3 Months Sober - Pros and Cons of Living Alcohol Free

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Testing Sobriety

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@Graceandres3 6 ай бұрын

Congratulations on three months alcohol free. I’m glad you let the video stay up because it is quite encouraging.

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Forgot to mention I’ve saved over £900 in alcohol and Ubers, I put out much less recycling 😂, I’m more organised with shopping and have only ordered one takeaway this year when previously it was 2-4 times a month.

@tim46153 6 ай бұрын

@@rokuxbmc5381sounds like your pissed so only money matters

@Vladdicted 6 ай бұрын

You're doing a great job. I myself quit drinking 88 days ago and that decision changed my life completely. Btw I even made a video, because I'm really happy. Life without alcohol is challenging, but it's beautiful. Subscribed and I'll be following your progress.

@cryptosarcasm66 6 ай бұрын

That's really great man, way to go!

@SeanC1959 6 ай бұрын

Good on you Claire. The only "Con" that I found, was that becoming a non drinker sometimes excluded me from those "piss up" situations with other blokes. Crikey, I quickly realized that they were truly a waste of time and brain cells. No true social bonding when you're drunk. Stay on track. Your life will be so much better........ Ah yes, 12 years today (Apr 4) since I quit.

@frankw8171 6 ай бұрын

Just subscribed, I'm 9 months sober now. It has got easier for me, I just wish I'd done it earlier in my life. I'm 61 now, I didnt drink regular but I would binge and get pissed, I dont miss it one little bit. I used to say "I'm just a very social person" haha the excuses we used. I just dont want it now, I find it a mindset, life is better without alcohol.

@michaelhigton6765 6 ай бұрын

I cannot begin to tell you how much you have touched me tonight. I do not think I am an alcoholic but freely confess to struggling with my alcohol consumption. I have been to a quiz night at my local pub with friends tonight and I am slightly pissed and I know I am going to have a very shit day tomorrow. I want to be sober but as you say it is always around us, heavily promoted and so hard to avoid. so kudos to you for having got this far. I am hopeful that I too might be capable of posting something similar in the near future. I am single and loneliness is a big thing, and alcohol takes the edge off doesn't it? Last year I revamped my diet and got it down to drinking once a week. I have maintained the dietary improvements but am only managing to drink every other day at the moment but I am hoping that as the weather improves I will be able to get out more and get some healthy exercise and get back to where I was last year. It is a better way, I know this! I have some hopeful signs, my step count is already up this month and I am trying really hard but have a long way to go. I am hoping that once I can get back to once a week I can push on from there and not fall back in the winter like I have done this time. Thank you so much for sharing your story, I have a strong hunch that I am going to watch your testimony multiple times over the coming days and months, it strikes so many chords and is the kind of message I feel I need. My heartfelt thanks to you for sharing so bravely and I hope your relationship works out and that you find the happiness you deserve. Kind regards x

@DianaOldfield 6 ай бұрын

Hi Clare, my husband and I are 'sort of retired' and is taking a year or two here in the Philippines, we are both aware to limit our alcohol intake because we get so bored easily. I don't think I could make it to months of sobriety but I'm on my 4th night off the booze and this morning it suddenly dawned on me of how beautiful it is to wake up without a hangover and smelling of alcohol!!!!!

@nextlevelsuki 6 ай бұрын

Congratulations on 3 months plus sober!! I'm right there with you! Day 107 alcohol-free!!🙌🏽🔥

@Testing-sobriety 5 ай бұрын

Well done!! Keep going

@nextlevelsuki 5 ай бұрын

@Testing-sobriety thank you, I am! Day 119 and counting and last Monday was my first SOBER birthday since I was 18 yrs old, aside from 2 times when I was pregnant and I turned 46! That's crazy!!🔥💪🏽

@melberg6821 6 ай бұрын

I’m so happy you’ve met a good guy-good for you! You deserve it💕💕

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@jackfrost9433 6 ай бұрын

‘I used to walk a lot more, because I was walking to the pub’ - nice one! Your honesty is the best, really, and love your determination, too. 5 baby step days here, but you are an inspiration. Congrats on your supermodel reintroduction to dating, btw!

