Perhaps you want to reduce your drinking or stop drinking completely. Fortunately, there are many options. Today we'll discuss 3 methods that can help you if you want to slow things down or quit drinking entirely.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

When we get sober, we’re usually on shaky ground. Early recovery is a roller coaster physically, mentally, and spiritually. We must find ways to preserve our sanity and to stay healthy in order to protect our recovery. This holds true whether you're five minutes sober, five months sober, or five years sober. We have to take certain steps to do whatever we can to protect ourselves by building a protective moat around our sobriety. I’m going to make 3 suggestions that you can implement in your life right now, immediately, that will help you feel better and protect your recovery.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

If you think you might have a drinking problem or want to stop drinking alcohol, there is a solution. Whether you drink too much or too often, or you're struggling with drug abuse, you no longer have to live this way. We discuss how you can climb out of the hole you're stuck in. Discover how to get sober and achieve the life you deserve free from addiction. Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

People have a lot of apprehensions and fear about getting sober and staying sober. I want to dispel some of your anxiety and share 12 truths about sobriety and what to expect, especially during the early stages of recovery. These are things I definitely wish I had known when it was my time to get sober!Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Learn MoreVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

A big challenge that many recovering alcoholics and addicts face is their inability or, more often, unwillingness to let go of resentment and anger for the perceived wrongs they have suffered. Self-pity is a far too common mental ailment that plagues many addicts in the early stages of recovery. The idea that we’ve been dealt a bad hand in life too often follows people into early sobriety and often results in relapse. Don’t let this happen to you! Protect your sobriety at all costs!Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

We all do stupid shit when we drink, right? I like to tell certain war stories as a way to share with others that we all have done awful and often ridiculous things in our lowest moments. Alcohol can lead to some horrible behavior -- sometimes it's dark and sometimes it's funny. But we all do it, so it's important to remember these moments and to share these experiences so that we can work through our shame and regret. This is one of my war stories about getting busted in Hollywood while I was drunk and trying to score drugs.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.    www.sobermofos.com

I'm often asked if I will ever drink again or if I ever think about drinking. The simple answer is, yes! I often think about drinking when I'm feeling low or depressed, even after 15 years of sobriety. I even dream about drinking occasionally. So what do I do when the stresses of life overwhelm me and I want to reach for a drink? Am I willing to give up my sobriety to feel better even though I know where alcohol always takes me? Find out what I do to get through these difficult moments.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

One of the most difficult challenges we face as recovering addicts is our inability to establish a stable and healthy financial life in recovery. Even addicts who have been sober for decades often have serious money management problems that plague them and keep them from enjoying life more fully. It seems to be a part of the addict's DNA; many of us just suck at implementing basic financial principles in our lives. It’s ironic because when we’re still drinking and using, we’re absolutely brilliant at scheming ways to pay for our booze and drugs. We’re natural hustlers when it comes to feeding our addictions no matter how much they cost.  Where there’s a will there’s a way. If we need to feed the addiction monster, we’re going to find a way to feed it, even if it means not feeding ourselves or our families. We’re ingenious when it comes to financing our addictions.             But once we get sober, we look around us, often dazed by the financial devastation we have imposed on ourselves. How the hell did it get this bad? What happened to my life? I’m broke and there doesn’t seem to be any way out!            The good news is, there are ways to repair and rebuild your financial condition and you don’t have to be a money wizard to implement them in your life.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.    www.sobermofos.com

Can meditation help you in sobriety? If you’re an alcoholic or addict like me, you probably have a crazy-ass mind that’s difficult to quiet down. My mind races like a demon! My thoughts jump around from one thing to another so quickly I sometimes can’t keep up. I often find it difficult to concentrate on anything for any length of time before my mind jumps to something completely unrelated.Meditation has been and continues to be, one of the most important aspects of my sobriety. It keeps me feeling sane and calm and provides a semblance of peace and serenity when there otherwise would be only mental chaos and stress. At the end of this podcast I’m going to teach you a very simple technique that I’ve using for years to calm my mind, but first, let's discuss what meditation is and how it can help you.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

I abused alcohol for more than over 30 years! This is my story of how I was able to quit drinking alcohol and achieve a healthy, happy life in sobriety.If you want to quit drinking alcohol or think you might have a drinking problem, listen up! How do I stop drinking? It's a question many people ask. There's no easy way to quit drinking but a life free from alcohol can be achieved by anyone who is willing to try. People who are trying to get sober or want to quit drinking often ask how did you achieve sobriety. There are different ways to end alcohol dependency and different reasons to stop drinking (and using drugs). I offer my experience with drinking for 30 years and how and why I quit drinking 15 years ago, and how my life has changed in so many amazing ways as a result of achieving sobriety. If you want to quit drinking alcohol or think you might have a drinking problem, watch this video.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.    www.sobermofos.com

When I first got sober, I was in terrible shape. I was pale, pudgy, and soft as a marshmallow. I could barely walk up a flight of stairs without panting. I suffered from horrible stomach pains morning, noon, and night. I experienced frequent migraines. I couldn't sleep. My diet consisted mostly of cheeseburgers, ramen noodles, soda, and milkshakes. I was still smoking cigarettes.             The idea of exercising and eating healthy was the farthest thing from my mind when I was drinking. You could just as easily have asked me to saw off my thumb with a butter knife. Exercise at that stage consisted of walking to the liquor store for the third bottle of wine or running up the stairs to my drug dealer's apartment. That was as far as my workout routine ever went.            After a few months of sobriety, I made a conscious decision that I was going to get physically (and mentally) fit!            But how would I begin this miraculous transformation? There was still a lot of damage to repair. I felt like a decrepit, old car that had been sitting in the backyard for decades, abandoned and overrun by rust and decay. Rebuilding and repairing the Jalopy called my body was going to be a daunting task.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.   www.sobermofos.com

