DO THIS To Destroy Your Addictions TODAY! | Russell Brand
This is Part 1 of a two-part interview with Russell Brand. Try Russell's online course on recovery for free at www.onecommune.com/recovery
Very few of us are free from some form of addiction - alcohol, sugar, sleeping pills, sex, Instagram, co-dependent relationships, the list goes on. Russell points out that all our addictions stem from a common problem: spiritual disconnection. But when we admit we have a problem, believe in real change, accept help from others, and hand over our will and control to a higher power, we can begin to find freedom from our addictions.
To hear more from Russell, sign up for his upcoming Recovery course on Commune (onecommune.com/recovery) or check out his Luminary podcast, Under the Skin (luminary.link/russell @hearluminary).
ABOUT RUSSELL
Russell Brand is an award-winning comedian, actor, author, public thought leader and a passionate activist for mental health and drug rehabilitation. He is one of the most recognizable and best-loved comedy performers in the world, with a series of sold-out tours, best-selling DVDs, and a number of major film roles to his name. He is also the author of seven books, including Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions, and Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped.
ABOUT JEFF
I have had a lot of jobs: co-founder & CEO of Commune and, co-founder and co-CEO of Wanderlust, board member at Pure Edge. I have authored books, built a wellness studio, developed a retreat center, and created video platforms. Oprah even selected me to be part of the SuperSoul 100, a group of top entrepreneurs.
But aside from being a dad to three daughters, there is no job more humbling than hosting the Commune podcast. Every week, I interview people with esoteric expertise who are 10 times smarter than me. My nightstand has turned into a tower of books as I prepare for these interviews, learning everything from the neuro-chemistry of the brain to the inner workings of our justice system. It’s been an incredible challenge to deliver transformational content every Tuesday (and not embarrass myself). I hope you enjoy it!
Chapters:
0:00 - 2:21: What is Addiction?
2:22 - 2:54 Is Addiction Spiritual Affliction?
2:55 - 5:07 What Does Recovery Look Like?
5:08 - 6:34 What Gives Recovery Meaning?
6:35 - 12:45 The Importance of Mentorship
12:46 - 16:05 The Ideal Conditions for Successful Mentorship
16:06 - 19:39 The 12 Steps & Yoga
19:40 - 21:18 How to Prevent Relapse
21:19 Outro
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"addiction begins in pain and ends in pain" - I definitely feel that....
What does that mean?
@@youtubedj9298people go to vices because they have pain, but your vices cause pain for family, health etc.
For addiction please get to know Jae from a channel called getting sober... again. His name is Jae. He'll contribute with helping you with addiction. Best of luck to all of you. 🙏
Yeah I felt that one line 😢
Fasts
I think a phone addiction is really underestimated Update: based on the comments and some reflection: the social media apps on it makes you an addict to your phone, not the phone itself.
Especially if you think when was the last time you turned off your phone and not have it on standby mode.
I’ve never gone into a blackout and woke up not knowing where the hell I was at all night after being on my phone all day.
@@chris4380 that’s such a good point
Definitely.
@Kim Lewter for sure they do I think phone, technology and porn addiction are the biggest ones
I'm 3 years clean. Through 12 step program.🙏🏼💯❤🔥
Amazing bro. How are you doing now?
It's his wanna be guru that gets me. Even sitting that way on a chair. He's a fake!
@@deanobeano8975 you assume this for what reason? What’s fake?
4 weeks for me...tried LOADS of times to get clean. got it this time, i feel much stronger mentally & physically now... Well done tho. 3 years is long! congratulations🎊
Good on you 👏 👍
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporessss I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporessss
60 days sober from heroin etc. today! Thanks for sharing! Mr. Brand has emerged a fine specimen of a human being, as well as a beacon of hope for an addict such as myself)🙏🎯 Edit: 4 months clean!❤
Good luck to you. Whatever the answer is for you…..do that. I mean, you know, as long as it’s not something horrible. Lol, don’t let ppl sway you into 12 steps or whatever it may be, no one has all the answers. Not a knock on Brand. Just saying. It’s different for each of us. Said a prayer for you!
👏👏👏
@@downinit2866 Thanks so much! I'll have 6 months on the 7th of Oct.-)
Congratulations
Congrats
When I was younger I thought RB was crazy. Now that I am older and a drug addict, everything he says makes so much sense.
You’re so funny. In a beautiful way. Thank you and best to you always.
*was a drug addict..... nothing is permanent bro.keep strong
Riiight?
Tht is a great comment.
With you on this one ☝️
I was addicted to heroin for over 8 years. Also suffered severe depression. Not until my aunt recommended psilocybin mushrooms. I will be 3 years clean in September. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
I’ve been looking to try shrooms. Anyone knows where I can source?
Doctor_coxx is your guy. Best shrooms and psychedelics guy
The use of magic mushrooms can completely help one get over addiction and depression. It totally rewires your mind
Yeah, just use a different drug, that's smart.
