Mental & Physical Aspects of Alcohol & Drug Abuse

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Alcohol (drug) - Wikipedia

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The Last Video You'll Ever Need About ALCOHOL & Spirituality - no bs​

May 29, 2025 #aurahealing #spiritualsovereignty #energyprotection
Alcohol is not just a drink—it’s a spiritual weapon dressed as celebration. You've been taught to see it as harmless, fun, even sophisticated

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Alcohol Documentary (BBC)​

Sep 16, 2018
If you’ve got a spare hour, this is well worth a watch. Definitely one of the best Alcoholism documentaries I’ve seen to date...

 

Why Can't I Sleep Well After Drinking Alcohol?​

Aug 12, 2025
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Why many Americans are rethinking alcohol, according to a new Gallup poll​

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans are reporting that they drink alcohol amid a growing belief that even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.

A record high percentage of U.S. adults, 53%, now say moderate drinking is bad for their health, up from 28% in 2015. The uptick in doubt about alcohol’s benefits is largely driven by young adults — the age group that is most likely to believe drinking “one or two drinks a day” can cause health hazards — but older adults are also now increasingly likely to think moderate drinking carries risks.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...-new-gallup-poll/ar-AA1Krapu?ocid=socialshare
 

My Number 1 Way To Avoid Or Manage Stress​

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It Was Worth Stopping Alcohol Just For These Two Eye Opening Moments​

Aug 17, 2025

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Addiction Took Me To Rock Bottom. So I Sold Everything I Owned And Moved Abroad For A Simpler Life.​

I awoke with the sun slicing through the blinds, spotlighting the mess I didn’t want to face. My head throbbed. My mouth felt like sandpaper. The stench of stale whiskey clung to my sheets. My stomach turned as I blinked through the haze, heart racing from nightmares I couldn’t remember. I reached for the half-empty bottle on the nightstand, then thought better of it and fumbled for an Adderall instead, my morning ritual.

After that, I lay back down and stared at the ceiling, waiting for the pill to kick in. By late afternoon, I’d take a Xanax to smooth out the crash. By nightfall, I’d start drinking again, chasing sleep I didn’t want so I could wake and continue a life I couldn’t stand.

It couldn’t last.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/we...r-a-simpler-life/ar-AA1EkoXy?ocid=socialshare
 

Why I Wasn't Welcome After Stopping Alcohol - A Painful Truth - Cracking Another BS Alcohol Trap​

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I couldn't imagine my life WITHOUT alcohol - Now, I can't imagine alcohol IN my life​

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‘Sobriety is like a second puberty’: Alcoholics on learning to live and enjoy life after drinking​

When Lauren McQuistin was in the grip of alcoholism, sobriety didn’t only seem impossible – it seemed pointless. Sobriety was something for other people to strive for. People who had lost everything and had something to reclaim: a family, a house, a partner, a career. “I was 19, and no one was depending on me,” says Lauren, now 32. “I never had enough to lose in the first place, so I couldn’t see the point of getting sober.”

On paper, Lauren had plenty going for her: she was a gifted opera singer, a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, and studying for her Master’s at Yale School of Music. Her future was bright. Inside, though, she was screaming. Growing up “depressed, a little bit weird, and so scared” in the remote town of Stranraer in western Scotland, drinking had been part of her and her friends’ lives since they were 13. But almost as soon as she started, she realised her approach was different. While her mates were getting silly and sloppy, she was aiming for blackout. “People were beginning to distance themselves from me, because the libertine was becoming a liability,” she says.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/we...e-after-drinking/ar-AA1IGEhw?ocid=socialshare
 
I'm calling bullschitt.

The younger generation aren't drinking - true. THEY'RE STEWED ON POT.

You maybe think that's better....JUST LOOK AT HOW THEY DRIVE. They can't focus; they can't control their emotions. EVERYTHING is a challenge - just PASS one of these potheads on the freeway, and watch him get Big Feelings. And take it out on you, maybe a brake-check. I've seen these imbeciles brake-checking semis.

I've also seen them wave guns at the supposed offender. One was a signal gun with an orange-painted barrel.

POT MAKES YOU STUPID - and the mediuh, which tells the Woketards what to think, tells the Elites what they want to hear...they're loving it.
 

Past Lives — Millennial Money with Katie

Caring about the future is messy and awkward and frustrating, and the most surprising thing I’ve noticed about protests, rallies, and the unglamorous work of organizing people is that a sense of futility can often be just as powerful a presence as a sense of community.
moneywithkatie.com
 

Was It Really The Alcohol That Killed My Old Drinking Buddies? Tough Lessons To Learn About Booze!​

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Winston Churchill drank a fifth of whiskey a day.

That's one extreme. The other is an old drinking buddy, who drank about as much as me in my prime...we went our separate ways, him to try to run a small deli-convenience store, me to adventures in the Navv.

