Worrying times while we drop the gable wall! Episode 38 

Your honesty, hard work and family values are very refreshing amongst the many RU-vid grifters out there. You totally deserve the best of everything in your new Irish home.

Kudos for you being so open and honest Sam, it can’t be easy telling your story in such a public domain.

Rebuilding yourself and rebuilding the homestead......... you are a role model for more people than you know. Thanks Sam✅✅✅✅✅

It's so refreshing for a man to be so honest and talk about something so hard. Mental health is important and you expressing yourself like you did will help so many people. Not just the person who as the addiction but the families too giving them a little hope in a dark time. This is coming from an ex wife of an addict. He is clean for 10 yrs and still my best friend ❤️ Thank you

Sam, you are an amazing man! Congratulations on being determined to live sober one day at a time. You're an inspiration. I'm so happy you have chosen to be healthy. I too say the Serenity Prayer. It really keeps me grounded. Blessed Be Sam. 👍

Takes an incredible amount of strength to admit to one’s self that they have an addiction and / or a mental health issue(s). To admit it publicly and share your journey is truly heroic even if you don’t see that way. You got this, one day, at a time with a supportive family, a homestead journey and your AA extended family. May peace be with you Sam as your homestead and life journey unfolds. 💪

What a beautiful humble and loving family and the most realistic honest people you’d meet. Wishing you the best of everything. Great progress on the homestead...... it’s gonna be fabulous ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅

Talking about mental health is positive,thank you. Glad you are in a good place. House looks amazing,be proud as a family.

Sam you are a strong man. You acknowledge your weakness, the need to attend meetings and the help of others. May you continue on as you are. Fair play to you. Delighted to hear Toby is improving. You are so lucky to have each other. No doubt the hard times have made you both stronger. 😊❤

32 yrs sober, working on projects helps the thinking about what life should be lived. Appreciate sobriety and love the people in your immediate circle and not worry about what you may be missing out from. Live and let live.

Geez Louise, how bad was that surgery job to put Toby thru this horrible "recovery"? And speaking of recovery, those of us who are in recovery know that we are all just one drink away from a drunk. As you stated, along with the fellowship, keeping yourself physically and mentally healthy is so important in keeping that one drink at a safe distance away. At 40 years sober I can still recall the despair, degradation and destruction my drinking caused. The fact that Rebecka is still with you thru all of that is a testament to the love and strength of your marriage. Love you guys!

When my husband kept bees, he really liked his Langstroth boxes. He also had Warre boxes that he built himself, but did not like them as well. The bees seemed to prefer the Langstroth. The amount of physical, mental, and emotional effort needed to do this huge task -- I'm so glad you both are being careful with yourselves and making sure you're not overdoing it. Good for you, Sam. Don't you think that caring for your mental health also means taking a break -- all of you -- when it's needed? I hope you do that. I hope you get a fabulous vacation, after the grant time frame is done! The time pressure has got to be a challenge. And remember -- even repetitive tasks with stone and mortar, etc., when you put it with moving clouds and nice music, makes a great video! Never hesitate to post any week, because you think it might "bore" us. It won't!

I'm amazed how hard you all work. You certainly have lots going on to fill your days. So happy for the better weather. Hang in there....

Glad to see Toby's doing ok. congrats, Sam, on your continuing recovery,

Good on you for speaking so openly about your struggles. I've known people and seen first hand how alcoholism destroys lives. The more people talk about this, the more people can recover. Thanks for sharing.

Amazing you guys as always….and Sam what a lucky man you are to have such a strong,hardworking and loving wife by your side! Love watching the journey!👍

Having witnessed loss to addiction, you living in recovery in such a wonderful way for your family is life affirming. Helping others is a wonderful thing.

Your honesty Sam is most appreciated and a lot of respect to you. Acknowledging your weakness, the need to attend meetings and the help of others is a big step. I wish you the very best on this epic journey of the build, your health and mental health. Well done to rebuilding your life and homestead. Glad Toby is on the mend now. Prayers for you and your family. Have a lovely week.

Good that you are open and honest with your story. I can only imagine how difficult that must have been for yourself and your family. But being open I am sure that others that are going through the same thing could help them to be open and get the help and support and encouragement that everyone deserves. Well done fella. 😊

Off center ? as my late husband would have said " A blind man would be happy to see it" terrific job with the gable Sam ! Becca, on your CV you may add 'competent construction worker' as the building of the hive was amazing. Well done you two. Always a delight to watch your progress!

