True story of alcohol addiction 🍷🔄 

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I praise you for being able to wait 10 hours after a long night of drinking.. I would set up drinks for myself for the second I woke up the next morning, even if I would be puking into the sink/toilet/a bucket. If you’re far down the hole of alcoholism, you’ll understand that fear of running out of booze is a heart stopper. For years I’d be able to fight through the day at work and deal with the hangover, but eventually it progresses to reaching for it at the first glimmer of light in the morning sky and it’s a fucking devastating uphill battle from there. We got this now, though. 👊🏻 Always fighting. Never forgetting. 🍃

I watched your story and you said a quote that stuck with me " your worst day is still your best day if you stayed sober". As someone who gave up chronic marijuana use this quote is what helped me quit for good. Thank you❤

It looks like some people claim this isn’t addiction, but I have to say it’s very relatable for me. For years I drank almost every night, to the point of passing out, and yet between work and other responsibilities I somehow managed to go without drinking most of the day. For a long time I told myself I couldn’t day drink because “I’m not one of those people…” However after a full day you still find yourself nervous, shaking, irritable, craaaaving that fix. I’d spend a lot of time during the day pre-occupied planning what I would drink when I finish work. Happy hour was essential. I’d have to hit a bar on the way home for a shot and a few drinks, or stop by the wine shop for 1, 2, maybe 3 bottles for the night - I couldn’t not do it. It got to a point that if I went without it, I couldn’t fall asleep the insomnia would get so bad, and my heart would race. The idea of not drinking would give me fear. If I was going to meet people for dinner and they don’t drink, or the place doesn’t serve alcohol, I would think twice about going or plan to drink before AND after because I couldn’t bare to go an evening without it. It was slowly but surely taking over my life and while I appeared to have things under control during the day, I was a different person at night because of this. So yeah, maybe I wasn’t drinking 10 minutes after waking up, but it was no less an addiction… I am not going to say it couldn’t be worse, as I’m well aware there are more severe levels of this addiction, but it’s not a contest and it looks different for everyone! 4 years sober now, but I’ll never forget ❤️

I sip throughout the day. Keeps me going

I drink 2 drinks a day, for years. no hangovers. I commend anyone who's had to struggle with the addiction and has found a way to get sober. If you can control it, and it's something you enjoy, then go ahead.

Yep it's easy to quit drinking. I do it every morning!

One thing that I am noticing with TSM is the getting used to the subtlety of things in general.Because when I was drinking I was always maxed out. And this thing which I call normality reality takes some getting used to but it's got so much more substance and...shit it is so much easier and fullfilling. But I'm not counting my chickens before the hatch,I'm still putting in the work. Cheers Kieran.

Thank you!! ❤

It's a hard to kick

I have a girl (23yr, 2nd cousin) on the couch pissing herself lying in it whilei try to help keep her grandma, my aunt, alive after 3 heart attacks since nov. I dont know what to do she wont stop she keeps pulling bottles out of the couch. ive had to replace the bath rugs with pee pads. Im having bad anxiety rn i dont know what to do i told her no more but she's not even in her right mind to hear it. Ive taken the keys and hid our bank cards but she keeps having it delivered while we sleep. Im at a compete loss on what to do short of kicking her out. These are the last months of her grandma's life and this is what she's putting her thru...blows me away. She only been staying on couch since first hospital stay so she knew the situation and is abusing it. Sucks for everyone because I'm stuck with two very sick woman and I'm trying my best to do what's right, and good to protect my aunt during her last few months with us.

Prayers you aren’t alone

I couldn’t wait ten hours in my last few years it was around clock waking hours

When i smoke way to much weed and dont feel it, "i needa stop for a while" *continues smokeing way to much for another 6 months

😢 my life.

Yah man it be like this fr

10 hours is actually pretty good.

Wish I was there to help you drink😊❤🎉

That's not serious alcoholism. Try waking up shaking and needing to drink a few hours after drinking.

I have this same problem but I don’t wait 10 hours I wake up and drive straight to the liquor store

You’re more of a drinker than alcohol addict …my uncle was addicted to alcohol and he had to have a drink first thing when he woke up and continued throughout the day

10 hours later? I wake up with whiskey beside my bed…

Yeah, I would have a drink beside my bed waiting for me

How do you make this video with the wine if ur sober now

This is still a half way into the horrors of addiction.

Take a little tolerance break from the drink and turn to the herb. Youll be aight.

This is not alcohol addiction, not in the slightest, able to go 10 hours without booze after your last drink does not make you an alcoholic, far from it.

Sometimes you just gotta bight the dog that bit you

More like 10 seconds

I find this hard to believe. Maybe it's me but to deal with a damn hangover for that long without hair of the dog. It hurts I get it.

If I drink alcohol today, I am repulsed by it for the next 15 days

I would quit but god didn’t make me a quitter

Sorry drinking didn’t workout for you

You’re not addicted. If you were, you’d have a drink 10 mins later. Not 10 hrs

Where are you my love. 😂

3 years sober here and Im upset at youtube allowing constant alcohol for example White Claws being advertised after reporting them, they should not be on youtube even for teens its disgusting, they removed tobacco ads, so why is any other substances allowed is my question its not that hard to remove, no excuse.