@@roarodneal3390again. Looking for solutions outside of the self.
My daughter at the age of 23 told me she was addicted to meth. I said ok, how often do you do meth? She just said 'I need rehab" Within 24 hours she was in one of the best rehab facilities in Virginia . Thank you Jesus for good insurance. Out of 16 residents, she was the only one for drug addiction.. The rest were ETOH. She took it seriously. It was Christmas time and she had me bring yarn and taught everyone to make hats on those crazy round things. I brought Christmas gifts for the girls. One girl looked at my gift and said... I never got a gift before. She was new to the program and was a heroin addict. Amy speaks openly about drug addiction and says, Mom, you don't know what its like..I get a craving if I open the cabinet under the sink. Chemicals. Oh sweet Jesus. My son, went to the same rehab facility for ETOH. Sadly, the alcohol addiction and undiagnosed mental illness took his life. thank you for letting me vent.
God bless you & your family 🤍
I don't know your background but I have to say the soul of your child is immortal. God is loving and gives infinite chances in reality. I only say that because in the west they say suicide is it. And it's like game over. God is so loving and forgiving of our weaknesses. Your son won't have the same mind but none of us do when we die. Our minds change over the years anyways. But the soul that witnesses reality? Goes on. It will learn more lessons and go back home to God source. I felt compelled to say do. Maybe God wanted me to say it. Love to you. ❤
My heart goes out to you for the loss of your son! I’m so proud of your daughter and her strength!
God bless you and your family. I’m so sorry to hear you lost your son. Your daughter has done well and she needs love and those closest to her to listen and not lecture. It’s hard as parents. My daughter is also 23, now pregnant and doing amazingly well. We have seen the very worst of what addiction to meth and other drugs can do short of her passing. I’m now attending NA to work on my alcohol problem. It’s not easy but I will get there. Thanks for listening. ❤
I was a alcoholic (self identified) and a food addict, and also arguably a sex addict. Once I gave my life to God after a very traumatic event, I legit stopped all of this cold turkey, then I to cigs shortly (a pack a day) then another traumatic event happened and then I legit cracked emotionally. It was at that point that I realized I had to free myself from ALL external things, food (I fast consistently), negative people, thoughts and emotions, negative TV, gossip, everything.. Even coffee, I am doing much better now and just take life 1 day at a time
how are you doing now?
@@marlowjust I’m doing better, sometimes still have suicidal thoughts which will go away fully one day thanks to The Most High, thank you for asking.
Always a alcoholic!
Thank you for this. I’m at the point of realizing where I’m missing the mark (sinning) and see what is keeping me from my best and being an instrument for God. Even seemingly innocent things that I can’t break the habit of (YT and streaming until early morning hours) I might not use substances, but that has only allowed my delusion longer.
@@MalissiaCreates you got this! Self awareness is such a huge step which you’ve nailed. Be gentle with yourself and apply grace and just strive to be the better version of yourself everyday. You can do it :)
I’ve been sober for a year and never really dabbled with drugs or alcohol, however I got drunk tonight and I realized how bad it is for someone. It completely tosses away all future inhibitions and only focuses on the moment and what you Can gain from every second that goes by. But in the long run it completely shatters your life, not only taking from your health, your time, your energy, judgement, mental clarity, and so so much more. It’s like living in a dream, a warped reality. Being sober is so much safer and leads to a joyful longterm future as opposed to a short term gratified life
Very Well said !!
That was so beautiful to read
Day 15 baby !!! I’m going the distance ! I’m going for speed ! Still a little sweaty whatever but dude I look so much better , IT GETS BETTER & just keep saying “ is that all you got ?” .. I laid in bed for 2 weeks in my own pee an vomit an worse , IT REALLY DOES GET BETTUH MATE :)
Hoping your on day 22..stay strong..you've got this I'm sure.
@@SuperLisalis it's so hard :-((((
@@SAMEntalhealth I know..but you can do this.
@@SuperLisalis thank you so much !! Yes I’m almost at a month now and the withdrawals have stopped thank God . It was Hell and I’m shocked I didn’t screw up but I’ll tell you right now , Hell was the best thing I’ve ever been through because that’s the only way I was able to learn . Stay super Lisa lis :)
@@SAMEntalhealth it’s the hardest thing in the world but if I can do it anyone can . I don’t have a lot of clean time , just about a month but believe me when I tell you I used more than anybody I’ve ever met in my life . That hard hard stuff too that’s killing everybody right now . I’ll tell you what works for me just to be of some help cause we gotta look out for each other straight up . - good support system ( someone who’s been through it and made it out ) - change your routine ( I wake up to a word search , excersize a little and listen to music ) - every day I take one of those sticky notes and write on it to God asking him for something ( strength , love , the ability to say no if needed be , etc. ) Someone once told me staying clean is so easy it’s hard , remember when we’re using we get our drugs and our money no matter what. Now my motto is I’m not gonna go back to my old ways no matter what. Good luck my friend :)
Anyone else out there struggling with alcoholism or another addiction and found your way here? It is awful- if I had known what this was like I never would have started down this path
Same brother
Don't give up. I'm not giving up. We got this!
