Heart doctor shares his biggest life lesson after 1000 days with no alcohol
The ever helpful Dr. Jeremy London is at it again with his health-related revelations.
After recently issuing warnings about a drink comparable to 'liquid death', and the four beloved foods that are scientifically proven lifespan-shrinkers, the part-time YouTube content creator has now waxed lyrical about the benefits of giving up the booze.
He's existing at Ground Zero too, so to speak, having not sunk a drop of the stuff for 1,000 days.
So, what happened to him initially? Why did he choose to undergo this radical change? How has his body reacted, and what is Dr. London's biggest lesson out of this experience?
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In a 23-minute YouTube explainer, here's what the main man shared with his 393,000 subscribers:
Clarity came before physical recovery
"Even though I didn't feel any better from a fatigue standpoint, my mind began to really clear after a couple of months," the heart doc told the camera while walking outdoors in his sunglasses and cap.
"Every day was the same. I didn't wake up cloudy. I didn't have any hangovers at all."
Basically, the physical benefits to shifting away from alcohol took longer than expected, but the mental clarity it afforded him became one of the biggest rewards in his journey.
He no longer wanted to numb life
"I want a life. I want to live a life in a way that it's meant to be, in a way that we're supposed to experience it as human beings. That means the good times. That means the bad times.
"We're meant as human beings to experience this world without being numbed, in my opinion," Dr. London went on to share.
In his mind, the dulling of joy and hardship wasn't allowing himself to soak up the human experience to its full capacity.
Sobriety reset his rhythm
"I go to bed early. I wake up early. I enjoy the dark hours of the early morning where it's really quiet and that's my time.
"I don't even set the alarm because again my body has reset itself in such a remarkable way."
After close to three years alcohol-dry, the health professional's sleep, energy and daily routine arrives more naturally for him.
The biggest lesson
And so we come to Dr. London's biggest takeaway from the alcohol-free years.
"I want a life. I want to live a life in a way that it's meant to be. That means the good times. That means the bad times," are the most insightful quotes from his video.
His overarching lesson is that sobriety enabled him to experience life as it was intended to be lived, without using alcohol to enhance celebrations or soften difficult moments.
Dan Seddon