depressed for days after I drink. With each year that passes, that “magic in a bottle” effect dissipates and my recovery time is getting longer. I’ve had enough. In a week I’ll be craving it again. The worst part oddly enough is when I actually start “feeling better”...my mental acuity returns, my depression goes away, and I feel somewhat healthy and energetic again. I start getting creative yet can’t shut my mind off or relax. I know what to do...I just need to do it. In the long run, cravings is nothing compared to a real tragedy like liver cirrhosis.
Craig, I agree with you wholeheartedly on your views on drinking, except one thing . You mention the example of Heroin as something bad that one wouldn't use in moderation...but that's not true for many people who do use opiates, especially prescription painkillers, in the moderate sense. Basically, not everyone is put off by heroin or its analogues, so it may lead to the thinking of something like, "well, I take opiates occasionally, so using alcohol occasionally as well isn't too far off." I hope that makes sense.
Absolutely brilliant these videos, so spot on with everything , I wish I'd of come across you sooner craig beck!...but hey ho 7 month sober and life just keeps getting better :) ... keep up the good work
Another great video, Craig. Anyone with a desire to stop really needs to listen to what you have to say. 5 days alcohol free and I feel so much better without that poison inside of me. The stress of life is still there, but you've said it in many of your videos - alcohol only creates additional stress. Off the stuff, life is actually more manageable. Alcohol definitely does not help.
I found your videos 11 months ago and they saved me. I kicked the poison out, and just like you said, every single thing in my life got better. Thank you Mr. Beck!
Another brilliant video Craig- always so straight talking and say it just like it is. I always think back to one of the first videos I saw where you said you only ever choose the first drink- the drug chooses the rest. Really hit home for me. Thanks for all you do😊
Understanding my underlying emotional triggers for wanting to feel drugged by alcohol helps me to continue as teetotal. I've been teetotal for 5 months plus.
Craig: I hope you get wealthy delivering this message, (because it is way overdue) and if you only even save one life after all this, well think of the wealth of that! 😊
From time to time I come back to your channel just to remember myself that I'm right with the decision I made last year, not that I forgot but because you concentrate back my diluted confidence harmed by other problem drinkers that are usually my friends or family and man....your goood, my life is just starting to colorize(because there is a b&w period after quiting) and yes despite coronavirus I feel more alive and optimistic than I was drinking, I can assure you that there is no one that I know having problems with alchohol and doesn't know about you. Thank you for all your efforts !
I wrote down hangover symptoms and wrote down “don’t ruin tomorrow,stick to no more than 5 cans of lager “had the paper in front of me and still had seven cans and one can gin and tonic,this video is really gonna help me ,luckily I don’t have friends ,so no pressure from that ,most family don’t drink ,one did lots and one pregnant , the 3 other grown up kids don’t ,but one does have a couple if out but not much and don’t really want to .Thursday is my next danger day so Instead of the drink I’ll play video game or knit .or eat nice chocolate
I understand everything in moderation but for alcohol it can’t work because of the highly addiction side of alcohol. I’ve quit using your method and it has helped me and I’ve been sober for 4months now but I still feel like I’m missing out sometime even though I know it’s poison. I don’t think I will ever lose that “Missing out” feeling when partys/Xmas/holiday come round but I choose not to drink because I know deep down il end up drinking everyday again. (Just wish over time that missing out feeling will go) As most of the western world drink and me and the other non poison drinkers are always going to be on the outside of the party’s.
So true ,,you can't un ring the bell gotta accept it man up regroup and move on you were made for helping us with this fight thank you Craig your the man,,, no bs
9 months free. I know u said not to count days, as in AA, and I do agree. Even the many times I tried AA, I always thought the count was meaningless. I do pay attention to the timeline - very little - cuz I want to be aware of "danger points", like the one year mark. My life has, and continues to become better and better. I've never been happier, and eager to actually live, and enjoy life. Thank you Craig for your genius, I love you, and my family loves you. All the best to you, and your's.