Another great video .. amazing work progress ,,cant wait till next video ,love watching what you are doin ,well done sam for talking about ur alcohol , in the past very moving ,amazin progress for 8yrs ago ,what a great family you have ,great support .enjoy your life ,you are doing amazing ,rebecca is so lovley , i love toby ,what a great family you have

You’ve done so well, and you’re now anchored in your homestead..a great little family☺

Try Barries Teabags just as good, Your a strong man to share your story wish you all the best in the renovation.❤

You don’t know us but we love you all .. ❤ , Elena and Michel , Bulgaria .

Both of you are a credit to your society and good role models for your children. What you have brought to us, your work ethic, love of animals, nature and your conservative family values are what Irish people cherish most of all. These qualities are priceless!

Such a great video guy's, good to see all is well on the homestead! Great progress 💪 💪👌 Sam I've no doubt that your openness and honesty will help others, not easy for men in particular to open up and be truthful about our feelings. So good man...stay positive and keep up the hard graft. Thanks for another great video 😊 have a great weekend

Well done Sam, keep on keeping on! You're doing an amazing job.

Glad Toby is getting better. The farmhouse renovation is going well. Very honest of you to tell us about your past. Take one day at a time. You seem to enjoy renovating the farmhouse and you have a great family around you, so that's good.

Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards. Not always easy but new codes to comply with going from an animal pen to home. Offcenter gable stone adds a bit of character to the building. Toby's long extraordinary journey to recovery. A new venture - bee farming.

😮"No Yorkshire Tea in Ireland" 🫣😵 .

Sam thank you for your honesty about what has happened to you, keep going you are doing really well. The house is coming on great and glad Toby is doing ok ❤

Well done on the alcohol front. I come from a family of alcohol dependents so I know how hard it is. Not everyone is able to get through it, so well done!

Well done firstly Sam on the gable end 😅 and secondly for being so honest with us about ur time with alcoholism... unfortunately my husband died at 34 he couldn't find his way out of his dark demon try as we did 🥲 his problem was he couldnt admit he had a problem which is where u were brave 💪 . Any who Toby looks a bit brighter Becca he will get there just take more loving from the family .

Stay strong and focused, you are a lovely family

To let us know is a brave step because it shows you have a control level on your life which you manage welll done

Great progress guy’s every day move’s you closer to the finish,Sam your honesty regarding your old life is inspiring.

Well done on your sobriety Alcoholism is a horrible disease. loving the great work on the house and really enjoying the channel can’t wait to continue watching your progress 👍

I had to let the alcohol go 20 years ago. It is quite a journey but worth it. Glad to see Toby walking around and sleeping at night.

So glad toby on mend he is in right place with right people ,

Well done guys you are doing brilliant ❤ What no yorkshire tea 😂 sam

Happy to see you are taking care of yourself Sam, house is coming along all takes time and money of course. 👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 Toby looks good ❤

Try Barry’s tea,Lyon’s tea or Bewley’s tea. Loving the vlog.

You are a brave, strong , honest , humble man Sam to talk about your struggles. It is an encouragement to many including myself.

I think if I had mine cut off, I'd stand in a shed for six months and not make a sound. Oh just the thought!!!

Oh Sam, bless you “it’s just a matter of “ you make it sound so ordinary when in fact we all know it is monumental work. Bec a well done on the bee hives. The best of luck, it will be wonderful for all of you, keeping your own bees and having honey eventually. Sam you cheese piece looks perfect. Well done.Sam I really feel for you, I have had and continue to have family members including myself, although I don’t think I got down that dreadful spiral, but enough to say I had to stop drinking. So I know and I have seen the devastating effect alcohol has on the person, their family and their career. How I wish there was some magic pill, but there Isent. It takes bloody hard work every day. So I command you Sam for your daily success and I really hope you have a wonderful future with Becca and the children. You are a very strong person and your lives look and shine bright. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thanking you and your family for such lovely open and honest videos. Toby has come through, the homestead is coming along quickly and you, Sam, are a five star strong man.

Hi Sam and Rebecca what a great team you are. I was a Nurse in a Rehab Hospital. I was always moved seeing patient’s absolutely broken to their core. Stress written all over their loved ones faces. A few weeks of Nursing and following the 12 step programme, patients would emerge from a cocoon into Butterflies. It’s a day to day process with a lot of reflection. I still do reflection on a daily basis there’s nothing wrong with that. You are an amazing hard working family with a beautiful location. Enjoy it , you deserve it ❤

Well done you Sam! Your love for your beautiful family is so worth your effort. Takes guts to talk about it. Keep doing what you are doing. 👏👏

The end gable looks perfect and the wall rebuild. Toby is looking a bit better than before, bet he's wanting you to keep up the grooming too. Subscribed a few days ago and this is my first post. Just letting you know I'm aboard now.

