Opening Up About My Alcoholism. 

MusiCares is awesome! They helped me through life after I lost my husband to early onset Alzhiemers. I would be homeless without them. They have also helped out many of my bandmates with everything from addiction to natural disasters. Justin please keep doing what you do and know the REAL fans love & support you fully. The music is what keeps us sane, it's the shady business part and the media that can drive us over the edge. ❤❤❤❤

Gin and more gin helped and I relate ❤me neither like drinking wine especially had a hangover before I got home it’s a sociable thing isn’t it ❤️I think Jenny is right I felt the same !!Now I don’t touch it ❤Justin hawk wind 😂😂

This video has just made me realise it’s time to stop drinking, I’ve been telling myself in my head for nearly a year now but enough is enough I just hope I have the strength to stop

Yes I forgot about the drugs when we went on a weekend bender,it’s strange I stopped ,no one understood I knew it was slippery slope, I don’t touch it now I was a social drinker so for me it was weekends only for me but he was so sociable😂

Justin your pancreas & liver cannot tell the difference between fruit juice & alcohol. Their is a reason why children are increasingly dying of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. BTW if you ever get hunger pangs - your not feeling hungry - it's the pain of drug withdrawal. I never get hunger pains if I have stopped eating sugar first Best widhes I get addicted to Sugar really easily especially if I eat carbohydrate, I am currently trying to wean myself of sugar & carbohydrate yet again. We don't need carbohydrate we can make Sugar very easily from fat and protein

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Beautiful message, thank you.

Same!

I used to say to people what you just did. thank you for your words my friend.

I wish everyone could read these words. They extend even beyond addiction. If we could all see this in ourselves and others the world would be a much more beautiful place. I’m glad you found yourself man!

I am so sorry. Peace to you.

@@joemama-hk9mw Why is this funny?

​@@tamcon72just an old fashioned troll. Hopefully he'll experience something tragic soon.

@@tamcon72ignore it, just attention seeking wa💩ker

@@tamcon72 Cause his loss

Keep grinding man🙏

Four now!👊

You can do it!

If you’re physically addicted to alcohol, go to rehab. Getting off alcohol when you’re seriously addicted can be lethal without supervision. Just saying in case

you can do this! i did it 15 years ago. it will not be easy at times. it will always be worth it! if you reply to this and you need any help at all or need to talk i will make that possible. God Bless You!

😮😢 i am sooooo sorry for you loss….god almighty. i am a father of two…. may his soul forever rest in eternal peace. i dunno what to write….love you!

@@NeilRaouf thank you my friend. There are no words and I share Sam's story in the hope it will find someone who can help, needs help, or needs a reminder of the terrible toll this can take. Much love.

That is very saddening. I am sorry to learn of your loss. Did your son die of cirrhosis of the liver?

@@dbenadonSam was/is/will be his name. beautiful name. He for sure was a wonderful person. send him my love and a high five through your prayers (or whatever you do to deal with the pain). hugs

@@Unfunny_Username_389 it was deemed "complications from chronic ethanol abuse". He had developed seizures and cardiac issues. If you looked at him, you wouldn't know. He was handsome and athletic in appearance but the alcohol consumed his body from the inside.

my grandfather drank all day every day. he also lived to 93. do whatever you want. lol

AA isnt the end all be all to sobriety, it has about as a good of a success rate as any other treatments, less than some even, its only about 5% for many of them. What works for some doesnt always work for others, the key is to learn what works best for you and stick with it while putting just as much effort into recovery as you did drinking or using and surround yourself with as good of a support system as possible.

