The Abrupt End Of A Drunk Show

The last 20 minutes are the part I can’t fully remember and that’s exactly why we’re talking about it. After our “drunk show” ended abruptly, I went back and watched the footage, and what I saw was a clean, uncomfortable lesson in how fast alcohol can flip the switch on judgment, memory, and basic safety. If you’ve ever said “I’m fine,” or if you’ve ever tried to squeeze a long night of drinking into a short window, this story lands differently. 

We break down what happened, why it happened, and what it felt like afterward including waking up outside, feeling off the next day, and realizing that recovery changes with age. We also get real about binge drinking: eleven shots over two hours and twenty minutes is not a joke timeline, and alcohol metabolism varies wildly depending on body size, hydration, food, and individual tolerance. That variability is why “I can handle it” is never a reliable plan. 

I also share the behind-the-scenes frustration of trying to bring in outside voices like law enforcement and MADD to support the drunk driving prevention message, and why we decided the public service announcement still needs to be said out loud. We close with clear, practical harm reduction: designate a sober driver, use a ride share, plan your transportation, or choose not to drink at all. If this hit home, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more people hear the message.

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Transcript

Why The Show Ended Suddenly

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Hey gang. How's everyone doing today? I hope you're doing great. Listen, this will just be uh a quick video, uh, just a little quick message to you guys. Um a recap of the drunk show from two nights ago. So if you've watched it, you know it ends abruptly. If you're listening to it or you have listened to it, you know it ends abruptly. Okay. It doesn't close out like I would normally close out the the uh the program. That being said, though, if you watched it, then you know I was in no shape to come back into the studio to close out the program. So I myself, just a little bit ago, I just watched the last 20 minutes. I had talked to Brother Jim um earlier, and he says, Yeah, just watch the last 20 minutes, you know, it's fine, everything else is good. And and honestly, in that last 20 minutes, watching that, I don't really remember any of that going down. So I guess the whole point is for sort of a drunk show recap, now that we can we can recap it since it didn't properly close, is you see the message right there. You see the message that drinking and drinking large amounts of alcohol um can do a number on you. Now, of course, the entire um podcast lasted two hours and 20 minutes, and I had, I think it was 11, 11 shots, which is two more than last year. Uh, I still have all the notes from last year, so that's how I know. But um, I really didn't need to take those, especially the last shot, the one that I I watched myself take on the way out of the studio. But of course, in two hours and 20 minutes, 11 drinks, 11 shots is a lot. Well, that's because I can't keep you around for five or six hours, which would be what kind of a normal uh get together when you go out to a club, a bar, a restaurant, whatever it is, and you hang out and you have some drinks and you're you're celebrating. Um I have to condense it. So I have to accelerate that whole process. The end result is still the same. I'm just speeding up the timeline on everything so that we can get the message out to you guys. And the bottom line is you see what it does. You see what it did to me. And um, like I said, I'm I'm six foot, 205 pounds. So um, you know, there's a lot of people that are smaller than me, and um it would it's gonna have a greater effect on you a lot quicker. There's some people that are bigger than I am, and um it may take a little more time to have an effect on you. Everyone's a little bit different, everyone metabolizes alcohol differently, and it also depends on height, weight, what you have in your system, and are you hydrating at the same time too? So there's a lot of factors, but you guys get the message. The message is completely serious, so I want you to take it to heart. Um I I I woke up sleeping on my patio. I was outside of my patio. Um, fortunately, everyone was kind enough to cover me up, but I think I woke up about 1:30 in the morning and still not feeling great. I'll tell you, I was not feeling great. Um, I was able to come upstairs, get in bed, and um and and and go to sleep. You know, and I obviously I woke up a few times um later on in the morning. Um did I have a hangover? No. I guess you could call it well, I didn't have a hangover, but I did not feel great. I didn't feel whole horrible, you know, but I wasn't ready to get up and get in a workout. That's that's that's for sure. So um I said it in preparation of the drunk show. I said it during the drunk show. I'm doing it, so you don't have to. So I just want you guys to learn from me. The one thing that I take out of this myself is that I'm 60 years old, and if you know, when this time rolls around next year, I'll be 61. I don't rebound the way I used to. Okay. I felt better last year waking up than I did this year waking up. Um and there's gonna be a lot of thought put into whether I do this again next year. I think the message is well worth it. I don't know if my body can take it. Oh, it's abusive. Oh, it truly is. Truly is abusive. If you watch the video, you guys can see me just when you can see the turn that it that it takes. So um, you know, just just learn from this program, okay? Learn from the drunk show. Not only that, but it it did become a little bit um, I was a little frustrated going into the drunk show because um I did, I think I explained, and I don't remember because I didn't watch the whole podcast, but I think I I explained to everybody that I tried to get law enforcement officials in here from San Bernardino County. That didn't pan out, didn't work out in my favor. I don't remember if I mentioned reaching out to Mad, that's Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. I reached out to them, called their headquarters, and the person that answered the phone, it was like it was taught it was almost like I was talking to somebody that didn't even work for that organization. They had no idea what I was even trying to explain to them who to get who to put me in touch with, nothing. It was uh I was blown away. I was shocked. I was shocked at that. And I can't, you know, I went on their website to find the information. You know, every website has like a contact us section, you know, that type of thing. So I was very disappointed in that. And, you know, I'm just trying to trying to to to send a good message out to everyone um in doing this. And I continue to say it's my public service announcement, it will always be my public service announcement, but um it would be nice to get more outside engagement, especially from a law enforcement agency, um an organization like Mad, those types of things. And it it really was, it was frustrating going into the uh the podcast, knowing that I had um really tried, reached out to these people. And I don't know, mad's one thing. Like I said, it was like talking to somebody that you know it was just different. I was just odd. But as far as trying to get law enforcement officials in here, maybe they just didn't think that this was a large enough platform for them. I don't know. But um nonetheless, um I'll I just don't know if I want to punish myself next year like I did um the last two years. Uh so I gotta consider that. I got about 363 days to think about it. But if I don't, if we don't do this again next year, look, we'll still have two drunk shows in the bank with very important messaging behind them. So you can always go back and watch them and get the messaging that uh that's there. So uh I just wanted to kind of let you guys know that. Um apologize for the abrupt ending to the podcast. It's okay. Is it the most professional? No, but is this the most professional podcast out there? Man, probably not. Try to be, but not only that, when I'm watching it, I'm watching like my beautiful wife Catherine coming in the studio. She doesn't do this stuff, she doesn't end podcasts, she does so she doesn't have all that. She's just like, you know what? Look, he's drunk, he ain't coming back up here. I'm stopping this thing right now. So it's just one of those things, and that's okay. I'm perfectly okay with it, you know. Um, but the message is there, and I'm alive. I am alive. So listen, moving forward, guys, take the message to heart. Don't drink and drive. Think about it, be responsible, make sure you've got proper transportation, somebody who is not drinking. You you designate someone who is not going to drink. You use a ride share, whatever it is. Okay. Or you know what? The best thing for you is not to drink at all. Okay. That's the best thing for you, is don't get mixed up in it, period. All right. So uh that's about it. I just wanted to get that across to you guys and um let you know everything's all right. And I'm I'm here alive and uh I'm swinging for the fences still. So you guys be good, and I will uh see you guys on the next time, all right? Or on the next, gosh, I'm talking like I'm drunk still, right? But I will see you guys next time around. All right. So be good, take care of each other, and uh see you then.