Craig's "Evil clown in your head" analogy is the absolute truth. This coming Sunday will be a month without that addictive liquid crap for losers. The way I see it I only have one precious life to live and I'm tired of giving many of those days away by waking up and feeling like hell for 3/4 of a day before I start feeling normal again. I'm not working now but as soon as I am I owe you a big debt Craig. If not for you and CZcams I would have continued to slip down a very seriously evil slope with a very bad ending. I feel so much better, it hasn't been like this for many years! Destroy the Demon /Respect yourself / spare yourself from pain and disaster. How amazing the real truth is... God Bless.
Drinking Alcohol is like driving a formula one car without brakes you start off slow then you hit top speed but then you can’t take the corner you end up crashing and burning into the barrier , for me anyway !
drank for 10 years ,stopped drinking for 5 months ..felt comfortable so i had one beer since then been drinking 6 beers and some time vokda every morning after my night shift for the last 9 months and hate it!!
I've been having problems with acute anxiety and depression for a long time. I went to the Dr and got betablocker for this, they helped a bit but not much. After doing some research the penny dropped that it was the alcohol that was causing the problem with anxiety, then I would drink to numb it or make it go away. I was trapped in this feedback loop.
I had half a liter or Johnnie Walker right now and I completely agree with you. I grew up and taught "don't waste anything" and I almost poured it down the drain, but, it was good. Now, I can't wait until tomorrow at 3pm (7/20/2020) to sober. Alcohol is one of the things in life that resembles Satan himself, although God gave us alcohol to enjoy life but not to abuse it like most people do.
@@Stopdrinkingexpert and please count me for at least a 10% cut, ha, generous ain't i? and craig, i also started a youtube channel, and you can click my thumbnail and i believe if you click this and that you will be able to see my only and very first video as i have deleted 6 of my 7 videos' that i posted on yt cause i am new at this and extremely critical of myself and the lighting was awful and the sound was muffled and terrible, but friends asked why i deleted them and said they liked the videos', hmmm, well, today, i decided to not speak on any of my videos' about alcohol use or quitting or anything related cause i have furniture repair customers but i noticed that my guitar video, the only and first video i posted, got the most likes, and yt teach channels said to go with videos' for a topic that gets the most likes. but, i may sing a song here and there about the drinking blues though. hey craig, you could open your meetings with some pre-recorded music until you take the podium. crowds love music. happy trails craig, and it seems like you were meant to do your videos'. you appear so professional and almost hollywood like in the way you handle yourself on camera, as i cannot do that, i freeze up in front of cameras'.
I’m just over 2 years sober and feel like that from time to time but I realize it’s because I haven’t built my life to where I want it. I’m working on it but still have a ways to go. Now I use those emotions to join more meetup groups or volunteer or work harder on my career
I came home one Friday night and found I only had three cans of Jim Beam mixers in the fridge when I usually consumed about seven or eight in one sitting. Trouble was, I was broke that week and couldn't go out and buy more to make up the usual amount. So I drank the three........and it was a waste of my time. I got nothing out of it, and craved more. From that night until the day I quit, it was always drink seven or eight, or drink nothing. Moderation just doesn't work for many people. It's a no man's land where you neither feel good because you're drunk, or feel good because you didn't drink at all. The real answer is.......to just not be a drinker. 🚴💪😃
You are problably right., I've been trying to moderate for half a year now, and not quite successfully. Although I managed to cut my weekly intake from 35-40 to about 28-30 alcohol units per week. Partly because I started using an alcohol moderation app and recording every sip I take, but partly because drinking has not been that much fun any more. Still I am far from the official "recommended' weekly doses (16 in my country) - which was my goal. Sometimes I think I might be close to at least trying to quit completely, yet I find it difficult to imagine my life completely without alcohol, like not having a beer with pizza. Every other drink seems disgusting at that moment when you are thinking what should I order to drink with pizza:) By the way Craig, what are your thoughts about non-alcoholic beers and wines. Beer in particular in my situation. For a guy that cannot imagine his life without at least the taste of beer, Is it OK to replace beer with zero alcohol beer, at least as an interim measure?