@@mezzb I'm not saying it doesn't help people, it can do wonders for some, I've seen it happen, and I'm glad parts of it worked for you, but that same organization will fill your head with messages that what your doing now isn't the right way, that your now just a dry drunk, and if you do end up relapsing at some point it's just because you didn't work the program correctly the first time. I hate this type of mentality and I think some of the rhetoric they push can be dangerous for newcomers. The same reason you liked meetings is the same reason I hated it, I almost felt more like using after a meeting, it usually left me on edge, and sometimes feeling hopeless in various ways, like if I didn't do exactly what they said I'd never have a chance at sobriety. It sometimes left me with a lot of anxiety when I felt like I strayed from their group think and wasn't somehow walking down their "tried and tested" path. At the time there was also a lot of old timers who were so stuck in their ways and mindset and seemed to judge others and taking medications like suboxone wasn't really walking the path of recovery in their eyes. I think it's gotten better as times gone by but I can't say for sure since it's been so long, it just seemed like it was headed in that direction. What worked best for me was co-occuring outpatient that dealt with both addiction and mental health, which usually go hand in hand, altho not always, for me it did. A lot of my use was directly related to my mental health issues which would remain after the usage was gone, getting off drugs and alcohol was usually the easy part, the mental health aspect afterwards not so much. Whereas someone like my sister, her mental health issues usually went away once she stopped using. She mostly had mental issues because she used, I used because I had mental issues. I got to do specific specialized groups on addiction and mental health education, how to deal with my mental health issues in various ways using things like CBT/DBT, stress management, meditation techniques, all sorts of different stuff. Then I had individual therapy once a week and got to see a doctor for medications once a month if need be. I know not everyone has this option and that's where something like AA can be a godsend since it's at least something, I just think there's better options out there by this point that have just as good a track record of not better than AA. It has been nice seeing the industry grow from my first inpatient to my last outpatient, probably over the span of about 13 years, as many seem to be going the co-occuring route more. I think what you did is probably the best approach tho, go for the meetings when and if you feel like you need them (if they help you that is), especially early on, just so you're with people and not isolating and learn to open up when and if you feel like using, learn what your triggers are and build up some kind of support system if you don't have it. Learn how to live life sober and build up or rebuild some of those life skills you lost or never had while using. I think it's also important for people to find the right meeting with the right people and one that works well for them as there was many meetings I went to that didn't gel for various reasons. Can I ask, didju work the steps at all or mostly go for the meetings?

​​@@RxYouthOne of the finest summaries and assessments I've read online on this topic mate. Superb. I personally opted to spend time studying what addiction actually is. I picked up an audio book copy of Alcohol Lied to Me by Craig Beck, along with his hypnotherapy track. Not only did I never touch a drop again but it's so far off my radar I'd sooner grow a pair of wings and fly to Mars. AA members I know have told me I'm in denial or that I'm a dry drunk. I can't think of a more depressing life than being in the position where you believe the big bad wolf is going to leap out from behind a hedge and grab you in its jaws at any given moment. Some of them even went as far as to tell me I wasn't addicted which is really arrogant. They know nothing about what I went through, and to totally discount my own personal experiences is quite hurtful. What I find so insufferable is just the vibe it breeds where its die hard followers completely throw rational and logic right out the window. They will alter or change the realities of other peoples personal experiences in order to make it all fit their unfalsifiable narrative. I.e I can't have been addicted because I'm absolutely loving being a non drinker, wouldn't touch booze with a 20 foot barge pole and it simply goes against what they have been taught. To me it feels like they are the ones in denial. Denial of their true selves and denial of their true happiness. AA understanding of addiction is outdated, but they have such a huge position of authority, people use their terminology without even realising it. Movies subscribe to their principles when covering a character caught in addiction. It's truly quite profound AA are actually the "go to" where addiction is concerned. I'm gonna say it right here and right now: there is no such thing as being in recovery in the same way somebody who has decided to become a vegetarian isn't in recovery or somebody who quits smoking isn't in recovery. Its all AA bullshit.

There's hope yet then lol

Inside every alcoholic is a very good person being suppressed. Alcohol just blocks your ability to allow that person out. Well done!

I love this! I am so so happy for you! The same thing happened to me, except that I was battling an eating disorder, trying to avoid who I really was and control every little thing in my life. Once I accepted myself, all of that stuff went away and I have never felt as happy to just BE as I feel now. Your wise words reflect my experience as well. Thank you for writing this! And enjoy yourself and your life!

@@on_my_own_two_feet ❤️⚘️

What an amazing insight. I'm 6 weeks in and beginning to feel things like this. Thanks for sharing.

​@@DenaRose-di9ofBut there's an issue with introversion, it VERY quickly and EASILY becomes chronic lonliness and than isolation. I've experienced both, and I'd much prefer to be effortlessly outgoing and extroverted, than to be this shell of a human.

