Joe Biden

Jack is one of my best mates and we travel all over the world.

He doesn't drink and doing it with him was a really...

helpful experience for me my brother is always on the road with me he was very supportive and yeah i just really set my mind to it i was like i really want to do this i want to prove to myself i can do it yeah and then once i'd felt the health benefits and started really feeling like my full self yeah it's like oh my god this is this is the best but do you not drink i haven't drank for 17 years no way congratulations that's amazing amazing yeah it's incredible wow it's like one of the best feelings in the world and it's

My biggest worry when I was about to quit was like, how am I going to hang out with my mates?

That was my biggest worry.

That was my biggest worry.

I was like, my mates knew me as the guy who was like, first to the game, last to get out.

That was me.

You know, the clown when I got drunk, like life of the party, kind of like that kind of guy.

And then all of a sudden I decided I wasn't going to drink anymore.

I was like, crap, am I going to fit in?

And then I remember I went into the corporate world for a bit and I didn't drink.

And I was like, God, am I going to miss out on opportunities and networking?

Like, you know, all the guys afterwards are like going to get drinks.

And I'm like, I'll come, but I'll have a water or I'll have a soda, whatever it is.

And what was really interesting for me is not relying on drinking.

made me rely on qualities and skills I had sure that were actually better yeah so now that I couldn't drink as an excuse to hang with the lads I was bringing out parts of my personality that I probably would have just hidden away or ignored yeah suppressed and all of a sudden you were actually getting respected and liked for who you were right rather than the person who you were when you were drunk sure and and actually that worked in the workplace and there was no one at the workplace going RJ doesn't drink so he's not getting promoted

It wasn't like that.

People were like, oh yeah, I really like hanging out with Jay or he's a really good guy or whatever it may be.

And I was still getting the same opportunities and I was still getting promoted at work and whatever it was.