Reformed alcoholic tells how he hit bottom

[@stanleycostello9610]

Recovering alcoholic here. One drink is too many, and one thousand is never enough...

[@thedkboyz]

hope you kept off it. Good on ya

[@dp6297]

It’s amazing how true that is

[@thedkboyz]

@Shaggy Lloyd it's a tough thing to be honest, where I'm from alcohol is a huge part of the culture from parties to meals. Being surrounded by it daily makes it tough to resist if one is addicted to it. I get what you're saying I totally do, however relapses happen for a reason it's the unfortunate reality of whatever situation an addict find themselves in

[@thedkboyz]

@Shaggy Lloyd I'm sorry to hear man.. it's never too late to stop, it really isnt, I felt I was beginning to hit a vicious cycle and stopped thankfully. Try to get some help maybe. I saw a great british documentary called "drinkers like me" which I'd like to suggest you watch, really gives insight to the situation and how much of a problem alcohol can be. It can take a 100 fails to quit alcohol for good, but it only takes 1 success to truly kick the habit. I believe in you mate, if you really want to quit I know you can no matter how long it takes. Alcohol is a bitch of a drug, rooting for you man.

[@stellanchemagbeck3473]

I heard that. One drink for me means I finish the bottle or pass out before or after that. End of story. Doesn’t matter what disciplined plan I put in place before drinking.

[@cra602]

thank you god for the strength to be sober today day 3

[@Noyonboldoo]

Keep fight. Wish u the power.

[@sebs7676]

Day 4 for me. Let's keep going

[@reedbeans7869]

Awesome!

[@davida7559]

Well ?

[@pHoTyPHoToN]

I didn't always get in trouble when I was drinking but Everytime I got in trouble.. I was drinking

[@eman5280]

pHoTyPHoToN the story of my life. I am lucky I am still alive but I have burned about every bridge there is.

[@djdirtymitts]

Totally relate to this

[@djdirtymitts]

@@eman5280 same bro

[@alexcoutts3421]

I love this quote

[@pHoTyPHoToN]

@@alexcoutts3421 stay strong brother. God bless 🙏

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

Well flippin done to this fella !! Massive achievement - stopping the drinking like this brave guy did - no mean feat. Alcohol is poison. Drinking to excess kills, maims & breaks families apart at the seams. If you drink too much - and can't get it under control GET HELP - it's out there !! You are NOT alone. Lots of people out there living happy fulfilled lives who no longer need to drink. It CAN be done, believe in yourself. With wishes. Peace - Love IS The Answer. Rx

[@ROROSMACHINE]

His last statement was brilliant, alcohol is everywhere,you need to live with it and not use it.So true it is so pervasive throughout society, such an embedded part of cultures almost everywhere..Here in the US it seems that pills of all types opiates Xanax etc. mixed with alcohol are commonplace now... We as a society are turning into reality evading zombies..Its been 3 years sober for me and it was tough at first but I wouldn't trade it for anything now..Life is an amazing gift from God...

[@Ra-kt1yk]

Have you stayed sober ? Please answer if possible.

[@RoyDemeo-eh5hl]

After seeing this, I'm just thinking I need to quit while I'm ahead.. Life shouldn't be about being pissed, hungover or feeling ill due to over abuse.

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

Have u

[@davida7559]

@@BobBob-uv9fq probably not

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

@@davida7559 yes probably not ,in fact probably increased

[@AllansStation]

I thought just like you, and thought that's it! Got to give it up. So l did at age 60. Now 91 and never had a drop since, or any desire to do so. I should add, went on to have a highly successful business career. No health problems, no medication. It can be done

[@KCBfly25]

I also thank you. My boyfriend (whom I've known for 19 yrs.) detoxed 1.5 yrs. ago. He had 2 friends die shortly after he got sober. I don't know how he managed to do that, but he's still sober. Drinking is not something to mess with. I've seen far more people get sick from alcoholism than anything else... it's sad. Thank you for being honest & those who need help, please get it. Alcholism WILL kill you... that IS a fact.

[@rarabongostar03]

stay sober man thank god your alive today i stay sober a day at a time its not easy but can be done!X

[@James-b7p2k]

God bless the all nurses doctors the whole of the nhs

[@monicamac1000]

Yes thanks for your honesty, it happens to the best of us - I've been dry now for 1 week (and I know that is not long) - but I went out last night - no drinking and when it was time to go home I thought I dont have to worry about driving cos I'm sober - it was such a relief - it was such a relief to be in control again.

[@abracadabra9052]

the hell with drinking. ....IT AIN'T WORTH IT. ....

[@HIR5032]

This is such an inspiration. There is surely a way for redemption. Just know that a helping hand will always be willing to give support.

[@pigknickers]

St Georges, Tooting - saved my life and this man. Thank God.

