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August 22 1991..I put the bottle and my guns Away..33yrs later dying of 2 cancers. I drank the water in Mexico,Canada, 12 euro countries But the water @ camp lejeune killed me. Dead man walking here. Semper Fi ! Still won't reach for the bottle. But I SMOKE WEED EVERY DAY.
I went through all of this right to its conclusion waking up in hospital with spinal compression and broken ankles after thinking i was on a sinking ship and had to jump out the window....i landed on my front lawn and my wife came out the door and said WTF....i was still delerious and said look the ships sinking....the closes eyes visions are the worst...you can still see with your eyes closed...visionary delusional dreams so real and final attachment from all grip on reality!!...you just cant put into words how terrifying it is at the time...lost all controll....a complete danger to yourself....i survived it and it has never happened again and im so thankfull to the hospital for all the help.....the trick now is to never allow myself to get into this state ever again....lesson learnt...scary beyond words!
Amazing. It was uncanny to recognize everything you discussed as an outsider. Thankyou for being so emotionally candid as the person I've watched go through this would never open themselves up like that.
Your channel is doing a lot of good BC. For those of us that have already found our way out of the spiral, and also for those that are looking to. Keep it up with the ASMR-style, fuckin funny, informative and memorable stories. The channel will continue to blow.
You certainly are lucky to be alive, Stu! I had almost 2 years of sobriety before relapsing a couple of weeks ago. I'm almost over the withdrawals now and I've been sober for 6 days already! Luckily, this latest binge wasn't as severe as previous ones! Great video!
Have you seen The Lost Weekend? (1945) It's a super old movie that has surprisingly relatable protagonist. It follows him through a rough bender and alcohol withdrawal. It's interesting if you are curious about how we would have lived with our disease if we were born a few generations ago
You have the most calming and pleasant voice I've ever come across. I come here to help me understand my friend, who's incredibly dear to me, but also incredibly destructive. I've never personally been fond of alcohol or understand the incentive to use it, I think some people are just more vulnerable to it than others. I'm trying to be safe around him and create boundaries, he knows how much his weird paranoias freak me out, having grown up with a severely schizophrenic mom... I try to keep myself save, and him as long as it's not putting me in danger, but I don't think he has the will to stop for... well, forever. That someone as eloquent and insightful like you struggles, too, helps me understand how incredibly lost he is to this, I think. Like he has no will to fight, too exhausted... how do you come up with the will to live, after having gone through all that? Dont answer if you don't want to, that's deeply personal of course. Thank you for all you do, educating ignorant people like me and calming me down, thank you so much! ❤
I drank 14 bottles of whisky 20 years ago, I nearly died, I had fits and was hospitalised for 2 weeks . I couldn't walk , talk or eat, I got myself together but haven't fixed it. Talk to someone!
Yep alcohol should 100% be illegal and outlawed. Just straight poison that does nothing but destroy the body and all these industries care about are profit over health
Slayer Sober is jumping on our pod in October. I've had soberdelic James on the channel, he's a good dude. LD has also recently been on our channel. His humility is remarkable. Happy to be here and meeting all these creators!
Hey Bat Country, I've been sober for 4 days now and your videos have helped. I went down a spiraling path after my cat died. That cat was with me since I was 11 years old and I'm 27 now. It made me start to think about death and how someday my parents would die and on and on. It gave me anxiety, or so I thought. Turns out it was the drinking. I had one of the worst nights of my life on my first night of sobriety. I literally couldn't sleep, even after being awake for 25 hours. Brain zaps, horrible feelings of dread right as I was about to fall asleep, and a pounding heart. I found your videos and learned about Delirium Tremen from you and while I never had that unfortunate experience, it scared me even straighter into sobriety. You talked about how you slowly come to a precipice whenever you are drinking and how once you go down there is no bottom in one video. While I don't know how close I was to that precipice, I never went in part because of your videos. I want to thank you for sharing your experiences.
Sorry for your loss mate, I know it hurts, and then it can spiral out of control. Congrats on making a positive decision to fix yourself up, and I'm glad my videos were useful!
Currently struggling with the lack of willpower to not drink whenever it is available. I'm hoping through learning about other people's experiences and what it's like at rock bottom for them, that it can inspire me to permanently stop drinking. I hope everyone seeking sobriety can find it, and that those who need it eventually will want sobriety for themselves
I'm glad somebody is talking about the ridiculous sexual arousal that comes with alcohol withdrawal! 😁I've always wondered why this is the case?!? It's probably the only "fun" part of the process!
Oh man I REALLY want to talk about that at length but my parents watch these things hahaha! But yeah, it's really interesting to me, and no one ever mentions it. And you're right, the only good thing about withdrawal is being able to orgasm 7 times in a day.
As a former biomedical student with an interest in pharmacology, you have shown me you have an extremely deep understanding of alcoholism, far in excess of any channel I have seen on the matter before, beyond that of most experts in the field many of whom lack the first hand perspective. Thank you for your high quality contributions to public understanding I must share your vids around, stay strong brother! :D
Thank you Mike! Look out for my very next video, it's actually about a pharmacological experiment into delirium tremens. Hopefully I'll get it finished this weekend (it's a bit of a beast though, so no promises).
I have been watching your videos because I found them interesting but if you’re 62, why in your video titled “my alcoholic rock bottom” you say in 2018 you were 33????
Technically both are withdrawal, the difference is in the timeframe. A hangover is technically called "acute alcohol withdrawal," because acute alcohol tolerance has already developed in the course of drinking for a few hours. Withdrawal in people drinking for a long period of time is a more prolonged withdrawal because of the long term neurotransmitter adaptions, which is given the name alcohol withdrawal syndrome. things like hallucinations and delusions are more likely if you've been drinking for a while, but that's not to say that someone who is generally sober and has a particularly bad hangover can't experience hallucinations, psychosis, seizures or severe shaking. I've seen them all in 'mere' binge drinkers, everyone is experiencing a form of drug withdrawal when hungover.
Brave and deeply honest. I know that world all too well, and you describe it so perfectly. Thank you so much. I'm going to show those who've been there for me, to help them better understand. Over the last 30 years or so I've moved from chronic, constant alcoholism to a pretty stable life in recovery. But every couple of years or so I'll have exactly the relapse you've described. This video goes into my arsenal of tools to defend against that. Thanks again!
Love your videos. The experience you share will help many people, me aswell. Depression, PTSD, panic anxiety.. Could destroy anyone. I'm glad you're still here.
