A Better Today Recovery Services

A Better Today Recovery Services

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Zayle's ABTRS Testimonial

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  • @arianamonique4579
    @arianamonique457919 күн бұрын

    What a beautiful testimony you had me tearing up a few minutes in ❤ God bless you always

  • @alphagerudo
    @alphagerudo25 күн бұрын

    I'm tired of seeing so many alcohol ads on youtube.. They need to fine companies EVERY time they play one for someone in recovery. 👎 Need to hold youtube accountable period. I should be allowed to mark an ad as 'harmful' and if it keeps happening they get a fine. Thank you for this video 🫶🫶 4/30/2020. I recently asked my brother whom almost died, he is 38 he had that yellow ans bruised skin and yellow eyes his date, because I know how crappy it is that is 1 small important date means so that I can take him to dinner or something becauze I want him to know we are in this together. Know your triggers. It took me 4yrs to finally see when my BF mom in her 60s his sister is 20, his mother always wants to party with his sisters friends they were hammered over the holidays & I started taking my own car for thier birthday, mothers day and they said i was rude for leaving after 2hrs......they said I should be staying the full 8-9hr party. No...they should know thier behavior is affecting me, I give them some of my time by helping set up for thier parties and go home especially after working all day. Dont be afraid to say no, instead of me for example kept telling ppl "im strong, its ok if you want to get high or drink around me" Now I see people doing all that and exit gracefully, Do not let them saying you rude, affect you, it is those people who have a problem, its not your job to fix them, you do what is best for you. Stress is most people trigger, I even blocked my moms phone number because she kept trying to peddle pills that I didnt even have on my DR visit dates. Then asked my BF who is 7yrs sober to smoke pot with her I said we are done immediately left. My own mom.. doesn't comprehend sobriety I told her until she seeks help, I am not interested in a relationship. That is ok! And do not allow other family make you feel bad for it

  • @RellySmoove
    @RellySmooveАй бұрын

    Love the hat and shirt. I needed to hear this message. I never thought I would become an Alcoholic but I have faith God will heal me from it.

  • @Ken-er9cq
    @Ken-er9cqАй бұрын

    I think everyone who has bipolar self medicates before diagnosis. Alcohol can lift your moods and also help get you to sleep. It definitely causes depression which is why it isn’t a good idea to drink. Not drinking won’t make your bipolar go away but will make it easier to manage.

  • @grandmastermario3695
    @grandmastermario3695Ай бұрын

    Alcoholic trigger me because my stepdads were abusive alcoholics and so is my uncle

  • @shaunaleessnackidies
    @shaunaleessnackidiesАй бұрын

    Praise God!!

  • @Aimirisu
    @AimirisuАй бұрын

    I am looking into rehab clinics. I have hid my addiction for so long and it is not working for me. I am looking into checking myself into the Bradford health clinic and I just want to become the person I am meant to be. I do not want to let anyone else around me down.

  • @user-lq2xo8eq3p
    @user-lq2xo8eq3p2 ай бұрын

    Struggling

  • @AdamasOldblade
    @AdamasOldblade2 ай бұрын

    Good video until "god" was mentioned. Downvoted it and stopped the video. 99% of the time Americans bring up, "god" they are talking about Christianity (specifically modern Christianity which has been edited and changed so far from its original barbaric origins into arguably just as insane tribalism and savagery, just with a new coat of paint for the modern world). I'm an on again, off again alcoholic. I am also a super firm Atheist and have been since about 13 years old. Nothing is ever going to change my mind on this and I have learned some of the most evil people you'll ever meet are people who claim something like, "god works through me" or that they, "follow god"... Yet there is a good 75% of those people that commit so many blue collar, white collar and predatory crimes and yet they still try to plead the case to judges, "I sinned!" as if we're just gonna let them off the hook for child molestation. I know my comment is a tangent, but these things ALWAYS cross my mind whenever I'm looking for people struggling with addiction and they instantly pull the "god" card... I will forever look down upon them as delusional. And usually I'm right on this. Just professing a belief in some wacky supernatural thing doesn't suddenly make you holier than them. For all theists who try to live this image of "purity" they are some of the angriest, vile, disgusting, cheating and above all else authoritarian people I've ever met. In groups I have met a few Atheists, which gave me hope, but then I get slapped with the WEIRDEST comments like, "I envy people who believe in god" even when I explain why its deluded they have already tuned me out. My point? If you profess a belief system, that's fine, it really is. But it should be very personal, should not cloud your day to day thoughts, and you should NEVER instil it on other people (or how the American Government is trying to do, FORCE a theocracy under their particular version of their particular god). You are the weird one, I promise you. That and, cults are powerful, no matter their numbers.

