The Hard Truth About Stopping Drinking Alcohol

7 Hard Truths About Stopping Drinking Alcohol - what you need to know when you become sober.

There are so many wonderful changes to experience from a life free of alcohol, when we stop drinking it can feel as though we are waiting for our incredible new gifts to arrive.

However, there are also some challenges to face along the way and it is important that you are aware of the hard truths about stopping drinking to ensure you are fully prepared for whatever arises on your journey to alcohol freedom.

Watch this video and discover the truth about quitting alcohol.

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Simon Chapple
The Quit Alcohol Coach

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[robertoboehler-blumenau-sc]

I was always an introvert, with few friends, my alcoholism was fairly linked to solitude and sorrows. I'm currently under psychiatric treatment, with antidepressants and sleep pills. Being sober is very difficult, I still crave alcohol a lot, I manage to stay 2/3 months sober, but I always fail to keep the sobriety path. I'm a wealthy person, but I can say for sure that money definitely can't bring you true happiness. I'm alone right now, wasted so many good opportunities, I wish so much to have a time travel machine and go back and fix all the bad things I've done.

[patriciaireland]

Another excellent video, Simon! Many thanks for this. I completely agree with your seven hard truths, but yes, they will lead down a path to a much better life! I am almost nine months completely sober now, after many, many failed efforts in the past, and I can honestly say that despite the lockdown, the Covid etc. etc., my personal life has never been happier. I have saved almost £1200, which means the next time I travel to Tasmania to see my family there - likely to be at least a year off, owing to the current restrictions, I can travel Business Class, not economy, and get there in a much better state, - which is a very good idea for someone like me in their early 70s! I sleep better than I have slept for years and look better too.
Yes, you are right, we need to come to terms with who we really are. I have come to realise I was not always the "victim" I liked to think I was, - in which I was "entitled " to treat myself to at least a bottle of wine a night - often much more, but was the architect of a lot of my own relationship problems and often was responsible for mishandling situations and getting into arguments and misunderstandings, or upsetting other people. I am now much kinder on those around me.... and also becoming kinder on myself. This is such a better life. I am absolutely looking forward to Christmas, even if I have to spend the day alone. I have already bought in some nice non-alcoholic drinks like Appletise and am amassing some nice foodie treats. It will be the best Christmas day ever for me. Thank you for your big contribution to this and keep the great advice coming. I have worked for sobriety, like someone working on a Master's degree; it is the only way. It is mind changing and mind blowing. Good luck everyone out there. If I can do it, after more than 40 years of boozing, so can you!!!

[jeffreyjohnmann]

Great video Simon! There are very difficult parts of a journey to sobriety. I'm doing my best but there are days when I struggle to stay sober. Your videos are a big help to me.

[vettechsrule]

Here is some really good news. I used to fear relapse. I didn't drink for 30 days, then it happened. I fell off, but the gift I received was clear. I liked it better when I didn't drink! I stopped living in fear of the relapse. I got a chance to compare, and sobriety wins hands down!

[mountaintruthdeeds]

Don't forget the mean days, ugly mug periods. I would occasionally have hours where I would just have such hostility towards myself it would affect dealing with other people. One afternoon I was so not having my ownself I just took the pup out for about a three hour walk, I finished the day sober, next morning I had gotten a bit of sleep, I felt almost human, that was my wall when the emotions started coming out, the hard part. I haven't drank socially in decades so that actually helped me, I was the kind of drinker that would enjoy difficult hobbies which is weird, acquaintances would just talk smack and I would want to play a game of chess or go target shooting or camping etc., The alcohol was just always present, I finally realized I was in charge of that, I had to get angry, like you would with a bully that kept coming around, I never liked or tolerated bullies. It helped me a great deal once I could see that clearly.

[mountaintruthdeeds]

The hardest think for me has always been the ogre of sleep. I mean I sleep very well when I get physically exhausted but I can only manage that once a week or so. My brain just hardly will idle so first couple of weeks sober is somewhat of a "trip" in itself.

[fittaskfittask]

I almost hit 14 days.Then the call of vodka got me.reset day 1 again