Name: Theo Von Thoughts on Staying Sober
Uploaded: 2017-07-20T19:41:10.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Theo Von Thoughts on Staying Sober' from Theo Von on Comedy Buff. Published 2017-07-20. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Theo Von Thoughts on Staying Sober' from Theo Von on Comedy Buff. Published 2017-07-20. Transcript available.

Hey, what's up, Theo? My name's Miles, and I was just kind of wondering on,
like,
how you stay sober, because I've been taking, you know, some pills here and
there,
and it's really fun, but, you know, I feel like it's just sort of time to quit,
so I was just sort of wondering, like, advice on how to deal, I guess, with,
you know,
being sober, because, you know, to be honest, it's really boring, like, oh, my
God,
spending whole days, you know, but the day seems like two days and one now,
now that I've been sober for a week, and I was just wondering...
That's funny, man. He said being sober is boring. I mean, it's sad. It's sad
and perfect and everything,
because it is. It is kind of boring, man. It's boring until you're able to
start dealing with some
of your feelings and what's going on and whatever made you start to, you know,
over-treat yourself
with medication. Then it gets interesting, dude. It gets interesting, man. When
feelings start coming
back and you start, you start having feelings, man, you know, like, when I'm
talking about my mom earlier
and I get, like, teared up, you know, like, that didn't used to happen to me,
man. You know, like,
I wasn't able to access those feelings, dude. When I, you know, when I see,
like, you know,
one of my friends posted a picture of her and her baby. She has a new baby. And
I remember,
like, a couple of years ago, like, telling her, like, I almost was going to,
like, we were almost
deciding that we were going to have a baby together, even though, like, we
weren't in love or anything.
We just were maybe going to have a baby just because she's getting a little
older and we've
always been friends and we both wanted just, she, I thought she'd make a great
mother because
she's always been, like, a great friend. And she has a baby now, dude. And I
looked at,
saw a picture of her, you know, her first Mother's Day or something today. Shit
teared me up, dude.
So, you'll have real feelings, man. That's one thing. That can be exciting, bro.
I know it sounds
crazy and probably gay ass, you know, but it's exciting, bro. But what was your
question? How do
I stay sober?
I was just wondering, like, you know, I guess how you deal with it. And I don't
know if you've ever,
you know, taken pills or anything like that. But, uh, you know, yeah, I was
just wondering
your advice. I like the show and, uh, actually just got your album. So, uh,
keep it up, man.
Wow, man. Thank you for the support. Uh, let me catch your name again. I'm
sorry.
Hey, what's up, Theo? My name's, uh, my name's Miles.
Miles. Thanks for the support, Miles. Um, uh, I do appreciate it.
How do I stay sober, dude? Well, I just decided that I'm not going to drink or
use,
you know, and I didn't decide that I'm going to do it for the rest of my life
because that's a huge undertaking and I can't do anything for the rest of my
life.
I can't. First of all, I don't know what the rest of my life is going to be,
but I know that I cannot drink or use for today. You know, I know that.
And it's, look, a lot of you guys out there are like, dude, I drink, I use,
that's fine.
I look, I have no issue. If you can drink and you can party and you can have a
good time
and you can live your life and your life's fun and comfortable, that's great.
You know, I might be able to do that one day. I don't know, but I do know that
for right now,
I'm not in that position. Um, so how do I stay sober, man? I listen to
people that are more sober than I am. And I, I, I try and figure out what my
feelings are,
you know, because I didn't want to have any feelings. And I'm sure that's why
you take pills,
do pills, bro. I remember one time I took a pill. Next thing I knew it was
Thursday, bro.
And I think when I started, it was Friday. So it was like a long pill, dude.
Yeah. I remember one
time some new gave me some Somas, this fellow that was homosexual and he ended
up dying. He drove a,
uh, I think a Chevy Cavalier into a semen embankment and he was a boxer. He was
a homosexual prize
fighter. Um, but he might've even tried to blow me one time when I was on Somas.
I don't even
remember. So our pills fun. I don't know. I mean, it was definitely fun not
having any feelings
and like just spitting up on my shirt all night. It was kind of cool. It was
like being in the hospital,
but I was just in the back of a, uh, Chevrolet blazer. Um, but overall longterm,
is it fun?
You know, I just don't think it's good because I just would love for you to
take a chance and see
what you're really like. If you don't use, if you don't use pills, you know,
just take a chance.
Look, dude, if you don't like who you are, when you don't use pills, go back,
go back to him, bro.
But at least give yourself a shot to see who you are. You're out here.
You know, if you got issues, man, look, clean them up. You'll be able to clean
them up when you're
sober. I promise you it's going to take some time. It's going to be a pain in
the ass.
You have to sit and think and write and listen to other people.
Probably have to cry and listen to some fucking dudes talk in group settings
and stuff where
you're like, dude, shut the fuck up, but you'll get better. It gets better. I
promise you that.
Um, and it's fascinating and it's the ballsiest thing you could do. You want to
take a pill,
take a pill of fucking sobriety, bro. Take a pill of, you know what? Whatever
life throws at me
today, I'm going to look it in the fucking face. You know, take that pill. That's
a pill, bro.
You want a pill? You want a ride? You want a ride? Try feeling everything. Try
having conversations
with people when shit's uncomfortable and you can't resort to anything else.
And you have to,
you have to just tell them how you really feel. Try that. That's a pill, bro.
That's a pill,
man. Um, but I'm here for you miles. If you need me, you can leave another voicemail,
a private one
on here, uh, that I won't use, um, on the episode. And, um, but I don't know
how I stay sober, man.
You know, I invite a higher power into my life, even though I struggle with
that every day
and I don't try to stay sober forever. I'm just trying to stay sober, um, for
tomorrow, you know,
but it's amazing. Um, I started this podcast in sobriety. Dude, if I was still
partying,
I wouldn't have been, I don't think I would have been able to do it. I don't
know, but I don't
think so. And I also don't want to pigeonhole myself. And I don't want to tell
you that
you need it forever. I don't want to tell you any of those things. I don't want
to tell you that AA is
a be all cure all end all. Because if I don't, if I don't, if I'm not sober
forever, then people are
going to be like, well, you did, you know, it didn't work for him. I don't want
to tell you any
of that, man. I just want to tell you that I think it's worth a try, you know?
And I think it's worth
the same amount of effort you go, you put into getting pills or using pills.
Just at least give
it that same amount of effort. See how it works, you know? It might work well.
But, um, but I love
you, Miles, man. And, uh, and you know, it sounds like you want to at least try
to get, I don't know
better, but you want to try to get different. So just try to get different, man.
See how different
works. Thank you for calling, bro. I really do appreciate it.