Bill Burr Why Quitting Drinking is Hard...

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[@neon_walk]

4:11 "i just want to do it" - When you're sober, you have hard moments (like this one you had in your car), but when you're drinking, you have hard months, years, and decades. This thought usually helps that impulse pass for me. Hope it helps someone else.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Quitting drinking is easy! It's being sober that's rough :)

[@MiguelPaulettePerez-bj8ml]

That thing Bill is talking about "Im tired of being sober" is the biggest struggle for me... sitting around on a Friday night in the basement playing video games alone is pathetic without a bottle of Winking Owl

[@JoJoJoker]

Aldi needs is a bottle of cheap wine.

[@jimmccormick6091]

then go and get out of the basement. And stoip watching this guy if you really want to be sober.

[@micklowrey1522]

You could smoke weed it’s less harmful than heavy drinking

[@MiguelPaulettePerez-bj8ml]

@@micklowrey1522 its all bad man... even in moderation.

[@ReubenClough]

My friends who still swear by weed: “Man when you have the urge to drink just smoke weed!” Then I would just be high and jonesing to get drunk, shut up…

[@Dopamined]

I just love how the segment on drinking lasts about 3 minutes, and the rest is just shitting on Tampa Bay

[@HybridSoldier777]

I'm glad peer pressure was never much of an issue for me. And whenever I wanted to cave in and drink or smoke I told myslef that I was encouraging a weakness. I don't drink heavy often and I smoke cigarettes rarely. Cigars like once a month. If you're gonna get addicted, get addicted to cultivating a craft.

[@doubledtvdoubledtv4452]

bro ur like 12

[@M.2018-b3f]

That resonates with me. I'm an artist, i put most of my energy into it.

[@Ge0rge_0rwell]

Why smoke cigarettes at all? Wtf kind of logic are you trying to use

[@jamalwilkins6951]

My body

[@jamalwilkins6951]

@@doubledtvdoubledtv4452 he joined 12 years ago genius

[@bigjohnboy5707]

Bill Burr is very helpful to listen to for people who want to quit drinking. Because his effort is all self motivated without some unrelatable religious experience, or some tragic event like a divorce etc… and he’s still cool as hell… even cooler…. He just wisely and thoughtfully looked at his situation and changed it.

[@angryorchard7185]

There's nothing better than having a healthy and functioning body. You can't feel good if you aren't healthy. You really just want to be a better person. You have to desire change, not force it. Turn the page and start a new chapter in your life. I hope this message helps you today. Life is, generally, monotonous at the end of the day 😅

[@dominickruiz1240]

I watch this, as I drink my 5th beer of the day

[@elemanuel21]

That rant at the end about Tampa Bay is peak Bill Burr

[@MarkJoseph81]

I'm an alcoholic and addict. I used drugs and drank for 25+ years. I am 40, I'll be 41 in a month. Today, one day at a time, I am now 1 year and 5 months sober! Bars were never my thing. Too expensive, shitty music, and amateur drinkers that couldn't hold their booze. Needless to say, I'm much better off sober for countless reasons! One day at a time...

[@jasonpyles4863]

Get what you need for today... everyday. Good on ya, Mark. I'm 42, and a few months ago I hit 16 yrs without a drop! I'm proud to have finally gotten outta my own way, which allowed me to be a present father, and better husband today. Stay going man! You got it!

[@MarkJoseph81]

@@hyvsan9425 You must be joking or you don't understand addiction. Have a nice day!

[@MarkJoseph81]

@@jasonpyles4863 Thank you! Same to you!

[@MarkJoseph81]

@@hyvsan9425 No, YOU are missing something. Empathy, for ONE thing. You also are incredibly ignorant and callous about addiction, as well as extremely arrogant to claim you know something about myself better than I do. Good luck to you in life! I don't ever want people like you in my life. This is as close as you will ever get. Go to a meeting, it'd be good for you. Volunteer some time at a local charity. Help your fellow humans.

[@ZekeMan62]

Did you go through alcohol withdrawals when you quit? The DTs?