7 months sober. It's hard as hell at first man but it's nowhere near the hell of being deep into addiction. It does get easier, at least for me it did. Don't even think about it but it takes drastic life changes
Same. I thought I was in control, and by the time I realized I wasn’t it was already too late. I struggle every day to remain conscious and intentional. But I choose recovery. I’ll never give up. ❤
@@jackiehammerton me too- everyday is hard… I try to find the simple pleasures in life to help one day at a time- keep posting if you feel like you need more help- we can do it together
I think Russell Brand has to be one of the MOST HONEST people alive in the world today. He has made sobriety his mission in life and he not only talks the talk he walks the walk and in doing so has helped many others see the BS in their own life for and set an example for living and being true to oneself and to those around you. Thank you for all you do.
I agree;-)
I completely agree with you. Do you share his vision of re-organizing society for healthy reintegration and conscious evolution?
He keeps it positive too. It's entirely possible to follow a straight-edge path & have it be about martyrdom & self-denial. I mean that it's a question of perception & that perception can change.
I don't drink anymore but I smoke a huge amount of weed. Iv been on a lot of antidepressants in my life. Just started smoking in the last five years. I know I'm addicted and would use less if I wasn't stuck where iam. But if I didn't have weed I would go completely insane.
yerp yerp
The process of recovery 1. Admission of a Problem 2. Taking action and accepting change 3. A willingness to accept help from other people & handing over your will to a higher power 4. Take inventory 5. Sharing the inventory with someone else 6. Being willing to admit you have those problems 7. Sincere commitment to change 8. No longer about the self 9. Helping others 10. Remaining conscious and aware at all times 11. Prayer and meditation, connecting with our own understanding with God 12. Serve others
As someone who had to quit drinking a few months ago, I keep coming back to this. It's so wonderful. He's very encouraging and grateful.
Alcohol really was a symptom of the problem for me. Pot, cigarettes and other things too. Stay strong and I'm wishing you all the support with your recovery from alcohol.....I'm sorry eight years. 🤗
.....SOBRE eight to we years 😄
Ritalin is also encouraging to suppress addiction
I was an addict empty trying to feel a void as many others have and are doing. One day I wanted to live. So sought life within myself. I found my spirit. Knowing my spirit I know who I am and I am realising the truth and wisdom that has been within me call along. It is in all of us. They keep us seeking outside of ourselves so we never know who we really are.
Hi! It's been a year! How is your addiction cycle?
Just over 2 months sober! Good luck everyone💛
This man is a gift to humanity.
Indeed, like a God-given talent. How can we make good in terms of unfolding the liberating potential of this amazing opportunity?
He really is. I like him a lot
100%
Some people are easily loved
He certainly is a huge grift for humanity... how shall we repay him?🙏
Why does addiction happen to the nicest and best sensitive people in this world 👀🌎
Because the ugly ones love to hurt the kind ones 😢😢😢
Because unfortunately that sense of sensitivity and empathy is exactly what leads them down the road of addiction as they are highly attuned to their own and others emotions. In today’s world that can be overwhelming and they just need an escape.
I'm trying to quit opioids and i feel like such a failure because it's harder than anything I've ever done. I'm not even talking about withdrawals, that's the easy part. It's dealing with being in my own skin that i hate. The pills are a crutch that help me get through the madness of being a sensitive human in a crumbling society and doing it alone.
You’re not alone, go to a meeting, you will find people who know and lived the same problem. ❤ begin with the first day.
Delete all dealers numbers
I have hope in You!
I feel the same man. Sobriety is worse than being an addict. I want to die.
@@phoenixzappa7366 it is not, really. This is your addicted brain talking, believe me. Sobriety is difficult, at first, but your sober brain is way better with coping the struggles of life. Don’t die.
The biggest problem is we don't even know where addicted until we try to stop. Then the pain and drama begins. Eckhart Tolle really helped me in overcoming all sorts of addictions.
So true
I think addiction is us trying to fill that void in our heart and soul that we all have. Some use healthy things to fill it others drugs. Me was drugs.
I gave up drinking then discovered other addictions like shopping, sugar, vaping and phone addiction! Being an addict isn’t easy thanks for this 🙏
I knew I had an unhealthy relationship with food, work, approval. It wasn't until I accepted that I had been escaping through substance abuse at one point, that I realized it has all been addiction. Hard reality to face but so freeing knowing.
If you stopped one you can stop another, you're using addictive personality as an excuse
Yes, it’s a process. You need to slowly come off it or you will find something else to get attached to.
