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Now I don't want to necessarily alarm you with this video title , but at the same time I want to check in with you , because it's 2024 . And if you're still drinking alcohol right now , you're going to get left behind . You're going to get left behind by your competitors in your business .
People are going to pass you for promotions or God forbid if you're a little bit older and those things aren't as important to you anymore . Then you're going to leave everybody else behind instead , because , statistically , alcohol drinkers live shorter lives on average than those that don't drink .
And listen , if you want to get into the top 10% the top 1% drinking alcohol , you're never going to make it . You will never get into the best shape of your life or the highest fitness levels whilst drinking . Your business will never get to the heights that it could get to if you keep drinking , and your life will not really change that much .
Listen , I'm not trying to be mean here . But if you're still drinking alcohol and you're not where you want to be in your life right now , then what the f*** are you doing ? But you might say , leon , I'm functioning , I'm okay . It's not like I'm waking up in the morning and drinking . Well , why did you click on this video then ?
See , you clicked on this video because you want more for your life . That's it . Nobody stops drinking just for the sake of stopping drinking .
I stopped drinking alcohol because I was so afraid of getting to 80 , 90 , 100 years of age however old I'm going to be , being on my deathbed , looking back at my life and then just feeling regret , feeling guilt and feeling shame , thinking , oh , I could have just done so much more . I could have had such a better quality of life .
But I'm going to tell you about something that happened to me when I was drinking . A very disturbing thing , but it really happened . So I need to share it with you because too many people tell me this . They say , leon , I'm a functioning drinker , I'm a function . Or they say , I'm a functioning alcoholic . And listen , it's not cool to say this .
That's not like a badge of honor to wear . It's ridiculous , and I'll explain why in a second .
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So before I was sober , leon , when I was not sober Leon , I went out with someone that I knew and we met a bunch of other people and we were drinking and partying around and messing around and playing pool and whatever . And we were in this . What do you call it ? It was like in England you've got these clubs .
They're like these drinking clubs and it's kind of like this old men's kind of group where you need to be a member . Then they've got like snooker tables and pool tables . Usually I can't remember what they're called . It's like a social club , I just think they call them con clubs or something . Anyway , pretty weird place for a 19-year-old to be in .
But that place closed quite early . It might have closed at 11 . So we went back to somebody's house for this little after party and I didn't really know these people very well at all and something happened that scared the living out of me .
We got back to this place we're having a few drinks , whatever , and the owner of the house sat in his chair and I'm warning you this isn't a nice thing but he started smoking something and he was using a straw and I'm like , is that what I think it is ? And it was . The guy was smoking . I've never seen that before .
It's the only time in my life I've ever seen it and I didn't want to be rude and just run off , so I stayed for maybe five more minutes . But he could see the way I was looking at him and he kind of looked back at me . I think he could see the critical stare , because of course I'm going to be shocked seeing that . Listen , when I was drinking .
I'm telling you I just mix with the wrong people because I just make the wrong decisions when I drink . But anyway , I remember he looked at me and he said oh , I'm not addicted to this , I only take it on a Friday , maybe a Saturday night , and then that's it , and and that stayed with me for a while . Anyway , I was quick to leave . That was it .
Never spoke to those people again . Adios , I've known people personally that have died from that drug . That is something that is just like a no-go . But let's just go back to what he said . Leon , I'm not addicted to it , I only take it on a Friday and a Saturday night . What would you think if somebody said that to you ?
Would you then look at that person and think , yeah , maybe he's all right . Yeah , all right . Yeah , let's stay here . Sounds like a great thing . No , you'd be thinking what , what ? But in that man's mind he was totally fine . Maybe he was , I don't know , I don't really care but maybe he was okay , maybe he'd been that way for years .
But because it's such a hard drug that does so much damage , we don't see it that way . We see somebody that's clearly got some kind of issue with a hard drug . But I want to show you a graph right now . This graph right now is harm caused by drugs . And look , heroin is there almost at the top . But what do we see above heroin ? We see alcohol .
Just look at this graph for crying out loud . We live in a world where parents will tell their kids the same thing yeah , just , you know , have a drink . At the end of the day , that's it . And we spend all this time and resources and government you know resources on educating children on the dangers of drugs and don't take this and don't take that .
And you know these are going to ruin your life . And then look at the top of the damn list is alcohol and that's the drug that you know , in a weird way I've seen teachers promote it when I went to university and you know the students were coming in hungover . The teachers were laughing and it's sad . Just look at that graph .
Is that not the most crazy thing you've ever seen , where parents are telling their children it's not like I'm addicted to it when we're telling children that moderation . You know it's okay , everything in moderation . But what about all the other drugs ? Why not those in moderation ? Why this one ? It's the same damn thing .
You know , I've spoke to people and I've heard it countless times where they'll say Leon , I don't take drugs , I'm not a drug addict . I've never touched a drug in my life every day . Listen , if you're still drinking alcohol in 2024 , wake up . Wake up . It's time to change .
It's time to put it behind of you , because the life of your dreams lies on the other side of that decision . I promise you that now you being in the top 10 or 1% of your field that lies in stopping drinking . You being in the best shape of your life , in better shape than all your friends that lies in this decision .
You being the best leader for your family in your workplace whatever that lies in this decision . Everything that you want lies in the decision to give up alcohol . Thanks for checking out the Stop Drinking Podcast by Sober Clear .
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