Good luck, don't give up if you don't actually quit. It took me about ten years of "quitting" to finally quit.

Thank you. I have struggled with other substances before, and alcohol is the one thing that always brings me back to them. I'm going cold turkey but I don't have a physical dependence yet, well, maybe slightly. It's the amount I drink that's the problem, not the frequency. Congrats on your quitting@@ChaseVonnegut

I was just like you @bankgate and next week is my 1 year sober date. You got this. It's not easy but worth it. Stay Strong

I've been sober 12 years now and never, ever thought I'd stop drinking. The first year is not much fun. You feel left out...a piece of you is gone and you have to deal with things straight on. BUT....once you get passed that and you get up in the mornings, have coffee and DON"T feel like shit....man/ma'am, that alone makes it ALL worth it. Give it some time and good luck

Good luck mate, you got this!

Keep going! Good man

keep it going....

Good stuff !

Thanks guys, i wont stop

Are you sure you have quit...The Devil has got different temptations ....Come close to God son...

I’d feel uncomfortable speaking to the girl, not sure who she is. As she seems a little judgemental and serious without having lived that life, just saying so sorry if it offends 😜

​@@Skaterbunshe's his producer, they've been doing these for some time. The impression I get is of friends and colleagues who trust one another.

​@@Skaterbunshe's his producer. He mentions this in the first 30 seconds.

feeling bad that he looks so disgusted with himself. he hasn"t drank for yonks'. He's Won!!!!

4.5 years is awesome! Keep it going, Scott!

@@JamesMMcCann thanks, man!

Exact same thing happened to Me it's the most painful thing ever I was in ICU also noone would drink again after experiencing pancreatitis

Worst pain ever! If that isn’t rock bottom, I don’t know what is.

Congrats on your sobriety and pulling for you!

@@seashellspeerI wish it had been for me. I believe I was 19 or 20. The doctors kept telling me that this was disease that happens to 50 year old alcoholics. That I had one foot in the grave. It did scare me enough that I stopped drinking for a month. It’s taken many years after to finally stop. But yes, even while drunk the pain was some of the worst pain I’ve ever felt to this day. Cheers to your sobriety! (and anyone else as well) 🎉

@@seashellspeer It's nearly two months later and I'm still taking Morphine crazy pain I've to get cysts and puss removed and the dead parts of my pancreas removed scary stuff after suffering this pain there's no way I'll ever drink again imagine going through this again but worse no way I'm officially retired lol

Keep up the good work my man! Should be proud of yourself

This is my 15th year off heroin as well. Well done!

Well done fella 😁

Stay strong!

Good for you man x

God bless you I still struggle.

1 year 7 months

My condolences may he RIP 🙏

Your girls miss nothing, I was brought up by a alcoholic father.

@@hardlines2635this is quite insensitive. You might be projecting your experiences onto someone else. (I’m sorry for what you experienced). Sorry for your loss Jennifer, sending love and light to the family

@hardlines2635 how dare you question someone else's grief.

@@hardlines2635 Not everyone is a violent or abusive drunk/addict you know. Some people can function semi normally, even when highly intoxicated, at least until their body can't hack the substance abuse any longer sadly... and not everyone who drinks is your father, so please stop taking out your anger on other people, especially someone who's obviously still grieving the loss of someone they clearly loved very much.

With all due respect, all that I could think was when did Liam Gallagher get so boring?! I am just making a joke I do not mean it. I had mentioned that about Jenny that she had come across as quite boring during his other drug podcast, and everybody went crazy for me not being respectful. I would have to disagree 100%. I simply think that the regular podcast format is much more entertaining and engaging. Maybe she was a friend of Justin's? Not sure about her credentials to be able to host or interview a large podcast.

My Dad had 11 years sobriety before his passing.very proud of him.He used to say one day at a time.If you fall of the wagon,you pickyourself up and start again

The trick is distance, its just hard to get distance

Amen

if a had bars nearby i would be in trouble@@burtmanly5208

No. The physical dependency in alcoholism, unlike heroin or morphine, can actually be FATAL. You can quit that stuff "cold turkey", but not alcohol, that requires medical intervention.

