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After practicing martial arts for five or so years and slowly becoming more interested in yoga, Marcus began to re-evaluate his lifestyle. "I was questioning towards the end of the drinking, 'Is this really worth it? Is this even fun?' The next day, the hangover would ruin the day and there was never enough time to do anything I wanted to do, and taking off a day every time that happened meant that I was only living half the week. I ended up thinking it wasn't worth it."During his decade DJing and performing in clubs around the world, Marcus did not experience the kind of depression and anxiety that Bob suffered. Still, he tells me that now his everyday perception of life is very different: "I became much more even. Living for the weekend, like so many people are doing, you're almost on autopilot robot through the week. Now, every day is just the same. I never get down, I don't dread Mondays any more, I don't dread coming down – not necessarily drugs wise, just coming back to the mundane."For Bob, the change he has seen in his quality of life since going sober is huge."For a start I look five years younger than I did, and I lost two stone in the first three months," he says. "The other thing that was almost immediate was my brain function: I swear I'm 50 percent mentally quicker and smarter than I was. I grew up a lot really quickly, too: I wasn't just following my friends to the pub to the detriment of all else; I got more organised, I stopped living essentially like a teenager – no more messy room, no more late for everything ever. I built a better relationship with my family, I started making progress at work, all that sort of thing. I felt more energetic, I had more money, I got fit, I got happier, I felt at peace for the first time in my adult life."READ: Can You Reverse the Horrible Long-Term Effects of Drugs with Exercise, Food and Vitamins?
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