Some people say that we as humans need to worship something. Christians believe idols can even be something like food or porn since we are so addicted and attached to it, it became our God. I completely agree with Russel that connection to God helps.
I am an addict listening to bullshit.
Restless, irritable, and discontent. Three words that sums up addiction.
Shrooms are the safest recreational drug to take, it should be made available every where.
started microdosing mushrooms in place of my prescriptions and the difference is night and day in my mental health and my anger i feel like ive become a better person best decision ive ever made wish it was more accessible to those that need
Taking shrooms was 100% one of the most important experiences in my life. Everything has changed since my trip - I perceive - things differently.
Been looking to try shrooms how do you get yours ?
Doc.toddshrooms
How do I connect with him ?
"All forms of desire are the inappropriate substitutes for the desire to be one with God". Holy cow! Spot on! Addiction is rooted in spiritual affliction.
This. 🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I am in awe of how articulate Russell is, he is a very insightful and inspiring person
Very intelligent, yes.
Super-articulate....part of what drew me to start watching regularly. Russell, you are an amazingly centered individual, kudos to you for all the growth you have acquired.
Yes
he's a 24 carat bullshitter
I admire Russell's self honesty. Quite a relief to hear him talk.
When a genuine addict achieves sobriety, he/she truly reaches a higher level of consciousness and usually ends up at the service of others. It begins with fearless honesty to oneself; accountability also becomes priority. Russell's words are definitely a powerful relief to listen to.
Addiction is nothing but pain man I’ve never heard anyone else say it
In relapsed after 53 days. I've been up two days. This has me bawling because I know I have recovery in me but it's like my soul needed to test what I learned in na because I don't like meth anymore. It's never really been fun. Thank you Mr. Brand. Your vibrational energy is exactly what I seek to uphold. My relapse could've been avoided by a trip to the doctor and some more thought. Thank you.
Unfortunately relapse is a part of most ppls journey to sobriety. Just try not to get too down on yourself and realize it's a war not a battle. Listen to some other's stories who have battled addiction and how they handled their relapse situations. Hope the best for you, your not alone!
I’m proud of you ❤️ just keep striving to improve and you’ve obviously taken this quite seriously and you’ll make it
a little bump in the world. keep it up. you are so strong!
I know exactly what you mean, I hate it but keep coming back even tho sometimes I'm not getting what the thought of it is. It's the thought of getting high that's inviting and overcomes so when u do it I let myself down. In the end I left everyone had to be on my own nd got sorted
Im an 30 year alcoholic but Ive been trying to sober up million of times. Ive been living many different countries and cities regarding work and Im not really social. Basically I attend AA group meetings etc but I didnt quite understand 12 steps so much. The point of it. Im on working on my steps and Im on my 3rd steps. Trying to read alot and watched videos. Im attending AA meetings as much as possible in video and in real life. Covid has made addicts lives hard. Thanks to Russel Ive started to understand the meaning of these steps. Nobody just didnt explain me the meaning of the steps. Everyone have a different version or Im just starting to understand the 12 steps. Im living day at a time and Im at the very beginning of my recovery.
I hope you are still taking care of yourself Taavi!
How are you getting on man?
Hey. Im today 139 days sober. Thats allmost 5 months! Its by far the longest time I've been sober in my adulthood. I have never felt better in my whole life. I dont have many friends and all my drinking buddies think Ive lost my mind. My sobriety is number one in! Im meditading and training hardcore in the gym. My life is changing in ways I have mever thought it would be possible. Im getting 31 this August and to imagine 10 years ago I didnt belive I live to see 30! Much love to you all!!!!!
fair play russdell has battled
I'm cheering for you! Don't give up! I believe in you
The 12 step program is working for me. I haven’t completed every step yet, though the two things that have really helped me so far is turning your problem over to a higher power. This is basically your admission that you just can’t control this on your own. Once I made that sincere commitment, a weight was lifted. “We’ve got this” was the feeling. The second step was living in the moment, and when wrong promptly admit it. Daily inventory. You just start to live a better version of yourself. And without realizing it it’s day 44 of sobriety. Happier life, better sleep, no hangovers, more energy, better relationships, not missing toxic relationships, more time, better outlook.
Thank you
Sounds amazing.
@@lawrenceshdow It’s great! Day 208 today
That is so great!
how's it goin man?
Today I figured out that my addiction is triggered by rejection and I think it has really woke me up into finally getting someone to help me.
Finally admitting to my addiction and listening to you is so eye opening xx
❤️🩹
Hope you find sobriety be kind to yourself. Stay safe and well?
Russell Brand, you are a gift to mankind.
I don't recognise my former addictive self. I'm simply not that person anymore, and don't believe it's possible to become her again. Addiction is like a possession. You aren't really you until you escape it. If you've learned enough about yourself, you simply cannot revert back to the former you. You are absolutely correct in the traits necessary to heal; willingness, openness, honesty and humility. Only then can you accept help and allow it to work.