I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that many people upon starting their own sober journey, think this way when they first put down the bottle. It's not uncommon for people who are in the early stages of sobriety to be surprised by the fact that they still feel lousy all the time.I experienced this phenomenon myself. The early stages of my sobriety were plagued by intense emotional discomfort and spiritual angst. Even though I had stopped drinking I often felt as bad, or worse than I did when I was drinking.The real problem was not alcohol. Alcohol abuse was nothing more than an external reaction to what I was feeling inside. I was using alcohol to repress a lifetime of fear, anger, and resentment. Not until I was ready and willing to face my internal life would I be truly sober as I now define sobriety. Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.   www.sobermofos.com

I believe that in the course of a lifetime, most of us are given a second chance to repair any mistakes we have made or, in more extreme cases, start our lives over entirely.My story is in many ways like so many other alcoholics and addicts who I have spoken with throughout the years. While alcohol and drug experimentation were fun and exciting for a long time, I eventually crossed an invisible line into addiction. By the time I realized I was a full-blown alcoholic and addict, it seemed like it was too late to turn around and change the path of my life. Many of us who struggle with addiction simply give up and give in to our self-destructive nature. I had accepted the idea that there was simply no way out of my predicament.  Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

Getting sober is never easy. Staying sober is often just as difficult. Giving up alcohol (or drugs) is a great achievement for anyone. If you've managed to get sober, or are currently trying to get sober, congratulations! You've made a great decision that will improve your life and the lives of the people you love. Stick with it and never give up; it's worth the effort.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you. Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

A big part of early sobriety for me was the sorrow I felt because of the poor decisions I had made and the lifestyle I had pursued. It made me sad and angry to think about “what could’ve been" and the potential I had sacrificed in aimless pursuits. It wasn't supposed to turn out this way. My life was supposed to be epic and triumphant, not small and broken. By this stage in my life, I was supposed to have all the cash and prizes. I was supposed to be one of the winners. I was supposed to have a fat bank account. I was supposed to have a big house. I was supposed to have a wife and children. I was supposed to have fame, fortune, and adulation.  The wreckage of my past was not a pretty sight to behold. But it was something I had to face to move forward. I had to look back and fully embrace all the mistakes and bad decisions I had made in my life, and be willing to forgive myself and others who had hurt me. Otherwise, I was doomed to repeat the past and keep swallowing the poison of regret that polluted my mind and soul.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

What does early sobriety feel like? In this podcast, we'll discuss what early sobriety feels like and how to cope with the emotional rollercoaster of recovery. Human beings need to express their emotions. It’s as natural as breathing. But as alcoholics, we often choose to suppress unpleasant and painful feelings by drinking them away. Even positive emotions like joy, excitement, and love can often feel prickly and overwhelming. They sting too much. Drinking away positive emotions is as common as drinking away bad ones. Either way, we prefer to remain as numb as possible, lest we feel too much. Why feel anything if we can just open a bottle and feel nothing? In the early days, weeks, and months of my recovery I was frightened by the constant feelings that bombarded me like I was under siege. It never seemed to end. One moment I'd be calm and laughing; seconds later, I'd be weeping like a baby. It was weird and sort of pathetic. Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

When is it time to stop drinking or using? What are the red flags and warning signs to look for that indicate you've taken it as far as you can?  One of the reasons so many people consider sobriety in their 30s and 40s is that the physical demands of drinking are no longer fun and cute. The older we get, the more brutal and crippling the hangovers become. We lose the ability to deal with the flood of poison we pour into our bodies. And it's important to realize that alcohol is simply that; poison. There is no nutritional value to alcohol. It serves no purpose other than to alter the chemical composition of your brain temporarily. If you drink long enough and hard enough, your body will begin to rebel against the poison washing through your stomach, liver, and blood. The human body can only take so much abuse before it begins to break down from the onslaught. And if like me, you're also adding cigarettes and drugs into the mix, it's only a matter of time before your body collapses from exhaustion.Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com

What is it like getting sober? How do you get sober? What happens in sobriety? Is staying sober difficult? Is it scary getting sober? How do I socialize without drinking? These are common questions most people have when considering the idea of getting sober or slowing down their drinking. Hopefully, this podcast will answer many of those questions. If you’ve ever thought you might have a drinking problem (or drug problem) and feel that it’s time to get a handle on it, I will share with you everything I’ve learned during my recovery. I've been sober since 2007, and my life without alcohol and drug use is productive, healthy, and exciting. I've found purpose in my life and no longer feel the shame and despair that once dominated my daily existence. Support The ShowJoin my Patreon for exclusive content, free books, bonus podcasts, discounts, and other free stuff. Your generous support will help me carry a message of hope to people around the world who are struggling to get sober and stay sober. Bless you.  Join MeVisit my website for resources, books, audiobooks, articles, videos, and more.  www.sobermofos.com