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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.
(00:21):
I don't know if you've noticed,but it feels like everybody is
quitting drinking alcohol.
Like every time I look at theTV, there's now bad news about
alcohol.
Right, they're talking abouthow now there's no safe amount
of alcohol to drink.
A new study finds that noamount of alcohol is safe to
drink.
Even that one glass of wine atdinner does more harm than good.
(00:42):
This study says Basically, it'ssaying there's no safe amount
of alcohol to drink in terms ofhaving negative effects on your
body.
Then I'll watch a podcast, andalcohol was always coming up as
a topic.
I had a look on Instagramrecently.
I've tried to stay off thatplatform my whole life, but I
did go and have a look at it andguess what?
I keep seeing Quit drinkingaccounts.
I don't know if there's someglobal phenomenon going on right
(01:04):
now.
It seems absolutely insane, buteverybody seems to be quitting
drinking Celebrities as well,right?
Alcohol-free drink salesthey're going through the roof.
They're absolutely crazy rightnow, but I figured it out.
I know what's going on.
I know why so many people arestopping drinking.
And it isn't going to be whatyou think, right, it's not going
to be what you think at all,because actually, alcohol sales
(01:25):
are not down.
These alcohol companies are notgoing out of business.
They're getting bigger, they'regetting more powerful, right?
How does Conor McGregor, theRock, george Clooney, how do
these celebrities go on to makethese $100 million companies
become mega rich?
But then everybody seems to bequitting drinking.
Well, something different isgoing on in your life, and today
I'm going to unpack it and I'mgoing to explain it.
(01:48):
And do you know what?
I just hope I don't getsunburned making this video,
because I made a video sat herethe other day.
I'm not even sat in the sun,I'm sat in the shade and I swear
I still got sunburned.
That's how pale I am.
Anyway, but that out of the way, let me explain what's quick
story.
So I don't know about you, buthave you ever bought a new car?
So let me tell you this.
So, when I first moved toThailand so to go back a bit
(02:10):
further basically I destroyed mylife with alcohol right.
I got to a place where I was atground zero, had no money.
I was borrowing money off myfamily.
You know I was living in ashared house when my friend was
on holiday.
He let me stay in his room.
God bless that man, james,shout out to you.
I know you don't watch thesevideos, but I love you forever.
You always have a place in myheart.
But he was a vicar that I metin Oxford, a Freemason, one of
my friends, and he let me stayin his place and I was at ground
(02:32):
zero.
And when I quit drinking alcoholI had this vision for my life
of being able to have feeling oflike man.
I can do anything If I can stopdrinking.
I can do anything.
And what I did is I booked thisone-way flight to Thailand.
Now I don't know if you guyshave ever been to Asia.
If not, I highly recommend it.
(02:53):
Thailand is a really good placeto start off Asia travels
because it's just dead safe.
People are so nice and usuallyI think a lot of people that
travel Asia always come backhere and say it's their favorite
place.
So I came to Asia and it's verycommon to get around on
scooters here.
I think they're really relaxedon laws.
Most people don't wear a helmetI mean, most people don't even
have a flipping license, rightand if you get caught, you just
(03:13):
get this $10 fine.
And the crazy thing is here isif you get caught twice, without
a helmet or without a licenseI'm not saying I don't wear a
helmet, by the way but if youget caught without a license
right, there was a point wheremy international license ran out
and I got caught you paid a $10fine and if they catch you
again, you just show them thatyou've already paid the fine for
today and they let you go.
There's no jail time, right?
(03:34):
There's no points on yourlicense, anyway.
So it's pretty relaxed in someaspects, not in others.
So I come here and I get thisscooter.
Then I meet a friend, I meetthis new guy, and this new guy
doesn't have a scooter, he's gota motorbike.
He had a Kawasaki and he had aKawasaki and he had a Honda
Rebel 500cc Honda Rebel and wetook this trip.
(03:54):
We went from Chiang Mai toChiang Rai, which was like it
might have been, I don't know500 kilometers, 300 miles.
It was this big trip that wetook on on these motorbikes.
So he lent me his honda rebel,he went on his kawasaki and I
think his wife had a, had atriumph uh, I think it was
called a street twin awesomebikes.
So we go on this massive bikeride.
Trust me, listen, I know this.
This story seems irrelevant,but it is.
(04:15):
So we went on this massive bikeride and then we get back and I
loved it.
I just loved the motorbike.
It was so much fun.