  • @k_u_r_txx2757
    @k_u_r_txx27572 ай бұрын

    Thank you bi polar 1 diagnosed 2007 I appreciate this video a great deal For reasons too long to explain God bless you both

  • @hollehpazouki7623
    @hollehpazouki76234 ай бұрын

    Wow he seems so mentally strong and put together.

  • @rainnelson3479
    @rainnelson34794 ай бұрын

    what was the name of the book that changed ur perspective?

  • @brianrichey1024
    @brianrichey10244 ай бұрын

    I use CBD isolate from Cannadips I had three dot drug test passed them all. Good labs and reputable brands are a must.

  • @starlamonet4565
    @starlamonet45656 ай бұрын

    I'm struggling..I need help... Thank you for your testimony ❤

  • @Paul-im7pd
    @Paul-im7pd6 ай бұрын

    U still sober?

  • @Claire-zg2di
    @Claire-zg2di6 ай бұрын

    I look up to you Ian ❤

  • @superdome8102
    @superdome81026 ай бұрын

    What symptoms do you guys have? While drinking or during sobriety? I’m 28. I’m about a week sober. My coordination and concentration is bad off. My right side of my face near my temple gets a red line and goes numb sometimes. Have the shakes sometimes. Hard to fall asleep. Left and right side of ribs hurt. Just a lot of shit. Wondering if y’all have any of these symptoms.

  • @stevoleach7161
    @stevoleach71616 ай бұрын

    This is making me think deep and hard man much appreciated 💯

  • @sebi98cr7
    @sebi98cr77 ай бұрын

    i really need help man. my liver feels swollen and i know something isnt right but i cant stop drinking. im only 23 years old and have drank a liter of vodka per day everyday the entire of 2023 ( usually on an empty stomach after taking my medication ) i am so worried

  • @Kaleighaa
    @Kaleighaa7 ай бұрын

    I need to get help for my brother. He don’t have insurance but he needs help!

  • @paulflint6254
    @paulflint62547 ай бұрын

    Realised i am an alcoholic shocked me. 4 days sober now, will never go back to it. It makes life hell.

  • @elijahtheprophet4544
    @elijahtheprophet454416 күн бұрын

    Keep going 💪 almost 30 months alcohol FREE it's a struggle but it gets easier by the day. Reach out to the LORD for help that's the BEST way to stay sober. God Bless 💜 ☝️ 🙏

  • @Annierruokay
    @Annierruokay8 ай бұрын

    I am an artist in recovery as well. 10 months ago my ideas of success and worth were so screwed. Today I have purpose.

  • @Ghetto-toaster22
    @Ghetto-toaster222 ай бұрын

    Question. How many months did it feel like it took your brain to heal? Im almost 12 months and my only 2 changes are I feel like I sleep better, but still always extremely fatigued. My brain feels as if it hasnt healed at all.

  • @gotsm9959
    @gotsm99598 ай бұрын

    So alcohol addiction is actually genetic and the Marshall evidence for this has to do with the chili pepper because chili pepper is actually a poison that humans have evolved to eat and they have also evolved to drink the alcohol because the places where you see the most alcoholism are also the place where people eat the most Chili Peppers

  • @FIDIOT-cringe
    @FIDIOT-cringe8 ай бұрын

    They're not two different hierarchies. Addiction comes from interruptions to the first during brain development. It's a learning disability. Exposure to a substance or behavior doesn't make someone an addict. They fill voids that have always been there. Stop trying to stop addiction by denying people the only thing that has ever let them feel whole.

  • @annemarieosullivan8717
    @annemarieosullivan87179 ай бұрын

    Alcohol is bad. I been drinking every night. I've had enough now. I want to stop from today. Its just accepting and admitting this stuff is bad.

