Udemy no wonder I recognize your voice do you voice cover some of their other stuff? I just stumbled upon you and this video congratulations to you and thanks for sharing a great message in such a real yet calm and intelligent manner. I've been quitting for 30 - 60 days the last few years but always slippery slope back to regular drinking (4 nights a week sometimes more). When I quit I feel so much better why do I go back? Addiction is sneaky and subtle indeed. I will be watching more of you and sub'd. Cheers!

@motivo-academy

4 ай бұрын

I do indeed have courses at Udemy as an instructor/coach! Our latest course is on Stress Management Techniques. I created a link for you so you can get the course for free. There's 1000 coupons with the link for the next 5 days - all viewers, subscribers and friends are welcome to join. www.udemy.com/course/bullet-proof-stress-management-learn-to-master-your-stress/?couponCode=FORBIGNORDANDFRIENDS

@BigNord

4 ай бұрын

Wow thank you! @@motivo-academy

Biggest thing I noticed is the mental clarity, focus on work, business tasks and general communication with people, before I struggled to engage with anything or anyone, now I'm leading the way and people are taking note. 1) Mental & physical focused. 2) Sleep, I'm sleeping again. 3) Anxiety & depression has gone. 4) Skin complexion, clearer. 5) Just an overall feeling of goodness and not self-loathing.

@jorgepulidovaladez9418

5 ай бұрын

The sleep is what tripped me out. I’m actually having dreams every night. I wake up feeling good

@btkindonesia137

5 ай бұрын

@@jorgepulidovaladez9418 my dreams are mad, wake up can remember everything pretty sureal.

@MarkFirstList

4 ай бұрын

My experience too except for #4. Great comment and the improvement in sleep for me has been fantastic.

@DITTOE

4 ай бұрын

Start taking Zinc everyday @@MarkFirstList

I'm on day 12 af and feels like my brain has been supercharged!!

@chrism5433

5 ай бұрын

It does feel good day 22 , sure easy to lose a few pounds with exercise lol🍺

@gabriel1095

5 ай бұрын

Day 380 and down 130 lbs I am 6’8 but it was pure fat that I lost. There was plenty of exercise and fasting that went along with it, but this was the first thing that needed to be done.

@fabulouslyfit54

5 ай бұрын

@@gabriel1095nice job! Keep it up. You can do it 😊

@gabriel1095

4 ай бұрын

@@fabulouslyfit54 I don’t even think about alcohol anymore

Given alcohol is an intoxicant, it is also a depressant over time. I believe this is why it’s pretty insidious and by the time you’ve developed habitual drinking you aren’t as conscious that your on a slippery slope.

3 weeks in. Feeling great! Been drinking for 40 years.

@shkottrendezvous6644

4 ай бұрын

Awesome!!

@user-bn3ed4db3b

2 ай бұрын

Well done cuss 🎉 Are you still clean? I'm 1 year clean today 😊 Yay 🎉

@dizziemisslizzie9884

Ай бұрын

You ROCK! I'm on day 4....... again

@user-bn3ed4db3b

Ай бұрын

@@dizziemisslizzie9884 treat alcohol like the poison that it really is, then it is easy to leave alcohol behind.

Congrats to everyone on stopping drinking. I am 1 year+ sober and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Make no mistake, alcohol IS poison!!

Ive lost family and friends to alcohol and have seen 1st hand the damage it does to ones relationships, health and careers. Sadly alcohol is the Worlds most abused drug as well as being socially acceptable. Stopped drinking 25 yrs ago and feel great.

I'm also 2 years in :) Best decision ever!

Alcohol-Free for just over two years now as part of a much broader commitment to increasing my longevity and health span! Down over 40 pounds since November 2021, Recent V02 max score of 47.8 (57 years old), 16.2% body fat and ALL of the benefits mentioned in this video. Can't say enough about how being AF has amplified every aspect of my commitment to being the very best version of me that I can be. I credit kicking alcohol as the number one contributor to all of this. Please, if you are thinking about your drinking, make the promise (out loud, as noted in the video) to quit and see where you are in just 30 days. With zero health benefits and indisputable science (Listen to Andrew Huberman's podcasts on alcohol), there is simply no upside to drinking attractively packaged poison.

