Choosing sobriety in 2024 - this is what I've learned

[@AnnaAwesome77]

My creative focus has been incredibly difficult to make consistent. Drinking robs me of time, money, and focus. It’s really refreshing to hear another female speaking out about the choice of sobriety. Thank you! 🎉❤

[@sine_hansen]

I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you for sharing 🩷✨

[@aderaareda]

Sober here since one year. The most interesting thing to observe is that once I mention about not having any booze, most people tend to become protective of themselves out of nowhere, explaining that their drinking behavior is not as bad or they do not over do it. It's in a way a socially accepted unhealthy behavior from which people immediately feel need to justify when someone else's decision do not align with their guilty pleasure. After all it becomes awkward and tiring to end up in situations as such and eventually you just end up staying home and sticking with your daily plans. Especially over the winter I felt the anxiety of becoming a ''boring'' person forever, asking myself ''so? okay you don't drink but are you always gonna be like this, isolated with tendency for antisocial condition?'' Because not drinking took the magnetic power I had in the drunk settings where I shone bright like a diamond! Later I realised that I was not boring at all, on the contrary, my laughters became more genuine, my conversations became more deeper and I entirely became a better listener! I also realised that small and limited moments with my fullest potential brain and body usage are much more worth it than long hours of dehydrated poisonous settings in which many do not get to experience their real selves. Besides these: I have a better control over my emotional equilibrium. I sleep better. I can handle negative thoughts better and show myself more compassion in difficult situations. I eat better. I feel better. My skin looks better. I realised that I actually can double the duration of the work out that I already have. I have more time, and more money. I realised who actually enjoy spending time with me besides drunken social settings. List goes on and on.... LET US NORMALISE SOBRIETY PEOPLE!

[@sine_hansen]

You are SO right! Thank you for sharing boo 🩷 You are amazing! Congratulations on the awareness sobriety brought for you 👏 👏

[@user-kj1mp9eo9v]

Well said

[@live.laugh.love7777]

love the video!!! i’m 25 years old and am 1 month, 4 days sober!! cheers to sobriety 🎉

[@sine_hansen]

Congratulations!! So happy for you 👏🌱

[@live.laugh.love7777]

@@sine_hansen thank you friend💖

[@staceyharvey2750]

Congratulations!!!!!! My son stoped drinking 5 years ago, at age 22. Relapse is not mandatory 🙏🏻

[@live.laugh.love7777]

@@staceyharvey2750 thank you so much!!!! im almost 3 months sober and I never want to go back to the way I felt before!!! your son is a very smart man, congratulations to him as well!!! :) it is great to hear stories of younger people not succumbing to the societal influences of alcohol and alcohol abuse!

[@ccohen1965]

People who drink will give us non drinkers a hard time because seeing us not drink makes them realize they are making a mistake and they don’t want to see that.

[@sine_hansen]

I believe we always tend to put resistance up toward the things we don't understand

[@Dontbelieve9]

Good job! I’m in my late 20s and sober for a few years now! I’m proud of you!

[@sine_hansen]

Wauw congratulations! Bravo 👏

[@tariqcarter6014]

This is great. I decided to be sober minded in January also. It was no great revelation or anything I just didn’t see the benefit in drinking anymore. I agree with you and feel much better with no hangovers or that poisoned feeling when the body is processing the alcohol. Overall I’m sleeping better, lost weight, and just more productive and stress free. 🎉

[@sine_hansen]

EXACTLY! Good for you 👏 Congratulations 🥳

[@challelalle]

sober for almost two years at this point, you look great and youre glowing!

[@sine_hansen]

Wauw congratulations! 🎉🙌

[@smilingatbadpeople1413]

My baby of 3 months is now sober i'm so proud.