  • @becky2235
    @becky223510 ай бұрын

    Im on day 7 from a litre a day vodka but due to a very traumatic incident i slipped up 2 days not much but still. So know im at the start of day 3 including the relapse. im still having withdrawal symptoms is this normal? Thanks

  • @erik-fn2xf
    @erik-fn2xf7 ай бұрын

    Yes it is normal. I'm on day 5. And I have had seizures before......sweats. Delusional thinking. Shaking hand....tingling throughout your body....I suggest you go to the hospital for at least a day or 2. Than try to leave with a bit of valium if your lucky enough. It will still suck untill like day 30

  • @ravindersingh5112
    @ravindersingh511210 ай бұрын

    I see a lot of addicts mentioning going to jail. I think about it all the time , how you deal with withdrawals and seizure the next day after you wake up. Do they give help or you can still get drugs there. A person can die

  • @erik-fn2xf
    @erik-fn2xf7 ай бұрын

    They never help. They suck!

  • @crenkensuperstar
    @crenkensuperstar10 ай бұрын

    You’re story is inspiring! Today is day 1 for me! Thank God HE is with me and will carry me thru this. Thank you for sharing

  • @michelle_9999
    @michelle_999910 ай бұрын

    My day 1 too ❤ stay strong

  • @MusicallyFitMusician
    @MusicallyFitMusician10 ай бұрын

    Praying for you! May you know and understand the depth of our Heavenly Father’s love for you as you take these steps forward!

  • @MusicallyFitMusician
    @MusicallyFitMusician10 ай бұрын

    @@michelle_9999 Praying for you Michelle! His Mercy and Love is great and never ending. Praise God that you are taking this step forward. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Ghetto-toaster22
    @Ghetto-toaster222 ай бұрын

    @@michelle_9999still sober?

  • @michelle_9999
    @michelle_99992 ай бұрын

    @@Ghetto-toaster22 I am!!!! Feeling so good ❣️🥰

  • @willroberson1578
    @willroberson157810 ай бұрын

    Really cool video. You gave me alot of hope

  • @MannyBurgos
    @MannyBurgos11 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for your story it gives me hope I’m 28 years old and struggling with alcoholism

  • @user-rn8lw9pj7u
    @user-rn8lw9pj7u11 ай бұрын

    Thanx bro

  • @alexnavarrete5823
    @alexnavarrete582311 ай бұрын

    I need help

  • @Blicious6
    @Blicious6 Жыл бұрын

    Samsies ❤

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan Жыл бұрын

    I don't mean any offence by this but you are never 'recovered', only ever in recovery. There is no way to be completely recovered from this disease, that is my experience and my opinion only. I think your story can be an inspiration for others. Like your T-shirt says, stay humble.

  • @hugoanson2135
    @hugoanson213511 ай бұрын

    He didn't want to b.bash us but held back on Jn 8v31..the way of freedom from the trap.

  • @hugoanson2135
    @hugoanson213511 ай бұрын

    DO YOU HAVE STATISTICS on your discouragement?

  • @hugoanson2135
    @hugoanson213511 ай бұрын

    Strange sen(ten)se: "no way you can be..", then ou say "this is opinion "..

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan11 ай бұрын

    @@hugoanson2135 That's fine...I don't mind my comment being taken as strange, it is my opinion and my opinion is that no one can truly say they are 'recovered' from alcohol addiction. In the meetings there is a saying..."your disease is waiting for you in the parking lot, doing presssups, always strong enough to take advantage of you" or words to that effect. Recovering and recovery are the terms that I use about my own disease of addiction. To think of oneself as recovered is to think of yourself as immune to the disease of addiction. Nobody is immune, there is no immunity. It is a life long disease in remission. I hope that clarifies my stance.

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan11 ай бұрын

    @@hugoanson2135 My intention isn't to discourage anyone from their own journey of recovery. I think anyone in recovery is an inspiration, no matter what stage or how they are recovering. What kind of statistics?How can you measure the amount of people 'recovered' from the disease of addiction. There are plenty of studies out there on the percentage of people who relapse...that's kind of my point here. Bill Wilson himself talks about the danger of pride in one's recovery. How it has often led to many an addict relapsing. The notion that I am cured, this disease won't ever effect me again is in itself a dangerous one, in my mind.

  • @mykofundinginc5407
    @mykofundinginc5407 Жыл бұрын

    Man I wish I had your brain . I broke my ribs on my scooter and I relapsed . I can't stop it .

