it's not that easy to put a drink down. For me, it was the only thing that made me feel "normal". I lost everything; wife, house, cars, sanity; which in turn pushed me deeper and deeper into alcohol. It turns from a crutch to a limb. You're not able to remove your arm at command, you can't just quit...
its not as easy as you might think it is. people can die from just up and quitting drinking. its aprocess just like quitting smoking or doing drugs. it takes time and its un educated people like the one who made that comment who obviousley have never touched a drink in your life or done any drugs long term. i am not one but i have family who have traveld down that road. they are all sober now but they needed to get the proper help in order to quit. its not as easy as stopping cold turkey
I DO love this song, I just don't understand. I NEVER disappeared, they did. And I honestly tried to be the best to them I could be. I always ask, "what did i do wrong? I sincerely don't feel that "bad". But, maybe, since my 2 boys love me, I'm not all bad. Simply put, I'm sick of being alone and without companionship. Maybe I'm doing nothing wrong, just a lil impatient. But just in case, YOU!!! Yes you, the woman for me, I'll wait forever for you. Loneliness beats not being loved by you.
For anyone considering stopping their drinking because of their children....please. My mother ruined the childhoods of 5 human beings....she is almost dead....and there is no going back.
i haven't drink since August 2011 and i owe it all to my kids. they are the reason i quit because i don't want to be drunk around them anymore. they finally driven me to stop drinking and after listening to this song, i cried because it is true about me.
I listened to this song... I can't resist anymore... I have to.. Hit the bottom of the bottle again tonight.. I wish I didn't have to but it is the only way..
Well its been three years since you left us. As a step father to me and an amazing father to my sister, i can only say we miss you dearly, I miss my fishin buddy, wish you had gotten healthy before it was too late. Rest in peace Larry, though you may not be here anymore you are always in our hearts!!
Collin Raye has such a way of capturing the affects of alcoholism, for that person and the people that love them. My daddy was an alcoholic and drug addict. He killed himself when I was 5 years old. I wish more people recovered from alcoholism, because when they don't, those that love them never recover either. I know I never have.
Collin Raye has such a way of capturing the affects of alcoholism, for that person them. My daddy was an alcoholic and drug addict. He killed himself when I was 5 years old. I wish more people recovered from alcoholism, because when they don't, those that love them never recover either.
Such a great song, it was one of my favorites back in high school when it came out. Little did I know I would be fighting sneaky pete in my adult years. This song serves some pretty great inspiration. Stay strong people, save any leftover inspiration for me if you could, the "bottle" still has me.
@Horzzo i wish you all the best, horzzo, in your struggle, sending you an the others reading this, light and love, this sunday night from northern ireland, kurfud
@mikehansen87 you take it one day at a time. my boy friend is clean and sober now 16 years going on 17 years in august. and from what his family tells me i wouldnt have wanted to know him when he was drinking. so just take it one day at a time, and tell your self you dont need it.
I kinda wish this song had been the story for my father. While there seems to be a hopeful note at the end, my dad died because of his drug addiction. This song tears me up.
say what you will i don't think anyone can really understand unless they've been there. its so easy to judge and say just drink like normal people, "socially" i turned yellow and laid in the hospital a week waiting for them to pull up the sheet over my head. and some how survived and its still a struggle every hour of everyday
As I sat by myself in the dark struggling not to drink I prayed to GOD for help. His answer... I fell asleep. I awoke the next morning being 2 mos. sober. That was a year ago. Still sober. Still thankful for GOD'S help. Amen !!!!!!!
Yeah I don't see it anywheres so good luck to the families of the people battling this disease because unfortunately in this case for many people the video doesn't lie. Before you take that drink think of the wife son or daughter or cousin or even friend who is going to have to pick up the mess because it's hard for everyone involved in the disease called alcoholism. Codependency land isn't just for alcoholics it can be for thier families also. Good luck to everyone dealing with this.
To all who are suffering with this illness, you can beat it, my father was as bad as you could imagine but he beat it for his family. May be corny but remember Obama? YES WE CAN.
Like many others who've posted I've been there and am still struggling everyday. The people who say "why don't you just quit" don't understand. It is a disease and even if you beat it, it never really goes away.
@wagstag89 I have been struggling for 13 years even after marrige and kids and it's the hardest thing in the world to beat! When I don't drink i dream about it and everywhere I go it seems to be on every corner to keep it fresh in my mind. Good luck with your stuggle<3
@wagstag89 i know i grew up the son of a drunk and thought that ain't happening to me it did and both me and my dad have quit drinking and it is one of the hardest things i have ever done
Country music in the nineties was great, and Collin Raye was at the head of the class, with emotional ballads such as this one. We need to have Collin band together with some of the nineties' biggest stars, many of which aren't popular now, just so we can bring music like this back into the fold. I mean, yeah I like The Band perry, and some Lady Antebellum, and even early Rascal Flatts, but country music just isn't the same nowadays. In closing, I'd like to say, PLEASE COME BACK COLLIN!
Collin Raye is playing a dinner concert at Desert Star Dinner Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah November 1-5! Great music and fantastic food! Call 801-266-2600 to buy tickets!
My grandma has had a drinking ever since before i was born im 26 now and i can still remember when i was a kid how when she used dissapear for days and days and how when i was 7 she got so drunk that she tried to hang herself infront of me i havent seen her in 3 yrs because of her drinking but i still ask my aunt how my grandma last week she had to be hospitalized she had tumors in her belly and the dr's told her that the drinking was doing to much damage and she has to quit drinking
i hope she does quit drinking because i do miss my grandma and i would like to have her in my life and in the life of my niece and nephew because of her drinking problem i dont let her see them but i would like for her to see them but not as long as she is still drinking .because of her drinking she is missing out on knowing her handsome 5 yr old greatgrandson and her beautiful 2 yr old greatgrandaughter who will turn 3 in october and who i am raising .