[@StylishIrisman]

You speak a lot of truths here and I can attest to experiencing the same. I’m Irish and it sounds like Denmark drinking culture is pretty much the same. Any time there’s a woman who isn’t drinking she’s rumoured to be pregnant. If a woman is actually pregnant and hasn’t told anyone she pretends to drink by putting tonic water in a gin glass so everyone thinks she’s drinking. My sleep is always deep sleep now I’ve noticed my sleep get better even after 6 months. I’m off it since 1st Jan 24 also 😃

[@sine_hansen]

Insanity! 😱 Thank you for sharing and congratulations with your progress! 👏📈

[@capecodero]

Sober 38 days

[@sine_hansen]

Congratulations! 🥳

[@michaelmoran2022]

Ive quit 2 months ago with no ale,im feeling great ,i quit for 16 months about 11years ago,not that i had adrink problem,its just that i was becoming a serial procrastinator and hangxiety which i never had when i was young ,was becoming more regular with older age ,see how long how i can go, great video and you look great by the way.

[@sine_hansen]

So glad to hear that! Keep going 🙌

[@Tomasheg.]

Watching this, I am getting some hope, because I was a occasional heavy drinker which is not a very good idea of spending my late 20s. Now am starting my journey to sobriety. There will be some obstacles, but listening to some points that you have made here assured me that it is possible and it is waaay pleasant than drinking because it is "common" culture wise and so on. So big thanks for such insight on this topic and your honesty. Best Wishes from Poland.

[@sine_hansen]

You’re so welcome, thank you for sharing 🙏✨ Good luck!

[@nadiahaleeb7935]

I never drank in my life, because of religious and cultural beliefs. So I don’t miss it because I never did it!! And I assure you we are a culture that loves to socialize and dance 💃🏿 All is done without a drop of alcohol!! You go girl!! It is hard going against the grain ❤

[@sine_hansen]

I love that!! Thank you for the support 🙏🏻🩷

[@thewewguy8t88]

something interesting that me and my friend did discover though is naturally that the 2 of us do not need to drink to enjoy each others company we actually can spend hours going to a coffee shop and chating about like you said goals or ourselves or what we are going through. we just chat about whatever is on our mind and we both feel amazing after.

[@sine_hansen]

I love that!! Which is also SO much better. I'd take a good talk and coffee any day over alcohol and being hungover ☕️

[@thewewguy8t88]

@@sine_hansen thanks for responding and yeah I mean my friend has not drank for over a year now I think it could be 2 but I know it's at least a year and it's like she just goes meh when she think about and if honestly just happened kind of naturally with her. But even before she rarely drink and even told each other while we both drunk and sober we can enjoy ourselves with you while drinking or while not drinking.

[@Rick_Cleland]

Unfortunately, I'm a full-blown alcoholic, if I have even one beer something just "clicks" and I can't stop. The next thing I'll be drinking a liter of vodka / whiskey a days for months on end. It usually stops with me in hospital or at home trying to taper down off the drink so I don't get really bad withdrawals. I'm sober right now and have been for two months, I just need to understand that I can't even have one drink or I turn into a lunatic that can't stop. Not that I'm violent or aggressive when I drink, I just sit at home by myself, happy, but drunk.

[@sine_hansen]

Hi Rick, I'm so sorry to hear that! Well that, and also super happy to hear you're 2 months sober! Huge milestone, congratulations on that 🤗 I would always advice to seek help now and/or if it's gets worse.

[@charlesstutts4578]

If you can do 2 months you can do 2 years and more. Over time you will not even miss it or think about it. Great job and God bless you

[@Leansophfit]

Gave it up 101 days ago. My friends think I only did it because my friend got pregnant but I had already been trying to do it for whole year b4 that in multi ways that they didn’t notice.

[@sine_hansen]

Congratulations!! 🎉

[@JavierCespedes90]

Good for you. I quit almost 2 years ago, best decision ever. Alcohol is just a cultural normal poison. Collective insanity in my opinion.

[@sine_hansen]

Congratulations! I agree! It's definitely broadened my perspective

[@ivy_mat]

I relate so much, my country is the same. Currently 2 months sober.

