Craig Ferguson Gives Bobby Lee Advice On His Struggle With Addiction
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- Craig Ferguson gives Bobby Lee advice after he opens up on his struggle with addiction
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As of today I've been sober 3042 days, best decision i've made.
Good idea to divide it into days. It feels more like an accomplishment that way. Measuring in months or years is the worst mentally.
@@dungeon-wn4gw whatever it takes whether it be months, days, hours, seconds..
I’ll drink to that!
Congratulations man
Im trying to quit my cocaine addiction, its been one week now
@@Cornerkid82 What you could try is tapering.
This was the catalyst for me entering rehab. Now 4 months clean.
Thank you all.
Congrats
Congrats bro
Congratulations.
Awesome! Congratulations! It only gets better. I'm over a year now and LOVE IT!
Big fucking congrats brotha
Craig needs to get his own show again ... I miss him so much
I miss him a lot too
One of the best talk show hosts of all time
i miss the simple pleasures of daffy dük
He doesn't want a show.
He's good but the TV format is thrash. He should just do a podcast if he doesn't all ready.
I love how real Craig Ferguson is.
Not Gay not gay though
@@sawyermitchell917 You can still be amazing and not gay
I love him more than the unreal one, too.
666 likes at the moment (consider this comment a like)
@@EM-vu8qx stop counting likes man ffs enjoy life
Craig Ferguson was the best late night host in my lifetime by far
You've never seen Johnny Carson then.....
@Pastel Sparkles ---- uhh good one? Johnny didn't need all that noise and "extra" junk hanging around...
Josh Philips dude he’s still the best late night guy and hasn’t been on the air in late night for what ? 5 years ? I miss that show and watching him perform every night
and the teamplay with "Geofff Peterson" :-)
He was amazing. The term "underrated" is abused to death but he really was underrated.
7 months Sober on January 24th. Recovering alcoholic myself . never thought i would make it this long. seriously
What a hard fought battle brother. You know what to do just keep talking about the root causes and be proud of what you have accomplished you are worth this.
Great job. Day by day and just remember what reason you decided to stop and remember the importance it was and that its just as important today tommorow next week in march in August in december 2035. Keep up the great work. Cheers to you. (With a coffee)
Keep it up!
Davis buddy 7 months is a huge number. Only us alcoholics know how important serenity is. The more time the more strength of our Sobriety...
We know how we felt when we had our 6 months in..
Great for you and great for me to hear about your recovery.
Right on my man!! Keep it going.
“SUPER irresponsible” I love the way he says that.
"Addicts are the only ones that want a reward for getting a gift in the first place". That's an amazing analogy, sadly the disease of addiction makes sobriety not to be seen as the real gift it is...
Perfectly put and 100% true
I came back for this very specific line and it's changing my life.
The relapse starts before the relapse, Bobby
This comment means a lot
Yes. You relapse in your head first.
Mike Fantasia so true
you can relapse without drinking
@@derppool - True. I've been sober 22 years, but i've had quite a few "dry" drunks in that time. I haven't used but my mental state went to complete shit. You are spot on with your comment.
Craig was enormously underrated as a late night talk show host. He should still have a show on network television.
He was the Best...
I’m 2 weeks away from going to a treatment center for my alcoholism and this clip actually helped quite a bit.
all the best and gl
Best of luck , much love and hope it works well for you
It's worth it! Good luck and God Bless.
Alcohol led me to a mental facility then rehab and I thought I was going to drink to death but rehab worked fir me and I hope it does for you too! It feels soo much better being clean from alcohol but you need to know that it may take a year or two before your brain completely repairs itself. Good luck
When I first got sober it felt like a punishment. After six months I started to think “maybe I can really do this”. After a year I thought “I know I can do this”. I’ve been sober 8 years now, and to be honest, I don’t really think about it at all anymore unless someone brings it up. I consider myself an atheist who knows what a blessing feels like. Lol!
32 months ago, I struggled to stay sober for the 8 hours that I was at work. I’ve got 997 days of sobriety today, and I can tell you that no single decision has had a more positive impact on my life. It can be done. Consumption of alcohol is not compulsory and there is a way out. As Craig once said, you can find help near the front of the phone book.
Im so glad youre doing well
The world needs more Craig Ferguson.
