My video, "Why I Stopped Drinking Alcohol And Will Never Drink Again" has gone quite viral.
Being a good anarcho-capitalist, and seeing that the market wants this content I decided to do another "walk n' talk" about alcohol with the surprisingly obedient anarchodogs today.
I reflected on 30 years, and $500,000, worth of drinking and came to the conclusion that alcohol did not improve any situation and only made it worse.
I reflected back and came to the realization that if I had just spent a few hours, or a few days, in dealing with some of my social and shyness issues I would have saved all that time, money and would have likely been a billionaire by now.
Not that money is everything... but alcohol cost me directly hundreds of thousands of dollars and indirectly, likely, hundreds of millions.
All just to make all my experiences less enjoyable, less connected, vague, blurry and, in many ways, rather pathetic.
Given that, I'd say I definitely paid too much!
You can hear all my thoughts on it and more here:
The good news is that I have finally shaken that monkey off my back and am still young and healthy enough to redo life. This time in a much more connected, authentic, memorable and healthy way. And all for the difficult to turn down price of $0.
Let's see, $500,000+ to make things worse? Or $0 to make things better.
I wish I knew that was the choice 30 years ago.
If you know anyone, including yourself, who could use some of this wisdom before it's too late, check out my video above and share it and follow me here on Steemit for more.
Alcohol or the proper chemical name which makes it sound like the poison it is- ethanol, is the most harmful drug there is based on harm to the user, and harm to others. Even more harmful than methamphetamine, or heroin.
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What a weird profile pic you have.
I very much doubt it's as bad as meth or heroin. You can casually do alcohol, I don't think you can casually do meth or heroin.
Look up the work of a doctor called David Nutt. He has talks on youtube. Here is one of his studies. Copy paste url/doi or pmid into sci hub for full article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21036393
FINDINGS:
MCDA modelling showed that heroin, crack cocaine, and metamfetamine were the most harmful drugs to individuals (part scores 34, 37, and 32, respectively), whereas alcohol, heroin, and crack cocaine were the most harmful to others (46, 21, and 17, respectively). Overall, alcohol was the most harmful drug (overall harm score 72), with heroin (55) and crack cocaine (54) in second and third places.
You have good point. Good thing I decided to stop casual drinking. I only do it during occasions and I do it lightly. I quit smoking too. It's been almost 3 years since I last smoked.
Gd point sammy... Statistics show that there are more deaths attributed to Alcohol than Marijuana. Yet they classify weed as a Schedule 1 drug (same category as Heroin).
Interesting short video I found on the subject:
It is based on the likelihood that people will abuse it, obviously not the harm it causes.
I guess the only explanation is that the government is making money from Alcohol sales or something like that.
I can identify with this statistic unfortunately..... mney don't solve all your problems.
Wauw, almost dont alchol but wauw, i do smoke cannabis, and we had had a ghb epidemic in our town, i i can tel you that chart makes no sense, GHB should be upthere with alcohol.
•Fatal overdoses.
•Going comatose behind the wheel.
•Violent behavior
•More addictive then heroin
•whitdrawl worse than heroin (People die from quitting cold turkey, the police have to let them go if there is no doctor, they now have special GHB holding cells with a doctor apointed.
Link is in dutch maybe google translate it.
http://www.ad.nl/binnenland/aparte-plekken-voor-ghb-verslaafden-in-cel~a1365dca/
i knew you were dutch when you said wauw in stead of wow..
I don't see how cannabis can be so high in terms of harm to others, is that because of second hand smoke?
But cannabis by itself doesn't need to be smoked you can eat it as well.. i just don't see how cannabis can be a causal factor of violence or even traffic accidents or whatever, i think that's more the person using the cannabis rather then cannabis being a factor in that.
Me myself quit drinking alcohol when i was 17 and quit smoking weed when i was 24, now i'm completely drug free.
People just casually use GHB?
I know what you mean both of my Parents Died from their life long love of Alcohol
its sad they risk their health just for alcohol.Every thing that harms your health should avoid. Because life is much precious.
so I guess we should avoid life, as it is a cancer slowing killing us. Plenty of people drink Alcohol there whole lives and do not die from it, in fact some live longer then those who don't. Anyhow you could die at any moment, so don't live in fear. If you like drinking do it, if you like extreme sports, do it.