@tylerlondon Yeah I did it shows how old we are. I still have a VCR even though it is a VCR\DVD combo and I can't remember the last time we used it! LOL!!!
i can relate to the part where the part of the father harrassing the mother.. i lived with a guy for 9 yrs, didnt drink but he might as well have been.. i am so GLAD he is OUT of My Life now, and i dont have to worry about that now.
@mortemessenger i knows what everyone means i love to drink, i can quit i have for a year but if I get stressed out or over worked i drink am i caught up and need help?
@williamephillips only u know if u need help. no one can judge u. u have to make that decision. if u do decide u do, there are people that would be there for you
I had the priviledge of being able to see Collin at a small show in my old town when I was a little girl, and he was kind enough to sit down with me and talk about alcoholism because my Dad is one. This man is an incredible person for putting an incredible song out there that has helped lots of people. :)
Saw C.R. at the Avalon Theater in Grand Junction May of 2007. He gives his all to his audience. Great Concert. He encored with the Beatles "I saw her standing there"
Havent drank since Thanksgiving 2010...Thank you to my beautiful little girl, she was what finally broke the drinking for me, I do not want to be drunk around her, nor will I be. Daddy loves you Joce
i love my husband very much he drinks alot was ready to give up on him then it downed on me i do to went home we are now prepared to fight this together
i hate country now..& im from texas...but i rememeber my real almost killed me...then a lady who is my mom now pick me up ..yes i was adopted...but she said to me " honey your safe now...now your on a road to little rock" im now 19 & living :D thats one reason i love this song.
This is one of the best songs ever. Me and my mommy played this when my brother got outaa rehab for being addicted to drugs:'( it is breath taking to hear this<3
Yes but then theres thoses can't/don't want to over come it. Me coming from a family (my whole life npw 29) of a mother and a father, an older brother and 2 younger sister who are all alcoholics and drug addicts. Lucky I was the only one who managed to not take that path. I think it was cause i was the one child that got most the abuse grew up in the foster care system and saw the life style and they did not better there lifes. For thoses that do turn themselfs arounds.Congrats!!
My mother in law is my hero, she has been sober for over 20 years. She has overcome a lot in her life and is still a strong woman. That is why she is my hero, anyone that can overcome things that have brought them down is a true hero!!!
Actually YOU'RE means "you are". and that wouldn't make sense... " get in you are way"? so YOUR would be the correct spelling , and I am a teacher so I know. please try to show everyone respect!!
@charterbabs4 I show respect. You need to read what I wrote again.YOU'RE saying exactly what I said. You being a teacher, doesn't matter. You should know what you're talking about before you comment.
I understand all too well about everything in this video. I've been drinking for a while now and it had become my crutch until a very close friend of mine pointed out what it was doing to me and my life. Now Im sober and trying to make a new start, hopefully i'll find a good job somewhere
@Countrygurl894 It's hard but you can do it. I am 20 years sober. I still think about it, but I understand my actions affected everyone, not just me. You will make it, God Bless you.
@MsPookie60 Thank you. i've been sober for 2 months now and it still tempts me from day to day. I wouldn't have been able to put it down if not for praying about it
I know exactly how powerful this song is. If you have ever suffered from this, you truly never completely recover, physically or psychologically. So please, be be respectful to those who know, just saying.
@rodneyastone Congratulations! It's so hard to overcome an addiction! It always makes me happy to see those who are doing it! A good friend of mine is working one day at a time to do the same. Keep it up! Don't let naysayers get in your way!
@baileybymyside yeah just stop. Easy as that. Stop buying and guess what it's gone. People that can't stop need to be put away from society. Addiction to something like alc%. Was up to me alc% would be banned and smoking.
@jettenjetta its not that easy to quit because its everywhere. On tv and billboards and stores and everything makes you want it. I gave up soda because I was hooked on it and it was really hard. For a long time getting a soda was all I could think about. Imagine if you have just enough money to buy something you used to think you could not live without and then remember you can't buy it anymore.
@jettenjetta You just need to crawl into a hole somewhere and keep your stupid thoughts to yourself. Some people don't have a choice in the matter...it can be passed down from parents. You know what....you aren't even worth the exercise my fingers are getting right now!
@jettenjetta obviously you have never enjoyed a nice cigar with a glass of fine whiskey on the rocks. I am not promoting alcoholism, but I enjoy my whiskey and cigars...I smoke a cigar once in a great while, and I may drink once every couple of months...Some people can't handle it, but if it were up to you, I am more than certain you would be taken out of that position of power very quickly.
@Ivelostyourmind That's called social drinking Ivelostyourmind. That's fine perfect. The people that can't stop are the people that need to think shoot this is bad for me and my family lets stop! Stop buying it. Stop going to it. That easy. I grew up in a family of alc% Three of them stopped in one day. it can be done.
This song is my life story, alchohal ruined my life for many years, thank god i met people that didnt give up on me, I now have a wonderful life, this song will always stick in my mind as my all time greatest song... thank you collin raye...
199 days today!!!! It still crosses my mind ,but I'm fighting it. This is the longest I've gone since I was maybe 16 or 17. I'm 43 now. I've been through all the treatments and A.A. but I never Really wanted to quit. Finally I want to. Just wish I could have come to my senses alot sooner.
So true it can be DEMON but I quit with one comment from my hubby ' its either Jose or me and our kids" I quit an never drank with and I was drinkin 2 or more 5ths a day. .