And then one day this guy, thisfriend of mine, he upgrades his
bike, I think he goes and buysthis other Triumph, this one
that they use at the Audi TTraces.
It's absolutely rapid.
And he says, hey, do you wantto buy my Kawasaki?
And I'm like, oh, do I want tobuy his Kawasaki, the 650cc,
z650?
(04:35):
And I'm like, I don't know, letme think about it.
And do you want to know whathappened next Is, I'm riding
this scooter around Chiang Mai.
All I could see was Kawasaki'sand big motorbikes.
Before I couldn't see them.
I just saw scooters everywhere.
Now I could see motorbikes andit was like all I could see.
I swear I saw 500 a day whenpreviously I saw zero.
(04:57):
Now were those motorbikes therebefore?
Of course they were, but theyweren't in my reticular
activating system, my RAS.
All that had happened is that Iwas now aware of these bikes,
but they were all there before.
So I don't know if you've boughta car before a new car.
Recently I bought a BMW andlisten, don't be judgmental,
(05:17):
right?
I know a lot of people judgeBMW drivers and hate BMWs, right
, and anyway, in Dubai the roadsare very dangerous and I wanted
a big, safe car that if I gotcrashed into I got a good chance
of survival, right.
So I chose a BMW X6.
When I was in the market forthis car, I kept seeing the cars
everywhere I saw.
I think there was like fourcars that we wanted to choose
(05:38):
from Porsche, cayenne, bmw, x6,there was some Mercedes, what
was it called?
Like, maybe GL GLS can'tremember.
Anyway, all of a sudden, I knewhow much each car was worth.
Right, I knew the differentvariations of the car and I saw
them everywhere, everywhere.
Were they there before?
Yes, I just didn't notice them.
Now, do you see where I'mgetting with this video?
I'm sure you can relate tothese stories.
(06:00):
I'm sure there have been thingsin your life that you've wanted
, that you've been in the marketfor, and then it's like they
just all pop up out of nowhere.
So why does it feel likeeverybody's stopping drinking?
Well, guess what?
They're not.
Everybody is not stoppingdrinking alcohol.
Sure, it's a topic right nowthat people like to talk about
on the internet, because it doesget a lot of traffic, because
it's so relatable and I'm nottrying to be negative but
everybody is not stoppingdrinking.
(06:20):
What is happening is you arenoticing it.
There have been millions ofpeople who have been stopping
drinking for decades.
Maybe there is a slightincrease.
Maybe there is a handful ofhigh profile people that are
making content about notdrinking alcohol.
A few celebrities, I meanwhat's that?
Tom Holland, I know he talksabout it.
Bradley Cooper I mean, thereare some high profile people
(06:41):
that are talking about thistopic, which is awesome, right,
but I want to tell you that ifyou keep seeing people stop
drinking alcohol, guess what?
This is an amazing sign for youon your journey.
Your RAS, your reticularactivating system the thing that
persuaded me to buy a flippingKawasaki Z650 in the end is
working for you, and if you'renoticing it and you're already
(07:01):
sober, then it's justconfirmation that you're on the
right path.
Right, you're not alone in this.
But if you're still drinkingand you're noticing it, it's
just a sign.
It's a sign that you're movingin the right direction.
It's a sign that you'renoticing that it's possible for
you as well, because so manypeople do stop drinking and they
live great lives and they don'tstruggle and they don't fight
and they're not callingthemselves alcoholics for the
(07:21):
rest of their life.
They're not doing that stuff.
I would love there to be a hugeshift in society.
I'm trying for a baby at themoment.
Oh, there we go.
I never told that on YouTube,but we're trying for a baby
right now, me and my fiance.
We're about to get married aswell.
Happy days, happy happy days,right, it's good times and you
know, I'd love my kid to be borninto a world where alcohol
wasn't even a thing.
But no, I'm going to have todeal with that and I would love
(07:47):
it.
I would love there to be aworld where that wasn't the case
.
Who knows, maybe Sober Leon'schild doesn't drink, but hey,
listen, I can't stop the kidfrom doing that, can I?
All I can do is educate them.
But anyway, this is besides thepoint.
I just want to tell you that,if you're noticing, everybody is
stopping drinking alcohol.
This is an amazing, amazingsign, because what is possible
for you?
I'm absolutely boiling now, soguess where I'm going?
(08:08):
Right in that pool.
Anyway, speak to you in a bit.
Have a great day.
