Alex Wood Quits Everything

I somehow got food poisoning with all of my healthy eating. I also got a new tattoo and I was able to break out of a stand-up slump to have a great weekend headlining a club. I've lost 13 lbs. since I quit sugar. My guest this episode is JD(protected for privacy reasons). He's one year off of cocaine. We talk about his darkest time when he did 14 grams of coke in two days and how his new relationship is helping him stay off the powder. Apologies for some audio difficulties.

I've been hitting Tide Pods 24/7 and the withdrawal is harsh. I also share some sugar-free dishes you can make at home and give advice to the emails I've been getting from across the world to addicts and loved ones of addicts. My guest this episode is international headlining comedian, John Hastings. We talk about his past life as a 340 lbs. man and his current struggles with being a workaholic.

The withdrawal of quitting sugar has eased up but I'm dreaming about pizza almost nightly. But there is good news, my article for Vice about quitting addictions saw me receive tweets and emails from people across the world struggling with addiction. My guest this episode from the Brazilian version of "Saturday Night Live" and her stand-up show "Comedy as a Second Language" it's Carol Zoccoli. We talk about being a perfectionist and how she quit; cigarettes, sugar, coffee and alcohol.

I'm on day 3 off of sugar, and I am angry. The withdrawal from sugar is way more intense than I expected. On New Year's Eve I performed on one of the biggest shows of my life and then two days later was consumed with rage over a social media fight. My guest this episode, from Roast Battles on Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live and star of LetterKenny it's K. Trevor Wilson. KTrev was diagnosed with diabetes a year and a half ago and since then has quit sugar(pretty much) and lost 80 lbs. He tells us how he was able to do this and how much better his life is now.

This past week marked 2 years off of booze. My 31st birthday. And a little known holiday called Christmas. I was awarded a championship belt by my family and almost got into a bar fight in a comedy club. I also brought my girlfriend home for her first Christmas. My guest this episode is veteran Canadian comedian, and one of my best friends, Wafik Nasralla. He has quit bar drugs, drinking, weed and cigarettes roughly the same time I did. We talk about God and how he is a better father now.

It's December 17th and I just finished headlining some extremely drunk Christmas parties. I was definitely tempted to smoke after. I reached a goal to bench press 200 lbs by the end of 2017, SICK RIGHT?! My guest this episode is Isabelle Zolton. We talk about her 2 years off of sugar. What her diet is like, how she tries to feed her children,how sick she felt after eating a chocolate bar on Halloween and how she struggles with an eating disorder.

I'm 10 days off of gossip, it is challenging but I'm already seeing mental health benefits from quitting. I finally felt the affects of quitting porn and took it out on someone close to me. I'm also preparing for a sober holiday season. My guest this episode is uber talented comedian, Che Durana. Che is 6 months off of porn. We talk about his huge lifestyle changes over the past three years and how it's contributed to his recent career success. Also, some light BDSM talk.

It's day 3 off of gossip and I miss trashing people. I talk about a stunning research paper that showed human beings pay attention to negative gossip more than things we feel positively towards. I also accidentally ate some milk. My guest this episode, Vandad Kardar who is 2 months off of gambling. We talk about his 25 thousand dollar gambling debt, the treatment he is going to for it and how he was able to keep it a secret for so long.

I was almost broken this week by a deep dish pizza, an open bar and an engagement party. But I haven't cracked and I am still going strong. My guest this episode is talented comedian, Rob Bebenek. We talk about his addiction to call of duty and how he was playing more than 40 hours a week at one point. We dive into the similarities between video games and drugs. We also talk about his recent uptake in alcohol and why he deleted facebook from his phone.

I reveal a secret, painful new addiction that has come into my life. I also talk about how hard the next four months is going to be quitting sugar, social media, my smartphone and gossip. My guest this episode is comedian Adrienne Fish. We talk about her coke addiction and the toxic relationship that lead to her being homeless for a short period of time and how she was able to overcome it. And also our mutual social media addiction.