Why I Quit Alcohol 

I stopped drinking alcohol today. I’m not an alcoholic but I’m almost 50 years old. The side effects of alcohol are bad the next day for me. I’m tired of it and how I feel after I wake up the next day. I don’t want alcohol ever again and I won’t smoke cigars anymore as well. It’s just the right thing to do for me and my life. Great story and I am very proud of everyone that stays strong. Make the hard choices and never give up.

He's handsome...

As a person who also went slow on drinks and smoking weed, whos really battling social anxiety and being super self conscious I learnt to deal with my situations as they come, I couldn't be infront of people a lot, was a very closed person, a very shy person, my dad always fueled these thoughts telling me how shy I am and how I have low self esteem, I felt love in church, met people who made me comfortable with myself, good friends who value me for who I am, God has really been great in my life!!

I've watched twice. For real. Great that he's taken the break for 2yrs but he talks so nicely nicely.

I made kind of the same experience. What I realised was that I enjoyed literally everything way more when being sober. Be it playing video games or socialising, including dating. I even out partying and dancing and it feels wonderful enjoying what you are doing without drinking alcohol.

Its so refreshing to see men who are doing the work and sharing their stories authentically. Also he likes cleaning! A gem 😊

Well Done Buddy, look after yourself!!! I am nearly 18 years sober and it is the hardest thing i ve ever done in my life, but sooooo worth it!!! One Day At A Time!!!!

Can relate to his story 💯💯💯 hanging around people who are drinking then they reach a certain level man! you can't stand 🤦🏿‍♀️😂😂 ...still strong 💪🏿💪🏿 we aint going back to the "botro "sober till my last breathe... quitters should know that it is not easy at all but just know who you are and who surround yourself with.

Edgar, I pray for continued healing and recovery. You are more than the addiction. You are much much more. My brother has struggled with alcohol addiction for many years. He was deported from the US and even though he had an opportunity to attend Uni at home with all the tuition paid upfront, he quit without our knowledge. He would leave the house and go to dingy alcohol houses in the slum.(We later found out) His wife has left him and come back for the children but is at wits end and about to leave again. He has not he’d a si for job since returning g and refuses to go to interviews yet he has many many connections. Alcohol has taken over his life. He most recently was in a bad accident (driving drunk) but as soon as he was released from hospital, he went back to drink. I feel bad for him. Please pray for him. I pray for you

Love and light ahead Edgar. There are very few self aware men out here.

Congrats on your sobriety Edgar, to many more years full of healing!

Ohh man, am glad I found this. I feel you on the social anxiety and feeling self conscious in social scenes. It took me a year to finally and courageously say NO and not have to explain myself, it felt...freeing to finally not try and immerse myself in social scenes that only made me unhappy & anxious. This decision comes with a smaller and supportive circle, the difference is am happier in it.

Wow so proud of you Edgar this is inspiring - our drinking culture is quite rampant and I have to say I’m tempted to call it quits. Gave it up for lent, haven’t had this much clarity and peace in so many aspects for a long time! Great “seeing” you and the positive changes you’ve made to your life 🙌🏿

This should be watched by many of us out here. I find that quite a number of us Kenyans have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, to fill up a lot of emptiness within us. You just need to observe our drinking habits to see this. Who said we have to drink to get drunk? And who said that one must drink in order to have fun? Thank you Edgar, for you open and candid talk. I wish you only the very best in your life. May your healing journey from your past traumas continue, and may your future (especially family life that you will one day have Godwilling) be one that's filled with love and happiness, and a total change for the good, from whatever it is that you experiencef in the past. All the best.

I resonate with so many things... I think I will be using this video to help people understand me better!

This is really inspiring bro. I pray that you continue to get the strength to deal with the old scars (Especially childhood trauma from our own kin). I am particularly impressed with your authenticity and self-awareness..

Love and light Edgar! I love how aware you are of yourself

Your level of self-awareness is amazing.All the best Edgar in your sobriety, love and acceptance/appreciation journey.

I am actually going through your process right now.I quit alcohol in November but it has not been easy.I have lost a lot since 2020 that i had to take a step back and start rebuilding my life and without alcohol am in control of alot right now that I had already lost control of and I am glad I came across this video.Thank you Edgar for sharing your story.

Hi thank you for your honestly and vulnerability. You are so easy to relate to and I see myself in a lot of this. Especially the way my personality changes and I become so much more socially fluid with alcohol but inside I’m actually shy and reserved even though I love having deep conversations with people. I am 60 now and I decided that I wanted the next decade to look different than the previous ones have, with my habit of drinking alcohol regularly. I didn’t get bad hangovers but my anxiety and depression slowly crept up and overall mental health had slowly declined and I wasn’t understanding the connection to alcohol use until I started educating myself and watching videos on RU-vid. I’m two months off of it and I don’t yet feel completely amazing but I’m in for the long haul and I will be patient. I love hearing other stories and it helps me stay the course. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing and keep on fighting. You are an inspiration.

Very interesting perspective. Love how self aware he is. And that he does the work. ❤

Thanks for sharing your story. Am one month into that journey but am going through all the things you've talked about.

Bald men lakini 😋 Wishing you a beautiful journey Edgar.

This was great.. described my life to the letter

I am very proud of you for the sobriety and mental health journey you have tackled this far, you are not alone, you have grown this far and the best is yet to come. Well in😀 as you keep aspiring and inspiring 🙏

May God Bless you on your self development and healing journey, it is impressive how you are able to speak about this.