@nightowl5475

5 ай бұрын

Mike, that’s great news! Loosing the extra weight and kicking the habit requires the most important thing you can do for yourself, the will on your end to take that first step. People use alcohol as a crutch anyway. All it is, is just a bad habit. Like gambling. When you actually decide to take that first step, you make a sure bet on yourself. As time goes on, and you see the results, that sure bet pays off with compound interest! Thank you for sharing your story and it has sure helped me! ❤

Great video about quitting moderate drinking. Like Russell, I was always a moderate drinker and my patterns were similar to his. However, over the past 4 years or so, I moved slowly to drinking almost every evening - it became part of my routine. Not a lot - just maybe 2 pints of beer, but extremely consistently. Russell points out that there are all these subtle negative effects of alcohol for the moderate drinker. I was noticing these effects and was getting tired of crappy sleep and morning anxiety and feeling at only 90% in the morning. Also, instead of having this great connecting social time with friends at the bar, I found that I was not getting social connection and it was just boring. It was like I was drinking a little out of boredom. I’m about to hit 180 days with zero alcohol. My sleep is actually great, anxiety is way down, my brain works pretty well at 10 am, and I’m just more present in my life. A weird thing is I just generally have more emotional equanimity and it’s easier for me to navigate conflict and disagreements.

Another benefit for me was my evening was saved. I usually had beer in the late afternoon/early evening and then had no energy or motivation to do anything productive afterwards. My sleep quality also improved. As did the quality of my bathroom visits.

@carbonnieferrous2689

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

I used to drink alcohol nearly every evening for many years ( one or two glasses of wine in the winter, a beer or two in the summer). Since a year or two I only drink a few beers once a week and just drink tea at home. The biggest effect this has on me is that I sleep much better without the alcohol.

My husband had a heart attack January 1st and has quit drinking I did as well I'm never going back

@motivo-academy

4 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear about your husband. Wishing him a speedy recovery. 🙏

Drank 1st and 2nd Jan then decided last Saturday I’ll have a few. Felt totally sick the next day and really can’t be arsed with feeling shit again. You’re right about reducing inflammation and also you’ll raise your testosterone which is huge for men.

Also, there’s a level of self hatred involved when people drink. It’s poison, we’re consuming poison that’s been masked by sugar and other flavours. When you deconstruct alcohol you realise how bad it actually is.

@TheDionysianFields

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, no. I don't mask my drinks with anything and I never feel bad about drinking the next day. I needed an escape from the real world (NOT from depression) and I made it happen with the resources available. This, to me, is by definition an act of self love. But you're right about it being poison. You're just mistaken about poison always being bad for you. Look up hormesis, for starters.

@CT-pv9gu

5 ай бұрын

@@TheDionysianFields everyone loves to defend the drug they’re addicted to, especially when it helps them to escape reality. Life can be difficult but you’re prolonging the bad stuff by escaping reality with alcohol. In fact, if you’ve already got depression then alcohol is 100% going to make it worse.

@TheDionysianFields

5 ай бұрын

@@CT-pv9gu I don't already have depression and I'm not defending a drug. I'm defending a useful resource, as stated. I don't recommend anyone take up drinking (it clearly IS risky), but seeing so many people scapegoat alcohol makes me sick. I would say that the fastest road to depression is staring at reality 24/7.

@CT-pv9gu

5 ай бұрын

@@TheDionysianFields of course a lot of people scapegoat alcohol can even make money scapegoating alcohol. I’m simply saying that when you deconstruct alcohol and what it does to the body and brain it really shouldn’t be going into our mouths to have ‘fun’ or escape reality. There is no escape from reality, it’s always there nipping at your heels. This is why meditation is so beneficial.

@GBOAC

5 ай бұрын

@@TheDionysianFieldsI never felt bad about drinking either during my 20s and early 30s. Then I went through a dark time with multiple bereavements and from then on I realized that drinking put my life on hold for a while, negative throughts, procrastination, lack of motivation and so on. But by then quitting is even harder, although I’m happy to say I did manage it. I think it’s not about scapegoating, but pointing out how hard managing it can become once you’re not in the easiest phase in your life. And that’s exactly when it can get out of control.