[@brianazmy3156]

The main thing I noticed after getting sober was how bad the smell is in the average bar. I never noticed it during my days of drinking. I have several clean years in a row now and a pretty hefty piggy bank. I still use alcohol when cooking a handful of times in a year. I do enjoy watching my friends say and do stupid things when they are drunk. I just hope they don't go where I have been because of drinking.

[@TheTruthfulOnes]

I drank Henny once and beer once and got high once also. I decided all these three and just not my thing, I just don’t roll like that. I’m a sober 24/7 kinda guy and I love it, it’s great for me. Call me boring whatever I don’t even care 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Jamesphilipjfry]

You didn’t even give it a chance . Shush boy

[@jimmccormick6091]

thanks for your input.....worthless as it is.....

[@newname4793]

Just keep trying, at some point they'll stick and you'll find something in it you like. Then your addicted.

[@yillanayo7913]

I tried the one day every month thing. Didn't work. By that point you have really low tolerance but you're like, 'Yay, I can drink!', so you overdo it, quickly get sick from it and the hangovers are as bad as I've ever had.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

If you throttle back on alcohol then the low tolerance will make your hangovers absolute hell

[@EdgewiseSJ]

I drank heavily almost every day many years ago. Now I don't do anything that impacts my brain other than coffee sometimes. I might drink again if the mood ever takes me, but it never does. I like thinking clearly.

[@ZekeMan62]

Did you go through withdrawals when you quit?

[@EdgewiseSJ]

@@ZekeMan62 No, I maybe didn't do this long enough to get to that point. I was a young guy in the Army just drinking and clubbing every night getting trashed. I would stop when sent on deployment then do it again when I came back. When I got out, it became increasingly rare until I just stopped to focus more on making money.

[@mccloysong]

Once we've crossed the line where one drink needs more-and more is not enough-then the chances are we just can't have that first one without setting off the dominoes and wake up hating ourselves AGAIN, wondering why we couldn't remember that we didn't want to be waking that way again because it ALWAYS gets worse, never better. It takes a while for the synapses to rewire in sobriety. Try to get to a place where you don't NEED to drink. Then you'll eventually get to a place where you don't WANT to. Yes, you too. If I could, anyone can.

[@JagdgeschwaderX]

Great comment dude

[@Michael.hide.tanner]

The great obsession of every alcoholic is that we will somehow someway control and enjoy our drinking like we see others do. The power of this illusion is astonishing and we often follow it into the gates of insanity and death.

[@biggav7434]

I'm into my 11th month of sobriety. But still have ideas about drinking on holidays. Having said that, I've accepted that drinking after work, especially on paydays and weekends for me, is retarded.

[@mitchelcarroll9514]

I always see people in drinking at dinner and having a great time. But then there's me trying to sneak extra drinks and getting black out after the dinner. There's no way I'll be able to drink and just have fun.

[@dontcare7086]

Glad alcohol skips generations. My dad and his brother were 40 year alcoholics just like their dad. My brother and I don't even like drinking. Maybe once a year I have a couple beers and just don't like it.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

I see it you are a friend of bill

[@JasonTaylor90210]

Ok AA. 😂

[@edenviii2638]

Bill’s aggression towards Tampa is fucking hilarious

[@happinesstan]

It's easy when you want to. The hard part is wanting to.

[@logancarter6423]

Bill started jonesing for a cold beer lol

[@peterpeter1829]

5 years and 7 months sober. Best thing I ever did on a dare. Good luck to all !

[@churlskunk]

Give the People What They Want is a great album!

[@dustencross357]

Hold on a minute Bill, your telling me that there is a whole store with nothing in it but comedy.....? There is a god

[@claudiapreda8493]

great Burr as always! I'll drink to that!

[@MalachiMacTavish]

So right about The Kinks!

[@iamtheoceanr]

There's always always always a price to pay with any drug or alcohol. It's a temporary bandaid. Coping with life is hard enough on it's own. Using drugs and alcohol to cope makes coping harder the next time life hits you with something. There's always a price...