@Edgar Odhiambo @Legally Clueless @Adelle Onyango Thank You! I know this life! I am now 6yrs 4mnths sober, live this story every day. the overthinking the constant thinking now that you don't have the bottle to fall back to! wouldn't go back to it! do you ever get the "even wine?" I'm like "does it have alcohol?" i figured i am introvert but now i had to reconsider if alcohol made me extroverted?? its a journey still on it. you can tell from the views this video series has in the shortest time that it resonates. thank you

Wishing you well on your journey.

The way his story is just my story! Thank you so much for sharing this. Stories are so powerful.

I believe we are all a little broken...the difference is that some of us understand our kinda broken and choose to work on it....keep on keeping on...and thank you for championing the need for mental health awareness and therapy.....self sabotage and the need to leave social spaces almost after arriving, right there with you...lol. your right one will come along...when you least expect it 😊. This was a good watch Adelle 🤗.

Your self awareness 👌🏼 From your story, your growth and self analysis is great. You've clearly been doing a good job working on yourself!!

I love the conversation and his view of it it's nice to hear it come from a man's view

The journey must have really been tough! Good choice there about seeking therapy. Wow!! Congratulations Edgar and I wish you all the best in your journey! Takeaway: have friends who understand you and let you be who you wanna be. It's amazing that your friends did not try to sabotage your journey...they supported you all through. Keep Inspiring Edgar Thank you Adele for this one too ❤

Wow, soo self aware. Love it, motivated by this... so much inward reflection. Its refreshing. Godspeed Edgar.

'Joy comes in the morning', that which you do and you can sleep peacefully and when you awake it doesn't taunt you.

I love the fact that you are selfaware.kudos to that. Being selfawre myself and having gone through childhood traumas sobriety is the best thing that can help you navigate through life. May God be your guiding light

Sooo insightful edgar

I totally relate, thank you for sharing, people have different reasons for quitting the bottle, your reasons may not be another person's. It's been 2 years since I quit but the struggle is real out here.

I always also used to ask myself that question ' why am I here'. It's been like 6 years sober and it's refreshing and alot more of life to do . Edgar thank you for being vulnerable. Hope you truly heal

This is very familiar. I haven't managed to quit but I have made some headway in learning not to drink more often than not. I still enjoy alcohol; it has been a great gateway to deal with a lot of repressed things that I would never otherwise have dealt with, however, I respect those who no longer use alcohol. That's my ultimate goal.

I have resonated with everything he mentioned. New habits

Thank you for sharing your story Edgar. Sending you all the love ❤️

A day at a time. You're doing great! 💯

This conversation was a whole checklist of stuff I could relate to...Inspirational... #SoberLife #RecoveryIsDiscovery

It's good to hear from someone struggling with the same things you are. I'm trying to get sober but... Fingers crossed.

Edgar..... Thank you for the share... Now i know it can be done....

Really inspirational.

What a really likeable person,

There s always lots of feelings and emotions to challenge us, gotta just ride the waves!

I stopped drinking not because I was drinking a lot, coz I could go long periods without alcohol. But I stopped coz I realized, alcohol didn't bring me any joy anymore and I felt like horrible after drinking. Unfortunately, m e quitting alcohol kinda put a strain in some of my close relationship because I saw how alcohol was taking over my friend's life and it was so unhealthy. And my friend still can't recognize that they have a bad drinking problem.

The production is incredible, congratulations. Edgar has an amazing story, he is brave and inspiring

Thanks for sharing Edgar. I attest that the journey to transformation is quite a roller coaster, but with God, the ''why'' always in mind and self awareness, it is possible.

Well done. The growth is evident even if I don't know you.

Having to explain yourself on why you don't drink and people around you wanting you to drink or you are uptight on something.....I get him to some point

When the rubber hits the road, drive your car baby, if you re above them or below them, just keep going! GOD LOVES YOU!!! When i am struggling, God helps me...everytime!!!

Thanks Edgar....

What I know you learn everyday in your life and you also get challenges has you go . Good job and keep it up.👍

great story, i have struggled with similar things. Where do you get therapy? Any people you can recommend?

This is me at only 21 Would wake up with the shakes, palpitations, anxiety etc after binging every weekend till it became unbearable..it's hard not to drink when you're around drinkers but I'm now a month sober and plan on keeping it that way.

I've been hooked for more than a decade.i want out! I'm one week out.any hints?

I see me in him

Why didn't you answer where the Cyber tech security guy interview works?

How do I reach Edgar?

Seemed impossible, but it’s been over 7 months and I don’t crave a drop of alcohol, the KEY difference was that I didn’t suffer withdrawal, not even within the first 30 days after I actually applied what I talked about. No need for AA meetings or meds either, I just luckily go’ogled Steffon Barkload’s latest, man, wish I had done it sooner.

I could easily be your friend coz your story is my story

One Day....live your live in 24 hour segments! That s all!

Proud of you Edgar. This must have been tough

Omg Edgar

Job opportunity sobber dating spaces congrats Edgar on your sobriety. That feeling after drinking is shit im also done with it.

this feels like a script of what I have lived in the recent past ... just way too familiar 😃😃😃. you don't judge but still "Why am i here" 🤦‍♀🤦‍♀

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The mamaz who are interested in him in the comments... the channel owner si you link them up with dude... he seems he's single. "Play like you" 😅

Well done, so many programs out there that promise you'll quit drinking from one day to the other and feel great for the rest of your life. Listen, Steffon Barkload's Quit Drinking Forever takes a lighter, safer approach which you decide to go with on your own terms. Best shortcut I go’ogled that took days to make me dislike the juice 100%

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