Been off for 4 months now, I have a total different view on alcohol now.

Take note if you're a heavy drinker and have been so for quite some time the fat won't melt off within a month or even 2 or 3 months of sobriety. A lot of people lose motivation because of this but stick with it! I promise it will happen.

@TheRaindogger

5 ай бұрын

Almost 4 weeks now and haven’t lost 1 pounds.

@deltahomicide9300

5 ай бұрын

​@@TheRaindoggerLook into the carnivore diet. Just one month and you'll see incredible results.

@DITTOE

4 ай бұрын

and don't use food to fill the alcohol void

Sounds like me. Very inspirational. Bottle or two a night. All the things you mentioned. Was me.

For me, I found in the beginning NA beers helped scratch that itch to have a beer. They personally didn't trigger my want for the real thing and as time has gone on ( 7 months ) I don't feel the need to have one as often, if at all. I do agree with you on all your benefits, I feel great and don't see myself going back

@MarkFirstList

4 ай бұрын

Huge fan of NA beers. At first, yeah, they don’t seem as good but I adapted quite quickly. Definitely helps scratch the itch - and there are so many these days.

Gave up 2010. Best move I’ve made.

Massive respect to everyone who completed a Dry January! 💪 Huge love to all who watched and liked the video. ❤ If you're curious about the results of my 1-year no-sugar/keto experience watch this video! kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZmJpLmiYNDRZ84.htmlsi=l88Pzo8Zo9AMI_mC

Thank you so much, excellent support!

This is a great video. Thanks 🙏

Great story and delivered perfectly, makes people think about their relationship to alcohol

Sharing the Hope, the Strength, and the Recovery. Thank you

Incredible message. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Brilliant cheers very much a great listen.

So glad you quit, I about the same kind of drinker and quit also. You did regain back the respect of your son and that within itself is worth it all. Thanks for all the great information in the video!

Thank you for sharing this. I appreciate it very much.

Inspiring!

Im on day 250 no alcohol. I've been a weekend drinker like most people on and off for 30 years, now 47. So glad I've knocked it on the head, learnt alot also how bad alcohol is for you long term, ethanol which is in most alchohol..yes I miss it but sobiertrey is far better.

Good message. Thank you. I agree with your assessment

Excellent presentation, Russel

Also for whomever may read this. Don't be discouraged if you don't have amazing energy or insane results when you quit drinking. The truth is you might not FEEL all that different but you will slowly get healthier and healthier. When I stopped drinking I didn't have an increase in energy at all. But I've lost weight and I know I am doing one more thing to bring me closer to good health, rather than further away from it. Just wanted folks to know they're not alone if they don't feel AMAZING when they stop drinking!

A few misspelled here I noticed, unless it was a " test". Good presentation. You are calm and concise. Thank you!

completed a Dry January and i feel so good ! gonna keep it dry for a while !

All,,,well said . Thanks

Thank you sir. I am day three on my journey. Im just so tired of the back n forth withdrawals only to return to binging and wanting to stop once i reazid ive gone to far only to realize lately that im always going to go to far. Im Getting through my last withdrawal. You seem very genuine and sincere. Thanks for your encouraging words

@shkottrendezvous6644

4 ай бұрын

How are you going? I’m Day 2…. It’s ok to drop the ball, but great if you’re still on track. Please do share with any stigma attached.

@Cheese_crackers

4 ай бұрын

@@shkottrendezvous6644 man I dropped the ball majorly

Excellent video

NA beer is a nice reward for people who loved beer. Is great. It tastes good, you don don’t need another 15 beers after the first one, you can drive safe, you sleep good, etc

I just started "dry January" today. So far, so good. One more day to go... (OMG - I need a drink!)

