Everything Alcohol Does To Your Body

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Had to reupload. I accidentally a sound clip of a bear growling in the video. That was awkward...

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[BCastillo]

25 days sober so far. 250 days cigarette free. We can do this 🔥

[jakob]

My parents were both alcoholics.
When you had one parent that died from drinking too much, and the other one now with dementia, this video really hits differently...
RIP Mom.

[carolinafrancisco]

Alcohol and cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my wife which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

[thestratman]

The worst part about being a raging alcoholic, is that you can actually FEEL alot of these things happening in your body...It's an indiscribable misery, of constant hangover/drunkedness, not being able to eat, constantly vomiting...Just trying to keep down a few drinks long enough to metabolize to kill the shakes/body pain...As an alcoholic it's VERY clear that alcohol IS poison. You feel yourself slowly dying..

[peterwhyte-venables]

As a longterm alcoholic, I can say that this is the MOST useful thing I've seen on the subject - ever. Thank you. Maybe time to act, at last. Finally.

[cockatoo]

I wasn't a fan of my drunken behavior and especially the fact I used it to cope with anxiety and depression, so I stopped drinking alcohol over 2 years ago and it's helped me along the path to recovery.

And if people want to drink, that's fine with me

[Sean-lvld]

68 days sober. 2 weeks cigarettes free 🔥

[Meliyo-efoh]

Really interesting! You were pretty comprehensive on the topic, even using complex technical terms without it being too overwhelming. Looking forward to more good content!

[benanderson]

As someone who has a family member that struggles with alcoholism. Please drink responsibly, never use it to cope.

[ingGS]

I am an alcoholic. My illness started later in life, neither mom nor dad ever drank so I wasn’t exposed to it. In college I didn’t really drink, while most my of my friends did. I started in Grad School, gained a lot of weight, depressed, and anxious, turned to alcohol. I have been suffering from this for about 7 years now, sometimes I drink every day, sometimes every 2 days, but it is a constant struggle. I have no memory of many things that have happened to me in the last two years. The longest I have gone sober is 35 days, but I keep relapsing. 😔😭

[thestoryofo]

I stopped drinking alcohol since 1994 and believe me, my life has changed for good in so many ways, I got better jobs, my familiy and personal life improved, I learned many things and my character and personality became better than ever, I gained a few pounds though, but still Ilived a much happier life, now adays I'm very healthy and exercise on a daily basis, Thank God!
I also lost those extra pounds and I'm thin again, i eat veggies and healthy food as well as drinking enough water has kept me in good shape during all those years that I quit booze and cigarretes!!!
Praise The Lord!!!

[vaszgul]

My father has suffered from wet brain for a long time. He was told 3 years ago he had 2 years to live. He's still here, but his body can't digest food correctly. He's thin and pale, he's wasting away. He has sores from malnutrition because even if he eats, even if he takes medications, his body just can't absorb it properly anymore. He's been a heavy drinker his whole life. He began drinking when he was 12, he never learned to read or write because his parents were also drunks. He has spent all his life in a bottle and unfortunately his family has always enabled him. I called him this New Years to ask if he was alright. His health is always bad, there's always more bad news, but hey at least he's able to talk. I'm glad he's still here. But he could be gone tomorrow, and the elephant in the room is we all know why.

Edit for context, as I'm sure it sounds insane, and it is insane, but he's from/grew up in, and lived his whole life in the Appalachia impoverished region of the southern US. Unfortunately being unable to read and write, and childhood alcoholism aren't that rare out there. It's very sad. Sad doesn't even cover it.

[GibbeTheMan]

Very interesting and educational video. I would like to see a video about the health hazards of smoking.

[miso.]

this video strengthens my decision to remain alcohol free. I tried a bit in my early 20s (a glass or 2 at a party) and hated it ever since. How it tastes, smells, how people act while inebriated and its just, not something that would add value to my life. Props to everyone who has conquered this addiction and chosen to stay sober, also to those who watch and learn from the lives of others (as I did), deciding to not drink.

[willem]

78 days sober today. Not that I'm counting haha I drank 12 pints of lager a day and smoked weed along with that. Started drinking in the morning until I fell asleep, then wake up feeling miserable and continued drinking, feeling 'better' again after the first 2 pints.
I can't explain how my life changed for the better these last 2, 5 months. Still, I'm craving very heavily at the moment. I know why, it's always the emotions, and I know what I should do and I will and am, but still. It's kind of sick.

Edit: Not to long after that comment, I relapsed. Fuck it, I convinced myself, just one evening. This turned in a 6 day bender. Very scary. Everything good just faded away and was replaced with fear and depression again. It was a big wake up call, and I quit again and been sober since, feeling strong and peaceful again.
Ever since I quit a couple of months ago (I quit for 3 months minus 6 days now 😉) I get reality checks, some are more confrontational than others. The one that made me drink again was a big one, but the reality check I got when under the influence was even bigger. Big enough that I wanted to quit ASAP again.
It's all part of it, I guess.
Thought I'd write this up too, for people who are in the same boat as me. Much love everybody, you can do it. 💙

[seanharris]

I’m 27 years old and I have been drinking since I was about 12 and heavily since 14. About 7 months ago I went on a 3 day bender and barely ate or slept. I ended up having a grand mal seizure in front of my house, thankfully while one of my drinking buddies was there to call the paramedics. I have been sober for 6 months now but I’ve already caused damage to my cerebellum in my brain, damage to one of my kidneys, and neuropathy affecting my ability to feel where my limbs are in space which makes it difficult to walk on uneven surfaces without tripping or falling. Doctors are hopeful that since I’m so young that I’ll be able to recover with extensive physical therapy and sobriety but it’s crazy to have problems like this at such a young age. Let my mistakes be a lesson to any of you younger guys here that think your partying will have no consequences.

[BlackHaloSociety]

Drank heavily for nearly a decade, it got really bad when I lost my job. I was put in the ER and had severe shakes and crazy high blood pressure. I'm two weeks sober today and struggling. Started AA, but the depression and anxiety are out of this world. I had mental health issues before drinking, but the alcohol would numb them out. Every day is a challenge.

[magnus]

Yo this kinda stuff is exactly why I've decided on Med school in uni. Love the explanations of how chemicals work on you body keep it up!

[kevinspacey]

kids, if heavy drinking runs in your family, please dont start swimming. I didn't listen to my parents and now here I am, with nobody to blame but myself

[brettmuller]

Grew up around alcohol 24/7 with the inevitable abusive short and long term results emotionally and the physical. As young adults we drank beer 5 days a week after softball, MN and Sunday football and chasing girls at the clubs. As we got older the drinking was always there all the time. I quit on and off for 30 days, 90 days, 6 months and the longest 2 years to train get back in shape focus on my business or just accepting it was getting out of control. When I went back to drinking I gave all my gains back eventually. Weight gain was the most noticeable. I could would go from Fit and a proper weight to fat then obese within the year. I accepted that the liver attacks poison first before anything else and if overworked will store everything else as fat. This is why in your youth you bounce back from nights out drinking and can keep the weight off more or less. As you age you wear out the liver and store fat instead of eliminating. This is why when you quit drinking you lose weight. Along with the caloric reduction your liver is free to process everything you put in your body sans alcohol. I no longer drink because it’s boring, people who drink are boring it packs on the weight and interferes with my work outs, relationships and business results. It is quite the change when you factor in how alcohol is woven into all aspects of our society and culture. I prefer being FIT and all my lab tests in the normal range. Just had to eliminate the booze. Simple really but admittedly difficult but not impossible. Focus on how good you feel to help stay the course. Good luck.