Sobriety 101 - Why Sobriety? | Modern Wisdom Podcast 123

[@ap5194]

Quit drinking myself on December 26th 2018 at 31 years old. Very similar story, partied all through my teenage years, ibiza, Thailand, ayia napa, bali, Australia etc etc. Started to zap all my energy in my 30s to the point that my antics on a Friday would write me off til Monday. Sometimes I wouldn't leave the house all weekend after a bender on a Friday, like some hungover poisoned hermit. Had to make a change and I did, and as you know it's best decision you'll ever make

[@rugbyelite1361]

Why does this sound so much like a brag

[@hannah1444]

I have experienced both problems of alcoholism at home and problematic university drinking culture. Sobriety needs to be talked about more. You’re a massive contributor to the conversation , thank you for using your platform to raise awareness 👏

[@ChrisWillx]

Thanks Hannah! It’s something I’m passionate about!

[@Ocxlocxl]

Good conversation , thank you. I am 60 in January and have decided to stop drinking. My father did it at 80. Alcohol comes in so many forms. Big scary party vodka, kindly 5pm Spanish sherry, amazing holiday type beers. The hardest, going to a FAB Japanese restaurant and NOT drinking warm sake. They pretend they are all different but the base is still alcohol. They are little wolves in fancy dress. I have been testing sobriety out this year and its possible. It is easy to forget you decided not to drink. Your conversation about alcohol is informative. Lets see what happens. Keep Modern Wisdom going. Yusuf was sitting there like handsome Yoda, maybe feeling happy he never got drawn in to the booze cruise. Mark

[@Akonw88]

Heard a great quote that goes "Everything alcohol gives you in the short term robs you of it in the long term"

[@ElisaBustin]

I stumbled upon one of your stories in instagram about sobriety, just in the middle of one of the worst hangovers I remember... And all because a friend insisted on I had to drink to have fun... Crazy, because I've never needed it at all to have fun, but I did what she asked for... And I think that was the breaking point... do it because others, friends or society asks for drinking to "get something"...?? Never again. Thanks, your video came in the perfect time...

[@thenetnet5556]

31 years sober for me. Had a great run... but never miss it!

[@mani-00]

31years sober so you're like what 60yrs i can't imagine more than that being on yt commenting on some youngster videos! so you stopped at what? 29 after maybe what 10years of real drinking...hope you're holding up good through the pandemic! you guys are a joke!

[@thenetnet5556]

@@mani-00 I'm 38... I stopped at 7 you clown.

[@mani-00]

@@thenetnet5556 "stopped at 7" hahahah you muppet!

[@thenetnet5556]

@@mani-00 Why a joke? Is everyone who lives past 60 a "joke"?? Lots of people I knew never got close to 60 because of the drink. In your 20s it is an annoyance; in your 60s it is deadly!

[@TheNextFreud]

I had my first drink at 25. I have maybe a couple drinks every year. I think resisting the cultish behavior toward drinking by other people ages like 16-21 just made me a stronger person

[@jackryan2135]

How Yusef can stand to be around drunk people is impressive.

[@jeanne8395]

Johnny had great points. I find the use of substances are to avoid something. If you are not avoiding anything, there is no need to completely abstain. I found on my self development journey, that progress causes you to deal with the things we are avoiding (being alone with your thoughts, being confident, having self worth) Then Yusef mentioned that when you fight something, it becomes what you are obsessed with (the priests talking constantly about sex). I find, once I started on the enlightenment and self development, I find my craving for those substances is diminishing greatly. I try and not say 'I'll never have or do that anymore' instead I think of it as never wanting it, but if I did I could. I've also started changing what I eat because of this way of thinking. Abstaining and fighting the thing, and then overcompensating never happens. Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists. good video guys

[@steveelam4810]

2 years in less social family n friend times more alone time but better health more money and productivity

[@cameronroberts9295]

Hey Chris, digging into the vault a bit with this video but I’m tryna make it as a filmmaker and I’m about to hit 150 days sober (have had periods in the past but this one feels long term). The difference between then and now since that decision is remarkable: I’ve shot my first original short, in the best shape of my life and able to manage the peaks and troughs with far more resolution. You just get stuff done when it’s gone. Thanks for the insights, man! You were one of the first people I took inspiration from before I made the jump. Cheers!

[@bawseeeee602]

What a great group of friends !

[@cr-nd8qh]

I hate alcohol. It has destroyed my life. I've finally been sober for a year and a half but the damage is done

[@blaugranagamper5862]

Why?

[@maverikotonashi]

Humble beginnings.

[@koroshiya_1]

Great episode, guys. I've been sober for nearly a year. I can't see myself going back any time soon. Are you still sober, Chris?

[@stephenkeppie1308]

He's back on it!