I've been sober 1 year, 3 months and 14 days. I can tell you, from experience, that moderation doesn't work. If you absolutely hate something and it's beaten you down so many times ask yourself this... Why would you want to moderate that anyway? Once you're completely done with it and absolutely want a total lifestyle change then you won't even want to moderate, you'll want it far away from you as possible
I don't drink anymore either but I think the reason is you convince yourself that it wasn't that bad and that the positive times make it worth it. On some level you forget just how bad things got.
I have very strong heartburn.Can someone tell me how long it takes,untill that goes away, after i stop drinking? I stopped 6 days ago. Thank you!😖😵🔥🔥🔥⚠️
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That's your local time
I would love to hear you speak in person, anyway your ever coming to Ohio??
Been sober now for 2 years 3 months. Thanks Craig. And your right. We don’t really change habits when we stop drinking. I felt lost when I quit. But at least I’m sober after 35 years of drinking.
I have been sober now for 20 months. The realisation that it is impossible for me to drink in moderation was the final piece of the puzzle of trying to sort out the train wreck that was my life. I tried so many ridiculous ways to justify trying to keep alcohol in my life.....no spirits.....only drink beer.....only on weekends......trust me it will never work!!!!! Once you can accept that fact, you are half way there, if I can do it , anyone can.my life is infinitely more manageable and happy without alcohol.my heartfelt best wishes to all who struggle, hang in there!👍👍👍❤❤❤
😀 CB
Ate you still sober Lee
@@evansnick81 Hi Nick, yes, I am still sober!👍 It will be six years in June!!😊 I am eternally grateful for each of those days....and look forward to each one yet to come 👍very much hope you are well yourself 🤞🤞🤞
I allowed my EGO to convince me countless times to master moderation....ONE BIG FAT LIE...so many months and years wasted...once I Cowboy'd Up, focused, and started Craig's program, it all became so, damn, simple.....dont waste the time I did...commit!!! Crush it. Thanks Craig!!!!!
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
I drink beer every night. I always start the day telling myself that tonight i will go straight to bed. The night comes and I say to myself, ok man! just two beers tonight. I always end up drinking like 4-6 beers. I ruin my body and my mind but the worst enemy seems to be my low ambition in life. BUT! I will fix this someday, i must!
Hi,
Thanks for the comment. If you sign up for today's free quit drinking webinar, I will explain all: www.stopdrinkingexpert.com/webinar/
Best Wishes
Craig
Piff Piff some day you’ll do one thing that may humiliate you to sobriety that’s what happened to me but also the hangovers the pain in my side the anxiety the depression. , for me there was no alternative... ;)
Fast Internet alcohol abuse is a serious matter out there don’t be making light of it , unless you’re just trolling for the sake of it !!
@Fast Internet if you are going to bitch then at least spell it right....."........cry too
@@opencurtin true!
Man everything you say is true I hate it too because I'm in denial about my own problems. I need to get my life back in order. You're a great man
Thank you so much!
It's exactly what I came for and needed to hear. I have reached a point in my life where I am seeing the lies told to me by this little demon sitting on my shoulder and whispering in my ear, shovelling bullshit in to it. I have had enough and no longer desire to live this lie. I am very pleased to have met you ( so to speak) and hang on your every word. Thank you my friend.
Same here man. Respect
@@caidviramontes4528 All the best with your successfull purge my friend.
Hey just want to check in. I'm 14 months sober now. This channel helped alot, thanks . Can't imagine drinking again.
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
How you getting on now ?
@@NB-sq7ui Hey NB. Thanks for asking. I still don't drink 🙂 I'm 2 years one month. Had to think about that for a second. I don't count anymore. I still can't find a good reason to drink again. Keep getting new reasons not to, all the time! I've influenced my girlfriend and my house mate to give it up too which is unbelievable really. It's nonsense. Total bullshit and a waste of energy. I couldn't begin to tell you how much my life has changed for the better since stopping. Read Alan Carr's 'How to control Alcohol', that and 'Alcohol lied to me' they sealed the deal for me. Funny, I haven't been even watching anything remotely about alcohol on CZcams in a long time. When you're free your free.
