Eric Drank Nearly Every Day for 23 Years | Now 4 Years Sober
Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories
Brad McLeod
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Eric returns to share an update on his sobriety journey after nearly two decades of daily drinking.
From 2008 to 2021, alcohol was part of his everyday life. What started as normal slowly turned into something much more serious—leading to severe withdrawal, hallucinations, and even seizures when he tried to stop.
In this episode, Eric opens up about what it was really like living in that cycle, the denial that kept him stuck, and the moment everything changed.
We talk about the dangers of alcohol withdrawal, why asking for help can save your life, and what it takes to rebuild after years of drinking.
Now approaching 5 years sober, Eric shares what life looks like today, how he handles cravings, and why sobriety has given him something alcohol never could.
If you’re questioning your drinking, stuck in the cycle, or wondering if change is possible—this conversation will hit home.
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| 0:00.0 | Great to have you for another episode. Brad here. Right before we get into it, two seconds of your time. |
| 0:06.3 | I recently started adding video podcast episodes to YouTube and I'm 125 subscribers away from reaching a thousand. |
| 0:14.2 | If you could take two seconds out of your day, go over there and subscribe to the channel. Tell a few of your friends. |
| 0:20.0 | Thank you so much. Now let's get to the show. |
| 0:21.9 | You wake up. You do the same thing every day and every night and you're drinking every day. |
| 0:28.3 | And that was my normal life. Welcome back to another episode. I first connected with Eric in December of |
| 0:35.6 | 24. Connected with him a couple months ago for this update episode. |
| 0:40.4 | I'm going to play a clip before we get into it of one of the things that really impacted me |
| 0:47.4 | when having Eric on for the first time. |
| 0:50.2 | And then we'll hear how things are going for him now. |
| 0:52.9 | Every day, every day, am I going to sit here, Brad, and tell you that every day I don't |
| 0:56.7 | want to have a drink because I do, but I look at him and I see what God gave me for taking |
| 1:05.1 | my mom. |
| 1:05.8 | He replaced with him when everything happens for a reason. |
| 1:10.9 | I'm a firm believer in that. |
| 1:12.9 | And every day when I want to drink, because I had a hard day or just because I want that |
| 1:19.0 | feeling again, I look at him and he's enough. |
| 1:23.2 | I mean, there ain't nothing in the world that's going to make me drink. |
| 1:27.6 | Welcome back to another update episode. Today we've got Eric joining us again. Eric, how are you? How's going, Brad? I'm doing good. It's, yeah, man. Things are good, dude. I'm glad to, you know, reconnect and hear an update on your story. I mean, we were just talking there before we jumped on. I mean, you were drinking pretty much every day from 2008 to 2021. |
| 1:50.7 | When you reflect back on that, man, what are your initial thoughts? |
| 1:54.9 | Yeah, I mean, how did I normalize drinking every day for that many years? |
| 2:03.2 | I mean, that was my normal life. And I never batted an eye. I never, till the very end, till the last couple of years, I never thought |
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