[@petermorrison5664]

To achieve sobriety, you need serenity and there's a high power which may not be God. The first step is admitting that you have a problem and admitting that you have no control over your habits. Alcohol is a drug and no-one knows where that first drink is gonna lead to. Alcohol is very socially acceptable and it's marketed in such a tantalising way which makes every day a uphill battle.

[@mazlumcelik]

Hey Chris , your videos of no alcohol and sobriety are very helpful. It encouraged me to became sober. Thank you for that. Are you still sober ? Are you planning to make new videos about sobriety? Thank you very much!

[@TheRobbo007]

I was on the brink of giving sobriety a chance. But then I tried single malt scotch for the first time whilst on a trip to Edunburgh 😬

[@ChrisWillx]

Any good??

[@TheRobbo007]

Modern Wisdom absolutely. In fact I would say it’s a crime to even mix a single malt whiskey with any soft drink as a mixer.

[@Matt-qx3ne]

I need to watch this daily.

[@stevenaitcheson6938]

Interesting comment about other people thinking they've "got shit" in another person. As a uni student I had a problem... It was exactly the same later on in life when I volunteered at a recovery group. There were people there clearly withdrawing from heroin yet I was treated the same way as at uni when people knew I had an issue with drink

[@brandinshaeffer8970]

Very helpful episode

[@youtubeaccount69420]

Can relate a lot to this.

[@dmullz100]

Great stuff guys ! Liked and subscribed 👌

[@gatherfeather3122]

At 58:30 the millisecond cut to Yusufs face is priceless! Chris is kind of boasting about how he can't get all pissed on beer and needs something stronger and Yusuf looks like: oh, boy, still in kindergarten?

[@lucaswhite2681]

Good to see Chris has mates that look like normal dudes

[@helenamoniqueclarke8135]

There's something wrong with the water in Newcastle. It gave us Gaz, FFS.😆

[@benjaminburr-lynch5281]

C'mon guys! let mr mustache speak!!!

[@ledak7790]

“If it’s 2022 in the middle of June just shoot me a message” damn, just missed it

[@gatherfeather3122]

50 min in and I noticed the koala on the mic 😅

[@adamlekki9592]

Sin City Las Vegas is called sin City for reason.. a narrow path is the best path for the long-term.

[@adamlekki9592]

Jesus rules 🙏

[@soberisbetter6904]

right on!

[@ayyubali1]

Yusef looking like freddie mercury

[@motherofcrows5911]

Just learned “nutted” from you. Not a common term in Canada.

[@mani-00]

"Have you ever had a hangover?" fckin mustache guy: ONCE...me terminate the video!

[@Deelitee]

Is Jonny wearing a brace under his shirt??

[@marcbonney9599]

Is there a more recent one of these/is there anything you would add to this conversation, or things you may have said that you now don’t agree with?

[@MegaLochgelly]

No hangovers with Czech beer.

[@Deelitee]

Whyyy??

[@Ocxlocxl]

also as a teacher why is it that lads always talk about the most extreme ways to hurt each other and each one has to better the last one. Then they all laugh. The girls in the class look at them like they are very strange. Is it a man thing??

[@JamieRambles]

I had a friend in primary school and we used to...basically just hurt each other. Shoot each other with bb guns. Give each other dead arms. Looking back it seems mental but at the time it was fun. I think its an innate drive to test your physicality that some young guys have. Partly experimental. Even seeing how heavy a weight we could lift. Or running contests. It peter's out over time. Not to go on too much but I think that's why it's important to acknowledge aggression and find somewhere to put it in a productive way or at least in a controlled way. Supposedly as well young men need some kind of initiation process more than girls do.

[@AUSTIN-ss2zd]

Yes guys talk about useless materialistic shopping items like cars and do stupid stuff

[@josephanglada4785]

Weird people talking about "choosing" friends. I had no friends to pick from.

[@alandun27]

Young lads . . . you don't realise yet that the 30 year old tragic is genetic . . . almost everything is genetic!

[@nicolasjosephs9910]

Sobriety is SO overrated ! I’ve been sober a decade and smoked heroin and snorted coke a decade and by far life was WAY more fun doing drugs, but you got to do them in a way that improves ur life not consumes it ... that shits for amateurs. Alcohol is just poison there’s no reason anyone needs more than one drink

[@aerka0s760]

heroin and coke can in no way improve your life. Some Alcohols are even not too bad if you look at some effects they have on the body. While other drugs are just terrible and useless things, no benefit (unless for medical purpose like marijuana).

[@GayFrogsTho]

Yeah right mate, all the people I have encountered who do heroin have clearly benefitted enormously. Sleeping rough, begging for change and looking like they aged 20 years. Sounds like you've haven't hit rock bottom hard enough.