Danny Trejo opens up about struggling with drug abuse and addiction from a young age and reveals the incident 51 years years ago that made him stay sober. bit.ly/VarietySubscribe / variety / variety / variety
Sobriety is a blessing 3/10/12 changed my life. It’s a gift at the time turning 30 and being a few months sober sucked but it’s a blessing to this day. Danny is inspiring!
Danny's legitimately an awesome and humble human being. I remember being at a convention and he recognized me from one of my regular meetings. I was fucking terrified and intimidated, I barely had a year or so clean I think. And he gave me a big hug and introduced me to people. He's an awesome awesome dude.
He’s walking on a cloud of gratitude every day. If you see him you’ll know. He gets back so much that he puts into the world. Everyone comes away saying he’s “so humble”. Bc he walks with God. Takes no credit for himself.
10 year sober with no meeting or support here. But the thing that kept me sober is realizing I am not strong enough to have ANY AMMOUNT of the substance in my body without reverting back to full life destroying alcoholism. The first year or so your brain will play tricks: "You can have one night of drinking and quit tomorrow" "Just a sip won't kill you" The secret is if you stack up enough relapses you realize that even one sip will lead to the destruction of your happiness with 100% probability. You have to be at a point where it would take a gun to your head to relapse.
Congrats Mr. Trejo i was sober almost 14 years and went back out for the last 12 years drinking and smoking! I have 5 days sober today 11/5/21 and just got out of the hospital due to a stroke. I have been listening to AA brothers on youtube i needed to hear your testimonies. Gracias Trejo tengo 58 años y voy a ir a AA orta ves, mi respeto Trejo😎🇺🇸
Love Danny Trejo so freakin much, almost 2.5 years sober myself watching stuff like this reinforces me wanting to continue to succeed in sobriety instead of being a drunk, pilled out loser living in a total unreality like I did for years. Don’t miss it! 👍🏼💜
I recently read his autobiography "Trejo" and realized he's a lot older than I thought he was. He's two years older than Cheech Marin! He did time with Charles Manson *before* the Manson Family was created
Truly proud. A figure of my childhood and what a great man to make such a big difference and set a shinning example. I was just a kid seeing him in movies he reminded me of family members. I think he might not understand he was a feared man but also a kind, funny and gentle man. I admire and aspire to be like him.
God bless you Mr. Trejo. 🙏 my son out there right somewhere God only knows where? I wish from the bottom of my heart he could find you or someone like you to talk to. I love my son with all heart ❤ and it broke my 💔 to tell him no for the first time. He's 53yrs old and I won't help him with money or a place to live anymore! I pray for him every day what else can I do?!! God knows I will never give up on him. But now it's all up to him. Your right Mr. Trejo. You can be called alot of names,but it's what you answer to in life that's counts. Once again God bless you and please continue your good work and not forgetting where you came from ✌and ❤ my friend
Danny speaks anywhere he’s invited. He’s always at service. He’s spoken for my kids at various volunteer projects. He knew exactly what to say, they will never forget it.
I needed to join the army to stay sober. Cut ties with friends who used or sold. Tossed their phone numbers away, and showed up to basic 8 states away shaking from withdrawals. Fortunately, it was just opiates, and that first week of training 5am to modnight was enough to get me straight. Haven't looked back since.
When you get a chance, check out the dvd of Delta Farce, good comedy. Also the extras on the disc has Danny Trejo talking about a little bit of his past. Stay solid and sober, have a good career.
Sobriety can lead to a new level of greatness and optimism in life than one might think. My father was an alcoholic all throughout my childhood and that tormented me. I stopped drinking at 28 so that I never went down that path in life.
Big fan of Trejo !! Trying my best but it ain't easy !! But it is definitely like they say " One Day at a Time " !! Sometimes the days are so freaking long !! ✌️❤️
Addiction depends on you support system. Totally agree take Jake the Snake for example the first few times he didn't really have a support system it's just the usual AA metting, etc. Then DDP came along and never gave up on him, let him live in the same house and now the guy has been sober for years.
In 2000, I was facing a Dangerous Offender Designation tag in which if found to be D.O., I would receive an indefinite sentence. In spite of being eligible for parole in 7 years from the date of arrest. Most dangerous offenders ever get out. Only 1.5% ever get released and currently in Canada, there are 845 designated Dangerous Offenders with 1/3 on a form of supervision. I won't go further into the legalities. You get the idea. I made a prayer in November 2000 while I was awaiting for the psychological assessment in Saskatoon Correctional, I prayed for the creator to give me the strength to be a peaceful person. From that day forth and much growing pains, I am over 22 years sober. I would eventually receive 8 years 10 months that time in April 2001. My sentence finished in February 2010. I spent from 1991 to 2004, 10.5 years in prison. In and out throughout those years.
It's always until a big fuck up that the brain is like bro I need to stop drinking. Being sober is amazing man. I was sober all 2019 and fell back when my dog passed away. I'm going to try again and get back to Sober. The withdrawals suck but oh well.
In a world that was normalized (not to say glorified) substances, I’m glad to know about the work of those who try to make a change. I’m 12 years clean, and I’ll never go back.
Obviously he's a better man than me. Drinking is the only way I can keep my sanity and keep from doing something worse to myself and other people who piss me off. And there's never going to be any shortage of those people.
@reality is simulated no Jesus or kanye No it's a band-aid or stop-gap solution to how difficult it is to live in the world. It's always been that since human beings first consumed alcohol on the planet. It's probably more true now than ever, at least in the U.S., if you want to include drug use with alcohol. If you took away that somehow, it would help some people, but it would hurt a lot more. Human beings, for the most part need an escape. Some who are really strong don't have to do it that way, but they have their own version of it. Maybe it's religion, maybe it's jumping out of airplanes, maybe it's sexual addiction.
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