So true it can be DEMON but I quit with one comment from my hubby ' its either Jose or me and our kids" I quit an never drank with and I was drinkin 2 or more 5ths a day..
alcohol is but a symtom, the disease resides in the mind. as a recovering alcoholic myself with 100 hundred days today! you must let go of old ideas and be honest. i struggle with depession. i also have for years chose to drink to feal better, or just not to feel at all but it always got worse never better.I have found a solution to my problems and it is even more than that. It is a spirtual life, GOD, and a fellowship in the rooms of aa. It took being honest with myself. life can be good!
alcoholism has killed a few of my relatives. it is a disease that no one should have to deal with. It destroys lives in many ways. Remember God is the one you can turn to no matter what, even if no one else listens he always does.
I thank God for opening my eyes and letting me see what alcohol was doing to me.It's sad, but I can hardly remember my children growing up. Everything is just a blurr. I can't change the past,but the future will not be lost to alcohol.Thank GOD
i know i have a drinking problem, but i cant help it. when you are all alone in life and no one to turn to it kinda helps, i know i should stop and i know i need to, i just cant.
The hard thing about alcoholism IMHO.. it's the only thing that makes me feel. When I haven't had a drink since I woke up it doesn't matter that I want one.. I don't care.. and the cycle starts again. And here I am now.. 14 beers down.. feeling.. listening to this song.. and I want to stop. I know I'll get booze for xmas. Everyone knows I like a drink but they don't really know. I tell myself it will be my new years resolution to stop drinking. One week of partying and I'm done..
I still fight it. I got out of prison in April and find myself turning to alcohol as my escape alot. But every time I hear this song it brings a tear to my eyes
This song always makes me cry. Alchoholism sucks. I have so many people in my family who are addicted and it sucks. I just wish people would see a drink is never going to solve any problems or any sickness....I wish my Dad would listen to this song:(
::sigh:: I wish people would fully understood alchoholism before they passed judegement and think they have the answers or a cure. Oh well. I pray they never have to deal with it or have a loved on that has to live with it.
I must say this I am a recoved drinker but I must really on God and my wife. I love it that I can rember doing fun stuff I have to remnd myself it is not worth it
I'm not ashamed to share that i am an alcoholic in recovery...coincidentally 5 yrs in the next few days or so.......Its an illness not a weakness.......
I drank not for the feelings it gave me- it's the feelings it took away and my life was ruled by it from an early age-i took everything from me most important my peace of mind and sanity,,No-one wud choose to have this disease....but im lucky i didnt take me and got a second chance at life.....and grabbed it with both hands.........Grateful...
.........i love this song.....i kinda caught the alcoholism gene from my pop.....buried him 21 yrs ago......as a child of an alcoholic, you either embrace it or you don't.......damn.........B
speaking from experience,alcohol is very powerful. It makes you not care about anything, because you think you're in control, but you're not. I still struggle. even though I haven't drank in quite awhile, I think of it nearly every day.It took my wife,family,and friends.I'm blessed to be alive. It's like I finally woke up.
this is a sad song and what a emotional vocal performance by a talented artist from the 1990's. This ballad sounds almost a Don Henely like to me because of the sincerity in his voice. Colin Raye was kind of an underrated talent and sadly we havent heard from him since the "Thats My Story" song and this haunting ballad featured here and the very cheery "I Think About You" and some other stuff too :)
I dont understand how alc% can make someone want it so much. Shoot just stop drinking it and its fine. maybe i dont understand because i dont drink or smoke. But to need somethingthat is so bad for you. You would think i dont need this Stop now.
@jettenjetta Yeah.... you just don't get it. So don't speak on it if you don't know what the experience is all about. What you said is a lot easier said then done. If you've never even had an idea as to what it is like, then keep quiet. You're not helping. Let those with an idea speak for/to us.
@jettenjetta The point you are missing, that everyone is trying to tell you is that its not just about drinking. I'm not an alcoholic but I understand that when you feel broken and down and out, you just want to be numb. That is how it starts. When you find something that makes you numb, in the case alcohol, you resort to that all the time because it temporarily makes things go away. Then it becomes a vicious cycle.
i have actually just lost the love of my life due to alcohol related problems on my behalf..alcohol is an evil thing and i can say two weeks sober and im seeing things so much clearer....jus may be too late...
@hollywoodddiaz hang in there i know its hard i've been there. but ones thing is for sure if they can love you at ur best then they should love and support you at ur worst. im really thinking she used that as an excuse to get out. blame you for the reason why. keep ur head up it's a long road. i was sober for so long and kept slipping up found it was easier to grab that bottle then to suffer through withdrawls. it takes mind power i finally got there and i'm happy to say 1 day sober haha 6 mnth
all the best to those dealing with it and those that are beating it or getting better.myself i have been drinking 3 half gallons of rum a weak for 20 years.been married 3 times .better off just by my self.2 kids there doing grate.Will i ever stop dont think so i woulde go leaving LV before
@jettenjetta
it's not that easy to put a drink down. For me, it was the only thing that made me feel "normal". I lost everything; wife, house, cars, sanity; which in turn pushed me deeper and deeper into alcohol. It turns from a crutch to a limb. You're not able to remove your arm at command, you can't just quit...
Justicejamesb 1 week ago
its not as easy as you might think it is. people can die from just up and quitting drinking. its aprocess just like quitting smoking or doing drugs. it takes time and its un educated people like the one who made that comment who obviousley have never touched a drink in your life or done any drugs long term. i am not one but i have family who have traveld down that road. they are all sober now but they needed to get the proper help in order to quit. its not as easy as stopping cold turkey
annapresley1 2 weeks ago
I thought he sold VCRs at a walmart?