I’m currently going cold turkey from weed, it no longer serves me it’s helped with stress and questioning the world, connecting with nature and connecting with higher power when I was young teen with no1 to talk to but now I’m 28 it doesn’t serve me with procrastination and socialising I am a social person but I’ve formed this belief system that I will be better with life n being productive when I let go of weed fully so now I have to let it go , I managed to quit for 5 months beginning of the year but slowly started smoking roll ups then would get stoned on a weekend then it crept back in to one a night n it’s a tiny spliff but I can’t stand the fact that me being a powerful being letting a substance control me I should be able to not need anything n being sober for them 5 months with sugar weed drink I’ve never felt so clear and on point in my life I know I can do this but the cravings are real n obvs this is nothing compared to harder drugs In them 5 months yoga helped me a lot but when I stoped yoga the weed crept back in why is that I’m sending everyone with any addiction love light and strength ❤
I like russell’s humility. Even in recovery programs, you come across people who think they are in the luxurious position of helping others. A word I like to use is serviceable. I am in a place now where I am more serviceable to other with our common struggle.
God bless Russel. He is a genuine messenger.
He has saved me. He took recovery to a next level. One positive is he automatically had a guaranteed audience.
Yes! How about we organize to manifist thft message?
I recently lapsed in my recovery. My daughter had shared Russell Brand's Destruction Limitations segment. I also came across COMMUNE. Awesome! I like Russell's laid back, nonjudgmental approach to matters of life, spirituality, etc. Thank u all who have made this information available to me. It's a daily journey of self realization, acceptance, learning how to cope and recovery. God Bless!
God bless you too! I also recently lapsed in my recovery. I hope you're doing good. Sending you love.
God bless you both, one day at a time x
I’ve been doing the 12 steps for 7 years and have relapsed many times (but not for long periods). I just keep going back. The main reason I’ve relapsed is because I don’t think I ever totally got step one..and didn’t put in the work. Blessings to you, and keep going back (do Zoom meetings). Peace and love. ☮️💖☮️
I hope your doing well , I just got out off the stuff 2 weeks ago , laid in bed for 2 whole entire weeks in pain piss an throw up ( nice image right? Lol ) , I wish you the best of luck and be safe out their brother1
Cool, so are we ready to reorganize society so our grandkids may grow in an envirement capable of unfolding higher potentials?
People working the program are the most self critical, aware and astute individuals. The world would heal rapidly if the program was introduced at schools. Also the honesty that comes out in those rooms is gobsmacking and devoid of ego. It's a magical experience and I feel privileged to have sat in on open meetings supporting a friend. All the best to anybody overcoming there demons, your not alone and there are people ready to receive your admission.
I soooooo agree with you. When I was a teen I was in a special group in school and we used to do various activities/ One day our teacher, who we always saw as Mr Healthy, asked us if we would like to attend a junior AA/NA meeting. We were teens and he knew that these issues would have already or will soon confront us. BTW he asked permission from the group at AA/NA first. So, we agreed. We went twice but to this day I keep Melodie Beattie;s Day Book by my bed and have learned the value of the steps to all of us. I think my son's teachers did a great job addressing the issue with them. One asked them where they thought they were most likely to find hard drugs. They were a bit blank at that age but probably assumed from some 'evil person'. The teacher said: 'No, the greatest likelihood is that you will encounter them while with your friends, good people who may have tried it before and so you think it's no big deal, it's safe. The friend doesn't wish to harm you. It's just that they sneak into our normality and aren't always lurking in dark alleys.' I agree with RB that we are all addicts in one form or another. It's a very Buddhist way of thinking and our goal is to investigate that part of ourselves and learn to let it go. Sounds easy. It is NOT. It's a lifetime, a practice that you ring into your life forever. Some of life's most precious skills are taught on AA/NA, such as boundaries, assertiveness, self awareness, introception (a word I recently learned), accountability and so much much more. If all young people were taught these skills the world would be so much more peaceful and humane. Not perfect (another addiction), just more of an environment in which we can flourish and grow.
Thank God I went to a rehab that left the 12 steps out. It has a 65% success rate at 1 year after completion. AA has only 3 things right Step 4 , having a community and then being of service. Sponsorship is predatory and it's why the people who started AA like Bill and Bob were against it. Of course they were known pedophiles in their "sobriety" so their opinion might be shit.
@@mateosmind751 I like your summation. Having a community and being of service. I would add developing healthy boundaries in many cases as well as certain skills like assertiveness. Many people self-medicate into addiction of one sort or another (i am sure a friend of mine is an shopping addict) due to being in the 'wrong' community and not being able to develop their own voice and feel respected and whole and this does real harm. Good boundaries enable us to be genuinely of service rather than engaging in co-dependent scenarios or, what my mother has called toxic generosity. I think she read that in an article somewhere but it is a pretty good phrase for people who want to be 'of service' to their own grandiosity. I see that often as a lawyer who works a lot with charitable services. I won't work with any where I see that quality is not rooted out. It does no service to anyone but the person themselves. Thank you for that neat summary: having a community and being of service. That really does connect us to life and one another. Johann Hari wrote that the heart of addiction is disconnection and I think that's a good point as well. Best wishes.