The biggest trap for me, more so than getting through the physical withdrawals or the idea of permanently losing that coping mechanism, was not having something to look forward to. However sad that sounds, it was the prospect of a boring night or the lack of a consolation after a long day at work that always brought me back in the past. It's not that I didn't have things to look forward to before that, it's just that the addiction supplanted those things in a way that can't easily be recovered afterward. I haven't used since 2014, but I know that element of the addiction is lying dormant and it's going to be a very long time (if ever) before I don't feel the need to keep a constant eye on it.
Damn this hit home for me. Still struggling with that too man. The way you put it was great though thanks for posting it helps me to know other people truly feel the same that I do
@@LimoneneDaddy It's an insidious thing, the way it can sort of wrap a person's mind in knots. It takes years for it to loosen its hold on your motivation and reward pathways. Everyone's experience is slightly different, but the dynamic I described would have me doing weird mental gymnastics. I not only used it as a motivator to get through stressful things I knew I had to do, but when I'd hit any difficult period in my life, like a family tragedy for instance, I'd actually find myself anticipating the ability to use it as an excuse to relapse. I eventually realized that it wasn't only about learning how to cope without it in general, it was about learning how to cope without it in every single triggering situation I associated with using it. My addiction wasn't something that existed in a vacuum; I was addicted to the various contexts in which I used or anticipated its use. I had to defeat it at work (especially during the first and last hours of the shift), when I was feeling down, when I wanted to celebrate, when with particular friends, and so on. Anyway, I know if I can get this far anyone can. Good luck out there!
Speaking from experience, sobriety is contingent upon three thing. “Go to meetings, clean house, and help others”. When I do those things on a regular basis, I am physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually fit! By helping others, I remove any thoughts about alcohol being a part of my life. I live in abundance today through the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Oh man, I agree 100%! I'm still in my first year of sobriety but I've never heard anyone describe it that way.
One day at a time, simple, but so true. It's what saved my ass in my first year of sobriety when I couldn't balance it at all.
Craig should start his own Podcast.
TRue
He has one.
@@destroyermaker what's it called?
@@joshuabalraj Craig Ferguson Show. It's on Sirius though.
@@destroyermaker thanks!
You can tell Craig has gone to a lot of therapy based on how he speaks. Good on him.
Everything he said is straight out of 12 step programs. He’s just stuck with it long enough that it’s become a part of him. Completely free to anyone who wants it.
@MegaAlpakka That step that often involves jesus is based on that you have to believe in some power higher/greater than yourself. It doesnt have to be jesus, but christian values are kind of popular in the west you know
@MegaAlpakka stay classy
And he is extremely intelligent and articulate
@@jkobrandt4666 subtlety...i like it!!..attraction not promotion!!😉
I'm 42 years old and have been drinking for 30... pretty much a full-blown alcoholic since later teenage years I got sober for 10 months in 2017 first time ever in my life and it was great but then I had that first drink again.. bottom line,thank you for this perspective Craig Ferguson
As Craig said into his cuff, " get to a meeting, man". You can do this!
The biggest problem that no one wants to talk about, it sucks.
I had 4 months sober. Had one shot at a cookout. 4 weeks later it’s a bottle a day again.,,, sucks bro
@@brettvandrie9700 meetings are not good places. Full of people on their high horse talking about how God saved them from beating up their wife every day.
Embarrassing lack of accountability from people who blame the fact they’re “insane” or have a disease, eye rolling levels of sanctimony. I could count the amount of people I’ve met at AA who aren’t full of themselves or think they’re life gurus on one hand.
Sorry, I’ve just seen your comment was from 3 years ago. 😂
Hey man. It’s about changing the way you react to life. If all you do is take away the alcohol you still have the problem of your mind. That’s what the steps are for. I was in and out before I worked the steps. Then I did them and I’ve been sober since June 29th 2003. Since then I’ve had plenty of life stuff happen and I’ve had support and tools to deal with them that I didn’t have before. It’s not about just not drinking. Fuck that. If that was all it was about I’d be drunk now. Id give you a hug if I could buddy. I hope you’re doing ok
I keep coming back to this clip. Craig is so on the money when he talks about how you are not denying yourself anything. You should be grateful when you can get away from the compulsion that was leading you in circles.
I can't believe nobody has caught onto Bobby's (and alot of peoples) problem.