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

😂😂 thanks so much and well done on starting, just keep going minute by minute if you have to 💪

@yolly2292 6 ай бұрын

I’m one day sober and am loving these types of videos. Please keep them up as I am learning a lot. Thank you so much from Australia 🙏💖

@Testing-sobriety 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching are you still sober?

@formulaic78 6 ай бұрын

I've been practically sober for ten years due to chronic gastritis developed as a result of binge drinking for around fifteen years. I say practically sober because my stomach dictates how much I drink and over time that amount has become less and less (I'm currently around 1% of my pre-gastritis level). The best thing about stopping drinking, especially binge drinking, is not having to apologise for stupid shit you've done. The second best is the huge amount of money you save and weight you lose. The downside for me is that I now realise I drank so much because i have anxiety and the booze curbed it. So functioning in the world, especially socially, isn't particularly enjoyable. I avoid pubs completely and don't go to many social events. I am married though to a teetotaler so this helps a lot. I also don't have much energy probably because of the damage I did to myself. A lot of people say stopping drinking was the best thing they've ever done because they feel so much better, have more energy etc. I'm the opposite. Give me a drink at ten pm at night and I'll perk right up. So, I strongly recommend those who are drinking too much to just cut down and don't let it damage your body, and those who are out of control to stop completely. But know that sobriety might not be the panacea you hope. But it will almost certainly make your life better: in my case simply because I was killing myself physically.

@hicap06 6 ай бұрын

You should be very proud of yourself. 3 Months is a super milestone to build on. Lots of things are adjusting in your brain and body due to the absence of alcohol (great adjustments, by the way) I can honestly say the first year of my sober journey wasn't easy. (I'm coming up on 10 years free of booze) Drinking is so ingrained in out lives and cultures. It's communal, tribal, and is everywhere you look. Its an old friend, a confidence booster, you name it. So it is a real loss when you quit it. And, you are very right about people who drink not really wanting a sober person around them - birds of a feather like to flock together, as they say. You just don't fit into that world any longer, and that is a lonely feeling. Most drinkers lives are built around drinking in some way or another, and when that stops it is really uncomfortable. The folks you used to drink with vanish from your life, and that's quite an adjustment... But it gets better.. I promise you it does. You will ( and already are ) getting healthier both physically and mentally. And it will only start feeling better the longer you travel down the road. Stay at it!! You're doing fantastic!!!

@joydeepmoitra6521 6 ай бұрын

It was my 58th Day. Everything was going damn well. And, I relapsed. Yes I did :) Now it's been a week again..

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

At least you got back on the wagon, well done for that. It would have been easy to carry on drinking but you didn’t. You still have 58 days you were sober. Be proud of yourself.

@ems_h.eartnotes 6 ай бұрын

Claire, I've worked in drug and alcohol treatment. Re: weight and alcohol, ladies come into recovery the majority of times slim or even skinny because all they do is drink, and when they get better they will put some weight on. When drinking gets to a certain point, people have lost weight. I was quite the bloated drinker, and when I stopped I did gain weight because I was consuming food instead of alcohol. After treatment I started doing zumba and the weight started to come off. Anyway that was then, i'm early forties now and everything has gone to shit for me weight wise (hormones) but main thing is, I'm not drunk and have no desire to 🎉 Massive well done on your 3 months and nice to hear about your sober dating ❤

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

That does make sense Em about the weight gain or non loss at least. Thank you 💖

@bobmathews9072 6 ай бұрын

Welcome back Clare , good to hear you’re still going strong . I was wondering where you’d got to so I had to look up your channel , and saw you’d just posted today . Didn’t get a notification for this , the powers that be don’t want us to quit bad habits - for obvious reasons ! Still off the puff here , two weeks to go and it’ll be 3 months . Well done on going to Spain and staying sober , I’d have been downing sangria by the gallon , looks like you’ve got this 👍

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Thanks and well done on nearly 3 months puff free!! Thanks for checking on me 😊

@josephhealy 6 ай бұрын

Really well done girl. I'm 4 days sober and love your videos. Keep it up 😊

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Thank you and keep going!