[@zigotina]

"i'm actually sick of thinking clearly" i know this feel very well unfortunately

[@angryorchard7185]

Remember in December 2019 starting doing weed, American Spirits cigs, and alcohol all combined. By March I was coughing out tar. Some of the best days ever 😂 almost drowned that month but I'd go back, I felt better about life in general compared to today

[@fraser1237]

Yep same here. life can become very boring and routine when you don't ever go out and have a few drinks, enjoy nightlife and have a dew drinks just don't do it every week. especially if your a single male.

[@cliffordkelleher0142]

Drinking is fun, just keep it under control. If you can’t, don’t.

[@mickeyhadley4281]

Damn, that’s such great advice! Where were you when I was a drunk? Wow, you mean I could have just not been a drunk? By not drinking? Hmmmm.🤔. You should definitely become a counselor.

[@ZekeMan62]

@@mickeyhadley4281 Dude's a wizard.

[@JasonTaylor90210]

@@mickeyhadley4281 😂

[@williamjburkhardt]

Person so addicted to alcohol that they drink cologne: "Gee thanks I'll try that."

[@ponaliramos9773]

AFTER 20 YEARS OF CRIPPLING ALCOHOLISM AND LOSING EVERYTHING AND LOSING MY LEGS I FINALLY CAME ACROSS YOUR ADVICE ! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I TRIED KEEPING IT UNDER CONTROL LIKE YOU SAID AND IM FINALLY CURED! I DIDNT KNOW BEFORE! F(ck you

[@dylanalbuquerque4854]

Underrated: Supertramp!!

[@AJHyoton]

I'm with him on the hockey. Tampa Bay, Las Vegas, and Dallas are cities where hockey is just not necessary, and a Canadian team has not won since 1993. Now, I used to live next to Canada. I put up with Canadians all the time, and when it comes to hockey, they are ten times more obnoxious and arrogant then they already are, but still! With the exception of the Vancouver Canucks, I would like to see one of those teams win a cup someday. That said, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York, New Jersey, and yes, even Boston, all should win instead of teams from Florida, Texas, and Arizona. Blecch

[@dehonore]

Go Leafs Go! Your comment is absolutely correct. Except I live in Ohio and have been a Leaf’s fan since I was a kid vacationing in Ontario with family. The Columbus Blue Jackets?! LMFAO! Is that actually an NHL franchise? LMFAO! Go Leafs Go!

[@AJHyoton]

@@dehonore Columbus beats Floridian teams, but still! Cleveland at least is on a lake where they can play REAL hockey. They had a franchise once, for two years, the Cleveland Barons, and when it looked like they could make the playoffs, the city turned electric. This was back in the 70's, when NHL and NBA franchises were very flimsy, so when the season collapsed, the team folded. So close! Mistakes are made. Large cities such as Columbus, San Jose, and Phoenix that are massive, suburban sprawls with no urban centers should not have sports teams. Good luck to your Leafs (they need it)

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

I've never had a problem with alcohol. Truth be told. I don't enjoy it. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.

[@thegrumpygeordie9007]

Hi mate late to the show but I wanted to tell you. I've been doing bascially what you describe for about 3 years now. I have one weekend a month (normally the weekend of my pay landing) where i drink and smoke. I also drink on special occasions, like bank holiday or when I take time off work or weddings and that. Its sort of working, but its got to say I get so itchy for a drink some days its painful. I once drove to the Co Op (its a shop) for beer cursing myself, did a 180 in the car park screaming and sped off just about steering with my teeth. Worth it though. So much more money, I'm not constantly missing the gym because I'm hanging, but I do love my monthly blow out.

[@hypnosisbeats]

tampa bay loves the lightning bill, relax

[@tattoofthesun]

God, self, fellowship. We cannot do it alone

[@johncarroll5087]

As someone who is not a fan of Bill (Wilson)..THE IRISH NEVER QUIT!!!😉

[@stiggy3416]

You really got me is my shit

[@denmc7028]

Quitting drinking is easy . Not drinking out of boredom is hard .

[@leethecomedian]

I imagine the bottom level contains the dr. Strangelove type meeting rooms.

[@JasonTaylor90210]

Bill does some great analogies.