He spends to much time in his head (as he said) either in the past or the future.
When you fail to live in the present and you find yourself frequently in the past, you become depressed.
When you think too far into the future, failing again to live in the present, you become depressed, anxietal and you run the risk of building high expectations (which often are not met, leading to great disappointment and subsequently, a depressed state of mind)
Nice observation and adequate solution to it
@@danielkim2007 That, and he looks for happiness outside of himself.
Nothing external, no amount of money, no skillset, no drug, no person can make you truly happy.
Sounds hippie dippie, but true happiness is found within. You have to learn to love yourself, or you will never be happy.
This is gold
Yes
The problem is booze is addicting. He just needs to keep up with aa, no one is above it. Keep up the good work craig bobby and you others!
When Craig Ferguson talks sobriety, people listen.
And I'm not sure that Craig knew he was going to be a spokesman when he went sober.
How could he know what, why would he think that then?
Craig is one of the best human beings on the face of this planet.
As a guy from Craig's rival city in Scotland I'd say glaswegians are special humans. They also stand out. Another example billy connolly.
thats one of the problems with addiction, especially to a substance, you generally get into that cycle because your trying to escape something else. so once you no longer have that substance,, your left with the thing you were trying to bury, and you have to face and deal with that.
Fergs usually practices self depreciating humor & often paints himself as a clown but as far as public personas go he has to be one of the wisest most introspective individuals around.
Sober 11 years and Craig hits the nail on the head here.
“Alcoholics are the only people that look for a reward after getting a gift” wow..so true..been sober for 13 months and that just made so much sense to me and answered a question I needed answered. This is why AA works..one alcoholic talking to another alcoholic.
Sober since February 17th 2011, coming up on ten years in a little over a week ... a lot of recovering addicts I've met are very insightful and philosophical about their conditions but few are as skilled as Craig at converting ideas into words. Huge fan of this man.
Well done
Congratulations
Truth: you aren't giving anything up. You're freeing yourself. That is the correct mindset.
I'm discovering that I love Craig Ferguson today.
I'm on my 6th day "sober" from my OCD compulsions. Thank you Craig for these thoughtful comments.
Craig is a great comedian, but also a great guy that cares about people.
I love that Bobby leans in and actively listens. He does things intentionally outwardly; it’s his way of processing. Good show of his personality
Thanks Craig....I was waiting for my “pat on the back”. Your statement smacked me right across the face with those thoughts....you are so right. I got a gift of sobriety.....everyone else around me is still struggling
That's the essence of the Allen Carr way to quit alcohol/tobacco. You program yourself to utterly believe that everything about alcohol/tobacco is bad. So giving it up is a benefit to your health, mood, relationships, work, energy, testosterone, longevity, fitness, savings, etc, etc. So yeah, all those things are the pat on the back you give to yourself!
That's the greatest explanation of how addiction works that I have ever heard.
This is my favorite Tiger Belly show/interview. Craig is witty, funny, and gives great advice in TB #185.
Drug addiction, video game addiction, porn addiction .....
never knew Bobby was my twin
Go through each of those things desperately myself. More and more people are. It's fucking depressing and ugly man. But you ain't alone in this. Not having control over your self is a nightmare.
stryfetc1 Yeah thats not addicted. If you were addicted you would play every day and spend most of your day on it.
Pretty sure 1 out of the 3 of those addictions is far more of a threat than the other 2 ever could be
All the fun ones
@Christian William I have felt like that before. But thank goodness porn blockers exist
Took me years and years to stop trading one addiction for another. Hated it, got sick of myself two weeks ago and said no more. Took me four days with a conversation with myself to stop. Now my mind is clear and I feel free.
One of the best guests I have ever seen. You can see the aptitude of love bobby has for him
I'll be sober, one day at a time., 9 years this September 14. Craig Ferguson is one of those guys I met 30 years ago and explained to me my defects in my character while doing step work. I just wasn't ready.