Thank you .
Listening to the 12 steps I think everyone should have them in their life regardless of whether you have an addiction or not. They seem to be a really awesome way to life and go through life.
My challenge. To intellectually keep up with russell brand.
May God bless those in recovery, and to those who want to.
50 days clean
“addiction begins with pain and it ends with pain” 😮
A very good quote
I knew guys in the army who told me they had been addicted to a drug of some sort. One day they realized they weren't going to be around much longer if they continued and that's what compelled them to change. "When a man's fight begins with himself, he is worth something." Robert Browning. All of the ones I knew in that category went cold turkey and removed themselves from the evironment as well as "friends" that were connected with the drug they were taking.
Kevin Healey: Thanks for reminding me of the good part of the solution to remove oneself from the places and people, and to RB for citing Churchill about people being what takes us off our habits, intentions or the like. The Big Book says one should be able to stay arond them, and I agree. But it is wise to stay away during a critical, vulnerable, shaky, weak period to get a little sober foothold and stable platform of one's own first.The longer I go without the addictive substances and behaviours, the more my body and soul calm down and detach from them, and abstinence gets the chance of feeding itself in momentum just as addiction did.
The energy dynamic in the room is hilarious. The interviewer is so calm and collected while Russell is bouncing around like an ADHD rabbit 😜
This guys book changed my life. I was an opiate abuser for years. I got clean again and my life couldn't be better. Please get his book if you struggle with addiction and you're ready to stop.
Now into 20 days of sobriety and dealing with awful insomnia. Not in AA yet but moving in that direction. Glad to find this wonderful piece.
How are you now?
Mary G: That is so horrible, I know. How is insomnia now, 9 months after your comment? I have studied natural medicine (25 years óf severe insomnia that Drs didn't really help me solve). If you are up to my help: Please learn about natural care, stop coffee, nicotine if you haven't yet, go for daily walks, eat clean and healthy with many cooked root vegetables every day, live with regularity, pray and meditate, have social connection, switch off any wireless device as much as you can and especially when you go to sleep, abstain from watching a Computer screen , cell phone etc several hours before EARLY bedtime. You can easily learn what these simple rules/ habits do for you, why they are right and work. Oh, and take care of your Liver and Kidney functions. See a naturopathic Dr, TCM Dr, corrective Chiropractor or good Nutrition therapist, or nutritional Balancing Program, depending on what feels right to you. If you can't afford that, doing a strict, healthy diet as medicine will work wonders. Stop sugar and any soda drinks, dring mainly boiled, hot water. It is about doing things contrary to alcohol (and other drugs), making body and soul mora Yang than the negative Yin of alcohol. I'd like to hear how you are getting on.
The first statement from Brand is unbelievably accurate. Nearly 1 week clean from cocaine and I’m taking pride in that 😁
Best wishes ..keep going and know the hard times will pass…never give up.
I'm not clean in the slightest but seeing comments like yours inspire me to make a change... I hope you're still doing good Max
@@Jmassey95 you can do it brother, your brain will try and convince you that you can’t but believe me you can, all the best man feel free to hit back in the comments whenever you feel like it I’ll get the notification
I’ve always adored him and seen his intellectual side over the years. I wish him the very best
Shout out to everyone in recovery and who's made recovery. My 17 year old cousin got caught up in it. His parents don't know how to handle him anymore, he caught caught using at school this week. I need to step in and support him. I can't stand aside and let his consumptions consume him. My family has had a ridiculous amount of addicts and I thought our generation would escape that, seeing every we've seen.
I'm so sorry. I am a opiate addict and alcoholic in recovery. 15 years now. It is possible. My advice to you , that you never asked for, is be sure to set boundaries and understand that the addict in your life will let you down over and over again before they choose, IF they choose, to get better. Support yes. Enabling no. Much love
Yes stormeade, I agree 100% with all you said, it is all true.Addiction is devastating for everyone in the family and your advice is spot-on. Thank you.👍
He is brilliant. Honest and humble.
Russell has worked so hard on himself and been prepared to be so honest and vulnerable in such a public sphere.Love him so much,wish more of us could talk so openly about things the way he does,we could all help each other and change the world so much
Thank you Russell God help me my last chance ?
''When you live in harmony with yourself you live in harmony with the world'' Marcus Aurelius
Now that I work from home and at night, I often listen to Russell Brand's Luminary podcasts while working. This has become such a valuable part of my life now.