NP535overdrive 3 weeks ago
@NP535overdrive haha! when I was a kid I actually did lol
coldsteelfighter 2 weeks ago
Its this kind mf music that makes Collin who he is
titanic21982 4 weeks ago
,,nice song indeed <3
MultiAliez 1 month ago
People just don't get it, Stop buying alc%, Stop thinking about it. Stop going to the bar, Problem solved, Stoping something is really easy folks.
jettenjetta 1 month ago in playlist Colline Raye
I DO love this song, I just don't understand. I NEVER disappeared, they did. And I honestly tried to be the best to them I could be. I always ask, "what did i do wrong? I sincerely don't feel that "bad". But, maybe, since my 2 boys love me, I'm not all bad. Simply put, I'm sick of being alone and without companionship. Maybe I'm doing nothing wrong, just a lil impatient. But just in case, YOU!!! Yes you, the woman for me, I'll wait forever for you. Loneliness beats not being loved by you.
IAmWhoIAm196970 1 month ago
For anyone considering stopping their drinking because of their children....please. My mother ruined the childhoods of 5 human beings....she is almost dead....and there is no going back.
msvegan23 1 month ago
@xxDevilxxDogXx keep up the good work :)
TheTraci47 1 month ago
i haven't drink since August 2011 and i owe it all to my kids. they are the reason i quit because i don't want to be drunk around them anymore. they finally driven me to stop drinking and after listening to this song, i cried because it is true about me.
frnkroper3 1 month ago 2
I listened to this song... I can't resist anymore... I have to.. Hit the bottom of the bottle again tonight.. I wish I didn't have to but it is the only way..
H0TSH0T2011 1 month ago
@H0TSH0T2011
Hey man, have hope. You will be able to overcome it.
dtroach20 1 month ago
@H0TSH0T2011 thanks for sharing. This is very inspiring for other alcoholics
thesporties 1 week ago
Well its been three years since you left us. As a step father to me and an amazing father to my sister, i can only say we miss you dearly, I miss my fishin buddy, wish you had gotten healthy before it was too late. Rest in peace Larry, though you may not be here anymore you are always in our hearts!!
symphonyod5 1 month ago
Collin Raye has such a way of capturing the affects of alcoholism, for that person and the people that love them. My daddy was an alcoholic and drug addict. He killed himself when I was 5 years old. I wish more people recovered from alcoholism, because when they don't, those that love them never recover either. I know I never have.
Gracichan88 1 month ago
Collin Raye has such a way of capturing the affects of alcoholism, for that person them. My daddy was an alcoholic and drug addict. He killed himself when I was 5 years old. I wish more people recovered from alcoholism, because when they don't, those that love them never recover either.
Gracichan88 1 month ago
thanks for sharing.
PantslessNinja 2 months ago
Such a great song, it was one of my favorites back in high school when it came out. Little did I know I would be fighting sneaky pete in my adult years. This song serves some pretty great inspiration. Stay strong people, save any leftover inspiration for me if you could, the "bottle" still has me.
Horzzo 2 months ago
@Horzzo i wish you all the best, horzzo, in your struggle, sending you an the others reading this, light and love, this sunday night from northern ireland, kurfud
kurfud 2 months ago
Long story short... if I don't drink today, I don't get drunk.
mikehansen87 2 months ago
@mikehansen87 you take it one day at a time. my boy friend is clean and sober now 16 years going on 17 years in august. and from what his family tells me i wouldnt have wanted to know him when he was drinking. so just take it one day at a time, and tell your self you dont need it.
angelyeahright39 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Collin Raye
Great song by a great man!
hazelamoga 2 months ago
I kinda wish this song had been the story for my father. While there seems to be a hopeful note at the end, my dad died because of his drug addiction. This song tears me up.
RandPhoenix 2 months ago
I think I have a new celeb crush...
ennylekalb 2 months ago
Great song! Beautiful!
lilica714 2 months ago
i literally havent heard this in like 2 years ive been looking for it and i so happy cuz i just found it :)
21jonasfan21 2 months ago
i love this song:)
SarahMeyers1000 2 months ago
My best friend loved this song; he died in an accident in 1998.
I cry every time I hear it - "Without you, baby, I'm not me."
He was the best friend I ever had.
maxauburn 2 months ago
I'm very sorry for your lost.
lilica714 2 months ago
say what you will i don't think anyone can really understand unless they've been there. its so easy to judge and say just drink like normal people, "socially" i turned yellow and laid in the hospital a week waiting for them to pull up the sheet over my head. and some how survived and its still a struggle every hour of everyday
smokingdavis17 2 months ago
I would love to extract the scene at 2:15 for a video idea that I just thought of.
TheJoeyEmilyShow 2 months ago
A very beautiful song with very deep meanings!!!!
christina1276 3 months ago
As I sat by myself in the dark struggling not to drink I prayed to GOD for help. His answer... I fell asleep. I awoke the next morning being 2 mos. sober. That was a year ago. Still sober. Still thankful for GOD'S help. Amen !!!!!!!
sirjoehill 3 months ago
@sirjoehill u go!! good luck :)
2003LACY 3 months ago
Yeah I don't see it anywheres so good luck to the families of the people battling this disease because unfortunately in this case for many people the video doesn't lie. Before you take that drink think of the wife son or daughter or cousin or even friend who is going to have to pick up the mess because it's hard for everyone involved in the disease called alcoholism. Codependency land isn't just for alcoholics it can be for thier families also. Good luck to everyone dealing with this.
flyseventeenthirtytw 3 months ago
disease indeed, day one~!
jgray572 3 months ago
@mortemessenger Good man.!