[@heatherholman2758]

I understand this so much

[@Dusknoirplayzpokemon]

That’s what I did mate honest I passed so much blood was unreal I can’t sleep I have sweats

[@jhixofficial7634]

Quit while you can. I used to drink 15 shots a night 19-20 give or take and beer and weed would be in the mix but I occasionally piss blood and that really fucked me mentally. Stickin to weed and the occasional psychedelics. Hopefully whoever reads this can turn the horse around before it's too late!❤️

[@sausageNmash1990]

This is a pretty horrific story...... I mean im only 22, and have a bad drink problem.... really gotta sort it out soon... But this is very disturbing... I hope DAVE CLOGG will live the rest of his life, SOBER AND HEALTHY....

[@andyC95]

I'm 25 going on 26 and I drink the equivalent of a 16 to a 24 pack a day. I was drinking whiskey and went to the hospital feeling like I was about to die. Beer is slowly starting to getting close to that and I've been able to quit for a week or so but I end up in the same place. I'm honestly about to the end I feel, but i hope i can say fuck this shit at some point, and make it last.

[@andyC95]

God damn didn't notice this was 8 years ago lol. Would like to hear and up date.

[@MichaelM1349]

Ok now I'm really never drinking again... Fucking Hell...Glad you're ok... I thought the shakes and anxiety was bad when I stop...

[@Johnphilips1234]

I haven't even had full blown DTs but I've had alcoholic hallucinosis and it was the scariest experience of my life. If hell exists it would be a similar feeling to alcohol withdrawal

[@macesondheim4873]

Matt Stocks I've been through real bad alcohol withdrawal twice and I actually enjoyed it. Watching tv to pass the time without sleep felt good to take my mind off the pain as I slowly sipped cool water. After I stopped puking a managed to hold down a couple bong rips and by day 2 I was sleeping and eating small portions

[@pauljordan4452]

Matt, I recently found out that my auditory hallucinations after alcohol are due to my brain damage. I wish I could abstain although it's hard to refuse when someone is serving it. I can't drive so I'm obliged to drink when someone orders alcohol.

[@TobeyStarburst]

What are the hallucinate like??

[@paulbaldock767]

Great advice. Get a job in a pub. All alcoholics should listen to this

[@Geeharris]

Inspiring Dave, thank you

[@dreambeliever3652]

Just incredible!

[@NataliaLapina]

THANK YOU.... FOR SHARING...

[@formhbm]

@lostdaltonian01 well done on your recovery, life will get better and better for you

[@kongsied4279]

I sympathize with this dude, I'm a alcoholic. No excuses I don't enjoy drinking, but I have severe anxiety ironically from drinking a ton in the past. I was sober for 9 months but unfortunately p.a.w.s post acute withdrawal syndrome is ah son of a bitch! I literally cried watching this video, my health isn't as bad as this guy explains, but the shit still sucks being a alcoholic

[@davida7559]

I heard anxiety goes away after quitting

[@kongsied4279]

@@davida7559 depends

[@charleneclark1817]

It's a disease but self inflicted. Alcoholics tend to lose their partners and friends. 😥

[@hoxtondave9619]

@@charleneclark1817 @KongSied It's not a disease and there is no such thing as addiction - medically, addiction doesn't exist; it is a phantom condition concocted to enslave people to Big Pharma and the "rehab" industry and to make people feel weak and out of control, as well as providing them with a convenient excuse as to why what they are doing is not their own fault. I have in the past abused alcohol extremely heavily - I used to drink more before 9am on a morning before work than most people would drink in a few weeks, so I know how this feels. Drink feels like the only cure for anxiety, but it is also the cause of it. I accept that a root case of anxiety may have helped push yourself, and myself, down this dangerous path but we all know that it makes the original condition worse. If you want to take back control, you can. That said, I am not in any way denying the existence of physical dependency which can result, in the case of alcohol, in absolutely horrific withdrawal symptoms, which can, unlike most drugs, be medically dangerous. (I've had auditory and visual hallucinosis, tremors so bad that I couldn't walk, and all manner of other dreadful things. This is of course what happens when you drink all day, every day.) That said, I wouldn't recommend you just stop immediately. In fact, I wouldn't recommend you stop at all. Don't listen to all this American nonsense which says that you are inherently a drunk (i.e. you have this made-up disease called "addiction") and therefore you can never drink again. Of course you can - I still drink occasionally but my appetite for it is low. What needs to be done is simply a gradual tapering process. What will really sustain you in the end is sufficient meaning and value in your life that you see more to life than just abusing substances, because we know first hand it is a path that leads only to misery and death. All the best!

[@kdlofty]

@@charleneclark1817 Addiction is a mental illness.

[@TheCrazyeyeskillah]

I never get to the sloppy point of drinking, but I do drink a lot each night. I have had many days filled with shakes and anxiety at work. I have never had any consequences come from drinking. I guess people would label me as a functional alcoholic. I even go I to the gym 6 fraud a week. I just cant picture life without alcohol. And now I am scared of withdrawal seizure.