​@burtmanly5208 completely untrue and you can actually kill people saying that. All alcohol detox should be monitored by medical professionals and typically with adivant then librium. The hard part is all of it. Alcohol and benzos will kill you in detox. Go to the ER or a reputable medical detox.

That's amazing, proud of you dude! Keep at it! I'm roughly 5-6 months clean after I destroyed the relationship I had with the love of my life. It's incredible how powerful love can be in regards to inspiring changes in someones life. I hope I fall in love again like yourself eventually :) -- but again, congrats!

Don't worry! This too shall pass! Sorry to sound cynical but life will catch up with you again and things are going to be shit.. what I'm trying to say is, I hope you're getting to a place where you don't drink, no matter what.. there are people out there that can help! Hope you're well buddy! Stay the course and you know what, it'll get even better than you can possibly imagine!!

Thanks fella! And yes, it will all change, having bipolar has taught me that change is the only thing to really rely on!! Plus our relationship is not a straightforward simple one. But for first time in my life I know I can support myself alone. I tended to always pick partners to ‘complete ‘ me…not so this time. Alongside that, I’ll soon be having an assessment for autism which could well explain so much of my thinking/feeling and behaving over the years.

@@jonglass9052 Good for you bub! Sounds like you're on the right path. Remember, getting over addiction is easy because you only have to change one thing - everything. Finding out who you are, why you are, how you feel, what you like, what emotions are as well as learning new skills like setting boundaries is a trip. Hold on, it's gonna get wild!!

Didn't ask

@@TheDwarburton i did, thanks

congrats very much proud of you

Congratulations mate!

@TheDwarburton Fighting demons yourself? Why would you act like that otherwise? Congrats on your 4 years, stay strong!

@@jeffm3925 wow, if I could keep it a six a day I probably wouldnt have quit, lol. I was at 6 by about 2 pm. I’d keep going until about midnight or so, with shots of whiskey on the side. I was selling pot, so I wasnt really working. Plus the cocaine and pain killers after I got a good buzz going. I decided to quit after I had a son, but I didn’t really quit, I just drank less. Which kinda was the right move because I weaned off the booze a bit. When my son turned 4 I got an Xbox for him to play Minecraft, because his cousin had it and he loved it. I fell in love with a game called Fallout and couldn’t play when I was drinking and ended up liking the game more than going to the bar and getting loaded. After a couple months of being sober I started picking up more hobbies that I pushed to the side when I was drinking like going fishing, and playing guitar. After that it wasn’t even a challenge. Now, if I try to drink a beer it makes me want to vomit. The thought of being drunk isn’t appealing at all anymore. A couple years ago I went to visit my brother and when I got there we had a few beers, maybe six of them, the next day i was so hungover I couldn’t even leave the hotel room I had(it was Covid and his wife was super scared of it, my brother wasn’t worried at all, like me). The day after that I was still feeling shitty but I could move around at least. So to sum it up, I found a hobby I liked more than booze and drugs.

I found the same thing and around the same time frame. Well done to you!

exactly this

@@michaelmcdonald3275 you too, cheers!

Congratulations! Every day is a success for you - be proud!

Amazing Rusty, be proud and keep it going.

Hey... how's it going? Are you getting any support to help you? I am an alcoholic and I'm sober now 2 years in January but i was so physically dependent on alcohol i couldn't do it cold Turkey i was having seizures and it was pure hell it was at a point that the doctors told me i had to keep drinking as it was too dangerous to stop unless i got professional help in the form of medication which i finally got and it worked immediately so my friend it can be done i got all the therapy i needed after and it worked... i don't know your situation but if you can get the help go for it 👍🏻

You can do this, I promise you. Everything will get better without booze in your life. Just don't be afraid to ask for help. There are people who want to help you, and as Craig Ferguson said, "They're easy to find, because they're quite near the front of the phone book." Keep us updated with your journey, and remember you can do this!

@@Ant.Legacy6 2 years is awesome, keep it going! Be proud that you've come so far.