Good stuff! 8.5 months for me. 😊

It does feel great to stop. I would say not all friends, especially my closest buds from 5 years old . They just dont understand . I try and sugest coffee but no . Ive allways stayed in descent shape even drinking 10 beers weekly. But at 54 the last few years metabolism for sure slowed down lol. Even after 3 weeks running is so much easier. Sleep is it . Im sure there many stories too .cheer 🍺

well done i stopped 12months ago and amazing difference

I've started out doing a dry January because of a coworker challenge, im 65yrs old male that has drank the majority of my adult life since probably before high school,, feeling good so far, sure the temptation is there but I've stuck to it solidly up to this point

@algergonzalez

5 ай бұрын

Third year doing Dry Jaunary. Last year also did Sober October. Thinking of doing 2 months drinking, 1month not, all year. I enjoy my wine, but I do want limits and be healthier.

@jimharris3889

5 ай бұрын

@algergonzalez I always worry that if I partake again I will fall back where I was,, im going on vacation end of May and the person I'm going with said " you're gonna have to taste the local beers" oh my,, I love me some local beers and experiencing local breweries lol

@crocadoodle7101

5 ай бұрын

Hang in there!!!!!

yu have quite a few good points; yeah i know about cravings

Oh yes - depression. Should not drink especially if depression prone

Maybe you’ll get to this but no more puffy eyes

No more hangovers!

@user-bn3ed4db3b

2 ай бұрын

I used to be sick 🤢 for two days with some hangovers.. I had to go to hospital to get an injection to stop vomiting... I don't miss anything about it and I don't have any cravings whatsoever thank goodness...

Better Monrings.

@motivo-academy

5 ай бұрын

Well spotted!

I'm a year clean and sober today 🎉😊🎉 I don't miss anything about it and I don't have any cravings whatsoever.. It's been easier than drinking because I don't get any of the negatives that comes with drinking.. alcohol is a gutter drug, the sooner you ditch it the better off you will be. Alcohol is a poison to the body and soul so why take poison?

@motivo-academy

2 ай бұрын

Massive respect! So happy for you 🎉😊 Bravo!

@user-bn3ed4db3b

2 ай бұрын

@@motivo-academy Yeah thanks bro! Hope you're powering along..

طالما بتعد الايام لترك شرب الكحول ، فانك سوف تبقى متعلقا به على الدوام ، لذلك يجب أن تنساه نهائي من حياتك على الإطلاق

Thank you for making this video. I gave up All sugar food and Drink 49 days ago. Wow how much my life has changed in such a short time. I lot of things you talked about really resonate with me.👍😊,, Thank you. Andrew Huberman video’s really stuck in my head.❤️‍🩹💪

The best thing for me was dream less deep sleep 😊

day 37 for me

2/5/84❤❤

Wow. There’s not a lot of (any actually) negative feedback in these or comments in other videos. Must be worth doing… Day 2

cold shower at 5 30 am! Shudder.

@shkottrendezvous6644

4 ай бұрын

Cold showers is so seriously underrated. Amazing life transforming. Sure it’s cold for a few seconds to a minute. But straight after - just cannot beat it

i amtapering off now, had quite a few relapses

@shkottrendezvous6644

4 ай бұрын

Never stop stopping.

I'm very interested by the genetic test. Does anybody know where it can be done ? Thank you

@motivo-academy

3 ай бұрын

I used a company called GeneLife but I imagine there are a lot more. There’s options on Amazon too. They send you a kit and you send back a saliva sample. Very easy!

What is your diet? Do you eat grains or beans?

@motivo-academy

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your question! I’ve been on the ketogenic diet for 1 year. It’s been fantastic for me and followed logically from quitting alcohol and other addictive sugars. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZmJpLmiYNDRZ84.html

Tony Hawk?

23 days sober for dry January… I don’t see many benefits

@thomasbusy3632

5 ай бұрын

I agree with you that 23 days don´t show much but keep going for 2-3 months.

He looks like Ellen De Generes with a receding hairline.

audio is out of sync

@motivo-academy

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up! 🙏 It looks like we still room for improvement! 😊

You last meal of the day is before 9am? That’s not healthy.

@geniebison

5 ай бұрын

I think his last morning meal - so eat, exercise, eat then go on with the day.

@motivo-academy

5 ай бұрын

One for another video coming soon! ;-)

@bumface1810

5 ай бұрын

The best time to eat your main meal of the day would be when the sun is highest in the sky.