[@sine_hansen]

Way to go! 👏👏

[@nadiahaleeb7935]

❤Good for you!!

[@jakevan1969]

Same in Canada, lots of pressure to drink socially. Some subcultures don’t drink though, so not everyone is expected to drink, such Sikh people, or people of East or Southeast Asian descent. I think I am getting invited out less with the drinkers, but now have other friends that didn't love drinking who seem a little relieved and the last time we hung out had a cannabis beverage.

[@sine_hansen]

That's great to hang around people you align more with! 💪😍

[@bill4632]

I quit drinking just over 2 years ago. I lost about 20lbs and saw more money in my bank account. It's amazing how much you save, not going out every weekend. ( to drink) ...

[@sine_hansen]

100% I love that for you! Congratulations ✨

[@user-kj1mp9eo9v]

Save your skin ( wine face becomes noticeable at young age ) …skin is an organ, so it’s one of the things alcohol also destroys ( alcohol is basically ethanol…BTW they put 10% of ethanol or alcohol in gasoline BTW) … alcohol when it gets processed by the liver turns into acetaldehyde, which then attacks the DNA 🧬 in all of the cells in all of the organs of your body…note: Radiation from an atomic bond, destroys the DNA and yourselves in the same way… Although more rapidly… It’s the same process… Your DNA is being destroyed… And when it’s destroyed It is mutated and turns into cancer

[@mv848]

Love the hair. You look even more healthy now!

[@sine_hansen]

Thank you! I appreciate that. I feel better for sure 🔥😍

[@athenelarsen5137]

I'm now 28 days sober. I already went sober mid january - the end of march 2024. However, somehow I ended up drinking one night with a friend I hadn't seen for a year. I had so much fun. Then, I just fell back into the pattern of drinking. Also because I didn't have a specific timeframe for how long I wanted to be sober. I was just curious. I remember my mental health was wayyy better when I was sober. My energy was way higher and my memory was so much better. Now I've decided to be sober ATLEAST until januray and maybe even a year.

[@athenelarsen5137]

I still enjoy going out to clubs and raves like techno and drum and bass and koncerts. However, I avoid commercial clubs. I really don't enjoy the environment there and the guys are really disrespectful and are mainly there to hook up. Whereas I go out because I genuinely want to have fun and dance and party

[@sine_hansen]

Trust the process and yourself - we can do hard things. AND, you already experienced the benefits of being sober 💪 Let's go 2025 🎇

[@nickwright4828]

As someone who is recently alcohol-free, I find the people who question me the most being people who are low-key asking for help themselves.

[@sine_hansen]

Yes! I find that people always find it easiest to oppose themselves to ideas that are strange to them instead of being open minded. Can you imagine if they would actually learn something new? 😱🙃

[@HeySyin]

I'm getting close to my 5 months too hahaha. My sober date is April 25th!

[@sine_hansen]

YAY! Congratulations 🥳

[@jakezywek6852]

Strange-I quit drinking on April 25 this year as well.

[@HeySyin]

@@jakezywek6852 Ohhh snapski, happy half a year then bro!

[@simonelvins742]

I have a friend I love dearly but she is an alcoholic. She doesnt have energy to give me because she is either binge drinking or hungover. She rarely asks me about myself. And she doesn't make time to soend with me much. She is a magical and interesting person though. I just said I wont initiate any more. If she wants to hang out she will have to ask me.

[@sine_hansen]

I'm sorry to hear that! You're doing the right thing though 🩷

[@simonelvins742]

@sine_hansen thank you so much for your kind comment. I needed to hear it. I live in a really boring small town, and have a few friends but do get lonely as they are busy and yeah just really sentimental.and also unemployed.

[@sine_hansen]

I hope to see you more on the channel - you can grow into your full potentiale in such a short amount of time that you won't feel like you 'need' anyone 🩷

[@simonelvins742]

@sine_hansen I am trying. I feel like that if I only hang around with low maintenance people who don't naysay my dreams I have more energy in general.

