Yesterday, I hit 900 days sober, and I’m sharing a video of my journey to show you what’s possible if you are struggling & you break free. This is at the heart of
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Impossible without my rock, my wife Shelley holding me accountable for my actions and giving me the chance to change. Thank you.
Sobriety didn’t just change my life—it made it better than I ever imagined, proving we’re capable of achieving anything once we remove the negative influences holding us back. For years, I was my own worst enemy, stuck in a cycle of bad choices, almost like the universe was reflecting that chaos back at me.
If you’re drinking or using drugs to escape your life or your feelings—like I was—you’ll never find real happiness until you face yourself and build something worth sticking around for. I used to think alcohol and drugs were my problem, but they weren’t. They were my solution to the mess in my head—a habitual coping mechanism. Once I learned to cope on my own and replaced those habits with new ones, life became beautiful.
In the last 900 days of sobriety, I’ve achieved so much: I sold out 60 shows on my UK comedy tour, racked up millions of views on my podcast about sobriety, and built a Facebook group with 50,000 lads that’s now a charity—Men and Their Emotions—raising funds for counseling and addiction support. I became a better father with a new baby, made my wife happy, ditched the toxic users and people-pleasing, and grew confident. I learned to box, won a Misfits match, and stopped letting manipulators intimidate me.
I opened a restaurant, a podcast studio, a comedy club, and a gym. I wrote a film about my journey—men lost to mental health, women holding families together, addiction’s wreckage—with an incredible cast ready to bring it to life.
But my proudest achievement? Being present for my family.
My newest baby wouldn’t be here without sobriety, and nothing beats showing up for them, alive and thriving. I’ve slowly mended my mental health and anxiety, trading countless bad days for good ones.
To anyone struggling: instead of escaping your life through drink or drugs, why not build a life you never want to escape?
You’ve got this ❤️