Before quitting alcohol, IGNORE EVERYTHING (except this video)

It tore my life apart so many times . I lived for almost 10 years on this up and down roller coaster of binge drinking , sometimes daily drinking . Alcohol was the cause of so much damage in my life . I lost a business because of alcohol . I destroyed a relationship because of alcohol . My family were worried about me at times .

I ran out of money in the past , had to borrow money off friends and family , and the underlying factor in all of this was always one thing it was alcohol . Now , I know that's not everybody's experience , and if you've clicked on this video , that might not be your experience either . Sure , you might be in a place where you know it's damaging things .

You know that it's upsetting your family , it's upsetting people around you and , most importantly , it's upsetting you . But alcohol might not have beaten you down to the place that it beat me down to . When I stopped drinking . I was at ground zero and it was a very painful place to be in .

I knew in my heart that if I kept on the path that I was on , I was probably going to end up dead in the next few years .

And when you come to a realization like this , it's pretty easy to start shifting your beliefs , to start seeing alcohol or something that isn't going to add anything to your life never has , never will , never can and to have that happen at 25 years of age , however old I was I don't even know how old I was , I don't count the days .

I don't even know the date that I stopped drinking still to this day , I don't even look but it was like five and a half years ago . But to have that happen at such a young age and to wake up so early was a blessing . But I know most people that watch this channel . They're not in the same situation that I was in .

So today I wanted to make this video to check in with you . I wanted to check in with you and I wanted to talk to you about you and your journey .

At the end of the day , if you are watching videos like mine , if you've just clicked on this video out of all the videos that you could have watched , because right now you could be watching some MrBeast video , you could be watching some podcast , some entertainment , but instead you've clicked on a video that was probably a little bit uncomfortable for you to click

on . Just to actually sit down and listen to somebody talk about a problem that you're facing in your life is uncomfortable , especially for people that drink , because every time they feel uncomfortable , guess what happens ? Well , we want to escape that emotion . It makes us want to drink , because what are we doing every time that we drink ? We're escaping .

But you've clicked on this video and we're having a conversation , we're having some dialogue about it , and for that I want to say that I respect you . I just wanted to get that out of the way .

I wanted to say that I respect you so much for listening to this message , but my intention with making this video is to make this the last video that you ever watch when it comes to not drinking alcohol . You know people send me podcasts all the time . They send me podcasts from this person . You know this clip from this person talking about not drinking .

Listen , I'll be entirely honest with you . I never click on any of them . I don't look what anybody else is doing . I don't look what anybody else is saying about alcohol , not from a place of arrogance , not from a place of thinking that I'm better than this . It's from a place of knowing that I don't need to change my worldview anymore .

I don't need any new information about alcohol because I know exactly what it is . I don't need to learn about the health effects . I don't need to learn about how it could damage my life , because in my heart , I know that alcohol does nothing for me , and my intention with making this video today is to get you there as well .

And hey , by the way , I'm not saying that watching those videos is a bad thing . I know plenty of people that have even hired me to join my stop drinking coaching program , people that do feel like they don't want to drink anymore . They still watch my videos , they still watch the podcast .

There's nothing inherently wrong with it , because it would be like watching the repeat of a football game again , again , again , again , again . But at this point , I've worked with almost 400 people now .

I've worked with almost 400 people in a stop drinking coaching program , and there is literally one thing that every single one of those people have done that has helped them to stop drinking . And what I want to do for you in this video is break down that one thing . Listen , I'm not going to try and sell you anything . You don't need to buy anything .

It's simply a switch in your thinking and we're going to unpack that in this video today because I want you to get there as well .

Now , with all of my clients , there's a common theme , and the common theme is that when they actually start working with me , when they join the coaching program sobaclearcom if you want more information on that they all are in a very similar situation . They've tried in the past and failed .

I don't think there's a single person in my program that is trying to stop drinking first time around , because , if you actually think about it , every single person that says to themselves right , I'm not drinking anymore . You know , when you wake up with that hangover or you feel a bit bad the next day and you're like , oh , I'm never gonna do that again .