ripping76 3 months ago
To all who are suffering with this illness, you can beat it, my father was as bad as you could imagine but he beat it for his family. May be corny but remember Obama? YES WE CAN.
bellerace1 3 months ago
i got juist one problem here in Oklahoma.....
sooner1028 4 months ago
Like many others who've posted I've been there and am still struggling everyday. The people who say "why don't you just quit" don't understand. It is a disease and even if you beat it, it never really goes away.
wagstag89 4 months ago 2
@wagstag89 I have been struggling for 13 years even after marrige and kids and it's the hardest thing in the world to beat! When I don't drink i dream about it and everywhere I go it seems to be on every corner to keep it fresh in my mind. Good luck with your stuggle<3
jessieaycock 4 months ago
@wagstag89 i know i grew up the son of a drunk and thought that ain't happening to me it did and both me and my dad have quit drinking and it is one of the hardest things i have ever done
murphytavern 2 months ago
One of my dad's favorite songs.
mrfunderful 4 months ago
sober 16 years slid only twice it is a diease........ thank god for friends/family
oklahoma65 4 months ago
I've lived this video, there but for the grace of god go I, 22 years one day at a time
dragonsoldier54B 4 months ago
Country music in the nineties was great, and Collin Raye was at the head of the class, with emotional ballads such as this one. We need to have Collin band together with some of the nineties' biggest stars, many of which aren't popular now, just so we can bring music like this back into the fold. I mean, yeah I like The Band perry, and some Lady Antebellum, and even early Rascal Flatts, but country music just isn't the same nowadays. In closing, I'd like to say, PLEASE COME BACK COLLIN!
joshuabrooks21 4 months ago 4
god i hate when country hicks try to sing mean c'mon YOU CAN'T SING!!!!!!!!!
katlyntr77 4 months ago
Collin Raye is playing a dinner concert at Desert Star Dinner Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah November 1-5! Great music and fantastic food! Call 801-266-2600 to buy tickets!
jeffrjensen 4 months ago
My grandma has had a drinking ever since before i was born im 26 now and i can still remember when i was a kid how when she used dissapear for days and days and how when i was 7 she got so drunk that she tried to hang herself infront of me i havent seen her in 3 yrs because of her drinking but i still ask my aunt how my grandma last week she had to be hospitalized she had tumors in her belly and the dr's told her that the drinking was doing to much damage and she has to quit drinking
COWGIRLBABY19841 4 months ago
i hope she does quit drinking because i do miss my grandma and i would like to have her in my life and in the life of my niece and nephew because of her drinking problem i dont let her see them but i would like for her to see them but not as long as she is still drinking .because of her drinking she is missing out on knowing her handsome 5 yr old greatgrandson and her beautiful 2 yr old greatgrandaughter who will turn 3 in october and who i am raising .
COWGIRLBABY19841 4 months ago
@COWGIRLBABY19841 everything WILL work out in the end. God knows whats best. praying for you guys.
Jayauen2005 4 months ago
this was when country music was real....oh well atleast now we have texas country!!!
acres90 4 months ago
this is real country music, tug at the heart, tear-jerking music. Nashville, you had the right thing going then you changed. Change it back.
1OLDCOACH1 4 months ago 2
@dwegan5750 awesome great job.
Chizman69Denver 4 months ago in playlist More videos from NovaSTVoyager
@Chizman69Denver Thank you very much sir!
dwegan5750 4 months ago
I know this is a deep, meaningful song to many folks but I have to ask. Did anyone else laugh when he mentioned selling VCR's?
tylerlondon 5 months ago
@tylerlondon Yeah I did it shows how old we are. I still have a VCR even though it is a VCR\DVD combo and I can't remember the last time we used it! LOL!!!
dwegan5750 4 months ago
@dwegan5750 HAHAHA!
tylerlondon 4 months ago
wtf
FatPladipus100 5 months ago
i can relate to the part where the part of the father harrassing the mother.. i lived with a guy for 9 yrs, didnt drink but he might as well have been.. i am so GLAD he is OUT of My Life now, and i dont have to worry about that now.
angelgirl7473 5 months ago
heart breaking song! Love Collin Raye.
Lonakay1 6 months ago 2
My husband it still drinking . I want him back ,Iwant the guy I married
tesfarm1 6 months ago 2
one day, won't you stop? please...
BabaeSexaeKelz11 6 months ago
@mortemessenger i knows what everyone means i love to drink, i can quit i have for a year but if I get stressed out or over worked i drink am i caught up and need help?
williamephillips 6 months ago
@williamephillips only u know if u need help. no one can judge u. u have to make that decision. if u do decide u do, there are people that would be there for you
mortemessenger 6 months ago
I had the priviledge of being able to see Collin at a small show in my old town when I was a little girl, and he was kind enough to sit down with me and talk about alcoholism because my Dad is one. This man is an incredible person for putting an incredible song out there that has helped lots of people. :)
A7Xfan1724 6 months ago 15
Five and a half years sober here. If I don't drink today, I won't get drunk. Miss you Dan.
mikehansen87 6 months ago 3
Being sober beats being drunk, I've been sober since Jan. of 1983, my life has been great since then...