@@JamesMMcCann thank you man i appreciate it 👍🏻 the best thing about coming out the other side is after going through that hell you feel like nothing can hurt you and nobody can touch you... it is life changing and the appreciation you have for even the simplest of things is so refreshing 😊 once you get that help and get yourself out of that hole you'll have a new life 👍🏻

Praying for you!!!

Accepting that it’s a problem is a huge first step. I wish you all the best success with your journey to a sober life.

Look for solutions. If you do change you'll find yourself healing the things you broke

Good luck in your turn around man. You can do it.. the pain you feel is hope for the future and the good and meaningful part that cares about others making itself known. Whether other people come back into your life or not.. you can come back and be a positive influence on others lives.

Du fixar det här! Jag vet hur det är. Jag var beroende av alkohol, heroin, amfetamin och Xanax (Xanor) i väldigt många år. För min del hjälpte det enormt att flytta från Sverige till Norge, men varje persons resa är annorlunda. Jag fick hjälp väldigt fort i Norge, i Sverige fick jag knappt någon hjälp. Men det varierar ju självklart också från person till person och speciellt vart i landet du bor. Börja med att ta tag i depressionen, så kommer det bli "lättare" att bryta alkoholismen _(påstår inte på något sätt att det kommer bli lätt, det hoppas jag kommer fram)._ Så gjorde jag. Jag hoppas det fungerar för dig också. Var inte rädd för att be om hjälp! Om du inte vill gå till Soc, sök upp närmaste AA eller NA. Du behöver inte säga någonting om du inte vill, utan bara lyssna och lär känna personer som är redan har klarat av att bli rena från alkohol och droger. Du behöver inte "köpa" hela grejen med AA eller NA, men bara det att ha en chans att möta folk som gått igenom liknande saker som en själv är magiskt. Jag går på möten när jag har panik och tror jag ska falla tillbaka, men jag ser mig inte som en AA eller NA "medlem", för jag har inte följt stegen direkt. Finn *ditt* sätt att göra det på. Det finns ingen manual för vad som är rätt och vad som är fel. Jag hejar på dig! Sänder dig enormt mycket kärlek från mig, en lite smått galen brud från Småland, som nu är clean i Oslo :)

Make a decision not to get fucked up today

Yes, once you step out of the ‘fog’ you realise how much greater life can be.

Ha ha

The girlfriends bit is hilariously true

I have been a chef in the world of fine dining for two decades and, like the music industry, drugs and alcohol are everywhere. It finally took a night in jail and a warning from a doctor that my liver was showing early signs of alcoholic hepatitis for me to decide that enough was enough. Day by day for one year now and I have never felt better mentally and physically.

Congrats!!!

Scott, Congratulations, that's amazing work. Keep it going, buddy!

I find her mesmerizing indeed.

She seems to just suck the life out of each situation…

@@cd66061 Agreed... I find her uncomfortable to watch. The interview lacked structure and any well considered questions... Justin was great but we could have learned so much more.

Agreed!!

Good job, Mike. Hang in there. The last 40 days prove that you CAN do it.

Ne safe, bro!

I am aron, and I'm a heroinholic..or I'm aron and I'm a maruijaunholic.....no such things folks. As soon as you stop, your cured. It's not a disease. Grant you it's hard, but it's only cravings and associations. If it took you twenty years to cement a habit.....it will take you twenty years to undo the habit. This is the hard part. This separates the men from the boys. Good luck folks, journal: yoga: exercise. Determination and read. Read alot.

Oh, poor you. Wow.... I suspect this channel is not right for you.

Ya, busy with my life. Bummer, right? @@adampoll4977

Kudos!!!!

Hey Nick. Hang in there, man. I know how terrifying and hard it is. I'm in the same boat. I cannot afford rehab either and am currently exploring options available to me locally. Withdrawal is incredibly scary and hard for me too. Please stay strong man. I hope to heaven that we can beat this and emerge out on the other side.