God bless Bobby
I appreciate everyone’s openness
I always get the feeling to have a drink and maybe just one but then I snap myself out of it and think of where it led me in the past.. but it is a never ending struggle. 4 years sober for me
I hope you’re at 7 now dude. ❤
i am my man! will be 7 years in february! going strong still@@chrissmith3668
It’s got to be so hard being around it every night. I’ve been to rehab twice, first time I didn’t listen. I thought I had it figured out, I’d just smoke weed. The voice in the back of my head said just have a drink and take a bump, you can handle it. So I did. Next thing you know I’m right back to where I was, but worse. I had to be wheel chaired into rehab and I couldn’t walk for 4 days in detox. I lost the feeling in my hands and feet, they’re better but still numb.
Anyway, I listened this time and I’m 4 month sober. After you get the drugs out of your system it’s all mental. Craig’s got good advice, everyone treats it like a weight you’ve got to carry around. I think of how much being f*cked up ruled my day. I’m so much quicker now, my brain is coming back. I feel better in the morning. The key for you Bobby is replacing all your down time before your sets in different cities, replacing the boredom.
You should talk to an addiction doc and see what he says. I can’t wait to see your act sober, I was hammered last time! 😂
Craig is very eloquent. Very well thought out.
this advice helped me
Love hearing Craig talk about this.
Thank you I really needed this right now.
His eloquence and open ness about his own struggle is so needed and missed.
Craig Ferguson is a cool guy! So down to earth and full of wisdom
If I remember correctly, around the time of this interview Bobby was seriously struggling with his sobriety if not actively in denial about relapse. He came out about it later that year. I was really disappointed, but I understand. I’ve been struggling off and on with replacement habits since getting “clean” in 2015.
It’s so hard to deal with, your addict brain tricks you into thinking certain things are ok because they won’t kill you or make you lose everything. Sobriety is such a maddening struggle that seems impossible sometimes.
IVE ALWAYS KNOWN AA WASNT FOR ME. I’ve been sober for about a year on my own. But hearing Craig tell Bobby to get to a meeting makes me want to go to one now.
Nothing wrong with wanting a group of people helping you to through it. Sometimes, shame is the hardest thing to overcome but there should be no shame in wanting to better yourself. It takes a strong soul to admit your flaws and an even stronger one to take the steps to fix them. Stay strong, Ryan! You're much better than you give yourself credit!
“IVE ALWAYS KNOWN”. Correction, you “think you know”. Never consult yourself, ABOUT yourself. To be fair, you’re not alone. Most people, including me, have no idea about the immense power of Alcoholics Anonymous. When all my “scorecards read zero”, I finally put my ego aside, and started living in the solution, instead of the problem. That was more than twenty five years ago, and I have a spectacular life today because of the fellowship. Bottom line is this...sobriety requires us to take ACTION. NOBODY gets sobriety handed to them! I sincerely wish you all the best!
AA isn't "for" a lot of people, you're not alone. Once you go to meetings for a year plus, it starts to get boring and seem pointless. But the times I stopped going to meetings were the times I relapsed. It felt like I wasn't getting anything out of it, but being in touch with sobriety and sober people did a lot to keep my mind in the right place.
I'm not religious, but I try to see it as like someone going to church to keep in touch with their spirituality. When I share, it's like giving a confessional to a priest.
Boss Nass Did your drinking ever become “boring and pointless”? Mine did! Fifteen years ago I stopped going to “topic”, and “discussion” meetings and started going to “step” meetings. I discovered that the “steps” are the path to freedom! Most people aren’t willing to put a fraction of the effort into sobriety, compared to the effort they put into drinking. After almost twenty five years of continuous sobriety, I am more involved with AA, than I’ve ever been. It’s anything BUT boring, but just for the sake of discussion, I would gladly take “boring” than dead!!! All the best to you!
A lot of it seems to be dependent on when and where you go to meetings from what I hear. I personally couldn't stand AA and didn't last long (I have stayed away from alcohol, though, been a little over a year). The people were all really friendly and all that, I enjoyed that part, but it was way too dogmatic and cult-like for a pathologically antiauthoritarian like myself. Reminded me way too much of the misery of growing up in the Catholic church/school system. But if it works for you, hey, go for it! I occasionally think about going again for the hell of it but just end up reading a book or watching a movie instead.
Thank u Bobby Alot of ur fans needed this including me
Good insight from Craig. I would also offer Bobby Lee another AA saying. " Shut your mouth, open your ears. " I love the sound of my own voice, like a lot of people with an addiction problem. And no matter how much I say I KNOW what the problem is, I obviously DON'T, or I would be more at peace with myself and others. That's when it is time to shut up and listen to people like Craig. I think Bobby validates my point when his primal scream of frustration is evoked at 5:50 !