1948timothy 6 months ago
this song is sad...this song was playing when my mom & dad split up & my mom snuck out & left my dad :/ never will forget that day :'(
TheMrjonesOf2010 6 months ago
Saw C.R. at the Avalon Theater in Grand Junction May of 2007. He gives his all to his audience. Great Concert. He encored with the Beatles "I saw her standing there"
alneal100 6 months ago
600,000th
LeSkrawnz 6 months ago
I love this song! Stupid Dislikes :@
preseller 6 months ago
Havent drank since Thanksgiving 2010...Thank you to my beautiful little girl, she was what finally broke the drinking for me, I do not want to be drunk around her, nor will I be. Daddy loves you Joce
xXDevilxxDogXx 7 months ago 32
i love my husband very much he drinks alot was ready to give up on him then it downed on me i do to went home we are now prepared to fight this together
TheMkriss 7 months ago
This song really takes me back to when it first came out. Collin Raye is such a great artist.
wsaer56 7 months ago
dam good song
xkarkrazy 7 months ago
I love his songs..i grew up on his music! i have many memories of car trips with his music playing! <3
tonyablonde 7 months ago
Some of these songs sound great.... but, the videos spoil them.
QuietPrincess71 7 months ago
This song absolutely breaks my heart.
bbtrixie 7 months ago
I fight my battles every day, sometimes I win, sometimes I lose. I just want to stop and be the winner. Thank you Colin Raye.
eqlizer02 7 months ago
@dwegan5750 I haven't had a drink since September 8th, of 1994. This is a great song for someone who's a recovering alcoholic.
joshuabrooks21 7 months ago
i hate country now..& im from texas...but i rememeber my real almost killed me...then a lady who is my mom now pick me up ..yes i was adopted...but she said to me " honey your safe now...now your on a road to little rock" im now 19 & living :D thats one reason i love this song.
TheMrjonesOf2010 7 months ago
This is my favorite country song
7pontiac 8 months ago
He works at Wal Mart and never even drank that booze he bought
Damn that alcohol abuse right thurrr
GUnot2011 8 months ago
This is one of the best songs ever. Me and my mommy played this when my brother got outaa rehab for being addicted to drugs:'( it is breath taking to hear this<3
BringMeDown05 8 months ago
Oh wow, haven't heard this one in years! I do admire anyone who has successfully beat alcoholism, drug addiction or just plain awful circumstances.
squidoogeek 8 months ago 3
Yes but then theres thoses can't/don't want to over come it. Me coming from a family (my whole life npw 29) of a mother and a father, an older brother and 2 younger sister who are all alcoholics and drug addicts. Lucky I was the only one who managed to not take that path. I think it was cause i was the one child that got most the abuse grew up in the foster care system and saw the life style and they did not better there lifes. For thoses that do turn themselfs arounds.Congrats!!
marriedlife82 8 months ago
Arkansas FTW :D
TheMrjonesOf2010 8 months ago
My mother in law is my hero, she has been sober for over 20 years. She has overcome a lot in her life and is still a strong woman. That is why she is my hero, anyone that can overcome things that have brought them down is a true hero!!!
dolfinmum4 9 months ago 2
astig loneliness
myxenz 9 months ago
@dwegan5750 Congrats on being sober! And I agree, awesome song!
twistedfang 9 months ago
Anyone know what Collin Raye is up to these days?
somegalfromcan 10 months ago
@rodneyastone
Actually YOU'RE means "you are". and that wouldn't make sense... " get in you are way"? so YOUR would be the correct spelling , and I am a teacher so I know. please try to show everyone respect!!
charterbabs4 10 months ago
@charterbabs4 I show respect. You need to read what I wrote again.YOU'RE saying exactly what I said. You being a teacher, doesn't matter. You should know what you're talking about before you comment.
breeamberbicxh 7 months ago
very touching." i like it!
balladlovely 10 months ago
collin raye, your music is admired all the way from the island of Guam...(671)..
my high school jamz and still till this day i still listen to it!! :)
alentha100 10 months ago
I understand all too well about everything in this video. I've been drinking for a while now and it had become my crutch until a very close friend of mine pointed out what it was doing to me and my life. Now Im sober and trying to make a new start, hopefully i'll find a good job somewhere
Countrygurl894 10 months ago 3
@Countrygurl894 It's hard but you can do it. I am 20 years sober. I still think about it, but I understand my actions affected everyone, not just me. You will make it, God Bless you.
MsPookie60 9 months ago 3
@MsPookie60 Thank you. i've been sober for 2 months now and it still tempts me from day to day. I wouldn't have been able to put it down if not for praying about it
Countrygurl894 9 months ago
this song explains alot about my life
livinginthepast58 10 months ago
@livinginthepast58 you sale vcrs at an old wal mart?
johnathanwalker21 10 months ago
I love this song, though it does make me cry.
BoltonsBestBabe 10 months ago
this is a good song love it
shelly25draven 10 months ago
I know exactly how powerful this song is. If you have ever suffered from this, you truly never completely recover, physically or psychologically. So please, be be respectful to those who know, just saying.
1999dobbs1 11 months ago
Used to sell VCR's, hahaha just shows how old I am now.
jo503hn 11 months ago
used to listen this song with my dad
RyderXZ 11 months ago 3
this song really hits home with me.
TheMysterygirl34 11 months ago
@rodneyastone Congratulations! It's so hard to overcome an addiction! It always makes me happy to see those who are doing it! A good friend of mine is working one day at a time to do the same. Keep it up! Don't let naysayers get in your way!
marysp303 11 months ago
@marysp303 Thank you very much.I appreciate the kind words and advice.Good luck to your friend.
rodneyastone 11 months ago
215 days today since my last drink! One day at a time,
rodneyastone 11 months ago 2
some of us are already dead,.... everythings alreadly gone,.... there's nothing left,... hope is but entertainment ,.... thouch base on that
Garsh87 11 months ago
i think about every thing in my life
whit my daughter and the way her mom left her
i use to drink so this song tells me were i come from
bridgetanker 11 months ago
@lbblasingame seriously.....r u kidding?
kasbury67 11 months ago
praise God for saving me...it give's me chills to watch this, 14 years ago i was saved and i'm so grateful to found recovery!
badback64 11 months ago
ALC% Ruined my family.
jettenjetta 1 year ago
@baileybymyside yeah just stop. Easy as that. Stop buying and guess what it's gone. People that can't stop need to be put away from society. Addiction to something like alc%. Was up to me alc% would be banned and smoking.
