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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Stop Drinking Podcast, where we help
you make stopping drinking asimple, logical and easy
decision.
We help you with tips, toolsand strategies to start living
your best life when alcohol-free.
If you want to learn more aboutstop drinking coaching, then
head over to wwwsoberclearcom.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Stop drinking Very difficult, no, beautiful,
unbelievable, better.
Bradley Cooper is a shiningexample of what can happen in
somebody's life when they stopable to take care of my father
the way I did when he was sick.
So many things.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Bradley Cooper is a shining example of what can
happen in somebody's life whenthey stop drinking, and he's not
afraid to talk about it.
That's the great thing.
I'm sure there are many otherfamous people out there that
stop drinking alcohol, but theynever tell anybody about it.
But this guy just doesn't care.
So he stopped drinking when hewas 29 years of age, I believe.
I just Googled it and he's nowbeen sober for 21 years, it
looks like.
But in that short video thatyou just saw, he actually brings
up eight very, very, veryimportant topics that you
(01:11):
probably overlooked.
So what we're going to do iswe're going to dive into each of
these eight things that hediscusses, and I'm going to show
you why he is so on the moneyhere.
And if you're in a place rightnow where you're trying to stop
drinking alcohol, you're in aplace right now where you're
trying to stop drinking alcohol,you're thinking of your
relationship with alcohol oranything like that, then you are
going to get a tremendousamount of value from this.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Stop drinking.
Very difficult, no, beautiful,unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So the first thing that he says which most people
don't say is that he said thatstopping drinking was easy
beautiful, in fact.
And it's quite rare that peopleactually say this.
Most people say stoppingdrinking, you know, is so hard,
it's so difficult.
I've got to fight thesecravings and I've got to say no
to this friend and that friend.
But he calls it easy, and it'sexactly how I feel as well If
(01:52):
we've not met yet.
My name's Leon Sylvester.
I run this YouTube channel.
I also run a coaching companycalled SoberClear and I help
people stop drinking.
I haven't drank myself for sevenyears, after a decade of
struggling and stopping andstarting, and I also stopped
drinking in my 20s, like BradleyCooper did, and again my life
took off like a rocket ship.
But I always say that it's easyto stop.
And one of my long-term clients, david, who's now not drank for
(02:13):
four years, he said when Ifirst heard you say that I
thought you must be drinkingsomething.
He always makes me laugh whenhe tells me that.
But he didn't believe me thatit could be possible.
But there you go, anotherperson saying that it can be
easy to stop Because there'snothing hard about not drinking
If you get your mindset right,if you reframe the way that you
view alcohol.
If you can start seeing alcoholfor what it is, as this
(02:33):
poisonous, highly addictivesubstance that does absolutely
nothing for you, of course it'seasy to stop.
It's the easiest thing you'llever do in your life Better.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Are you kidding life?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
The next thing he gets asked is better.
And he says I wouldn't be sathere with you.
And do you know what?
If I hadn't stopped drinkingalcohol, I wouldn't be sat here
with you either.
There'd be no way, Because allI'd be doing is thinking about
myself and my drinking.
I wouldn't be thinking abouthow can I go and create value in
the world, how can I go andmake videos that help people.
No, I'm putting myself first,and I think he's touching on
this point as well.
I think what he's really sayingis he would never reach that
(03:06):
peak in his career if he hadn'tstopped drinking.
And he truly reached the peakof acting.
I mean, he's one of the mostsuccessful actors ever.
I'm sure his net worth is skyhigh.
And he just reached the top ofthe top.
And that's what he's saying.
He would never have done thatif he drank.
But then he starts to kind ofbreak down the layers of why.
Why did he reach the top?
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Because I wouldn't have been able to have access to
myself or other people.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And here he breaks down four key points.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
The first thing that he says is that if he hadn't
stopped drinking alcohol, hewouldn't have had access to
himself.
So what does he mean by this?
Well, I know exactly what hemeans, because I've experienced
it as well.
See, when you stop drinkingalcohol, you find a version of
you that you didn't even knowexisted, because when you drink,
you're cloudy, right, there'sno clarity, there's no real
sense of identity, and it's areally strange feeling.
(03:51):
But when you drink, you don'teven notice that.
That's what's happening,because it's this fog that's
just always there.
So you just think it's totallynormal.
But then, when you stopdrinking alcohol, you get this
access to this version of youthat you didn't know existed.