Sam, thank you for sharing your journey with alcholism. My son went through that too, he went to rehab and he's been sober for about five years. We're so proud of him, we know that's not easy. Stay strong! Sending you good wishes and positive thoughts!

As a person in recovery I love that you talk about your struggles and just put it out there, it’s got such a stigma and shame factor and with people like you talking about it, it helps brake the taboo, so thank you

I forwarded through your "confession" I am very please for you you that you fixed it believe me, My brother passed on with multiple organ failure due to alcoholism, so your confession Burned a bit, but it's good to get the message out. Love you more for it .

Sam great job with stay sober! ❤And great job with the house🏡You are inspiring🥰

Glad that you’re on the correct road for your life.

The homestead is coming along lovely folks. Thanks Sam true words of wisdom help others in dark places. Tobys a good lad isnt he bless him!!

One breath at a time. Keep on keeping on.

I’ve been sober for 16 years it’s awesome watching you n praying for you n your family!!!

Sam apologies Tesco used to stock Yorkshire Tea, not any more

Well done Sam on your openness about your recovery and maintenance for your mental health. The progress you and Becca are making on building your little piece of heaven on Irish soil is fantastic and a joy to watch. I am sure you can both now really see progress being made and can be proud of all your hard work to date. Also sending lots of love to Toby, he is looking great. Those chickens sure love their dust bath😍

We had a neighbour, who had a spaniel which would round up our hens and put them in their pen. I was watching your dog, she is a true herder. Every time a hen appeared in the frame, Molly was close behind, keeping her safe. Kudos to you Sam, for your courage and honesty. The gable looks awesome.

Hi Sam and Rebecka well done great stone work from somebody who has worked on stone many the day. Don’t forget use roof timbers to case ring beam , exelant video Fair play sharing your alcoholism addiction, this help many others, now the biggi in the farming community is drugs. Keep up the great work kind regards Sean

Be your own hero first Sam. Love you and put your own life jacket on FIRST. You are just as magnificent as everyone else. Tell yourself that in the morning...tell your cells wonderful things. Then you have the strength and nous to love everyone else....your beautiful wife and bonny bairns are a great credit to you. Ihad a very dear and brilliant friend who drank....and drank....then managed to get things under control. Then his kidneys and liver slowly deteriorated causing great pain and anguish....we tried to reach out, but he couldn't listen and took himself 'home' in the way he knew how. It was and still is heartbreaking...and those who loved him miss him so much. Sending you all sincere love, hope, healing, strength and determination in abundance. PS. The house is looking fabulous ! 😆😜🥳💝💞💝 And love to Toby and all the critters too of course.

Love you guys....with your hard work, open honesty and your get on with it attitude, have a fab week ❤🇬🇧

How do Sam you know our Mark he's been of the alcohol for a couple off years now which i never fought was possible you have got a great family that will always have your back Sam you are good bloke and I'm very proud of what you have achieved all the best cousin day at a time Sam and Rebecca thanks for the update see you on the next one 🇬🇧🇨🇮

Great video. Very touching and helpful for a lot of people. What a lovely strong family unit you all are. Big hugs and love to you all..not forgetting the furry and feather members. ❤❤❤

YAY. Been waiting for a Toby update. You guys are fantastic!! Well done 👍 for sharing some of your personal story. Everyone has one, very few share theirs which leads to worse problems. ❤

You’re just a wonderful family 💝. Some of the best most honest people I’ve ever met are in AA programs. Hardest part of recovery is total honesty with yourself. As an ACOA and a husband with 30+ years sobriety it ain’t easy. You’re a brilliant example of a family in recovery. Bravo and you’re so embraced by all of us 🥰👵🇨🇦🙏

So happy to see that Toby is up and about, and I hope that by next week he is back to his normal healthy and happy self. The house is coming on a treat. You are both so dedicated to all you do - from family to pets and building - it is really refreshing to witness. Thank you for making us all feel part of your adventure. See you next week xx

get better soon toby.

The husband and wife team are the hardest working couple that I have ever seen.Congratulations. You make every thing look easy..Glad you are making Ireland your home.

Thanks family for another wonderful update of your progress, and Toby's health. Thank you Sam for sharing your personal journey, so many living with no hope and not knowing there is a way through the darkness to find the light.... a beacon of hope for all........