  • @EricWiseman-mv8zj
    @EricWiseman-mv8zj Жыл бұрын

    O d a a t

  • @EricWiseman-mv8zj
    @EricWiseman-mv8zj Жыл бұрын

    Good job bro. It works if you work it

  • @mallorycannon3011
    @mallorycannon3011 Жыл бұрын

    I'm struggling more than ever right now with my addiction and bipolar as well. Thank you guys so much for this. It made me feel like I am not so alone with this.❤

  • @user-kz7so9lh6s
    @user-kz7so9lh6s Жыл бұрын

    AA is nothing but a evil brain washing cluit

  • @nosajkrad
    @nosajkrad Жыл бұрын

    I’m so in need of help

  • @Manos-de-Piedra
    @Manos-de-Piedra7 ай бұрын

    How are you now?

  • @bryancoldwell37
    @bryancoldwell37 Жыл бұрын

    I'm so tire of America with this plot twist can't get an straight answer mentality,,why sell things that would set the masses for failure and the wonder why the country is falling,people wake up

  • @isacm32
    @isacm32 Жыл бұрын

    I’m trying to give up, I can’t.

  • @shawncorey3766
    @shawncorey3766 Жыл бұрын

    Yea you can!!! I’m on day 3.

  • @hugoanson2135
    @hugoanson213511 ай бұрын

    Jn.8v31

  • @missiontozen
    @missiontozen Жыл бұрын

    That is nice to see positive videos about alcohol recovery

  • @samdrewbies7883
    @samdrewbies7883 Жыл бұрын

    I'm quitting as of today...it's not worth ruining my life

  • @alfredvillegas2176
    @alfredvillegas2176 Жыл бұрын

    Fuck all weed and drug test

  • @tonymedina6493
    @tonymedina6493 Жыл бұрын

    I drove 110mph on highway and it felt like 50mph. Just could not get enough of that psycho manic feeling. I was also arrested during manic episode and police took me to jail instead of the hospital. In jail my angry “manic” out bursts led to having my water shut off. I was forced to drink toilet water for 15hrs and given no food, clothes, medication or basic human care. I was so crazy angry that I wrote “f*** you” with feces backwards (so they could read from other side) on the large window. The sheriff’s were so appalled and intrigued that they took pictures. I was wrongfully arrested for two days until posting $2,000 bail on false charges that were eventually dismissed after 7 court dates (two years). I received no treatment, assistance or simple apology while losing two days of my life and $2,000 for my manic episode. I’m just blessed the police didn’t shoot and kill me during the episode like many others who lose their lives every single day. Mania can be deadly so please take medication or see a psychiatrist because my depression (crash) lasted 3 months. Sorry, just being completely honest and I never knew I was bipolar until last month…God Bless!

  • @stevenciesiel777
    @stevenciesiel777 Жыл бұрын

    I just bought CBD and CBN gummies broad spectrum says THC free would that show up positive?

  • @gabrielagalaz1404
    @gabrielagalaz1404 Жыл бұрын

    I'm so done...

  • @Sadtoday
    @Sadtoday Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, my dad‘s been self-medicating with meth for 20 years and I’ve never seen him more stable which is probably a conundrum, but he was like climbing up sides of buildings in the 80s when they were giving him rapid cycles of medication and now she could appear pretty normal, which is sad

  • @keitheepoo7253
    @keitheepoo7253 Жыл бұрын

    Ide say my rock bottom was when my best friend took his life. It was a week of straight drinking to where I was broke, wake up drink, throw up drink. I got to the point where I drank hand sanitizer at his funeral. I just didnt want to deal with it.. I wish I had a happy ending but I'm still drinking..

  • @brittanywhitter4645
    @brittanywhitter4645 Жыл бұрын

    It’s not worth it man

  • @samdrewbies7883
    @samdrewbies7883 Жыл бұрын

    Keep strong I'm quitting today! Alcohol is poison

  • @Amamay315
    @Amamay315 Жыл бұрын

    At 36 a doctor prescribed Prozac with the celexa I was taking for mild depression, apparently 2 SSRIs can trigger bipolar if you carry the gene. I went undiagnosed for 4yrs , lost in hell. Started self medicating at 40 with meth ,never did drugs, it was like heaven the pain in my chest finally left, Of course it triggered mania and psychosis but I finally got a diagnosis unfortunately a bad habit too.