You're happier, you've got moreclarity, you're more productive
, you're nicer to be around, andthis is what he's talking about
Now.
He didn't really go deep intowhat he meant by that, but I
know exactly what he meant.
(04:12):
I have a client who stoppeddrinking alcohol after 40 years
of drinking and he said his wifestarted calling him Kevin 2.0.
I love that, and what he saidwas almost like he felt like a
teenager again, even though hewas like a 60-year-old retired
dude.
But he felt like this versionof him came back out and that's
what Bradley's referring to.
The real him started to shine.
Not the alcohol version of him,not the one that's clouded,
(04:37):
kind of hungover, a little bittipsy no, the real him shined,
and that real him just went onto dominate his career.
The second thing he startstalking about is that he
wouldn't have had access toother people.
Now it's tough to reallyunderstand what he truly means
by this, but I have a prettygood idea, see, because he
became somebody of so much value.
Is that then doors startedopening, right?
Maybe I don't know, I don'tknow his exact career path,
right?
Maybe somebody in the commentsection can tell me more.
But what probably happened ishe stopped drinking alcohol and
(04:59):
then maybe he made some reallyawesome movie because he wasn't
drinking.
And then all of a sudden peoplestart noticing and then things
start snowballing, and then morepeople want him, more people
want him.
He's getting offers for thismovie, that movie, this thing,
that thing, and all of a suddenhe's got access to this, all of
these people that just want him.
And I don't know for sure thatthat's what he's talking about.
But I'm pretty sure that that'swhat he means, because even in
(05:19):
my own life since stoppingdrinking alcohol.
The network that I've built istotally different than what it
was, but it's all because Ibecame somebody of more value
Not to say that as like a, youknow in an arrogant than when I
was drinking.
I've built a company that helpspeople.
I've built this YouTube channel, one of the largest resources
on the internet for helpingpeople stop drinking for free.
(05:41):
So when I meet people and theysee this, they're like that's
cool, which means that I do getaccess to people that I didn't
have access to before.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Or even been able to take in other people if I hadn't
changed my life.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
No way and I never would have been able to have
relationships that I do, butthen he goes a bit deeper and
then he says that actually hewouldn't be able to take in
other people, and what he'stalking about here is being able
to build that deep relationshipwith somebody else, and I know
exactly what he means.
So I've been in a relationshipwith my fiance we're about to
get married for six years.
I never had a relationship forsix years when I was drinking
(06:11):
because, like he said, Icouldn't take in other people.
But since stopping drinkingI've been able to have a very
grounded relationship with onewoman.
I have people that I work with,I have freelancers, I have
employees.
I have people that I've workedtogether with for five to six
years and I'm telling you, if Iwas drinking, they would not be
sticking around working for me,they'd be going to work for
somebody else.
And he really just boils itdown to how his relationships
(06:32):
have just been so much better.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I never would have been able to take care of my
father the way I did when he wassick, and then he goes to a
totally different level.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
He starts talking about when his father was sick.
See, there's so much crammedinto that 20 seconds at the
beginning of the video thatprobably just went straight over
your head and that's why Iwanted to make this video to
just go another level deeper.
But he said he was able to takecare of his father, and I know
exactly what he means here,because when you don't drink,
you're no longer this selfishperson that's thinking about
themselves.
You know, I've heard peoplethat I've worked with say you
(06:59):
know, I'm now able to go andpick up my kids from the
baseball game.
I've worked with people againthat have looked after sick
parents, and this is what he'ssaying is he's able to be
somebody who's there for others,who's there for people that he
loves, and that's what I wantedto end this video on.
I wanted to let you know thissuper, super critical point when
you stop drinking alcohol, it'sgot nothing to do with you.
Sure, you're going to feelbetter, sure, you're going to
(07:19):
change your life, sure, allthose good things will happen.
But you know who gets the mostimpact?
It's the people who look up toyou.
It's your family, it's yourchildren, it's your spouse, it's
your friends right.
These are the people who getimpacted by your decision to.
Not Not only do you set abetter example to them by not
drinking in the first place, butyou become somebody that's more
accessible to them, emotionallyaccessible to them, somebody
that's more present and grounded, and Bradley Cooper just hits
(07:41):
on these points so perfectly.
Again, I just love to seepeople like this making content
like this.
Thanks for checking out theStop Drinking Podcast by Sober
Clear.
If you want to learn more abouthow we work with people to help
them stop drinking effortlessly, then make sure to visit
wwwsoberclearcom.
