Your Hormones Are Why Sobriety Feels Awful - Alcohol Destroyed Your Endocrine System and Recovery

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Someone read the hormone chapter in this book I just wrote and they fucking cried. They sent me a testimonial. They sent me a full on message and it's because they finally felt seen. And so many people stop drinking and they get depressed. Their anxiety spikes. They They're They jump into a state of despair. They start ruminating.

[00:00:19]They start cycling. They start Oh my god, it just gets worse. And they thought that they were depressed before they started drinking and now they feel exponentially depressed now that they're not. They They feel like they've lost their main coping mechanism all because they chose to take a healthier route.

[00:00:35]You may have put the drink down and be like, "Hey dude, this is going to be the best decision. Fuck it, I really don't want to. It's going to super suck. Um but I can do it." And then you put the drink down, you white-knuckle, and then you everything just starts to feel worse, man. And then you're in this glum. You can't figure it out. You just know you don't like it. It doesn't feel right. It's this weight that you just can't get rid of. You're not excited about anything. The things you used to really enjoy I don't even matter anymore. You're like, "Fuck it." You go like, "Do I even have a reason to live?" That's your hormones, dude.