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.
(00:21):
I don't know if you've noticed,but it feels like everybody is
quitting drinking alcohol.
Like every time I look at theTV, there's now bad news about
alcohol.
Right, they're talking abouthow now there's no safe amount
of alcohol to drink.
A new study finds that noamount of alcohol is safe to
drink.
Even that one glass of wine atdinner does more harm than good.
(00:42):
This study says Basically, it'ssaying there's no safe amount
of alcohol to drink in terms ofhaving negative effects on your
body.
Then I'll watch a podcast, andalcohol was always coming up as
a topic.
I had a look on Instagramrecently.
I've tried to stay off thatplatform my whole life, but I
did go and have a look at it andguess what?
I keep seeing Quit drinkingaccounts.
I don't know if there's someglobal phenomenon going on right
(01:04):
now.
It seems absolutely insane, buteverybody seems to be quitting
drinking Celebrities as well,right?
Alcohol-free drink salesthey're going through the roof.
They're absolutely crazy rightnow, but I figured it out.
I know what's going on.
I know why so many people arestopping drinking.
And it isn't going to be whatyou think, right, it's not going
to be what you think at all,because actually, alcohol sales
(01:25):
are not down.
These alcohol companies are notgoing out of business.
They're getting bigger, they'regetting more powerful, right?
How does Conor McGregor, theRock, george Clooney, how do
these celebrities go on to makethese $100 million companies
become mega rich?
But then everybody seems to bequitting drinking.
Well, something different isgoing on in your life, and today
I'm going to unpack it and I'mgoing to explain it.
(01:48):
And do you know what?
I just hope I don't getsunburned making this video,
because I made a video sat herethe other day.
I'm not even sat in the sun,I'm sat in the shade and I swear
I still got sunburned.
That's how pale I am.
Anyway, but that out of the way, let me explain what's quick
story.
So I don't know about you, buthave you ever bought a new car?
So let me tell you this.
So, when I first moved toThailand so to go back a bit
(02:10):
further basically I destroyed mylife with alcohol right.
I got to a place where I was atground zero, had no money.
I was borrowing money off myfamily.
You know I was living in ashared house when my friend was
on holiday.
He let me stay in his room.
God bless that man, james,shout out to you.
I know you don't watch thesevideos, but I love you forever.
You always have a place in myheart.
But he was a vicar that I metin Oxford, a Freemason, one of
my friends, and he let me stayin his place and I was at ground
(02:32):
zero.
And when I quit drinking alcoholI had this vision for my life
of being able to have feeling oflike man.
I can do anything If I can stopdrinking.
I can do anything.
And what I did is I booked thisone-way flight to Thailand.
Now I don't know if you guyshave ever been to Asia.
If not, I highly recommend it.
(02:53):
Thailand is a really good placeto start off Asia travels
because it's just dead safe.
People are so nice and usuallyI think a lot of people that
travel Asia always come backhere and say it's their favorite
place.
So I came to Asia and it's verycommon to get around on
scooters here.
I think they're really relaxedon laws.
Most people don't wear a helmetI mean, most people don't even
have a flipping license, rightand if you get caught, you just
(03:13):
get this $10 fine.
And the crazy thing is here isif you get caught twice, without
a helmet or without a licenseI'm not saying I don't wear a
helmet, by the way but if youget caught without a license
right, there was a point wheremy international license ran out
and I got caught you paid a $10fine and if they catch you
again, you just show them thatyou've already paid the fine for
today and they let you go.
There's no jail time, right?
(03:34):
There's no points on yourlicense, anyway.
So it's pretty relaxed in someaspects, not in others.
So I come here and I get thisscooter.
Then I meet a friend, I meetthis new guy, and this new guy
doesn't have a scooter, he's gota motorbike.
He had a Kawasaki and he had aKawasaki and he had a Honda
Rebel 500cc Honda Rebel and wetook this trip.
(03:54):
We went from Chiang Mai toChiang Rai, which was like it
might have been, I don't know500 kilometers, 300 miles.
It was this big trip that wetook on on these motorbikes.
So he lent me his honda rebel,he went on his kawasaki and I
think his wife had a, had atriumph uh, I think it was
called a street twin awesomebikes.
So we go on this massive bikeride.
Trust me, listen, I know this.
This story seems irrelevant,but it is.
(04:15):
So we went on this massive bikeride and then we get back and I
loved it.
I just loved the motorbike.
It was so much fun.