[@nelsonalexis3054]

I did 10 weeks sober and I think it was probably the best time in my life. Unfortunately i had a massive relapse and fell off my bike cycling home. I have fucked up my shoulder and have a black eye. Seriously wtf

[@RockstarLiiife]

Whooooaaaaaa Tampa the best

[@seancarberry1443]

The Kinks! Yes!

[@atticusmcfly]

I just love the nerve of adults who complain about inflation and having no money spending a significant amount of their paycheck on drinks. I grew up thinking alcohol was an adult beverage when it's quite the opposite. Every drop of alcohol I've ever consumed was before I turned 21. Never understood the appeal. It makes me feel like shit and turns me into an asshole who causes chaos. Ten years later and nothing's changed. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones? 🤷‍♂️

[@nasigeorgopoulos4075]

Doesn't effect everyone that way. It makes me nicer and never makes me feel like shit. I'm also not an alcoholic. But i understand why people feel it compliments their lifestyle.

[@atticusmcfly]

@@nasigeorgopoulos4075 I've known way too many people who are much more interesting after 2 or 3 drinks. It's strange how it affects certain people one way but has the opposite affect on others.

[@sadhu7191]

Yeah but some have genetics and alcohol hits like herion

[@atticusmcfly]

@@sadhu7191 I come from a family of functioning alcoholics. My Dad has never talked about or addressed his drunkenness in any way, shape or form because he's a sociopathic coward and my Mom simply says she likes the taste and beer takes the edge off. Ironically her father was a tetotaler despite being a master bartender. I guess it skips a generation.

[@nasigeorgopoulos4075]

@@sadhu7191 of course. I just mean that when people say they don't get it its usually cuz they're angry drunks, and not everyone is like that.

[@calebm24]

I rlly only drink on family holiday parties just so it won’t control me only drink about 6-8 times a year max

[@Plato76...]

The kinks aren't underrated in the UK they're the dogs bollocks

[@tattoofthesun]

I do want a Canadian team to win the cup!!! 100% Bill you’re right - we need a HOCKEY town!!

[@mraarontorres]

I don't drink but if I did I wouldn't stop 🤣 maybe life will get easier after the next bottle 😌

[@anonymouspsycho6972]

My godfather had a get fucked up schedule but was more extreme. Instead of the drunk a week it was more of an opium ride through thailand twice a year type thing. He kept his cool with professional life and stuff but never swung being a drug addict. It seemed to work out and he died natural and old. You can throw a drink in somewhere but takes more control than quitting outright if can get outa hand usually.

[@Nukiger]

I just like to drink man …

[@timmothyjennings]

quitting any drug is hard. but Billy Boy doesn't consider alcohol a drug, lol.

[@t1ll316]

Additionally, alcohol w/drawals can kill you, but we gotta keep the double standard

[@jeffmcginnis3882]

Does anyone realize when Bill says "Ladies" in a weird yelling tone, it's (in my opinion) an homage to Jerry Lewis.

[@afterhourscinema782]

If I could, I'd tell this guy to never start. Sure drinking is fun but getting hammered too often, you'll eventually end up a loser. So dont start because you'll regret it if you do.

[@robertphelps354]

Kiinks are great but, check out Squeeze

[@jimmccormick6091]

I have been looking at your drinking/stopping videos for a little while now. It has finally come to the conclusion that you are an entertainer. Frankly, I don't see stopping drinking the same way as you. But, who gives a shit? You go on, making your videos, about stopping, and starting, and all the rest, and have these people blow their smoke up you ass, cuz, frankly, that's what you do, because, lets be real, you have no intention of honestly quitting. I really and truly do wish you nothing but the best, whaever level of the Pentagon you are on.....

[@BigTimmy11]

Is this from 2010?

[@happydog6537]

How can he be married to that thing without drinking. What a weirdo Patrice would be so ashamed and he would be the only one that was allowed to talk about it.

[@diegocastillo5400]

My friend was like this. He'd drink to blackout. Not even to enjoy it. One time he went to Vegas and next morning he woke up in the middle of the desert because the broad he was with threw him out the car. One time he tried to get me to cosign for a new mustang. It's down a rabbit hole with these people and they take everyone down with them. Stay away.

