I'm Not an Alcoholic Anymore... and it's a BIG Problem!

so I've been quite open about my issues with alcohol so so beautiful obviously being an alcoholic is not a good thing for anything but there is a problem and I want to talk about it in this video so I don't really have an issue with alcohol M you forgot what's up my what's up my boys how could I forget this until now when you would stop drinking it certainly also affected me which is okay I mean I'm happy with it but it does mean that there are certain things we just don't do anymore like we used to go out and watch the sunset and get a glass of wine you want a bottle me a glass and we can't do those things anymore which I really enjoyed as a cobble but now we just have to find a way to convince y to go out and watch sunset with a aqua con instead so the reason why we want to talk about this topic is is that if you are like me where alcohol is the vice where alcohol is everything I associate with the good life with happiness and then you go from that you know that's all you know to nothing nothing nothing related to that and I realize that this is uh a big problem in terms of our YouTube channel you know because we've built this channel around alcohol in many ways wine gin beer going to restaurants going to hotels robbing the mini bar a lot of good breakfast at hotels with a glass of champagne to start the day yeah always pit stops to have a glass of something what do we do about this Amia what do we do about me not being able to drink my mind out you know how am I going to live in this life if I'm just going to sip smoothies and distilled water we are boring and our YouTube channel is dying because of me abandoning alcohol you guys ride it all the time this channel is dying we rely on your as as an alcoholic right I guess we are more fun to watch when we are doing all the irresponsible things in life like getting fed eating a good meal drinking a lot of alcohol you know being funny cuz he has No Boundaries boundaries cuz he's pissed drunk I mean I guess it is more fun because that's what people want to do but they have a responsible mind so they don't do it so it's more fun to watch other people do it I [Music] guess yeah [Music] hello the challenge the challenge of of of just ditching the booze it's not just the boo it's the whole lifestyle it's a fun that comes with you have to find another way of having fun and and and that is something that is very difficult because you know in Den where we grow up the alcohol is so ingrained in in our culture that you know you start when you are 14 15 and then it's all you know basically so I'm 35 now so that's 20 years of that's all I know and and that's why it's just so challenging for me to especially make YouTube videos you know because what is the fun in doing a road trip around Portugal If you can't enjoy the wine if you can't have a cold Cana if you can't Rob the mini bar what fun is that well all the other things that you could do we are going to do the hike in the mainland sometimes and that's a good way to have fun what hike from Lisbon to the alab the walk the walk yeah oh I I I I had hoped you had forgotten about that you were the one who wanted it ditching alcohol is ditching a a lifestyle and now the challenge is how do how we find a new lifestyle where you guys also have fun watching what we do let's go I guess this is the new lifestyle boring don't you think people will uh will leave our Channel if all we do is just being healthy and watch nature I don't know y you're always so extreme it's about balance then you can eat for me and I can drink for you but it is true I don't know how to balance life your is like black or white black or white like Michael Jackson I wish I would be able to just have like a day of you know Let's do puncha let's you know do a a pup crawl in in FAL or in lison or wherever in the world we are but I just every time I I I I I take a bite of that Apple I eat the whole tree yeah you know true and that's something that I'm trying to to work on because I also think that this you know no alcohol is also a little bit stressful because I know how how much I love those pure moments where you just have two glasses of wine not that I've tried it a lot or one night where you binge drink and then the next day you don't right yeah but then I need you know the hair of the dog and then you need the hair of the dog for a week and suddenly a month has passed and I'm like uhoh we're back we're back where we are not supposed to be but what is interesting I've noticed that the more restriction we put on ourself the more miserable we feel so I think we need to stop making restrictions and then maybe just you know are you inviting me uh on on the puncher no no no no no no because I'm game no I would never do that I feel like I have the alcohol under control and I've stopped many times so I can always stop again but I feel like you if you're capable of drinking one puncha and then go home and then have dinner and then work and then go to bed it's fine the problem problem is that I doubt that you capable of having that one puncher and then go home what fun is one puncher I love one puncher it's enough for me three punches what are you picking here M I don't know if it's in maybe it's called citronella I'm not sure what it's called in Denmark we it grows like wheed everyone has it in their garden and um what can we use it for tea salad yeah even in my stir fries you know it's tastes good I'm hungry are you hungry L we're all hungry we didn't eat today what are we going to eat we have the cheese the french fries we have the water we have no wine I guess we're having a little bit of fun now but you see what I mean this is the antidote of being not an alcoholic I mean I would just love to have a glass of red wine we also went to a wine bar we haven't been into this restaurant we're testing new restaurants I guess it's just a matter of of changing your mindset I just I really wish I could just have one glass of red wine and then I wouldn't be thinking about alcohol the rest of the day is it good what is wine cheers this is the old prices of M yeah I can't drink because a dad try it it's going to fall okay here's a profound um conclusion of this video and um one of the things that I've learned after you know at least 10 years of of of drinking way too much is that it really doesn't break bring anything positive it's like either you're drunk like nice drunk or you're chasing the nice strongness and and I'm not trying to preach now I'm just I'm actually preaching to myself as a reminder to to just stay in this this Lane even if it's going to cost us um our YouTube audience because I know that you know I don't know why you have to put it that way I think you are wrong when you say that we have to be drinking to have a YouTube audience I don't think that's true but I think you do need to have a more positive mindset in general like this year's videos have all been very dark it's not negative I'm just saying it's allo if you want to keep your audience without drinking just have fun without drinking and then the YouTube channel will continue cuz it's about having fun and you can can't have fun without drinking so let's try and go on with a positive mindset having fun how much fun are we having I just wanted to to talk with you guys and you gu woman and get it off my chest it's not about being negative Amia it's about just sharing I just want to share you guys are my psychologist like Therapy Group what is it called AA the the better help for YouTubers you wants validation just give him the validation he needs to continue this YouTube is that a person out there at the Rock I have not been thinking about anything other than this moment all day A nice glass of sparkling water in my mind it's a cold beer it's like Kung Fu Panda imagine it it's butka F before you leave a like and a comment please know that we have our patreon now and we have already uploaded this video which is about how to furniture 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Channel: STAY CLASSY VLOG

Views: 15,411

Keywords: stop drinking alcohol, how to stop drinking, quit drinking, stop drinking alcohol motivation, quit drinking alcohol, how i quit drinking alcohol, why alcohol ruins lives

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Length: 11min 16sec (676 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 28 2024