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I am 5 months sober, Iāve just purchased those trip drinks as Iām looking for alternatives! I completely get where these comments come from but I think itās important to remember Stef and Hannah have never claimed to be alcoholics so their reasons for being sober/less alcohol drinkers are different to those who have suffered from addiction.
I'm 26 now and I've been drinking heavily since I got to uni. The peer pressure was insane and I didn't even realize how problematic my behavior was. Now that I'm older I'm starting to see how a lot of my friendships are just based on drinking and going out and that's not the kind of connection I want anymore. I've struggled a lot mentally and I have horrible ADHD and PTSD which makes drinking so pleasant in the short term, but it has destroyed so much of who I am in the long run. I guess the moment I realized I needed to stop drinking (and doing drugs tbh), is when I got home after a night out at 8 a.m. and I was proud of myself for 'not being too embarrassing'. I'm always nervous before a night out because I know that I'm mentally struggling and I tend to do embarrassing things or say things I don't want to share, yet I still keep drinking. That was a huge wake up call for me. Also, I grew up with an alcoholic father who would abuse us and a drug-addicted brother and it seems so insane to me that I didn't learn my lesson from them. I've had 2 glasses of wine this month, it was to unwind with friends in a pub and celebrate the end of my exams and even after that, I kind of regretted it because I could feel myself wanting more and I know I would have kept drinking if I didn't have a train to catch. Since then I haven't had any drinks and I hope I can get to where you guys are one day.
This video is so cringe. Sounds like some kind of cult. Just have a few drinks a week, itās not going to kill you. And whatās with all the stupid little clips? Trying too hard muchā¦
These two have really little consideration using this as clickbait. They have not gone alcohol free as they have said they have had a drink. Nobody would say anything other than well done for cutting it out and now really limiting what you consume, but to use the word sober is wrong. Itās like me saying I donāt drink after having five glasses of wine because I wasnāt drunk! Sober is zero alcohol.
You have interesting things to say about the emotional and social contexts in which you drink and your experience of cutting down – shame you couldnāt leave it at that. Sobriety does not mean not getting wasted – if you are having an occasional drink, you are not sober. I think we can all accept a bit of click bait, but this is something else. This video trivialises and exploits addiction to fit in with a sponsorship. Uncomfortable viewing.
I lost my best friend to alcoholism. She left behind her partner and five children, her family, countless students that absolutely adored her and what should hwve heen a long life ahead of her. Im afraid the only way to be sober is to give up booze completely. No exceptions or excuses or justifications. Im sorry but if you dont, it will only end badly. Thats it. All there is to know. There is support available just speak to your GP.
I find this vlog very distasteful,my husband is 30 years sober and has lost half is family to alcohol addiction he has worked really hard and it hasnāt been easy You are trivialising alcoholism and the silly sketches in the background I find very distasteful,you would sell your soul to the devil for an Ad ,to think I used to love you both in the early days oh how youāve changed ,itās so disappointingš
Perhaps this video should have come with a disclaimer to explain that sobriety to you is being able to drink alcohol but not get drunk. Generally speaking long term sobriety is complete abstinence from alcohol. You've stretched the terminology on a technicality to allow yourself to have a drink every once in a while. Still think it's great that you've both changed your relationship with alcohol but not sure you can market it as sobriety
Overlays of elderly people and cheesy background music distracted from being able to focus on your message. It's okay to keep it simple and let the focus be on you!
I lost my father in law to to alcoholism. I remember when my husband and I first started dating his Dad would have already downed 5 cans of lager for breakfast. And then he died of liver/organ failure after never even attempting to give up the booze. I think lowering your alcohol intact is fab but I think itās quite insulting to call your selves sober when you still drink and arenāt alcoholics. You just drink less. You arenāt sober. Calling yourselves āsoberā (when actually 5 mins later Hannah says she still drinks š) lessens the horrificly hard journey alcoholics and their families go through. Thereās also a huge debate about whether or not CBD could be counted towards sobrietyā¦most would claim not as sobriety is free from alcohol and drugs.