[@sine_hansen]

100%! That's the way it is - protect your energy ✨

[@thewewguy8t88]

its a complicated story for me. i feel like yeah here where i live too the more and younger you drink the better. at least that is what it felt like growing up as a teenager to a young adult. i am now 36 and well i accepted drinking as a late bloomer i think around 24 or 25 (but i feel like that gave me an advantage) i mean i also had another advantage of having a limited budget when i first started drinking due also being around the time i started my first job. however now at 36 its like many people have gotten over going out to drink constantly at least people my age and if they have not its just because they are functioning alcohics. or they just also just smoke weed as well. like in my opinion it feels like its a mess right now to try to be sober and expect to be able to spend time with friends unless you know these people from before. like right now i am in a spot where i can drink but honestly it just does not seem worth it like mostly litreally as i still feel like i am on a limited budget and cant afford it. i have only drank 3 times this year one was a work party(with an open bar actually) the second time i had a drink as concert and the 3rd time was at my sisters wedding but at the moment i have no idea when and if the next time i will drink is this year. however since i started drinking i have always kept track of when and how many times i drink since starting to drink but i also learned along the way i have had to cut certain people out of my life because they were too toxic for me to deal with.(due to smoking weed and drinking and other things)

[@sine_hansen]

Yup, it's scary how much space drinking and smoking take up in relationships with friends 🤯

[@thewewguy8t88]

@@sine_hansen yes I agree the same with smoking weed or even just smoking cigarettes. Like as I have grown older it feels like when it comes to drinking it's expected you do it as a teenager by the time you are an adult( which is weird) but also as you are an it's like you never drank or stoped drinking by choice or because you were an alcoholic people feel a bit uncomfortable with you however if you do drink and show sings of acholicim they feel uncomfortable with you as well( even if they themselves are are achoclics like) it almost feels like people expect you to be able to drink all the time without being an achoclic lol

[@sine_hansen]

LOL so true!

[@thewewguy8t88]

Yeah your feelings on drinking seem to be how I feel about it right now. Like I don't mind it and Infact can still enjoy drinking very occasionally but like for me the idea of drinking everyday or every time I hang out with someone can just get kind of boring after a while. To be honest I don't think I personally understand how people can drink everyday and not get sick and tired of it.​@@sine_hansen

[@annahayes9009]

When I go out for a drink and others are not drinking.I would not questi them no more than I expect them to ask me why I am heaving a drink.

[@annakavan1869]

Same polish

[@sine_hansen]

I know, these babies last 1.5 months lol

[@lauram3334]

It is no measure of health to be adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

[@sine_hansen]

Word 👏👏👏

[@KoloaKane]

toga party?

[@sine_hansen]

I sure have the outfit for that

[@gildedage88]

Can you not simply have one drink and stop? I just had one beer - feel good but now am drinking Coke Zero before bed. Election tomorrow so we will see if its DJT or KH. Sounds like you were a pretty heavy drinker if you feel you have to give it up completely. Anyway, Best of Luck out there in Kobenhaven!!

[@sine_hansen]

Thank you for sharing! 2024 sober is a challenge I've given myself - that's why I don't drink this year. And yes, Danes are often pretty heavy drinkers...

[@YogurtFlavoredSteve]

Nope! That's why some of us have problems with alcohol.

[@gildedage88]

@@YogurtFlavoredSteve Fantastic you're taking the right steps when you are young. I've cut back dramatically as well.

[@paddylindley1879]

Addicts tend to struggle with having one and then stopping. By the way- it’s pretty weird to drink Coke Zero before going to bed! Better off having a second drink!

[@gildedage88]

@@paddylindley1879 HaHa!! Better off indeed. Alcohol counter-acts the caffeine in Coke Zero so I can still get to sleep. I hope you are still having fun going out to clubs with your friends. Be young !! Have fun !! and tell me all about it. Don't break all those boys hearts !! Isn't getting cold out there in Kobenhaven ???