[@technomage6736]

Curious to see if legalizing marijuana helps reduce alcoholism in the long term. It seems most people need a "crutch", relief, time to let go and take a little break from the regular world and it's problems, etc, and like the dumb monkeys our parents and grandparents are, they left us with nothing but alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine on the store shelves. 🤦‍♂️

[@technomage6736]

@Down with Corporate Amerika You know what good point. The social aspect of alcohol is a big lure. Not that I would've expected a huge drop anyway, but there may still be a slight drop. Especially considering pot helps with most withdrawal symptoms, so people trying to quit drinking have another great aid to try.

[@seenhandleyept]

going out of yourself to find the solution to your problems or crutch whether its weed or alcohol will solve nothing.

[@uberhuber7903]

@Down with Corporate Amerika you're insane. The majority of times I've been laid was after the line " "wana smoke a joint?"

[@rainfeathermedic]

I've been told people who are not alcoholics don't schedule their drinking or reson with themselves, whatever so sick of hearing ,Oh your NATIVE AMERICAN your allergic, do u know how fast u were going , why are u nekked is that a goat in ur backseat? Wait what were we talking about? Roflmao

[@mr.tapeup5115]

what ? lmao XD

[@ryanmalachy777]

😂😂🪶🪶🦬🦬

[@image30p]

Why get drunk even once? You'll only feel like shit in the morning and annoy everyone while you're drunk

[@matthoffman8162]

Personally speaking, Quitting drinking was the easiest thing i have ever done. That was 10+ years ago. It is possible 🤘

[@nothanks830]

Why do y’all shit on people who decide to drink? Let people enjoy shit, if you don’t like it, don’t drink it. You cannot deny the extremely beneficial benefits of moderate alcohol consumption.

[@heath6809]

Extremely beneficial benefits? Like what?

[@jackhubert]

There are no benefits lol.

[@jackhubert]

Which extremely beneficial benefits are the most beneficial?

[@bigpictureguys8415]

I wouldn’t knock someone for choosing it. Not everyone is “allergic” to it the way I am. I only ask if they aren’t happy why would they consume a depressant & assume it’ll help? If it seems like it does in the moment congrats but it’s not a long term solution

[@mikewhelan9561]

people who are drinking are boring

[@davidlindsey7086]

Bring back drunk comedy. Dean Martin was funny! Bill Burr is a boring $ grabber.

[@blaze556922]

Not hard at all. Unless you're an alcoholic, just don't drink. If you are an alcoholic, you should have stopped yourself a long time ago. It just like junk food. It's all in your head and you need literally none of it. Chemical dependency is no joke but the only things truly hard to quit are nicotine and hard drugs.

[@profet1385]

Alcohol is a hard drug bro. Not sure if you're far off on the spectrum of opinion or trolling.

[@sadhu7191]

Or if u want to drink everyday u need to earn it. Make your alcohol, cannabis or what u want. It's to easy to buy vodka cheap right near house.

[@sadhu7191]

If u are at home after work u drink. If u have to keep alcohol distill going u have to pace self u till work is done.

[@VCT3333]

Stop talking about things you have no idea about. If Alcohol was introduced today, it'll be a schedule drug like the opioids etc.

[@blaze556922]

@@VCT3333 Except alcohol is made from things like hops, barley, and other grains. It is not chemically dependent or addictive. I have actually gone through substance abuse courses for alcohol and even attended AA. What exactly in my comments makes you think I don't know what I'm talking about? Simpleton

[@Cracktune]

Kinks > Led Zepplin

[@balinchainly420]

First

[@zer0deaths862]

Its not fucking hard at all. Just don't fucking drink alcohol. 😑

[@Beanieboibee]

*misses entire point of the discussion/video*

[@eberd.c4644]

You can’t measure the likelihood of someone being more susceptible to be an addict. Some people can quiet easier than others. There’s a lot of factors that are involved l.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

Says a non alcoholic 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@JasonTaylor90210]

Variables dumdum.

[@JasonTaylor90210]

Led Zeppelin is great!

[@JWMCMLXXX]

before he got hip to cannabis.