Cheers,
-V
Yes you should not take this poison by self. Life is precious take care of it , enjoy it with good things that can make it long and happy.
Wow .. All that chemistry !! and I just know how to say BEER :)
Meanwhile, pot is still illegal here in Utah.
Alcohol is a drug.
It is classed as a depressant, meaning that it slows down vital functions—resulting in slurred speech, unsteady movement, disturbed perceptions and an inability to react quickly.
I agree
I like new theme of posts, more about life, less about politics!
Alcohol is the worst, weed gor the win.
Word!
True but sober is best, I enjoy remembering the enjoyable parts of life
We need a huge 420 community on here hehe
Best Regards Jeff, You are Indeed a Cool Example of Investigate All Things, And Keep What is Good
That's from the bible. 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Ah.
I don't really know the bible very well. But i do know I like that 'turn of phrase'.
Another one i really like: In the beginning was the word, and the word was with and as God
On Another Note:
Who invented the English Alphabet? any idea? Because we could just say everything came from the Alpha Bet
You know, when you as an Alpha make a play...because a Good bet is always a strong play.
haha this is my cheeeese play overload the fromage
I used to drink a lot but as the years have gone on I have cut right back, it just takes too much out of me.
I pride myself on my intellect but the day after drinking I am to put it bluntly, dumber. It is even noticeable after just a few beers.
The cost of losing a whole day is rarely worth a few hours of fun
Agree with this, it can take me our for a week these days.
I used to drink and smoke like crazy..
You are totally right about this Jeff.
Thanks for sharing this!
I plan on never touching this stuff throughout my whole life. If living is suffering, then so be it. Dulling the senses won't make it any better.
I have never touched alcohol. I don't intend to. This is an interesting post regarding that which I have never touched.
My dear Sir. Smoking is also bad for your health. You have a great initiative of redoing your healthy habits. Salute you for that. Thanks for sharing this to us. Happy Sunday :0
Oh my God. I love this. Upvote and resteemed. Wisdom is costly. Not until now, I didn't know one can drink duplex, range Rover Jeep, estate etc in the name of alcohol. I have just calculated it in my local currency 15 years of taking just three bottles of bear daily. And it gave me 4 million plus. Unbelievable. Thanks Jeff.
Thank you for information Jeff.
This is really brillant and intelligent.Not all are willing to accept the thing in their life that continuously hurts them like you have. Im really proud of you. I dont take in alcohol but i have friends who do. Anytime we go out, thats all they take and right now they look older than me but we are of the same age. I will show your video to them and hopefully they can learn something from it and make that same wise decision you have made to focus on your life more. This is really inspiring and i hope those who are in the same boat take something from this. Thanks for sharing.
I dont drink either. Overall I think I never saw the allure. This supoosed belief "you have to" in social atmosoheres drive me crazy. Its a choice, why can't people respect it?
loss of health and money,good luck
Thank you for sharing your journey. As a teenage , I was reading "Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life" and my mom found the book in my drawer. She was angry and didn't talk to me for a long time. Both of my parents were alcoholic. Not only did they ruin their own lives but countless others. This is one of the topics I will be sharing as well.
Kudos to you for your strive to remove this toxicity from your life and others.
After the flood Noah planted grapes, made wine, got drunk and passed out in his tent naked. One of Noah's sons thought it was funny when he found his father and showed his brothers. The other two sons considered his naked drunkenness shameful and covered him up. There has been immeasurable damage to humankind because people have chosen to view drunkenness as funny rather than shameful.
Hello! I think I have seen an other post with similar title with you in last week haha! It seems that many people talk about alcohol in recently time I think. It is really a big matter for drinking alcohol? As all the food we eat are porsion and I do not think keep up drinking can improve the stitution.
I wish you the best of luck and can merely suggest there are programs out there to help you if you are willing to accept the help. They are proven to work and I'd love to see another member join
Alcohol is a symptom ... nothing else.
It's poison, yet its legal and other things are not! Crazy...
Congrats on your health🌞 I remember one of your live chats. I asked you if your background was real and you got up and opened up the sliding door LOL. Keep up the great work @jeffberwick
Congrats on quiting man. I havn't quit myself, but I've cut it down from 1 - 2 beers a night to about 1 - 2 a month. I feel great for it too :)
Its good habit if u have control upon you......