You're a classic mate. Truely one of a kind. You have such a beautiful simple way of looking at things. The cross-country analogies you use are excellent. It paints a clear picture, which in turn has the ability to dispel the lies, leaving no room for arguementive come back. I love you mate. Thank you for assisting me to tear down the stronghold of alcohol out of my life.
😀 CB
Out of all of the many Craig Beck videos I have watched, this is definitely one of the best. Straight facts mixed with dry humour. Love your work mate.
4 weeks free today
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
Fantastic video yet again. Alcohol free for 5 months.
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
I went to an Asian wedding on Saturday and there was no alcohol. I had a brilliant time. Joined in with the Bhangra dancing and was able to drive myself home. What’s not to like. Thank you for your inspiration 😊
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
60 odd days and still going strong, some days are easy and some I need a little encouragement, thanks for the videos they really help. Cheers Craig
😀 CB
Are you still sober
Hey there, Yes I am !@@evansnick81
Thanks Craig for all you do. Approaching 3 months without drinking.
It's a good decision - never go back to the attractively packaged poison.
Craig Beck
www.StopDrinkingExpert.com
Are you still alive
Your channel is really helpful for reinforcing my resolve! Thanks 😊!!
Happy to help!
Great video once again today its a special day for me I’ve been clean for 3 years today and it’s all down to people like you and around the world keep the good work up and a hope it work a helps all the people who have a drink problem like me ☀️
😀 CB
Hi Craig, 18th of feb its been a year, and the question was at a party, now you can drink again, ... I answered why should I !
😀 CB
I help run a FB sobriety support group of well over 30,000 members. Over the years I have seen and heard every possible twist and turn on moderation possible. Quit Lit and podcasts/videos are not my path, but I was obliged to watch this video after a member posted the link and I needed to make sure it didn't promote moderation in any fashion. (That title ....?) Well, it doesn't. Furthermore, this guy is not only quite entertaining, but every word he uttered is very accurate. I especially liked the part where he denounces his father's "Everything in moderation" maxim as complete horse***t, a sentiment I share. I laughed out loud. Five stars for this one.
I'm impressed, Craig Beck. Godspeed.
I’ve been drinking for 5 and a half years since my divorce. Even though I “slowed down” to once a week, on Friday’s, I consume 8 25oz of Natty Daddies. Last year I was drinking straight vodka. Yeah...this drinking is not working out for me. I can’t make long term goals and feel more depressed for days after I drink. With each year that passes, that “magic in a bottle” effect dissipates and my recovery time is getting longer. I’ve had enough. In a week I’ll be craving it again. The worst part oddly enough is when I actually start “feeling better”...my mental acuity returns, my depression goes away, and I feel somewhat healthy and energetic again. I start getting creative yet can’t shut my mind off or relax. I know what to do...I just need to do it. In the long run, cravings is nothing compared to a real tragedy like liver cirrhosis.
Iv never drank or smoked a day in my life. Not bragging but MAN the difference in my appearence to someone that does them things is astounding.
Craig, I agree with you wholeheartedly on your views on drinking, except one thing . You mention the example of Heroin as something bad that one wouldn't use in moderation...but that's not true for many people who do use opiates, especially prescription painkillers, in the moderate sense. Basically, not everyone is put off by heroin or its analogues, so it may lead to the thinking of something like, "well, I take opiates occasionally, so using alcohol occasionally as well isn't too far off." I hope that makes sense.
Absolutely brilliant these videos, so spot on with everything , I wish I'd of come across you sooner craig beck!...but hey ho 7 month sober and life just keeps getting better :) ... keep up the good work
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
One of my favorite videos by Craig really gets to it on the one
Thank you, that means a lot.
Another great video, Craig.
Anyone with a desire to stop really needs to listen to what you have to say.
5 days alcohol free and I feel so much better without that poison inside of me.
