John Robbins
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Just like anxious and angry and resentful and bitter and driven and in self.
And I thought, oh, maybe I need to go wherever they go.
Hey, me, I need some of that.
And I went to a meeting the next day and haven't had a drink since.
I think really a lot of confusion.
I mean, if anyone is using a 12-step approach to try and get sober, don't worry if you don't understand it all at once, because it is quite a lot.
And you're also hearing lots of different things from lots of different people at lots of different stages of sobriety.
And I really just focused on
I feel safe in this room with these people.
I feel they know what it's like to be in my head.
I don't understand what they're talking about, but I'm gonna make sure I come back tomorrow.
And in the meantime, anything I do which isn't drinking alcohol is okay.
If I eat a kilo of pasta, I was big into the kilo of pasta scene.
If I go to bed at seven in the evening,
If whatever it is, if I watch 10 episodes or something, if I am getting to sleep sober, that's all I need to worry about.
And I was crying a lot.
I was, my head was all over the place because I had no way of feeling without alcohol.
Not just feeling bad, like success.
You know, you've been nominated for an award.
You've got this job.