And then one day this guy, thisfriend of mine, he upgrades his
bike, I think he goes and buysthis other Triumph, this one
that they use at the Audi TTraces.
It's absolutely rapid.
And he says, hey, do you wantto buy my Kawasaki?
And I'm like, oh, do I want tobuy his Kawasaki, the 650cc,
z650?
(04:35):
And I'm like, I don't know, letme think about it.
And do you want to know whathappened next Is, I'm riding
this scooter around Chiang Mai.
All I could see was Kawasaki'sand big motorbikes.
Before I couldn't see them.
I just saw scooters everywhere.
Now I could see motorbikes andit was like all I could see.
I swear I saw 500 a day whenpreviously I saw zero.
(04:57):
Now were those motorbikes therebefore?
Of course they were, but theyweren't in my reticular
activating system, my RAS.
All that had happened is that Iwas now aware of these bikes,
but they were all there before.
So I don't know if you've boughta car before a new car.
Recently I bought a BMW andlisten, don't be judgmental,
(05:17):
right?
I know a lot of people judgeBMW drivers and hate BMWs, right
, and anyway, in Dubai the roadsare very dangerous and I wanted
a big, safe car that if I gotcrashed into I got a good chance
of survival, right.
So I chose a BMW X6.
When I was in the market forthis car, I kept seeing the cars
everywhere I saw.
I think there was like fourcars that we wanted to choose
(05:38):
from Porsche, cayenne, bmw, x6,there was some Mercedes, what
was it called?
Like, maybe GL GLS can'tremember.
Anyway, all of a sudden, I knewhow much each car was worth.
Right, I knew the differentvariations of the car and I saw
them everywhere, everywhere.
Were they there before?
Yes, I just didn't notice them.
Now, do you see where I'mgetting with this video?
I'm sure you can relate tothese stories.
(06:00):
I'm sure there have been thingsin your life that you've wanted
, that you've been in the marketfor, and then it's like they
just all pop up out of nowhere.
So why does it feel likeeverybody's stopping drinking?
Well, guess what?
They're not.
Everybody is not stoppingdrinking alcohol.
Sure, it's a topic right nowthat people like to talk about
on the internet, because it doesget a lot of traffic, because
it's so relatable and I'm nottrying to be negative but
everybody is not stoppingdrinking.
(06:20):
What is happening is you arenoticing it.
There have been millions ofpeople who have been stopping
drinking for decades.
Maybe there is a slightincrease.
Maybe there is a handful ofhigh profile people that are
making content about notdrinking alcohol.
A few celebrities, I meanwhat's that?
Tom Holland, I know he talksabout it.
Bradley Cooper I mean, thereare some high profile people
(06:41):
that are talking about thistopic, which is awesome, right,
but I want to tell you that ifyou keep seeing people stop
drinking alcohol, guess what?
This is an amazing sign for youon your journey.
Your RAS, your reticularactivating system the thing that
persuaded me to buy a flippingKawasaki Z650 in the end is
working for you, and if you'renoticing it and you're already
(07:01):
sober, then it's justconfirmation that you're on the
right path.
Right, you're not alone in this.
But if you're still drinkingand you're noticing it, it's
just a sign.
It's a sign that you're movingin the right direction.
It's a sign that you'renoticing that it's possible for
you as well, because so manypeople do stop drinking and they
live great lives and they don'tstruggle and they don't fight
and they're not callingthemselves alcoholics for the
(07:21):
rest of their life.
They're not doing that stuff.
I would love there to be a hugeshift in society.
I'm trying for a baby at themoment.
Oh, there we go.
I never told that on YouTube,but we're trying for a baby
right now, me and my fiance.
We're about to get married aswell.
Happy days, happy happy days,right, it's good times and you
know, I'd love my kid to be borninto a world where alcohol
wasn't even a thing.
But no, I'm going to have todeal with that and I would love
(07:47):
it.
I would love there to be aworld where that wasn't the case
.
Who knows, maybe Sober Leon'schild doesn't drink, but hey,
listen, I can't stop the kidfrom doing that, can I?
All I can do is educate them.
But anyway, this is besides thepoint.
I just want to tell you that,if you're noticing, everybody is
stopping drinking alcohol.
This is an amazing, amazingsign, because what is possible
for you?
I'm absolutely boiling now, soguess where I'm going?
(08:08):
Right in that pool.
Anyway, speak to you in a bit.
Have a great day.
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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