The stress of life is still there, but you've said it in many of your videos - alcohol only creates additional stress.
Off the stuff, life is actually more manageable.
Alcohol definitely does not help.
😀 CB
I found your videos 11 months ago and they saved me. I kicked the poison out, and just like you said, every single thing in my life got better. Thank you Mr. Beck!
Are you still sober or even alive
@@evansnick81alive and sober almost 5 years. 💪🏽
Thanks for the video. It confirms what i have been thinking about drinking these days.
😀 CB
Another brilliant video Craig- always so straight talking and say it just like it is. I always think back to one of the first videos I saw where you said you only ever choose the first drink- the drug chooses the rest. Really hit home for me. Thanks for all you do😊
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
Understanding my underlying emotional triggers for wanting to feel drugged by alcohol helps me to continue as teetotal. I've been teetotal for 5 months plus.
😀 CB
Craig: I hope you get wealthy delivering this message, (because it is way overdue) and if you only even save one life after all this, well think of the wealth of that!
😊
Thank you - it means a lot to see comments like that.
Craig
Totally Agree, Keep Speaking Truth, Craig!!!!
😀 CB
From time to time I come back to your channel just to remember myself that I'm right with the decision I made last year, not that I forgot but because you concentrate back my diluted confidence harmed by other problem drinkers that are usually my friends or family and man....your goood, my life is just starting to colorize(because there is a b&w period after quiting) and yes despite coronavirus I feel more alive and optimistic than I was drinking, I can assure you that there is no one that I know having problems with alchohol and doesn't know about you. Thank you for all your efforts !
I wrote down hangover symptoms and wrote down “don’t ruin tomorrow,stick to no more than 5 cans of lager “had the paper in front of me and still had seven cans and one can gin and tonic,this video is really gonna help me ,luckily I don’t have friends ,so no pressure from that ,most family don’t drink ,one did lots and one pregnant , the 3 other grown up kids don’t ,but one does have a couple if out but not much and don’t really want to .Thursday is my next danger day so Instead of the drink I’ll play video game or knit .or eat nice chocolate
You sound like an interesting person Shazzah... don't let alcohol steal anymore from you
@@Stopdrinkingexpert thank you , I’ll remember that next time tempted 🙂🙂
I understand everything in moderation but for alcohol it can’t work because of the highly addiction side of alcohol. I’ve quit using your method and it has helped me and I’ve been sober for 4months now but I still feel like I’m missing out sometime even though I know it’s poison. I don’t think I will ever lose that “Missing out” feeling when partys/Xmas/holiday come round but I choose not to drink because I know deep down il end up drinking everyday again. (Just wish over time that missing out feeling will go) As most of the western world drink and me and the other non poison drinkers are always going to be on the outside of the party’s.
Don't jump the gun... watch the video!
So true ,,you can't un ring the bell gotta accept it man up regroup and move on you were made for helping us with this fight thank you Craig your the man,,, no bs
Love your passionate videos. 💪🏻
😀 CB
excellent message!
😀 CB
ALCOHOL TEACHES YOU HOW NOT TO LEARN ANYTHING NEW
True that!
Craig
It really is poison ! You are so right
😀 CB
9 months free. I know u said not to count days, as in AA, and I do agree. Even the many times I tried AA, I always thought the count was meaningless. I do pay attention to the timeline - very little - cuz I want to be aware of "danger points", like the one year mark. My life has, and continues to become better and better. I've never been happier, and eager to actually live, and enjoy life. Thank you Craig for your genius, I love you, and my family loves you. All the best to you, and your's.
Doesn't AA tell you to live one day at a time...
Anyway are you still sober
I tried to drink moderation and ended up drunk every time. I quit drinking. One of the best decision I ever made.
Good call
I hate it when you're right... But you are. Just so you know. I keep coming back to your vids cause I know You'll keep inspiring me until I make it.
Thanks for taking the time to comment - it means a lot.
Craig Beck
Drinking in moderation is so easy...I've done it hundreds of times!!! Thank God I found your site!! Gotta stop with this shit!!