@HappinessSparkles 6 ай бұрын

Hi Clare so proud of you ,since we last talked I have had 2 drinks with my daughter in law . I didn’t feel like drinking anymore after that and I definitely don’t crave it 🤷‍♀️

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Hey Frances that’s great stick with it 💖

@lumpygravy38 6 ай бұрын

Well done Claire. You'll be the best version of yourself. Don't give up giving up. X.

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@melberg6821 6 ай бұрын

I’m 3 months sober too-yay for us!! Let’s keep it going💪 By the way your skin is glowing!✨✨

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Yess! Congratulations 🥳 and thank you 💖

@joewalsh4685 6 ай бұрын

Well done, you should feel proud of yourself, look forward to a lovely summer, the only way is up.

@caronconlon547 5 ай бұрын

Well done Claire. Keep on going 😊

@Testing-sobriety 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@RockBoxTGA 6 ай бұрын

stunning person. keep going and stay proud.

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻

@redhedkev1 6 ай бұрын

Three months here too Claire, good on you. Question: Did you get any comments like: "You stopped drinking? Why? You were more fun." Another point you made about being with drinkers...and you are not drinking. The stuff you see and remember. Especially remember. I was out with a couple friends of mine and their couple-friends. Well, everyone but myself got...'pissed' as you would say. (Separate bills, I'm not paying for bottles of wine I am not drinking). The next day his wife was still in bed with a hangover, at noon. The following weekend I was invited to their home for dinner. The conversation turned to that restaurant night out. That couple-friends of theirs was a tad annoying, they said. Annoying? You don't remember what they were saying? No? Well, sit back, I'll tell you, the conversation was interesting. Wow! Completely clueless about the crass things that were said. Also, I was able to hold my tongue at the time and did not get all riled up. They were just blabbing drunks, saying some dark shit, which had just sailed over the heads of my friends. Stay sober! Pay attention, and be quiet. You'll be amazed.

@joanne26 6 ай бұрын

I have had experience with alcohol in my family. A maternal relative joined the police force when she was 18. By the time she was in her early 20’s she was sent to ‘dry out’ in Mental Health Hospital by the Police. This was in the early 1960’s. It was not a prison so she was allowed out. She would go to the local shop and buy whatever she could afford with the money she had. She would hide also bottles under her bed She was still employed by the police until she retired at still drinking and crashing police cars whilst on duty The police hid her issue She kept drinking until one day in her house (not married and did not have any children) she was so drunk she died in her house fire. She died around 22 years ago aged around 58-60 but time flies and it’s so long ago for me to get the time lines exact I also had a paternal cousin who died in 2002 of an asthma attack. He was 44 He had been ill for some years. Asthma bought on by years of alcohol abuse The police had to break into his flat and found him dead He was still married as on the day he died he was due at court to get his divorce His widow was also an alcoholic She was worse than my cousin - I’d go and visit and she would be sitting watching TV, smoking and drinking red wine With 2 young pre school children in play pen You are doing well but you must not relapse It’s only you that can help yourself I know it can be hard 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😃😃😃🙏🙏👍

@spirioli 6 ай бұрын

Perhaps a hobby that you are interested enough in might help. Golf, Bowls, Bridge,Badminton,Yoga,Paragliding,Pottery,Painting. Anything you choose will have a social aspect to it,which is probably what you would miss the most about pub life.

@Testing-sobriety 6 ай бұрын

Yes definitely a good idea