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Great post! For me it is also shyness and the set idea that "you can't have as much fun off as with alcohol". Guess it is in fact possible to do so and it might not even be that hard. Time to get to work on that. Have fun out there and good luck with your future posts!
yep, it's so sad that in America alcohol is legal but mj isn't, alcohol is definitely a large factor in many of the deaths of americans, so sad really.
Good post. Although I agree with many of your points I do not support all your conclusions. I really enjoyed the post though! Keep it up.
Couldnt agree more @jeffberwick good one . Eventhough I like some beer sometimes (especially when I grill ) your advise is always well received. Alcohol is a killer and destroys the liver and even kills more than most drugs and far worse than smoking joint. However due to tax money, it is legal and all cool with the law makers.
Following you and upvoted, very good post indeed, keep it up.
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A little cam trouble today. Sun glare was not great, but the video was excellent. Thanks Jeff...
Your experience is common in the world tody. People drink alcoholic as if is going to solve their problems but instead it will cause more problem to them and take away their life savings. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I know it will help a lot of people. Upvoted as usual. Keep it coming.
This is such great advice! Alcohol is only a cloak to cover up the sorrows or insecurities of one's life. It's an escape that's designed to make them feel better about their problems for one night, only to wake up to the regret of having to deal with them again. I'm not saying alcohol is completely bad by any means. It's good to hangout with friends and drink every now and then and socialize. But if you're getting blackout drunk every weekend or spending hundreds of dollars on alcohol a week, there's a problem. Instead, how about using that money to improve your health, workout, start a new hobby, save up for a vacation, etc. People treat alcohol like this wonder drug and act like they have to drink all the time because it's the "cool" thing the do. I've driven plenty of people home because I was the designated driver, and I can tell you, alcohol does not make you "cool". So instead, use that money/distraction for something positive, and reap the rewards of a much healthier and prosperous life. Thanks for sharing :)
Having the willpower to take that decisive action of abstinence is key.
Thanks for sharing @jeffberwick
How can i sleep myself up then? Without booze i mean.
Beer has a lot of benefits
Perhaps in small doses but in the quantities many people drink now, it is does more harm than good.
@jeffberwick I don't you think you should be hating on just alcohol. What about soft drinks? They contain substances that definitely do not belong in a human, and have no health benefits whatsoever.
I am torn. Beer does indeed have many benefits -- way to many lol. i would like to have greater control over my life with regards to drinking but, huh? What? Can i give up drinking whisky?
It's hard to argue with the logic presented. This post has made me take a quick glance in the mirror and for that i am appreciative.
I am happy for you man! Try to be positive
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have u noticed bro ...in beer about poison 19% most of beer ....maybe some good beer without poison (alcohol) available ..i dont know ...
Great
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nice video and message. like the personal touch u give us, plz keep it up.
I watched that video of you walking in Montana, made a lot of sense. Its good u stopped smoking and drinking. (500K) That's lots of money down the drain. I love your dogs in this video. Keep up the good work buddy, wish u all the best
very great story.....nice....deserve my upvote and resteem... :)
I don't drink alcohol.
well what do u think about weed?
He made a post earlier about how it could save the world.
I confess i still consume alcohol.. in fact i am having a beer while i am typing this.. Yes i agree that alcohol is not cool, Yet... any thing abused, and i will take food for instance will have detrimental effects on the human body. In fact the WHO should have spent their millions on banning alcohol before nicotine... Alcohol kills more.. Physically and socially... But good for you man you have conquered something in your life and made a turn around for the good. Thanks for the post and keep us updated !!!
Congratulations @jeffberwick!
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I always enjoy a glass of wine when dining out in a nice restaurant with good ambiance. The rules I follow are
-dont buy alcohol
If it would of been Cannabis you probably would of been much better off than drinking alcohol!
$800 in 30 mins is worth giving up the drink!! LOL!!
I drink whiskey and it feels good haha
I said, I will never drink alcohol again. 3 mins later: Let's drink it's weekend.
That is exactly why i haven't been drinking at all for the past 5 years. It is bad for my training, it was bad for my voice- since i used to sing professionally, and it was making my nights more expensive, mornings less pleasant. Feel so much better that eay even though I wasn't ever really overdoing it.