They Lied To You About Quitting Alcohol (Belief Shifters)

If you believe that alcohol is a poison it's ethanol , it's something that you would never want to put in your body the chance of you drinking it is almost zero . If you see alcohol as something as a way to relax after a hard day , as something that you enjoy doing , the chances of you drinking are so much higher .

And not only that , but if you do decide that you want to take a break from drinking , the chances are that if you have the beliefs that alcohol is a good thing , stopping drinking or having a break from drinking will be hard . It'll be challenging , it'll be difficult and you will probably end up drinking again .

Versus if you have the first beliefs that I spoke about that it's doing nothing for you , that it's ethanol , it's poison the chance of you continuing on a break from drinking is just 10 times higher . So today , in this video , we're going to break down five alcohol beliefs that you absolutely must destroy , whether you want to stop drinking , continue drinking .

These are beliefs that you need to get 100% clear on , because if we can shift just a belief a few degrees , it can change the trajectory of your life and your relationship with alcohol forever . Now , these five beliefs are things that I've destroyed in my own thinking and my own mindset that have allowed me to not drink for almost six years .

I've shared this with almost 100,000 people on this YouTube channel . I've got 400 private clients that I've shared this stuff with , and today I'm sharing it with you for free to help you on your journey . This stuff is going to be absolutely awesome . So this first belief is something that plagued me for most of my adult life .

For the almost 10 years that I drank for , this belief just was in my head 24-7 . I believed that alcohol added value in my life . And you might be thinking well , of course it does .

I mean I love a few drinks , I love hanging out with my friends , I love getting back from a hard day of work and cracking open a bottle of wine , and there's a belief that most drinkers have that drinking , this poisonous drug , gives them something they think that they gain something from drinking this drug Relaxation , enjoying the taste , enjoying their life , you

know , relieving boredom . We think that we gain things from drinking , otherwise we wouldn't do it . Now , let's just switch the substance to something that maybe you would never ever consume . A cocaine addict also has the same belief .

They believe that when they take that drug , they get something from it , the same way that somebody that first starts taking painkillers . They take the painkiller , they feel a certain way and then , oh this is good , I gained something from this drug .

Now the weird thing is is that with something like a painkiller , once people have gone past that point of where they realize that they're actually hooked on it , they don't lie to themselves . They know that they're addicted to something , because they're doing something abnormal . They're popping a pill , they're flushing it down , and they know that that's not right .

They don't lie to themselves . But with alcohol it's different . We know that we don't enjoy life with it , we know that we shouldn't really be doing it , but we just keep lying to ourselves that alcohol is not like any other drug out there . I think one of the problems is that alcohol is something that you drink .

Right , you actually have to consume it and you do something that keeps you alive anyway . You drink , you know , liquid all day to stay alive . So when it comes to alcohol , we're doing something natural . We're doing something normal . It doesn't feel like we're taking a drug .

If we had to inject alcohol into our veins , we wouldn't have this feeling that it's adding value to our life We'd know but the fact that we have to drink it it just makes it feel all so normal . So this is the first belief that I had to break . I had to stop lying to myself , thinking that drinking a drug is adding anything to my life .

It doesn't give me anything . It never gave me anything . All it did was take things away again and again and again . It took away my health , it took away my self-respect , it took away my self-confidence . It took away money from me , it took away family relationships , it took away girlfriends from me .

It took so much away , and what it didn't do is add any value at all . Sorry to get angry , but it's true . Alcohol adds nothing to anybody's life . Now the second belief you need to destroy when it comes to stopping drinking is that I'll do this tomorrow .

I'll deal with this tomorrow Through my work and my company , through SoberClearcom , where we help business owners and professionals stop drinking . I have had it countless numbers of times where somebody books a call with my company . They get on a phone call maybe them and I are speaking together and they say , leon , I'm so ready to do your program .

It sounds perfect for me . I just think I need a couple of days to just get my head around things and make sure I want to do it . And I always say the same thing . I ask them , I say I mean , how long have you been trying to solve this problem for ? And never , never do . They say I've just thought about doing it day .

It's always been something that's been in their head for years and they think that somehow a few days is what they need . They need a little bit more time and then they'll be ready . The reality is is that doing this tomorrow is never going to happen . The time to solve this problem was yesterday .

The time to solve this problem isn't tomorrow , because the problem is is tomorrow never comes , because it's like the diet starts Monday , as everybody knows right , let's eat what we want this weekend . Monday , the diet starts and If you want to help doing it , you can click the link in the description .

You can book a call , you can go to SoberClearcom , but you need to stop telling yourself that you'll do this tomorrow . Tomorrow will never come . There'll always be something else that's around the corner . There'll be a wedding , there'll be a holiday that's coming up , there'll be a cruise , there'll be this , there'll be that .