When I got out, and found myself a railroad job in my hometown, I didn't look him up. Railroading was my big break - I didn't want to show up half-in-the-bag to a job call. This was the 1990s; Conrail, my employer, was still tied up over the Chevy Chase, Maryland, train wreck. They had gotten hypersensitive.

Anyway, Bob died at 50...no funeral and no reason given on the obit. I only learned of it years later. His wife had divorced him four months earlier.

You drink, you play with fire. Not all with the genetic predisposition for alcoholism, know it. Some people just never drink, for whatever reason. Then the kids find out how much they like it.

Then, the tolerance. I'm fine. Bob's dead. Sir Winston drank daily, heavily, and somehow lasted to age 95.

You just never know, until it's too late.
 

End Stage Cirrhosis - The Smell Was Awful​


A few months before I quit drinking for good, I stumbled on a blog about a wife's nightmare dealing with her husband's end-stage cirrhosis. I was desperately hunting excuses to moderate, not quit—but there were a couple of horrifying images in that post that haunted my final weeks of boozing, and 13 years later, it's still the fire under my feet, reminding me why half-measures lead straight to hell.

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The Years Struggling To Commit To No More Alcohol Were Worth It For What Happened After I Quit​

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Videos about quitting alcohol.
I'd watch em all but they're too depressing.
Do all ex-alcoholics have beards?
Can I still have a beer with my dinner?
 
Bottom Feeder said:
Videos about quitting alcohol.
I'd watch em all but they're too depressing.
Do all ex-alcoholics have beards?
Can I still have a beer with my dinner?
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The short answer: Sure. As long as the Femi-Nazis allow it.

Here's the thing. Fact is, alcohol abuse will kill you. But not all drinking is abusive.

I've lost friends that way - both of them, about 50 when they went out.

BUT...that said, this - like every damn thing in media - is being politicized and weaponized.

They want to ban alcohol - and mainstream POT.

And anyone who has any discretion, knows there's a vast difference between what booze does to you and your mind, and what pot does.

Booze removes the shell...you get to your inner core, quicker. You become morose, or the life of the party, or violent, or weepy, based on your personality.

POT just numbs you. It muddles higher cortex functions. You sit there, like a re-tard, giggling.

THAT is what the Elites want. A nation of vegetables. That's why they're importing Somalis and Haitians, and not Koreans and Japanese.
 

The Simple Way I Look At My Past Alcohol Life To Avoid ALL Regret - Living The Best​

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Everyone's journey is different. Here's Sergei's fwiw.

Easiest ways to cut alcohol in 2025​

Sep 25, 2025 CALGARY
Free phone apps can help take control of your life, as far as alcohol is concerned.
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This Total Stranger's Story Finally Sold Me On Stopping Alcohol For Good - Real Talk​

You never know what will change your mind, even on the most ingrained beliefs. That's why I make these videos. You might not believe in yourself yet, but I believe in you. If I can do this, anyone can do the same thing. I always thought of myself as a drinker. Never in a million years did I believe that I would not only stop putting any alcohol into my body, but I would change almost everything about how I looked at myself because of it.

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“3 Months Sober - Are 0% Alcohol Beers Risky”​

Oct 16, 2025

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Does Booze Really Enhance Life? Breaking Down the "Moderate Drinking" Excuse​

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How I Broke My Drinking Habit (w/ Edith Zimmerman) | How to Be a Better Human | TED​

Nov 3, 2025 How to Be a Better Human
How do you fill your time after deciding to get sober? For journalist and cartoonist Edith Zimmerman, the answer was rediscovering activities she enjoyed as a kid. She chats with Chris Duffy, host of the “How to Be a Better Human” podcast, about how she quit drinking, learned to replace bad habits with healthier ones — and how you can do the same.
This episode is part of a series of bonus videos from "How to Be a Better Human." You can find the extended interview on the TED Audio Collective YouTube Channel.
Listen to this episode wherever you get your podcast: https://link.mgln.ai/stYvHE

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6 Harsh Truths About Waiting Until January To Stop Drinking​

Nov 25, 2025
14:15
 

The Real Problem with Alcoholics Anonymous - "These Core AA Dogmas Were Crippling"​

Nov 27, 2025
11:24
 
I've spent years chasing what I thought was wisdom... only to realise the real stuff doesn't come easy. Anything worthwhile I've ever learned came through a proper slog — not just sorting good info from bad, but fighting myself every step of the way. Wisdom isn't the same as knowledge. It's not quick fixes or shortcuts. It's accepting discomfort, facing your own prejudices against yourself, and choosing the longer road because it's the one that actually gets you somewhere. From quitting smoking to becoming a better dad after 21 years, these are the lessons that stuck — because they hurt to earn.

Wisdom Earned the Hard Way
 
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