It definitely changed his life in ways he hadn’t expected

A man who quit drinking opened up on the impact it had on him once he’d reached 500 days without alcohol.

Mark Manson, the author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Everything is F*cked, took to YouTube and explained that throughout his 20s and early 30s he’d developed a reputation as a ‘party guy’.

Things were going pretty well in his life as he was a successful author with a vibrant social life, but then it was all change for the guy.

“My life had changed, my values had changed and more than anything else my metabolism had changed,” Mark explained, saying that he gained a lot of weight and his ‘body and mind couldn’t handle the booze any more’.

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He cut out a lot of drinks from his weekly intake and soon recognised how bad alcohol was making him feel.

He went from being ‘drunk a few times a week, every week’ to realising what it was like out of the cycle of being drunk and hungover.

His life improved hugely after he decided to quit drinking. (YouTube/Mark Manson)

Before long he was seeing the benefits, including losing some weight and getting much better sleep at night.

He also found that he was saving a lot of money when he went out.

Feeling more productive and less stressed, Mark felt a lot more like he could focus much more and was no longer riding a ‘rollercoaster of emotion’ when it came to trying to work.

Like many others who’ve walked this road he found that some of his friends didn’t approve of the change but in the end he reckons he’s got ‘fewer, but better friends’.

Discovering that some things he thought were his hobbies weren’t actually as fun without alcohol, Mark reckoned he appeared to have become more boring but was actually much more satisfied with his life.Play

Then there’s the more intimate changes, and the author spared us the more private details as he instead clutched a length of pipe and remarked on how strong it was.

“This is a strong pile, like a strong, firm, solid pipe. Definitely stronger than my old pipe,” he said as he clutched the stiff length of metal in his hands and worked it around while voicing his admiration for its strength.

“Wife seems very happy with this pipe.”

While a strong pipe is certainly the ideal for better plumbing and one would likely feel far more confident about it doing the job once slotted into place, I have no idea what it’s got to do with this ‘better sex’ he said he was having.

Still, he seems to think it’s going well.Featured Image Credit: YouTube/Mark Manson

Published 12:40 1 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Man shares shocking effects that took place after he went 500 days without drinking alcohol

The bloke said he didn’t even know who he was anymore

During the summer, it can often feel like everything revolves around booze. Every catch up with your mates seem to be in a beer garden, everyone at work wants to go for a pint after and no BBQ seems to take place without a bucket of drinks.

And with plenty of people struggling with drinking problems, often without even realising, it can seem even harder to imagine doing these things without alcohol.

But giving up drink can be life-changing and has improved the lives of many.

So, if you’re thinking about going sober for the long run (and I’m talking more than just dry January), this man shared the shocking effects he experienced after going 500 days without drinking alcohol.

Mark Manson says that for most of his adult life, he was ‘drunk a few times per week, every week’, making him a ‘chronic alcohol consumer’.

So, he decided to quit drinking completely and has felt ‘profound changes’ since, which he shared in a YouTube video.

For Manson, giving up booze has been worth it. (Getty Stock Photo)

While he explains he, of course, found himself losing weight, sleeping better and making fewer bad decisions, he wanted to explain the ‘non-obvious long-term benefits’.

Manson explained that alcohol gave him a ‘surge of heightening energy and awareness’ with his ADHD as well as quelling his nerves while suffering from social anxiety.

So when he gave it up, thee ‘biggest struggle’ was actually just boredom.

“It felt like everything in my life had had the volume knob turned way down,” he said,

“People at parties weren’t nearly as interesting as they used to be. Dinners didn’t taste as good, trips weren’t as exciting.”

Manson has done over 500 days without drinking. (YouTube/Mark Manson)

But this all led to a big realisation: “That much of my social life, my friendships, my hobbies had been this kind of lie. They were a dopamine driven, alcohol fuelled mirage I had constructed, this boozy persona that had been driving most of my social life for decades.”

So, he didn’t really know who the ‘real Mark was’. Apparently this ‘boredom and insecurity’ is pretty tough but he explained that if you stick with it, ‘you start to find out what you actually truly enjoy’.

Although, Manson did find he ended up in this ‘weird but constant state of dull but happy’.

Nowadays, he socialises ‘a fraction’ of how much he used to and found he’s far more introverted than he ever thought.

He also finds himself enjoying ‘simple things’ more and has developed healthier habits like exercising and making ‘more conscious and less compulsive’ food choices.Play

“My brain no longer gets hijacked the way it used to,” he said.

“So my preferences and values have changed which means what I do every single day has changed which means by Aristotle’s definition, I am a different person.”

Manson went on to say that he had regular therapy throughout the whole period, which has been ‘instrumental in helping him become more aware of his emotions’.

He has also found that he seeks commitment more and is ‘more content and satisfied than ever’.

The bloke is still working through the identity crisis he’s faced since going sober, but isn’t worried about it.

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“Because unlike before, I’m actually patient about my future,” he explained. “I don’t mind being bored. I don’t mind the lack of excitement. In fact, these days, I actually kind of enjoy it.”Featured Image Credit: YouTube/Mark Manson/Getty stock

Topics: Alcohol, Health, Lifestyle, Mental Healt