:-)
Everything you speak its true!
Thanks for taking the time to comment - it means a lot.
Craig Beck
Wow. Just wow.
😊
I love all your perspectives in this video. Great info
Craig's "Evil clown in your head" analogy is the absolute truth. This coming Sunday will be a month without that addictive liquid crap for losers. The way I see it I only have one precious life to live and I'm tired of giving many of those days away by waking up and feeling like hell for 3/4 of a day before I start feeling normal again.
I'm not working now but as soon as I am I owe you a big debt Craig. If not for you and CZcams I would have continued to slip down a very seriously evil slope with a very bad ending. I feel so much better, it hasn't been like this for many years!
Destroy the Demon /Respect yourself / spare yourself from pain and disaster.
How amazing the real truth is...
God Bless.
Liquid crap for losers. Luv it.
even after three years of not drinking, it is still very difficult to be social in a party setting when everyone is drinking.
i know. i stopped going anywhere out where alcohol is served, then again, i am 65 and love staying home anyway with the cats.
Great message continue get in the word out.
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
Drinking Alcohol is like driving a formula one car without brakes you start off slow then you hit top speed but then you can’t take the corner you end up crashing and burning into the barrier , for me anyway !
True that!
Craig
@Fast Internet How would you know, idiot?
Fast Internet You’ve got serious problems you have stupid ass comments all over the place.. I pray for you🙏
Thank you for helping to get my head straight
drank for 10 years ,stopped drinking for 5 months ..felt comfortable so i had one beer since then been drinking 6 beers and some time vokda every morning after my night shift for the last 9 months and hate it!!
Almost 3 years since I’ve been free from this sh!t drug. Moderation was always just one big lie that I kept clinging to.
I've been having problems with acute anxiety and depression for a long time. I went to the Dr and got betablocker for this, they helped a bit but not much. After doing some research the penny dropped that it was the alcohol that was causing the problem with anxiety, then I would drink to numb it or make it go away. I was trapped in this feedback loop.
I had half a liter or Johnnie Walker right now and I completely agree with you. I grew up and taught "don't waste anything" and I almost poured it down the drain, but, it was good. Now, I can't wait until tomorrow at 3pm (7/20/2020) to sober. Alcohol is one of the things in life that resembles Satan himself, although God gave us alcohol to enjoy life but not to abuse it like most people do.
2 years no Vodka (my poison) and in 2 months 2 years no alcohol
@Fast Internet ?
Love, love, love this!
Craig Beck
@@Stopdrinkingexpert thanks Craig! Watching your videos did help me get through it. I keep watching your videos as a reminder why I chose this path.
@@Stopdrinkingexpert Craig I think Fast Internet is a little bored, perhaps he should spend some time coming up with a better name!
some times just no!!! you speak the truth man!!!
Hi Craig,
Was this live last night at 2:30am on 2/3/20 ?
I did watch you.
I'm still trying to get off it.
😀 CB
craig, you could also write a book titled.....moderation of stupidity......!
Ha true
@@Stopdrinkingexpert and please count me for at least a 10% cut, ha, generous ain't i?
and craig, i also started a youtube channel, and you can click my thumbnail and i believe if you click this and that you will be able to see my only and very first video as i have deleted 6 of my 7 videos' that i posted on yt cause i am new at this and extremely critical of myself and the lighting was awful and the sound was muffled and terrible, but friends asked why i deleted them and said they liked the videos', hmmm, well, today, i decided to not speak on any of my videos' about alcohol use or quitting or anything related cause i have furniture repair customers but i noticed that my guitar video, the only and first video i posted, got the most likes, and yt teach channels said to go with videos' for a topic that gets the most likes. but, i may sing a song here and there about the drinking blues though. hey craig, you could open your meetings with some pre-recorded music until you take the podium. crowds love music. happy trails craig, and it seems like you were meant to do your videos'. you appear so professional and almost hollywood like in the way you handle yourself on camera, as i cannot do that, i freeze up in front of cameras'.
In recovery they say , 'Give up one thing for everything instead of everything for one thing..'