Watching this at 47 days. Helped me to realize I need to talk to more people about my addiction because we all have similar thought processes. My brain is convinced I need SOMETHING if not alcohol. Doing my best. ✌
Hey there. Just checking in since your comment, how are things going man
Craig you are a sage😳You are a good friend to Bobby and I ove both the wisdom and laughter you bring with you.
I learned in the addict world I am a “normie” but I certainly have abused alcohol in my day. I also learned that one can make every excuse and rationalization to cover for the drug of choice. Recovering people tend to have a real value on things most people take for granted.
Five years this month - God is great, addiction is terrible - get and stay sober my friends. ✝️
I'm not ready to admit I'm an alcoholic yet, and I'll probably delete this comment latter, but as an overweight 30 something with a diagnosed fatty liver, drinking bourbon tonight, this....really hit home. I hate feeling out of control yet my incredibly stressful life can only be alleviated in my addict mind by the couple of nights I get a week or a month to get drunk, and literally be out of control, and without restriction as perceived by my drunk mind and forget about it all and pretend tomorrow doesn't matter. I don't do anything insane but I do drink alone, get into the bourbon, watch youtube videos alone tell late in the AM. And It's a vicious cycle with consequences, for me poor health, contributes to my obesity and fatty liver, I don't think my depression/anxiety was born from drinking but I am confident my drinking too much and trying to operate on little sleep fog brain contributed to my panic attacks at age 25. Took me 2 years and thousands in medical bills to figure out that it was anxiety related and not a physical emergency, went to the ER twice, went to a cardiologist because my heart was beating out of my chest. That's neither here nor there, I was self medicating but that doesn't lessen the problem.
I know Craig must be right that post alcohol is worth it. I love that man and I love all his work, I've read his books, I watched his show, and his stand up he's such a comedic hero of mine, even before I ever drank. But it seems so impossible to me to give up my release valve. Even when I look back at my history and I see quite clearly, alcohol has been a hindrance, not a benefit. But to me, it's something I can do, now alone (which I acknowledge is even sadder, and more desperate, and more concerning) by myself when I need to "blow off steam".
I can have some drinks, at night, 3 beers 4 beers a half pint a pint of bourbon maybe more, can't keep up with my younger self. Which is both encouraging and depressing at the same time. Encouraging that in general I drink less, discouraging that I still tend to drink to get quite drunk, encouraging that I drink less often discouraging that I'm still following a coping mechanism I used when I was 20 years old.
I don't know why I wrote all this. Maybe just to look back on and talk to myself. It doesn't help my world is in crisis now, but at the same time, turbulent events are the rule not the exceptions of life, especially my life, and to blame change for substance abuse is to miss the point entirely.
I....really appreciate what it is to be an adult, and to struggle, and to be addicted, and to fail, and to have good intentions and fall short, and to think that you were doing right when really doing damage, and to be humbled, and to be....human.
And I know my own shit PALES in comparison to so many other people on this planet. But pain still hurts no matter who you are, or where you are, and failing, losing self esteem, letting people you love down, is not an easy burden to carry for anyone, anywhere.
I'm talking to myself here, I just want to say......Craig Ferguson was going to kill himself after a drunken blackout in London 1989 he woke up drunk Christmas Eve in his pissed soaked pants in an apartment above the pub he frequented, he walked to Tower Bridge in London determined to jump off as high as he could climb into the Thames and end it, and a fellow patron he knew from the pub was walking in the opposite direction and convinced him to come back and have a Christmas drink. He did. He got sober for good, now going on 30+ years shortly thereafter
There is hope, people do change, and it's worth trying for.
Brother, we ALL struggle but the angle depends on CHILDHOOD and one's experience. I wholeheartedly recommend Dr. Gabor Maté and his work on your childhood.
You'll get where you need to, everyone's path DIFFERENT. But as long as you WRITE, TALK, AND DO NOT ISOLATE YOURSELF, things will get better 100%
Wish you peace (in and out) and health ❤👊
As a recovering alcoholic (20 years drunk, 8 years sober now), I hate the term “dry drunk”. It’s basically a way of negating all the progress you have made and saying you are no better off than before, which is bullshit. Also, AA isn’t the only group in town. There is also Lifering as well as others. I left AA about 6 years ago and left Lifering a year or two after that. These programs have their purpose and they served their purpose, but luckily I didn’t get addicted to them either. If I ever feel that I am in crisis, I can always go back.
