Sobriety 101 - Why Sobriety? - #123

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Oh yes, hello friends. It feels so good to be back. My trip to Bali was fantastic, but I have to say, I did miss podcasting an awful lot. Big fortnight without me creating any new episodes. So I'm really glad to be back and getting stuck in. I've got some awesome guests lined up, and today's the beginning of a brand new series. You'll have heard us talk about sobriety before, but today we are really delving into it. It's something that I've been playing with for the last three years, and it's one of the most interesting and different topics that we actually cover. Like a lot of things that we cover on this podcast, it is a tool. It's a tool that can be used to help you develop yourself. And it's odd that people have quite patriotic, visceral responses when you start talking about sobriety. They seem to get offended or defensive or something about it. I don't really know what it is, but we try to break down a lot of our experiences with going sober and also some hilarious stories of when we got very drunk. This is going to be the beginning of a series. Also, I am very proud to announce that I have released my first online product. 6 Months Sober is an online course which guides you through 28 days, 90 days or six months of sobriety, so that you can focus on upgrading yourself and developing some new habits, routines and mindsets. The course consists of daily videos that guide you through the whole process and weekly tasks and challenges that push you into new areas of growth and force you to put what you are learning into practice. You make friends, receive support and have accountability in an exclusive 6 Months Sober Members Group on Facebook. And on top of that, we will be releasing some exclusive content which is only for 6 Months Sober Members over the coming months. I wouldn't have bothered making the course if I didn't think that it was worthwhile. And I truly believe that taking a break from alcohol to focus on personal development is the single most powerful lifestyle change that you can make. We're enrolling now, ready for Dry January. So if you're thinking about doing Dry January in any case, why not allow 6 Months Sober to guide you through the process and give you the best start to 2020 If this sounds like it's of interest to you, the link in the show notes below, 6monthsober.com/podcast. That's the number 6monthsober.com/podcast. We'll give you all the info that you want or feel free to give me a message at ChrisWillX wherever you follow me. This episode is really, really good. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for the support as always. PS. I'm back from Bali, two episodes a week. Pepper your Angus.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. I'm joined by the mustachioed man himself, Yusef, and Jonny from propanefitness.com.

**Jonny** (3:10)
Jonny from yusef.com.

**Chris Williamson** (3:11)
Jonny from yusef.com. How are you? You good? Very good. Thank you. Thank you for joining. Great. Yeah. We've circled around this topic for ages. We're talking about why sobriety today. All of us, either by religious doctrine or lifestyle choice, have gone sober for extended periods. And even the man behind the camera, Video Guy Dean. Can you feel the hot potato? It's boiling. It's in the pan. I'm ready for it.
Yeah. The man behind the camera, Video Guy Dean, is one week away from a year sober, which is a fucking feet and a half.

**Jonny** (3:50)
Almost two feet.

**Chris Williamson** (3:51)
Two feet. Yeah. Well, it's foot and a half, isn't it? Round it up to two feet. Yeah.
So yeah, why, why sobriety is an interesting question, I guess, people who maybe haven't heard us talk about this topic before might not know what, like, why we even consider it something to think about. Like, I don't see a problem with my drink here and everyone drinks. I've always drank. It's part of society. But some of the people will know I've done episodes with Ed Lattimore, I've done two with Don McGregor, both of whom are massive sobriety advocates. Michael Cashew, who was addicted to fucking heroin at the age of 14 and stuff like that, he's big into it. But yeah, I just want you to... A lot of people, it's the most replied to content that I've had online about resetting people's drinking habits. And I thought just having a discussion about it would be pretty valuable.

**Jonny** (4:47)
So, what made you decide? What made you pick sobriety as something to do?

**Chris Williamson** (4:57)
So, three years ago, now just approaching three years ago, and I needed... I just wanted to do more stuff. I was kind of in a bit of a rut with where I was at.