It is so great to see & hear him healthy. He seems happier & calmer. Good for him glad he didn't lose the battle in the monster called show business. He is so talented,smart & his voice is needed in the times where so many lives are being lost to all kinds of addictions.
Thank you for taking the steps to get sober and clear minded if you can do it so can I. Thank you for being vulnerable enough to share your realizations and thoughts and Truth. I'm 25 from Tulsa, Oklahoma and you are making a difference in this world truly even if it's just for me.
Wow. Takes alot of balls to put a persons personal mistakes out into the open for all to see. Also a big heart because you only do it so that maybe someone can miss that pothole in their life. Mr Brand you surely make your parents proud people. One Love
Please pray for me, I am going through the same thing. My life is a mess. It's gotten continually worse over the past 2 decades. I'm on the verge of being homeless and haven't been able to hold a steady job in 10 years. Please say a prayer for me. I know I've been too far away from God but I'm determined to make it. Thank you all for listening. I'll also be praying for those who are going through tough times like me and others like me. I know we need each other.
You can do it , one day at a time
Yes I agree we do need each other !! Thank you for saying that !! I believe in you !! You got this !! God is surrounding you with his shield of protection and armed you with strength!! Bless your heart and strengthen to make you strong !!!
I quit booze 8 years ago today after two DUI’s. BAC’s of .499 and .38. I smoked weed for 7 1/2 years of that while going to lots of meetings. I quit the day before yesterday.
I sobered up for almost 2 years. Meditation . jogging. Practiced gratitude. All for nothing. 20 years of drinking was stronger than that. I fell off the wagon. Have been drunk now for 3 months. I sobered up alone. I was proud of that.and the strength I could demonstrate. Here now wishing I was still so much stronger. Perhaps I need help. But if that fails I am left with nothing but I can't do it period. Please help me I'm beginning to think there's no solution
You can do it because you have done it before. Don’t stay where you are…don’t be stuck…you can move on and do it ….do it…it is hard, of course, but it is hard where you are now and it is worse, isn’t it? Choose to move on and don’t look back…you can. Be brave, I wish you well.
How are you now?
How are you now ? ❤
I really enjoy hearing Russell speak on recovery and sobriety.
Thanks you so much for this, I’ve been struggling with addiction for a few years and have gone in and out of the rooms but the more and more I awaken to the need for the steps in my life the better I do with sobriety. Having videos like this really helps thank you 🙏
Admitting you have a problem is a big step! Prayers to all who need it 🙏🏼❤️ let’s be better
Amen.
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His experience and outlook are beautiful, vulnerable and timely... which provokes us to be self reflective and introspective... thanks for sharing this🙏 🦋❤️🦋 perfect timing for us All🤩
Not only is he great for help on sobriety. He’s actually one of the best and honest journalists out there too. So thank you Russell brand for being a good person!
This beautiful & courageous soul... is a blessing to humanity....
Alcohol is POISON for our minds, our internal organs, our family relationships ... I don't say I am an alcoholic because I am NOT a sickness. Rather, I say "I AM SOBER" and FEEL BETTER EVERYDAY WITHOUT THE HANGOVERS!!! All the best everyone, may God Bless and Guide you!!!
Widdom here on another level. Heavily invested in NA here and we will win.
Utmost admiration for Russell!! You’ve come a LONG WAY baby!!🙏❤️🙏
So many layers of addiction, Thank you for sharing! Love the message
Russell Brand, you are so generous in sharing all this knowledge! I don't struggle with any addiction such as drugs/alcohol, but I thank you for so much generosity! I love the way you speak so openly about vulnerabilities and I specially love how you do it not as a mere conformist victim of your own addictions, you offer precious ways out addiction and you inspire anyone with your light and consciousness!! Ommmm
I started my addiction idolizing Russell, and now I end it as well admiring him and the strength it’s taken him to get to this point and hopeful I can do the same.
Humility is great strength, RB makes that crystal clear! He has been given a purpose and will follow thru to its finish
I’m giving up cocaine and alcohol positive energy and vibes he specks with loads of wisdom
Did you give it up?
Sober October for me. I got rid of all my smokables and I gave my pipes to a friend (cause they are still pretty pieces of glass) Hopefully I will keep going beyond October but I have to start somewhere.
I just quit drinking recently. It is a process that I’m willing to take! Keep pushing to that someone that needs to hear this.
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I’m glad he breaks the 12 Step rule to not promote/discuss the 12 steps in media. I never understood that one. The hardcore AA people say, “oh, well, what If Russell falls off the wagon? People will then say, ‘see! The 12 Steps don’t work!’ “ But I truly doubt that- and he is being of service to so many who are struggling with addiction. I could listen to him all day. I think I’ll buy his audiobooks. 😍😎😍
I did, and there great.
Telling the truth should always be promoted over secrets, hiding and keeping the truth to yourself that can help others 🙏🏼☺️
The twelve steps changed my life & is the most freeing feeling, one day at a time.