When I heard the ring camera sound I thought it was mine lol
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Craig a massive thank you. I have never been able to drink in moderation. It's all or nothing.
You are welcome... I am very passionate about freeing people of this evil drug.
Hope the vid helps
Best Wishes
Craig: StopDrinkingExpert.com
7 months sober and still depressed and feeling lonley but fighting every day for the better life. At least I can focus now on solving my problems :)
True that!
Craig
I’m just over 2 years sober and feel like that from time to time but I realize it’s because I haven’t built my life to where I want it. I’m working on it but still have a ways to go. Now I use those emotions to join more meetup groups or volunteer or work harder on my career
I came home one Friday night and found I only had three cans of Jim Beam mixers in the fridge when I usually consumed about seven or eight in one sitting. Trouble was, I was broke that week and couldn't go out and buy more to make up the usual amount.
So I drank the three........and it was a waste of my time. I got nothing out of it, and craved more. From that night until the day I quit, it was always drink seven or eight, or drink nothing.
Moderation just doesn't work for many people. It's a no man's land where you neither feel good because you're drunk, or feel good because you didn't drink at all.
The real answer is.......to just not be a drinker. 🚴💪😃
If you only drink in the church for holy communion is that dangerous for your health ?
How many people even if they arnt problem drinkers can really say they can moderate their drinking ?
You are problably right., I've been trying to moderate for half a year now, and not quite successfully. Although I managed to cut my weekly intake from 35-40 to about 28-30 alcohol units per week. Partly because I started using an alcohol moderation app and recording every sip I take, but partly because drinking has not been that much fun any more. Still I am far from the official "recommended' weekly doses (16 in my country) - which was my goal. Sometimes I think I might be close to at least trying to quit completely, yet I find it difficult to imagine my life completely without alcohol, like not having a beer with pizza. Every other drink seems disgusting at that moment when you are thinking what should I order to drink with pizza:) By the way Craig, what are your thoughts about non-alcoholic beers and wines. Beer in particular in my situation. For a guy that cannot imagine his life without at least the taste of beer, Is it OK to replace beer with zero alcohol beer, at least as an interim measure?
I use 95% rubbing alcohol to soften the wood i carve ,one sniff of this stuff you almost pass out !!
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@@Stopdrinkingexpert I could always add a bit of pure Orange Juice to it 😅
In moderation. Is it bad to smoke ones a year ?
How can I get in contact
You CAN moderate, but then you can’t enjoy your drinking (so what’s the point then?).
I've been sober 1 year, 3 months and 14 days. I can tell you, from experience, that moderation doesn't work. If you absolutely hate something and it's beaten you down so many times ask yourself this... Why would you want to moderate that anyway? Once you're completely done with it and absolutely want a total lifestyle change then you won't even want to moderate, you'll want it far away from you as possible
I don't drink anymore either but I think the reason is you convince yourself that it wasn't that bad and that the positive times make it worth it. On some level you forget just how bad things got.
I thought you shrunk next to that hourglass 😂
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Moderation doesn't work. I had to stop 100% Doing much better now
I have very strong heartburn.Can someone tell me how long it takes,untill that goes away, after i stop drinking? I stopped 6 days ago. Thank you!😖😵🔥🔥🔥⚠️
in about a week you will start feeling better,your body and mind are trying to process the absence of alcohol and sugar,dont give up
@@GreekRedpiller Thanks for the help.👍
@@TheArtalex you re welcome,60 days sober,i was binge drinking once a week,i took control of myself again
@@GreekRedpiller Sounds good.60 days is allot. The longest time without alcohol for me was 18 days.
@@TheArtalex This time go beyond 18 days,it will be beneficial for you,dont drink this poison anymore,everything will be better anytime soon
I had a hangover that lasted 3 days, I now only drink in moderation.
Until you can't
Alcohol is ethanol.... nasty stuff.
My dad always told me it makes you dumb
True that!
Craig
how does booze compare to rape and murder?
and there's a difference between chugging a mickey of vodka and having two beer
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