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After seeing this video for the first time, I watched some of his others.
Seemed to be a pretty standard review channel until it hit me in the face:
His earliest videos review restaurants together with his wife. Then it transitions to reviewing bars, then only him sitting in front of his camera at home reviewing whisky. Until the iconic video of his wife leaving him.
Most of these vids were only watched by a couple people, and he reviewed a new bottle of whisky almost every day.
His Youtube channel documents his slow decline and slip into alcoholism. Dude must have drank several bottles of booze per week off camera, for years.
I used to buy for a liquor store. There are tons of whiskey people who open bottles but don't finish them. He might be an alcoholic or he could be one of those guys. We don't know why they broke up.
Agreed. I have about 20 open bottles of different whiskeys right now. I'll probably have a glass or two each week.
You can have a very robust collection of whiskey and also drink in moderation. I know when I buy a new bottle I'm excited to try it, and the seal usually doesn't last for longer than a day.
You can store whiskey for a very long time if the bottle is over halfway full. Keep them upright and away from the sun and they'll last for many years and still hold their taste. You might lose some due to evaporation though.
If you used to buy for a liquor store, you'll know Laphroaig 10yo is the absolute bottom level Laphroaig, it's a liquid tourist trap lol
I’m not one of those guys. That’s why I quit collecting and drinking whiskey. Sadly enough.
Same here, loved the single malt scotch a little too much. 2 1/2 years sober now
Even if he had only one drink every time, it's still a form of alcoholism to do so every single day (as the previous commenter alluded to). It'll still devolve into compulsive behavior.
If he has a single drink a day he's not an alcoholic by most standards. It's only in the trash DARE adjacent programs that nonsense like that is taught.
and then there are people in the comments section calling him a "stoic"
This is what I came to comment. I'm glad someone beat me to it. It's tough to watch, and I hope he's doing better.
If you are serious about help, and you are still early in the process, just one less bottle per night every day for a week, then the next week one less than that.
It takes will power, but if you want it you can do it. It doesn't have to be cold turkey. If you are at a six pack a night, or a 4 pack of some 12% ones you can wean yourself off nightly binge drinking in a month or two.
When you are down to one a night, switch it to one every other night... Then don't buy any for a week. Then you can figure out how to drink more responsibility.
If you are to the point where you drink one when you wake up, you will need medical detox. If you wait... You will probably eventually die from alcohol related diseases.
Thanks for reaching out. I'm at 12-15 6-9%s every night. Once or twice a week I'll drink one or two before I leave for work so that the worst of the hangover hits at home/ can be staved off with another beer once I get back. I truly appreciate your sentiment and want to use this to give me some momentum to quit. I know I'll have the shakes and be super sweaty for a week, but I can work with that. I quit meth, alcohol and smoking before, I can kick beer again. I think part of the problem is it's a lesser issue than the other stuff I quit so I let myself keep slipping. Again, thank you
Genuinely, I encourage you to see a doctor first- at that rate you have a good chance of serious alcohol withdrawal. It is more dangerous than heroin withdrawal and the symptoms can range from sweats and shakes up to seizure and death.
Quitting booze will improve your life immeasurably but you need to do it with the assistance of a doctor or GP, your life depends on it. I believe in you, mate.
For me, if it's in the house it's getting drunk. I was lucky that my drinking wasn't so bad that I could go cold turkey.
Weaning myself off doesn't work for me, if I have one I'll just keep going.
Now I only drink on the weekends which is a massive improvement for me.
Stay strong. Give yourself a reasonable limit. Keep that limit. Reduce that number. Maintain. Stay strong.
There is a community stopdrinking that has daily check ins. Check it out.
I believe in you too buddy, happy you've decided to make a change. You can do it!
Thank you. I'm gonna do it this time
...we have about two hundred opened single malt whiskies and it takes us years and years to finish any one bottle; two or three wee drams are usually plenty to review fairly, maybe twice if we want to come back another day for a second opinion...
But if you buy and try a new bottle every other day and don't finish it, they will pile up over time and eventually go bad. The amount you buy must be equal to the amount you drink in the long term.
...whisky really doesn't ever go bad as long as the bottle is sealed; we use teflon plumber's tape around the neck for long-term storage but there are other solutions, too...