Such a great message Russell💥 Sobriety takes work and it is SO worth it!!
I just love this interview. I love you. You had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Thanks so much for this insight, and your humility. You are just such an awesome person.
A very calm sef respected aspect to an understanding of addiction. Starts with pain ends with pain, how very true..Much appreciation to your platform with this awesome soul
im sitting here in the trash of 6 months of unchecked addiction. flies are circling around me as we speak yet I feel the FIRE i lost in my youth just now. russell, one of my biggest inspirations, thank you for your adopted vocabulary, thank you for passing the batton i hope in 10 years i might be able to inspire someone else to FEEL again. i pushed away hate and pain, so as not to feel the terror of my being i silently knew i was pushing away love aswell, as i needed love and did not think to give it to such a pathetic being, i and all of me has to be hidden, i thought. yet here i am. attracted like a magnet to harmony, proper being. Russell able to model that, able to embody that, those principles, those ways of life that I vaguely remember from when i was a child. yet every cell in my being opens up to this seeing, to this flow of life, of all of life, of my life i was made for this. thousands of years in school, evolving, through trial and error. just to be able to be awake. to be with the pain and the love, simultaneously. to be in flow cats do it naturally, yet we have to hone our connection to ourselves. what a paradox im glad love tastes sweeter after finding it, or else my losing it would have crushed me. it did, yet here i stand uncrushed gratitude
Hope you’re rising 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Thank you Russell for being so beautifully Real and Honest.
Wow "the resurrection will happen, but it won't be out there, it will be in here, it will rise again." I am 100 days sober today, I meditate everyday, and something transformational is happening at a level I can't explain.
Amazing logos. I love Russell. He’s such a fast talker which I like but clearly his mind and consciousness is just as fast, he may say something that might offend a certain group and quickly can see say as he did “I’m talking from a personal point of view” and then relate it to as many people as possible. All the struggles he’s been through is helping us to either get through them too or to avoid them. Wise man. We’re lucky to have him and to have hosts interview him because I don’t always get to see him in action in his podcasts for obvious reasons. Thank you both for this wonderful conversation that we all get to witness and grow and learn from
This is the first time I felt I’ve have a tangible understanding the “life” of addiction. My qualifier gets sharp and very frustrated with me saying “you don’t understand, would you just listing to me!”. I ask him to try and explain and then then can’t say anything. When he does say something I listen deeply but it’s never enough. This interview has changed me. I’m so grateful ✨🙏🏼✨
I do not mean to sound dull, but what is a qualifier? If you don't mind..
@@juliechaffins2766 The really dull one's are those who don't bother or dare to ask and remain unknowing. I wonder also, but it must be some professional helper or supporter intending to help with overcoming addiction and getting quaified as sober, recovered and functioning in society, don't you think?
So much respect to all those helping others heal. It's a true calling. I absolutely found my purpose as well in telling my story from years of complete despair to healing my brain and getting my life back! 💟🦋🕉
Addiction does a great job of filling the void of isolation.
If only more people were as insightful as Russell...what a world we would have. I'm simply glad that I am around to see this man on KZhead or television. To be on this Earth the same time he is... Is an honor.
Thank you for motivating me to not just attending the meetings but also workin' on the 12 steps *just for today*
I really love your concepts i am a recovering addict and havent been going to many meetings so what youve said on addiction and love have truly helped me through this time in my life and i just wanted to thank you.
Have you been getting to meetings?
I'm struggling so hard. I'm relapseing as I type this. I was clean 7 days I'm so weak. It's so hard man. So hard. Used to think people were weak. Now I understand... addiction is real man. Very scared right now
Wow God bless you Russell! I’m sober off fentanyl well .. I recently had a quick one time relapse after 5 months of no use. I know better. I hate myself but I’m praying to forgive myself. Im doing what I need to do now. Seek connection w my sober community my church my family most importantly my higher power Jesus Christ thank you for this video interview
My first day today after a relapse.. but I'm more determined than ever!
How’s it going?
@Malissia Creates it went poor amd I'm back to square one.. really fed up atm tbh. I'm not gonna stop trying tho!
@@kevleafy you got this, friend…
@Corey Roth thanks! On day 3 now and i feel terrible but it's to be expected 😔
@@kevleafy you'll be okay through the pain... Just remember that pain of withdrawal and stay sober for yourself!
This is great information. This is my first time hearing from Russell. It’s amazing. I just finished my book and listening to this presentation proves how universal change is. It’s been 30 years since I have used drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. It is so rewarding to be able to share your experience to help others change
Russell Brand your fabulous. You continue to surprise me with your depth and wisdom. From being raised in AA I know the 12 steps and have never taken them seriously. But hearing this from you gave me a different understanding of them. Thank You
Bless you Russel thank you for everything you do, all the love in the world to you ❤️
great talk, thanks for the upload