JUST STOP PEOPLE IT'S THAT EASY.
jettenjetta 1 year ago
@jettenjetta its not that easy to quit because its everywhere. On tv and billboards and stores and everything makes you want it. I gave up soda because I was hooked on it and it was really hard. For a long time getting a soda was all I could think about. Imagine if you have just enough money to buy something you used to think you could not live without and then remember you can't buy it anymore.
It's harder than JUST STOPPING.
azsli2 11 months ago
@jettenjetta You just need to crawl into a hole somewhere and keep your stupid thoughts to yourself. Some people don't have a choice in the matter...it can be passed down from parents. You know what....you aren't even worth the exercise my fingers are getting right now!
everson9090 8 months ago
@jettenjetta obviously you have never enjoyed a nice cigar with a glass of fine whiskey on the rocks. I am not promoting alcoholism, but I enjoy my whiskey and cigars...I smoke a cigar once in a great while, and I may drink once every couple of months...Some people can't handle it, but if it were up to you, I am more than certain you would be taken out of that position of power very quickly.
Ivelostyourmind 8 months ago
@Ivelostyourmind That's called social drinking Ivelostyourmind. That's fine perfect. The people that can't stop are the people that need to think shoot this is bad for me and my family lets stop! Stop buying it. Stop going to it. That easy. I grew up in a family of alc% Three of them stopped in one day. it can be done.
jettenjetta 8 months ago
This song is my life story, alchohal ruined my life for many years, thank god i met people that didnt give up on me, I now have a wonderful life, this song will always stick in my mind as my all time greatest song... thank you collin raye...
MrHostile36 1 year ago
199 days today!!!! It still crosses my mind ,but I'm fighting it. This is the longest I've gone since I was maybe 16 or 17. I'm 43 now. I've been through all the treatments and A.A. but I never Really wanted to quit. Finally I want to. Just wish I could have come to my senses alot sooner.
rodneyastone 1 year ago 4
@rodneyastone Congrats to you, it is a hard battle but we can overcome, Sobriety is awesome im glad weve found it..
MrHostile36 1 year ago
So true it can be DEMON but I quit with one comment from my hubby ' its either Jose or me and our kids" I quit an never drank with and I was drinkin 2 or more 5ths a day. .
bluhydro75 1 year ago 4
So true it can be DEMON but I quit with one comment from my hubby ' its either Jose or me and our kids" I quit an never drank with and I was drinkin 2 or more 5ths a day..
bluhydro75 1 year ago
this is the second best song about addiction next to concrete blondes joey this however is one hell of a song
79wylie 1 year ago
Always a favorite of mine.
WhiskeysGone 1 year ago
I can't get through this song without tears -- this one and That Was a River. He is amazing! Ty for sharing this!!!
mysterious1961 1 year ago
alcohol is but a symtom, the disease resides in the mind. as a recovering alcoholic myself with 100 hundred days today! you must let go of old ideas and be honest. i struggle with depession. i also have for years chose to drink to feal better, or just not to feel at all but it always got worse never better.I have found a solution to my problems and it is even more than that. It is a spirtual life, GOD, and a fellowship in the rooms of aa. It took being honest with myself. life can be good!
godluvsaterrierx3 1 year ago 4
alcoholism has killed a few of my relatives. it is a disease that no one should have to deal with. It destroys lives in many ways. Remember God is the one you can turn to no matter what, even if no one else listens he always does.
TheRedHawk001 1 year ago
I thank God for opening my eyes and letting me see what alcohol was doing to me.It's sad, but I can hardly remember my children growing up. Everything is just a blurr. I can't change the past,but the future will not be lost to alcohol.Thank GOD
rodneyastone 1 year ago 3
i know i have a drinking problem, but i cant help it. when you are all alone in life and no one to turn to it kinda helps, i know i should stop and i know i need to, i just cant.
ScottieMcChill 1 year ago
WOAH this is my life!
TheMomThatsEvil 1 year ago
Floyd Collin hit #2 in Billboard, 7-2-94. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
this song brings tears to my eyes for alot of reasons. and yeah only a few people know why .
JasonLizForever 1 year ago
@JasonLizForever FYI, 'a lot' is 2 words, they don't run together. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
The hard thing about alcoholism IMHO.. it's the only thing that makes me feel. When I haven't had a drink since I woke up it doesn't matter that I want one.. I don't care.. and the cycle starts again. And here I am now.. 14 beers down.. feeling.. listening to this song.. and I want to stop. I know I'll get booze for xmas. Everyone knows I like a drink but they don't really know. I tell myself it will be my new years resolution to stop drinking. One week of partying and I'm done..
What now??
audamo77 1 year ago
i love this song ive liked it every since i was a little kid and now im almost 28 and still listen to it lol
sillysugar25 1 year ago
I still fight it. I got out of prison in April and find myself turning to alcohol as my escape alot. But every time I hear this song it brings a tear to my eyes
timelcowboy2 1 year ago
This song always makes me cry. Alchoholism sucks. I have so many people in my family who are addicted and it sucks. I just wish people would see a drink is never going to solve any problems or any sickness....I wish my Dad would listen to this song:(
jamtatz2 1 year ago
::sigh:: I wish people would fully understood alchoholism before they passed judegement and think they have the answers or a cure. Oh well. I pray they never have to deal with it or have a loved on that has to live with it.