[@rogerkeenan6303]

you got to do it before it does you and its sneaky watch out

[@rogerkeenan6303]

and this is legal and pot is not makes you wonder?

[@denisesimpson591]

+Bobsackamanno's_Dad but there HAVE been consequences from your drinking . . .you are "filled with shakes and anxiety at work."

[@NinjaOutfitInTheWash]

Bobsackamanno's_Dad just drop that poison. You have one life, and when you're drunk all the time of course you're not going to be thinking straight. It's rough when you're in it but alcohol makes EVERYTHING WORSE, and trust me, you are going to have consequences. It is poison, it ruins you, it will only get worse. Please get help.

[@chipsammich2078]

Bobsackamanno's_Dad I told my alcohol counselor.. i just can't imagine not drinking alcohol.. He told me.. Ok imagine being dead..

[@mohammed66016686]

working in a pub is an excellent idea for getting rid of the cravings, Thanks

[@MrMrwhite1]

going to a meeting now. Good luck mate x

[@j.e.7028]

Bless you

[@SiliconBong]

I'm going through the same decision making process right now.

[@rascalboxem]

did you decide? I'm in middle of deciding now. so scared

[@ron78tht74]

You asked God he answered and helped. Just like he did for me.

[@stevemackie1755]

What about the people your god doesn’t help?

[@JAZZSTARish]

@lostdaltonian01 I recently started drinking again and I didn't get an allergic reaction. I had a half pint of vodka. I was confused why I didn't. The next day I started again and after 2 hours or so I started having the same reaction. I am not Asian or taking any medication. I can literally say I can have a tablespoon of beer and get a reaction. Heart racing, head throbbing, blood pressure behind my head..shallow breathing, vomiting. I don't know what can be the problem.

[@factenter6787]

It is possible your body is not consistently metabolising the alcohol. The symptoms you describe occur when an enzyme is not produced and acetaldehyde builds up in your blood. This chemical causes all those reactions you mentioned.

[@Johnphilips1234]

@harshmarc cirrhosis at 27?!!! how much did you drink? if u don mind me asking ,

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

Thats rock bottom alright. This was 10 years ago amy update on this guy?

[@benpayne4815]

Hope I get it x

[@KCBfly25]

~~> His 2 friends died f/acute alcohol poisoning. He almost died, too.

[@abracadabra9052]

love ya

[@claymac7895]

And yet alcohol is perfectly legal and literally available on every corner. But psilocybin is illegal and unavailable outside of illegal means. And it’s all for money.

[@reedbeans7869]

Wow Blood out everywhere!

[@haven252]

bear grylls?

[@bvdatech1]

Booze Grylls

[@LS-hq1qe]

Bear booze grylls init

[@BJ-xh8tg]

DEMON RUM SPIRITS POSSESS ALCHOLICS & ANYONE WHO THINKS & ACTS NEGATIVE AGAINST GOD'S CREATIONS NAMELY THE HUMAN BODY, MIND, HEART & SOUL. PRAY TO JESUS CHRIST AND GOD FOR SALVATION & FORGIVENESS OF ONESELF AND OTHERS ALWAYS ! H@LLELU@H PR@ISE JESUS CHRIST FOREVER FOR ONLY THOSE WHO BELIEVE SHALL BE HEALED & SAVED FROM THE EVILS OF THIS WORLD 'cRe@TeD' by 'men and WoMeN WHO WORSHIP $@T@N & THE 7 DE@DLY SINS !

[@mattsniper362]

How is acohol encouraged and accepted when it can do this to some people? This is worst than any drug effects ive heard of. Ive never heard of a heroin addict hemoaragging from the inside or having hallucinaions.

[@kntshrm]

Actually his accent is English not Australian.

[@kylepritchard5771]

sweatn blood. OK.

[@williamjesuswaterman7917]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematidrosis

[@Mtb-cp6gz]

@@williamjesuswaterman7917 well played sir

[@claymac7895]

Working in a bar is a terrible.

[@stevenmorris2293]

0.1 seconds in, im taking a wild stab in the dark,he hit rock bottom when he drank too much alcohol ?

[@MrHairyNeck]

Check yourself into a hospital. You will get admitted, because you're probably very ill with a swollen liver. Sorry to scare you but sometimes we need to be scared. Good luck.

[@tommytriggs]

i aint got a problem....just thought id see if i know him......lol

[@Twigletpleez]

you are gorgeous..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertedgar6692]

intreresting story,, now answer the question??I been worse than you and recovered,, sweating blood !! behave yourself

[@dragonslayerED30]

dude what is with all the australian accents?

[@Jenjenilou]

He’s English!

[@cchan94313]

I love to drink. Here's one to ya. We are all gonna die.

[@dps1689]

My father was and probably still is a junky. Heroin was his true love. I love seeing and reading about junkies that suffer and die. The worse the better, bunch of weaklings.

[@RadioGaGago]

Seems like you've got your own unique set of issues.