I think part of my recovery was finding new obsessions, albeit healthier ones. I discovered that being sober freed me up to do whatever I want. I tried my hand at building cigar box guitars, got that out of my system and then turned to photography. I also started babysitting for a close friend of mine when the baby was only a month old until she was about 4. They live in Germany now and in roughly 7 hours I will be getting on a plane to see them. I love that kid more than anything.
Alvie Morris I hate when people call themselves recovering addicts after they're clean. You're not recovering dude, it's not a disease.
I never went to AA and I'm dry 11 years. How can you leave it behind if you go to a meeting every week and listen to other drunks? What a massive waste of time.
pnut3844able I agree. I just didn’t want to sit down and write a whole diatribe. I type slow, lol! I also hate when they call it an “allergy”.
Nautilus1972 like I said, the programs have their purpose and, like you said, if you have to keep going back you’re wasting your time. Personally I think one of the worst programs is the Salvation Army. Those poor people are completely brainwashed and afraid to make a move. Fucking evil company.
Alvie Morris But there definitely exists dry drinks. Not every asshole drunk was just an asshole because of alcohol. There is no ‘I’m clean. Therefore I’m a perfect man now’.
Mr. Ferguson is a wise man when it comes to addictions.
Almost 1 year clean coming up this December. I’m feeling exactly how Bobby described and I feel left out at parties or events but I’m glad I’ve stayed sober and many more years to hopefully come.
recovering addict here too, yeah, i fele that too. I try to remind myself that when it comes to my social connections, its quality, nto quantity. trust me, you're not aloen in feeling liek that.
Could you get into other things to take your mind off? I get substances rule etc but I've taught music for 20 years and happy to teach some to you if you think it would help.
Woke up in the hospital after drinking too much during New Year’s Eve. Before that I had been 3 months sober, I’m hoping I could make it permanently this time
you can. I dont know you at all, but, I honestly think you can. I know this is a year later, and I dont know what has happened. But, I tell you, with all sincerity, you can do it. If you drank 5 minutes ago, you can stop if you want. Kepp trying. Keep listening. Keep asking. Dont give up.
I’m a year and half sober for the first time. Just coming back to say thank you to Chris and Bobby. This was one of the videos that helped me change my mindset and made it much easier to not give in. Once I realized I was not gaining anything from drinking and that it’s only taking everything away from me, I started seeing alcohol as one of those dementors from Harry Potter. literally grosses me out to think about drinking alcohol now. This is the happiest I’ve been in such a long time. (Also dropped 60 lbs over the year and a half. I don’t really exercise (I walk) and I don’t eat well (Taco Bell) and so I was not expecting that result from just dropping booze. If I had known, I would’ve probably quit sooner. This is longer than I expected. Ok bye.
How amazing Kev, I hope you are still doing well. ❤
I have been sober from alcohol for two years. Craig just inspired me to quit my phone addiction as well.
4 years, 4 months, and 4 days sober!
At the heart of addiction is needing to turn off the anxiety, the negative chatter in your mind...trauma therapy and filling your days with activities you enjoy, plus AA meetings are my idea of recovery.
I'm 5 years 10 months sober and I agree with Craig. Sobriety is a gift. I also think once you take something away you got to replace it with something else. Addiction is a spiritual malady that the reason why AA is a spiritual program. Otherwise you're just a dry drunk.
Anyone reading this who is struggling..keep going and never give up! You will find the best version on yourself soon
Craig...I honestly love you for your bold honesty.
Craig is the best
Whoever has Craig Ferguson for a sponsor is a lucky, lucky human being. That guy is great all around.
He is hilarious but there are things he said and did on his last show that wouldn't be allowed today. Especially in regards to how he talked to women way to sexually. It may have always been framed as a joke, and I get it, but nowadays too many people are trying to cancel shit they don't like.
Great conversation. Ferguson with some wise words.