Love you guys but 'i have had a glass of wine and a shandy' so you can't really say you have quit alcohol in the title! And here is our sponsor… no. Also I really love all your content Hannah but please be careful advising everyone on nutrition without a nutrition qualification, it's dangerous. As I said, always been a fan guys but I think you need to tread carefully in these topics x
I can only have MAYBE one or two drinks a month for medical reasons, but I choose not to use the word sober to describe myself, out of respect for the recovered alcoholics in my life who fight the good fight every single day. It just doesnāt feel like my personal truth. Howeverā¦thereās no need to attack Hannah and Stef when their intentions were clearly good here. I wouldnāt use the word sober to describe them either, but your total, years long sobriety doesnāt suddenly mean less just because two people on the internet used the same word. That is still a huge accomplishment and Iām super impressed by it. Just food for thought!
Thank you lovelies for answering my question. I do sometimes wonder about how much drinking is encouraged in the UK, esp for us 80s kids as we were growing up. When you take a step back you can see just how much of how society works is massively geared around drinking culture.
Thank you lovelies for answering my question. I do sometimes wonder about how much drinking is encouraged in the UK, esp for us 80s kids. When you take a step back you can see how much of how society works is really geared around drinking culture. Especially in the capital.
Iāve done dry January and have enjoyed it most of the time. But I think thereās still a long way to go in pubs/ restaurants as the only option is 0% beer and never trip CBD or anything. Thereās only so many glasses of ginger beer I can have
Lol so many people are so judgemental in the comments when the bottom line is, people try to do better with their lives and that doesn't have to call for perfectionism. Healthy choices doesn't have to be all or nothing.
Hey guys: I've created a totally free 40-page guide packed full of helpful advice, delicious mocktail recipes, and more for anyone trying to quit: You can grab it here: https://page.glowstate.com/letsgetsober š
I am 5 months sober, Iāve just purchased those trip drinks as Iām looking for alternatives! I completely get where these comments come from but I think itās important to remember Stef and Hannah have never claimed to be alcoholics so their reasons for being sober/less alcohol drinkers are different to those who have suffered from addiction.
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I'm 26 now and I've been drinking heavily since I got to uni. The peer pressure was insane and I didn't even realize how problematic my behavior was. Now that I'm older I'm starting to see how a lot of my friendships are just based on drinking and going out and that's not the kind of connection I want anymore. I've struggled a lot mentally and I have horrible ADHD and PTSD which makes drinking so pleasant in the short term, but it has destroyed so much of who I am in the long run. I guess the moment I realized I needed to stop drinking (and doing drugs tbh), is when I got home after a night out at 8 a.m. and I was proud of myself for 'not being too embarrassing'. I'm always nervous before a night out because I know that I'm mentally struggling and I tend to do embarrassing things or say things I don't want to share, yet I still keep drinking. That was a huge wake up call for me. Also, I grew up with an alcoholic father who would abuse us and a drug-addicted brother and it seems so insane to me that I didn't learn my lesson from them. I've had 2 glasses of wine this month, it was to unwind with friends in a pub and celebrate the end of my exams and even after that, I kind of regretted it because I could feel myself wanting more and I know I would have kept drinking if I didn't have a train to catch. Since then I haven't had any drinks and I hope I can get to where you guys are one day.
I think it would help some people if they googled what "Sober" actually means before they comment.
This video is so cringe. Sounds like some kind of cult. Just have a few drinks a week, itās not going to kill you. And whatās with all the stupid little clips? Trying too hard muchā¦
These two have really little consideration using this as clickbait. They have not gone alcohol free as they have said they have had a drink. Nobody would say anything other than well done for cutting it out and now really limiting what you consume, but to use the word sober is wrong. Itās like me saying I donāt drink after having five glasses of wine because I wasnāt drunk! Sober is zero alcohol.
You have interesting things to say about the emotional and social contexts in which you drink and your experience of cutting down – shame you couldnāt leave it at that. Sobriety does not mean not getting wasted – if you are having an occasional drink, you are not sober. I think we can all accept a bit of click bait, but this is something else. This video trivialises and exploits addiction to fit in with a sponsorship. Uncomfortable viewing.