Love your channel, the work you’re doing is amazing! My old cottage doesn’t need as much work as yours but it’s brill to see the cottage come together! Toby is being a little bit of a drama queen but I’m really glad to hear he’s on the mend, poor fella needs his tlc

Toby’s recovery is likely slower due to his age. Have had many horses gelded by my Dad with no problems only one we had an issue with was when the vet did it and left the horse proud cut. Lots of work done again this week. Thank you for sharing your recovery. It takes a lot of work to remain in recovery. ❤

Good luck ☘️ to you sam keep it up And you have a fantastic family to keep you going Top man

25 years sober, I didn’t realise how crap drinking is till I gave up...by chance

TG for some good weather i wish you all Gods blessings your salt of the earth great to see so many improvements on so many fronts ,thank you loved the video monster hugs to you all xx .

My late uncle was once an alcoholic. he lived back then, in a house where the brothers he lived with were alcoholics. It got so bad, he took a gun to an off licence and robbed the place. The police had no problem finding him, it was his local off licence. That was the madness of it all, the addiction, the all encompassing life destroying bottle of booze. He wasnt sentenced to a long term in prison, the judge gave him probation, but only because someone came forward to speak on his behalf., to explain what it is to be an alcoholic, and that what my Uncle needed was a promise to himself to give up the demon drink, and to do so, lean on a sponsor who will be there for him when ever he felt compelled to jump off the wagon. and thats what my Uncle did. from that day till the day he died, he never touched a drop. and his sponsor, that man he hardly knew who came forward to speak on his behalf, who saved him from years of prison, saved his life... he was the owner of the off licence he robbed, the man who he pointed the gun at. ITs a true story that. and the moral of that story is, to surround yourself with like minded people who have seen that part of Hell, and have escaped. that and hard work. Keep up the good work

Well done sam on speaking up about yr problem All the best to Toby well done on your care for him work coming along rest carnt wait for next vlog hubby prays for it all that keeps me still for half hour which I need ware myself out to soon (Heart failure not good ) all tc luv to all the oldies 👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗🤗

Wonderful news about Toby. Thanks for sharing your recovery with us. Keep trucking!!

It was lovely to hear Sam talking about his past. I know how ot affects the family. Being there once myself. You both are doing sterling jobs. Toby looks good. Rebecca,. You just remind me of myself, years ago . Keep up the brilliant work. Can't wait to see you next week. M&M

Well done Sam, you have my respect.

Keep all your 2x1 wood and any planks throughout the build because the more beekeeping you do, the more you will want to build your own more natural top bar hive I'm sure 🙂

Thank you for sharing Sam. Having a close relative who is in recovery I understand the strength and courage it takes to face your demons. Good advice for everyone is to take one day at a time! Rebecca, Toby is so lucky to have you looking after him - keep in mind the long game of getting him a companion, all his pain will be worth it in the end. The build is going so well, any obstacle can be solved with a deep breath, some research and careful thought.

You've all done such an amazing job...in everything!! Your honesty Sam is to be applauded, its not easy to be so open about your difficulties in an age of critic's, keep living life with your wonderful family and enjoy your success. So great to see Toby is feeling a little better ❤

Love your channel you guys sooo interesting to watch your progress with your lovely family so happy Toby us much better keep up the good work x

Oh! You will have to get some family to send you the tea you want.

Much love to you all.

I so look forward to watching you guys every week I'm happy Toby is getting on the mend. Great job 👍❤

You are so brave telling us your story you are doing such a great job building your homestead we are so proud of you and your l8vely family and annimals ❤

Thanks

I know I am two hundred steps in frount of you but you have so much spare stone I can't wait to see what Sam does with it

Love to Toby, such potential for a happy and fulfilling life with his new adoptive family, I hope it all goes well and he's now turned a corner. What a lovely family and amazing property.

Good work so far Sam. Builders usually use the end roof truss to work to when building up the gable apex brickwork. In the absence of the trusses a temporary wooden "A" frame template would do the job and comes in handy at the other end to ensure the dimensions are the same. It makes life so much easier when you come to placing all your trusses. 👍

So much work….it’s really coming along. Good to hear that Toby is doing better. He is older , so it’s ok, good they gave him extra meds. You guys are doing great. ❤

Addiction is a tough one to overcome and your right you fight it everyday ! Even years later !! But good on you Sam for recognizing and dealing with the issue ! Watching the delivery of supplies I notice some Knauf batt insulation, my brother works for that company here in the states !

drinking sucks, Im glad you are away from it. id love to have a place in the country like yours.

Brilliant as usual. I had to sit down with a coffee and scone after watching, as I was exhausted after all that hard work. 😁

So proud of ya. I’ve just celebrated 7 years. Thanks to God and NA

Congratulations on your sobriety!!!! So glad to also here that the donkey is doing well it’s all the TLC . Thank you for sharing can’t wait for the next. God Bless you all❤

No stopping you now 👍