Watch Brandon Novak on RU-vid. His very good on addiction and sobriety. You don’t have an alcohol problem,because when you drink, you find solutions. Alcohol is the solution, it’s solves all your problem by drink 4,it just you can’t stop at drink 4 you have to keep going until drink 44. Your rationale is deferent from the rest, why have a glass of wine, their are 4 glasses in a bottle im going to have the bottle. What you got to change is thinking, actions and behaviour. My recovery time was horrible, I had physical withdrawals to deal with, which lasted about 2-3 weeks, what I was not expecting was the reset of dopamine balance. If I say “having a pint” right now your pulse increases and small adrenaline shot. Once you stop your addiction substance, your brain drops down dopamine levels. The dopamine used to be released when you had a drink. That part waiting for dopamine levels to rebalance is hard anywhere from 40-90days. You are low in mood, even suicidal, a lot of what’s the point been of the drink if I’m going to feel like this forever. It was hard showing up to work in low mood and people noticed. I just took it one day at a time. One of the things I read to get dopamine back into your body was excerise. But my body was a mess, overweight by 8stone due to the alcohol and bad diet, smoked easily 40cigarettes a day. I was short of breath because I give up smoking the same time as drinking. And my body was missing the nicotine and dopamine. Honestly the only thing that brought a bit of light was the 20minutes walk my body could handle a day. The first 90 days for me were the hardest, then after that it was how the fuck am I going to fill my time. I’m 2years in and loving the sober living. It’s a lot quieter than my previous life, those that I used to hang around with and drank, don’t talk to me or we have nothing to say. My brain last Friday with the beautiful weather went “ done well today, let’s go down and have a pint in the beer garden, don’t have to smoke”. Went home took my bike out, cycled past 4 pubs on my 40min cycle, by the time I got home that little voice was gone. I know I’m an addict, I just got to replace my addiction with something else, for now it’s fitness. But i want to start my own little business and I’m learning accounting , tax, employment law, im still another 2years from opening it. For 2reasons I don’t trust myself just yet, that the success won’t go to my head. And I’m still working on this balanced life thing, time for fitness, time for wife my wife, time to learn and time to heal. I’m not perfect pal, nor will I ever be, but all i can do is be a better version of myself a year ago. My over all reason I stopped drinking, it wasn’t because I didn’t like it, it was due to the fact it wasn’t giving me the, mindless conversation I used to have, the laughter and fun. I simply wasn’t getting anything apart from drink 4, black out. Withdrawal at work next day, evening drink just to settle nerves, drink 4, black out, withdrawal at work, guilt. Stopping this Sunday, drink Sunday, work Monday, not preforming well at work, will drink until this project is finished. And it went in circles. I tried stopping multiple times in the last 2 years, think the best I achieved was 2 weeks, but if I just drank 4 and went home that was a gold star as well. My health was going down the pan, I knew I was killing myself slowly and I knew it would take 10yrs to roll into the grave at my current pace. For me I was getting no break on the beer or off it.

good luck. i was given an ultimatum which helped as i would have lost contact with my kids which was scary plus i gave it up for lent one year and ive not looked back for now. i see it increasingly as poison in fancy bottles and its helped me reduce my consumption. good luck though. probably the ultimatum was a big thing. i cant just have one drink so i drink less often. i dont miss it. but i like a drink every so often. if i can reduce my intake you can

I'm sorry to read this.

Just guessing but i feel it would probably feel like more "work". There would be no pad between you and the responsibility to "turn up and show out" and the actual grind of being on tour and the repetition that comes there of . And being inthe middle of a band of people and the politics of envy or just annoyance that can come from the lime light and who gets the most attention .... ect. But what the gell do i know .... leave me alone😔

I'm not a known/famous performer, but I still got on stage in front of people and sang my own vulnerabilities to strangers and I found that more and more rewarding the more authentic and present I became without the buffers. The energy exchange between the audience and you can be the best high ever and with no hangover. Courage makes us braver.

I'm the same age as you, and I feel the same. I'm not putting any other 2000s band than The Darkness in with my old 70s/80s favorites. Re-ignited is the word 🙂

Well done.

​@@brutallyremastered4255Thank you 👍

Treatment is always an option

Mad respect for each step they take in recovery, too.

You just stop drink and live with your past . There is no such thing as “RECOVERY” That’s Hollywood movie script nonsense.

Amazing, good for you. I can't agree more, cutting booze out of your life will be one of the best things a person does. Keep it going!