There'll be all these things that are Just under . Six years ago , I stopped telling myself I'm going to deal with this tomorrow and I said you know what ? Today's the day that I make a change , today's the day that I'm doing it a different way , and I've never looked back .

Now , the third belief that you need to get your head around is something that everybody believes . Everybody believes that when you try and stop drinking alcohol , it is going to be hard . And the reason why is because so many of us have had failed attempts again and again and again . We tell ourselves we're not going to drink .

You know , maybe we say to ourselves on a Thursday morning , we've had a few drinks . On Wednesday , we're like , ah , I ain't doing that again . Saturday morning , saturday night , we're having a few more beers again , you know , and it just goes on and on and on like this . And because we keep breaking this promise to ourself .

And because we look out to society and we see everybody that's failing to not drink . We see people that are checking into rehab to not drink . We see meetings , we see all of this stuff . We think that stopping drinking must be difficult , isn't it weird ? Let's just think of a gluten intolerance , right ?

Somebody that has never had a gluten intolerance and they're eating croissants and bread and then , at 30 years of age , they eat the croissant or they eat their bread , and then they're on the toilet all day . For the next day , those people have no problem stopping gluten the next day .

Okay , maybe they miss it a little bit , but it's pretty much like ah well , obviously I can't do that anymore , see ya . Yet bread is something that is not that destructive . Okay , it's giving them a bad tummy , but think about alcohol .

Think about the destruction that that can cause in somebody's life the cirrhosis of the liver , the kids smelling alcohol in their parents' breath , the broken relationships , the violence , all of the liver . The kids smelling alcohol in their parents' breath , the broken relationships , the violence , all of the things that can happen for drinkers and not only I'm not .

That's like okay , that's like the top 1% of problems , but what about the feeling of not living up to your potential , the feeling of just defeat ? And we live our life feeling this way , and yet we keep taking the drug . Stopping drinking is not hard . Not drinking is the easiest thing ever . Think about it . All you do is not put the drink to your lips .

How is that difficult in any way ? Well , the only thing that makes it difficult is your mindset . And , like I said , that link in the description , the video that I can't put on YouTube got to make sure to go and check that one out . It'll blow you away .

But I want to promise you one thing it isn't hard to stop drinking once you see alcohol for what it is , which leads me to the fourth belief . Now , the fourth belief is something that again plagues pretty much everybody . They think that if they don't drink alcohol , life will be in a worse place .

So many people have this belief , and it's not actually a belief , it's more of a fear . It's a fear that how am I going to get through the difficult times , how am I going to have fun , how am I going to do anything without this drug by my side ? And I want you to really break this down for a second . I want you to ask yourself an important question .

If you could go back in time to being , well , you know , when you took that first drink at , I was probably like 14 , I might have been 15 , I can't remember . Some people it's older . Some people they drink later on in life . If you could rewind time and go back to that day , would you actually take that first drink ?

Well , I know for sure I wouldn't , and I guess there might be a few people out there that would , but probably not viewers of this channel . But if you could go back to that day and not take that first drink , ask yourself how much further ahead would you be ? Where would your relationship be ? Listen , we don't know .

We can't live in what ifs , but there is not a single person on this planet that drinks alcohol , that can lie to themselves and say that they would not be further ahead if they didn't drink . Okay , maybe there's that rare exception of I don't know some business person that meets the business partner of their life and they drink together .

Okay , maybe there's that rare exception , but that's . You get the point right . You'd be healthier , you'd be happier , your relationships would be better , you'd be smarter , you'd be more intelligent . You'd be more attractive .

People would want to be around you more , but the great thing is is that you can still have that reality , because life doesn't get worse when you don't drink . It gets better and better and better , because you end up getting momentum .

You end up being able to just keep going forward and forward and forward and climbing and getting better in every area of your life . That's something that happened to me and I've seen this happen to countless people in my Stop Drinking program . Not only people in my program , but the people that watch this channel . You guys that are leaving comments down below .

You know what happens . Which leads me to the fifth and final belief . The fifth and final belief is that you are the problem . It's all your fault . Now , I know that might not resonate to everybody , but a lot of people that stop drinking they feel like they need to look at trauma . They need to look at their childhood .

Maybe they're an alcoholic and that's why they drink . Now . Is there a time and a place to do that kind of work ? 100% yes . Is that why you drink alcohol ? No , and that might upset

somebody . That might sound a little bit controversial , but at the end of the day , you fell for a trap . You fell for a trap that was designed , that was engineered by other people . You never , when you were born , you did not sign a contract saying I want to be born into a world that sees alcohol this way . It was put to you by other people .

You've been conditioned to see it a certain way . You've got addicted to a drug because of the addictive nature of the drug , not because of you as an individual , and I'm here to tell you that the drinking is not your fault . It's been done by other people .

But one thing is that it's your responsibility to fix , and I know you can fix it because I believe in you . 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 .