I lost my best friend to alcoholism. She left behind her partner and five children, her family, countless students that absolutely adored her and what should hwve heen a long life ahead of her. Im afraid the only way to be sober is to give up booze completely. No exceptions or excuses or justifications. Im sorry but if you dont, it will only end badly. Thats it. All there is to know. There is support available just speak to your GP.
Here is how to be sober:
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I find this vlog very distasteful,my husband is 30 years sober and has lost half is family to alcohol addiction he has worked really hard and it hasnāt been easy
You are trivialising alcoholism and the silly sketches in the background I find very distasteful,you would sell your soul to the devil for an Ad ,to think I used to love you both in the early days oh how youāve changed ,itās so disappointingš
Perhaps this video should have come with a disclaimer to explain that sobriety to you is being able to drink alcohol but not get drunk. Generally speaking long term sobriety is complete abstinence from alcohol. You've stretched the terminology on a technicality to allow yourself to have a drink every once in a while. Still think it's great that you've both changed your relationship with alcohol but not sure you can market it as sobriety
Overlays of elderly people and cheesy background music distracted from being able to focus on your message. It's okay to keep it simple and let the focus be on you!
I lost my father in law to to alcoholism. I remember when my husband and I first started dating his Dad would have already downed 5 cans of lager for breakfast. And then he died of liver/organ failure after never even attempting to give up the booze.
I think lowering your alcohol intact is fab but I think itās quite insulting to call your selves sober when you still drink and arenāt alcoholics.
You just drink less. You arenāt sober.
Calling yourselves āsoberā (when actually 5 mins later Hannah says she still drinks š) lessens the horrificly hard journey alcoholics and their families go through.
Thereās also a huge debate about whether or not CBD could be counted towards sobrietyā¦most would claim not as sobriety is free from alcohol and drugs.
Also tip, peppermint tea is great for your stomach and digestive, I have ibs and I drink peppermint tea when I have a flare up ā¤
Love you guys but 'i have had a glass of wine and a shandy' so you can't really say you have quit alcohol in the title! And here is our sponsor… no. Also I really love all your content Hannah but please be careful advising everyone on nutrition without a nutrition qualification, it's dangerous. As I said, always been a fan guys but I think you need to tread carefully in these topics x
I can only have MAYBE one or two drinks a month for medical reasons, but I choose not to use the word sober to describe myself, out of respect for the recovered alcoholics in my life who fight the good fight every single day. It just doesnāt feel like my personal truth. Howeverā¦thereās no need to attack Hannah and Stef when their intentions were clearly good here. I wouldnāt use the word sober to describe them either, but your total, years long sobriety doesnāt suddenly mean less just because two people on the internet used the same word. That is still a huge accomplishment and Iām super impressed by it. Just food for thought!
Love that matchcut at 6:23
You didnāt quit alcohol?? This makes no sense
Thank you lovelies for answering my question. I do sometimes wonder about how much drinking is encouraged in the UK, esp for us 80s kids as we were growing up. When you take a step back you can see just how much of how society works is massively geared around drinking culture.
Thank you lovelies for answering my question. I do sometimes wonder about how much drinking is encouraged in the UK, esp for us 80s kids. When you take a step back you can see how much of how society works is really geared around drinking culture. Especially in the capital.
Iāve done dry January and have enjoyed it most of the time. But I think thereās still a long way to go in pubs/ restaurants as the only option is 0% beer and never trip CBD or anything. Thereās only so many glasses of ginger beer I can have
Well done, both of you! Its such a hard thing to let go of something that you use to cope with life. Such an achievement ā¤
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500 days sober – 2 secs later – Hannah has drank. Oh guys
Hannah says in the video sheās not completely sober, just rarely drinks, please use discernment
It would be so great if pubs/ bars would start selling things like trip or the drinks with adaptogens in š¤š» ā¤
Lol so many people are so judgemental in the comments when the bottom line is, people try to do better with their lives and that doesn't have to call for perfectionism. Healthy choices doesn't have to be all or nothing.