If everybody actually stuck to that , nobody would drink . I mean , who actually ever sticks to that ? I personally don't think that there's a single drinker in the planet I'm not talking about like the heavy drinkers . I'm talking about every single drinker in the world .

I don't think there's a single one that exists that has looked at the bottle of wine , even if they only drink a glass a week , and thought to themselves do I really need this ? Is this really ? Is it really necessary ? And I don't think there's a single one that's thought to themselves . Maybe I should just stop Now .

Clearly there are people that do have that thought and they never drink again , but the ones that are still drinking today have clearly lied to themselves . But anyway , back to what I was saying . Every single person that I've worked with has tried in the past and either failed or found it extremely difficult .

They've always had this nagging voice in their head that's like I just wanna drink , I just wanna drink , I just wanna drink . They'll always feel this feeling of missing out and for some people they will feel like that is just how they're gonna be for the rest of their life .

They're never gonna fix this problem and they will go on feeling this way about alcohol for the rest of their life . But the thing that every single one of my clients have done that's made them successful is said do you know what ? I'm gonna try something different this time . I'm not gonna do it the way that I've done it in the past .

I'm gonna do something completely new . They didn't give up . They didn't just throw in the towel and say , oh do you know what ? Maybe I do have a disease , maybe I am an alcoholic , maybe I'm born this way and I'm gonna die this way and there's nothing I can do about it . Do you know what they said to themselves ?

Is they picked themselves up and they said I'm gonna give this one last try , because that is all it takes . It takes one last try for you to actually solve this problem . The day that you solve this problem isn't gonna be 100 more attempts . It's not gonna be 100 more failures . The day that you decide to stop drinking for real will just take one last try .

That's a courageous step . That's a hard step for a lot of people to make . I'll give you my moment as an example . She tried to stop drinking on her own so many times and she said to herself do you know what ? I'm gonna try one more thing . She went to a 12-step meeting . Her courage to say do you know what ?

I'm not ready to just live my life this way forever and die this way . I'm gonna go and do something different . And she went to a 12-step meeting saved her life . Her willingness to try a different thing that was different to what she tried in the past saved her life . I tried that path as well . Aa wasn't for me .

What I'm trying to say is it's not about the method , it's not about the steps that you take . It's about the inner conversation that you have with yourself to say I'm gonna try one more time . And , most importantly , is to look at what you've already tried in the past and admit to yourself that whatever you've been doing up until this point hasn't worked .

Because you know what ? If it was working , you would already be sober . For most people , they need a system . For some people , they find it in the 12 steps . It is a system , it's a program , it's a set of principles that they follow . I offer a system . I offer a first principles thinking system with coaching , with accountability .

But hey , do you know what ? Maybe my way of doing things isn't the way for you . Maybe the 12-step way of doing things isn't for you . Maybe you're gonna try something completely different . Maybe you're gonna check yourself into a seven day retreat , detox yourself and then get

on with things . I don't know what the answer is for you , but I know one thing that unless you say to yourself , I'm giving this one more go and I'm gonna do it differently this time , I'm gonna try something new , it pains me to say this , but you're probably gonna keep making the same mistakes .

When you keep telling yourself that I'll just try again , I'm just gonna stop , I'm just gonna do it on my own , I'm not gonna tell anybody , and that's already failed you 100 times , and then to think this time is gonna be different , I'm sorry , but it's lying to yourself and I don't wanna call you out .

I'm not trying to discourage you , but when you finally admit to yourself that maybe what I've been doing hasn't been working , that's where true power lies , because it's the power to step towards something else that could be a good match for you . So don't throw in the towel Again . If you want details on my coaching program , go to soberclearcom .

I believe in you wholeheartedly . I know you will fix this one day . Thanks for checking out the Stop Drinking Podcast by Sober Clear . If you want to learn more about how we work with people to help them stop drinking effortlessly , then make sure to visit wwwsoberclearcom .