TXCutie785 1 year ago 2
I must say this I am a recoved drinker but I must really on God and my wife. I love it that I can rember doing fun stuff I have to remnd myself it is not worth it
chadnjessica64133 1 year ago
I'm not ashamed to share that i am an alcoholic in recovery...coincidentally 5 yrs in the next few days or so.......Its an illness not a weakness.......
I drank not for the feelings it gave me- it's the feelings it took away and my life was ruled by it from an early age-i took everything from me most important my peace of mind and sanity,,No-one wud choose to have this disease....but im lucky i didnt take me and got a second chance at life.....and grabbed it with both hands.........Grateful...
irishmiss1 1 year ago
after a while its almost not your choice. but niether is depression. they go hand in hand. alcohol is a creeper. it can get anyone
dbdranzakklee 1 year ago
Selling VCRs at a local walmart.
ItBrandonSilver 1 year ago
Alcohol is a drug...so is caffiene. Try not drinking a soda for a week...see how many days you go without crashing.
ebonirion 1 year ago
@jettenjetta It's not something people can just give up when they're alcoholic. Their bodies become almost dependent on it
blondeminme89 1 year ago
.........i love this song.....i kinda caught the alcoholism gene from my pop.....buried him 21 yrs ago......as a child of an alcoholic, you either embrace it or you don't.......damn.........B
briantfenton 1 year ago
speaking from experience,alcohol is very powerful. It makes you not care about anything, because you think you're in control, but you're not. I still struggle. even though I haven't drank in quite awhile, I think of it nearly every day.It took my wife,family,and friends.I'm blessed to be alive. It's like I finally woke up.
rodneyastone 1 year ago
this is a sad song and what a emotional vocal performance by a talented artist from the 1990's. This ballad sounds almost a Don Henely like to me because of the sincerity in his voice. Colin Raye was kind of an underrated talent and sadly we havent heard from him since the "Thats My Story" song and this haunting ballad featured here and the very cheery "I Think About You" and some other stuff too :)
Fieldsfangirl28 1 year ago
I dont understand how alc% can make someone want it so much. Shoot just stop drinking it and its fine. maybe i dont understand because i dont drink or smoke. But to need somethingthat is so bad for you. You would think i dont need this Stop now.
jettenjetta 1 year ago
@jettenjetta Yeah.... you just don't get it. So don't speak on it if you don't know what the experience is all about. What you said is a lot easier said then done. If you've never even had an idea as to what it is like, then keep quiet. You're not helping. Let those with an idea speak for/to us.
EricTheGreat87 1 year ago 4
@jettenjetta The point you are missing, that everyone is trying to tell you is that its not just about drinking. I'm not an alcoholic but I understand that when you feel broken and down and out, you just want to be numb. That is how it starts. When you find something that makes you numb, in the case alcohol, you resort to that all the time because it temporarily makes things go away. Then it becomes a vicious cycle.
everson9090 7 months ago
whatever happen 2 collin raye
TheNwalters0 1 year ago
every one needs a drink every now and then
GLO8877 1 year ago
i like songs of collin raye... they mean something..!!!
neferteri69 1 year ago
Go Hogs!
fyugigumball 1 year ago
without u babe am not me, jesus wil 4give n rem wat
ur dad told me
ernestkobinamensah 1 year ago
i love country music. so awesome
JasonLizForever 1 year ago
i have actually just lost the love of my life due to alcohol related problems on my behalf..alcohol is an evil thing and i can say two weeks sober and im seeing things so much clearer....jus may be too late...
hollywoodddiaz 1 year ago
@hollywoodddiaz HANG IN THERE
brianberek 1 year ago
@hollywoodddiaz hang in there i know its hard i've been there. but ones thing is for sure if they can love you at ur best then they should love and support you at ur worst. im really thinking she used that as an excuse to get out. blame you for the reason why. keep ur head up it's a long road. i was sober for so long and kept slipping up found it was easier to grab that bottle then to suffer through withdrawls. it takes mind power i finally got there and i'm happy to say 1 day sober haha 6 mnth
burninsteve 1 year ago
one year jan. 1st 2011...i know it dosent sound like alot but for once in my life to say it!!!
twoxland 1 year ago
I dedicate tis song to my father that i have never met he was born in little rock arkansa
michael81140 1 year ago
...I love this song until 2day....!
ninjasaga0889 1 year ago
bill oreilly at 2:14 LOL
USinsurgent 1 year ago
@USinsurgent "DO IT LIVE!!!"
MGS08 9 months ago
ALCOHOL IS A DEMON TO MANY PEOPLE. IT WAS A PERSONAL DEMON I FOUGHT FOR YEARS, WHICH I FINALLY OVER CAME.
philavanhg 1 year ago 51
@philavanhg Good for you! One day at a time :)
lill2441 1 year ago
@philavanhg good for you.
azsli2 11 months ago
@philavanhg You overcame it, but it is a lifelong battle. Congrats on your sobriety. Keep fighting.
imhoooks 11 months ago
@philavanhg Dinosaur Holocaust is the true cure for your fake disease
JivemasterJ 10 months ago
@philavanhg good for you how did you do it
tmoney428cj 10 months ago
this is a great song yet soo sad i remember listening to my dad ): wish i could go bak to those good old day ):
4lifecountrygurl 1 year ago
i love this song...i wonder what happen to collin raye, he is so talented
bullridingmike 1 year ago 3
all the best to those dealing with it and those that are beating it or getting better.myself i have been drinking 3 half gallons of rum a weak for 20 years.been married 3 times .better off just by my self.2 kids there doing grate.Will i ever stop dont think so i woulde go leaving LV before
GaryB170 1 year ago