Welcome to the Stop Drinking Podcast, where we help
you make stopping drinking asimple, logical and easy
decision.
We help you with tips, toolsand strategies to start living
your best life when alcohol-free.
If you want to learn more aboutstop drinking coaching, then
head over to wwwsoberclearcom.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Stop drinking Very difficult, no, beautiful,
unbelievable, better.
Bradley Cooper is a shiningexample of what can happen in
somebody's life when they stopable to take care of my father
the way I did when he was sick.
So many things.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Bradley Cooper is a shining example of what can
happen in somebody's life whenthey stop drinking, and he's not
afraid to talk about it.
That's the great thing.
I'm sure there are many otherfamous people out there that
stop drinking alcohol, but theynever tell anybody about it.
But this guy just doesn't care.
So he stopped drinking when hewas 29 years of age, I believe.
I just Googled it and he's nowbeen sober for 21 years, it
looks like.
But in that short video thatyou just saw, he actually brings
up eight very, very, veryimportant topics that you
(01:11):
probably overlooked.
So what we're going to do iswe're going to dive into each of
these eight things that hediscusses, and I'm going to show
you why he is so on the moneyhere.
And if you're in a place rightnow where you're trying to stop
drinking alcohol, you're in aplace right now where you're
trying to stop drinking alcohol,you're thinking of your
relationship with alcohol oranything like that, then you are
going to get a tremendousamount of value from this.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Stop drinking.
Very difficult, no, beautiful,unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So the first thing that he says which most people
don't say is that he said thatstopping drinking was easy
beautiful, in fact.
And it's quite rare that peopleactually say this.
Most people say stoppingdrinking, you know, is so hard,
it's so difficult.
I've got to fight thesecravings and I've got to say no
to this friend and that friend.
But he calls it easy, and it'sexactly how I feel as well If
(01:52):
we've not met yet.
My name's Leon Sylvester.
I run this YouTube channel.
I also run a coaching companycalled SoberClear and I help
people stop drinking.
I haven't drank myself for sevenyears, after a decade of
struggling and stopping andstarting, and I also stopped
drinking in my 20s, like BradleyCooper did, and again my life
took off like a rocket ship.
But I always say that it's easyto stop.
And one of my long-term clients, david, who's now not drank for
(02:13):
four years, he said when Ifirst heard you say that I
thought you must be drinkingsomething.
He always makes me laugh whenhe tells me that.
But he didn't believe me thatit could be possible.
But there you go, anotherperson saying that it can be
easy to stop Because there'snothing hard about not drinking
If you get your mindset right,if you reframe the way that you
view alcohol.
If you can start seeing alcoholfor what it is, as this
(02:33):
poisonous, highly addictivesubstance that does absolutely
nothing for you, of course it'seasy to stop.
It's the easiest thing you'llever do in your life Better.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Are you kidding life?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
The next thing he gets asked is better.
And he says I wouldn't be sathere with you.
And do you know what?
If I hadn't stopped drinkingalcohol, I wouldn't be sat here
with you either.
There'd be no way, Because allI'd be doing is thinking about
myself and my drinking.
I wouldn't be thinking abouthow can I go and create value in
the world, how can I go andmake videos that help people.
No, I'm putting myself first,and I think he's touching on
this point as well.
I think what he's really sayingis he would never reach that
(03:06):
peak in his career if he hadn'tstopped drinking.
And he truly reached the peakof acting.
I mean, he's one of the mostsuccessful actors ever.
I'm sure his net worth is skyhigh.
And he just reached the top ofthe top.
And that's what he's saying.
He would never have done thatif he drank.
But then he starts to kind ofbreak down the layers of why.
Why did he reach the top?
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Because I wouldn't have been able to have access to
myself or other people.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And here he breaks down four key points.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
The first thing that he says is that if he hadn't
stopped drinking alcohol, hewouldn't have had access to
himself.
So what does he mean by this?
Well, I know exactly what hemeans, because I've experienced
it as well.
See, when you stop drinkingalcohol, you find a version of
you that you didn't even knowexisted, because when you drink,
you're cloudy, right, there'sno clarity, there's no real
sense of identity, and it's areally strange feeling.
(03:51):
But when you drink, you don'teven notice that.
That's what's happening,because it's this fog that's
just always there.
So you just think it's totallynormal.
But then, when you stopdrinking alcohol, you get this
access to this version of youthat you didn't know existed.