Craig Ferguson is quick witted, funny and wise. My favorite comedian
Ive been sober for 6 years today. Never felt so good
congrats man thats awesome here's to many more years of sobriety
@@bencousins7311 hearing that from Ben cousins makes it even more sweet hahahhaa
@@DW-rs1pr im another ben cousins sorry lol
Almost 11 years sober... one word: Freedom!
Craig is on the money...
Stoicism helped me greatly.
Check out Seneca, aurelius, Epictetus etc
I fugging love Craig. What a just humble, honest, good hearted dude.
Hey I'm sober, but dont brag about how much time I have. Because I have had time before and relapsed I dont keep track anymore. ALLS I HAVE IS TODAY I CAN RELAPSE AT ANY TIME. AND SO CAN YOU. dont focus on your time, but doing the next right thing, and being a better person than what you were yesterday. WE ARE ALL MIRACLES.
Stay strong Bobby🙌
Easily one of the best videos on YT.
“Sobriety is a gift” powerfully true
Sober since 4 March, 1942. I couple years ago I was tempted, and relapsed, but got back on track. That's 81 years sober, and looking forward to 80 more years.
Is this real?
Craig is so real what a wonderful guy!
Craig Ferguson is a Legend....
Craig Ferguson is probably the coolest guy to ever live
Alcohol is the allergen to my addiction allergy. I never thought about it that way...
I want Craig to be my therapist.
convos like this are the reason i love this channel
Thank you, Craig! I'm 2 years and 7 months sober. Much love and gratitude.
Why are you keeping track?
What? Are counting down the days until your next slip up?
Just quit and be done with it. Stop thinking about it and move on.
@@RumCaptain OK, then I have today. Thanks for the support. I hope others like me who see my post can take heart and know that there's a solution.
@peterjonas4971 Don't confuse me being direct with lack of empathy. It's great your stopping your addiction. From experience and family members, the best is to get the mindset of just quitting. Keeping track of days in my opinion isn't a good way.
Focus on what's motivating you to quit. Try keeping it simple. "Look, I don't want to be that person or do those things anymore."
@@RumCaptain Amen and thank you.
Hard to take Bobby seriously with that painting in the background.
And the nicotine delivery device in his hand.
5:45
That hit home for me, and I'm sure with every recovery addict
I feel like I have amnesia with my addiction and I hear this shit and then a few months later I've totally forgotten all of this.. it happens again and again
We as addicts or alcoholics dont really have memory for these things..we have a built in "forgettory",,(it will always be different this time!!)😉
iain hill it’s called feeling sorry for yourself
@@omensoffate No...that wasnt what i was referring to..thats called self pity..and being selfish,self-centred to the core..and the general dis-ease of SELF...(of which most people in the western world suffer from,not just addicts or alcoholics!)..gb.odaat 😥🤗
Pain has a very short memory for drunks. I was told many years ago in AA that you can't work the steps and then rest on your laurels. You work them, and you work them, until they work you.
@@marcschemp7902 A day at a time...keep moving forward..if you aint moving forward..you're probably back-sliding..those "last"steps of 10..11..and 12..they aren't maintenance steps for that reason..they're GROWTH steps..we can't just maintain..sorry..just my own experience of the program..but..better felt than telt..works if you work it!! 😊🤗🙊🙉🙈😉namaste
These podcasts are keeping me sober
I've been sober for 2 hours now, congratulate me on my success with sobriety.
Show off!
........damn. Craig is not only a super nice dude and very genuine, but also masterful at negotiating this issue with Bobby. He didn’t even do his “can I say something in my defense!?” shtick. Thanks for this clip tigerbelly I love you people!
Bobby- Thank YOU. You have just helped ME. By sharing what is going on in YOUR head, you reminded me what it was like. I sincerely apprciate the reminder.- PS- that Craig guy? He seems to know a bit......
i just got 6 years clean on 11/22/21. 11/22/15 started it all. 12 steps and the fellowship. simple
congrats! I got clean in 2015 too! my clean date's august 6th!
Craig is such a kind soul.
Craigy Ferg. I miss your show man. This is a good man.
Cognitive Restructuring, really smart way of dealing with sobriety. Craig put it so smartly
This is a great interview
I'm a recovering alcoholic with a thing for silver foxes and sexy accents...swoon
Same
Ferguson is a therapist we all looking for:)
Thanks for splaining Craig