You're happier, you've got moreclarity, you're more productive
, you're nicer to be around, andthis is what he's talking about
Now.
He didn't really go deep intowhat he meant by that, but I
know exactly what he meant.
(04:12):
I have a client who stoppeddrinking alcohol after 40 years
of drinking and he said his wifestarted calling him Kevin 2.0.
I love that, and what he saidwas almost like he felt like a
teenager again, even though hewas like a 60-year-old retired
dude.
But he felt like this versionof him came back out and that's
what Bradley's referring to.
The real him started to shine.
Not the alcohol version of him,not the one that's clouded,
(04:37):
kind of hungover, a little bittipsy no, the real him shined,
and that real him just went onto dominate his career.
The second thing he startstalking about is that he
wouldn't have had access toother people.
Now it's tough to reallyunderstand what he truly means
by this, but I have a prettygood idea, see, because he
became somebody of so much value.
Is that then doors startedopening, right?
Maybe I don't know, I don'tknow his exact career path,
right?
Maybe somebody in the commentsection can tell me more.
But what probably happened ishe stopped drinking alcohol and
(04:59):
then maybe he made some reallyawesome movie because he wasn't
drinking.
And then all of a sudden peoplestart noticing and then things
start snowballing, and then morepeople want him, more people
want him.
He's getting offers for thismovie, that movie, this thing,
that thing, and all of a suddenhe's got access to this, all of
these people that just want him.
And I don't know for sure thatthat's what he's talking about.
But I'm pretty sure that that'swhat he means, because even in
(05:19):
my own life since stoppingdrinking alcohol.
The network that I've built istotally different than what it
was, but it's all because Ibecame somebody of more value
Not to say that as like a, youknow in an arrogant than when I
was drinking.
I've built a company that helpspeople.
I've built this YouTube channel, one of the largest resources
on the internet for helpingpeople stop drinking for free.
(05:41):
So when I meet people and theysee this, they're like that's
cool, which means that I do getaccess to people that I didn't
have access to before.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Or even been able to take in other people if I hadn't
changed my life.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
No way and I never would have been able to have
relationships that I do, butthen he goes a bit deeper and
then he says that actually hewouldn't be able to take in
other people, and what he'stalking about here is being able
to build that deep relationshipwith somebody else, and I know
exactly what he means.
So I've been in a relationshipwith my fiance we're about to
get married for six years.
I never had a relationship forsix years when I was drinking
(06:11):
because, like he said, Icouldn't take in other people.
But since stopping drinkingI've been able to have a very
grounded relationship with onewoman.
I have people that I work with,I have freelancers, I have
employees.
I have people that I've workedtogether with for five to six
years and I'm telling you, if Iwas drinking, they would not be
sticking around working for me,they'd be going to work for
somebody else.
And he really just boils itdown to how his relationships
(06:32):
have just been so much better.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I never would have been able to take care of my
father the way I did when he wassick, and then he goes to a
totally different level.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
He starts talking about when his father was sick.
See, there's so much crammedinto that 20 seconds at the
beginning of the video thatprobably just went straight over
your head and that's why Iwanted to make this video to
just go another level deeper.
But he said he was able to takecare of his father, and I know
exactly what he means here,because when you don't drink,
you're no longer this selfishperson that's thinking about
themselves.
You know, I've heard peoplethat I've worked with say you
(06:59):
know, I'm now able to go andpick up my kids from the
baseball game.
I've worked with people againthat have looked after sick
parents, and this is what he'ssaying is he's able to be
somebody who's there for others,who's there for people that he
loves, and that's what I wantedto end this video on.
I wanted to let you know thissuper, super critical point when
you stop drinking alcohol, it'sgot nothing to do with you.
Sure, you're going to feelbetter, sure, you're going to
(07:19):
change your life, sure, allthose good things will happen.
But you know who gets the mostimpact?
It's the people who look up toyou.
It's your family, it's yourchildren, it's your spouse, it's
your friends right.
These are the people who getimpacted by your decision to.
Not Not only do you set abetter example to them by not
drinking in the first place, butyou become somebody that's more
accessible to them, emotionallyaccessible to them, somebody
that's more present and grounded, and Bradley Cooper just hits
(07:41):
on these points so perfectly.
Again, I just love to seepeople like this making content
like this.
Thanks for checking out theStop Drinking Podcast by Sober
Clear.
If you want to learn more abouthow we work with people to help
them stop drinking effortlessly, then make sure to visit
wwwsoberclearcom.
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