MY NYQUIL AND VICODIN ROUTINE

Back in 2012 if you saw me you’d think I was the healthiest dude in any room.

I was fit, worked out religiously, and looked like the last person on earth who’d end up in a doctor’s office with wires hanging off his chest.

But behind closed doors I was secretly falling apart.

I was 38 years old… 

Running a business that was bleeding money, and telling myself this was just what it takes.

If you’ve read my book you know what happened next. 

One Monday morning my chest locked up, my vision tunneled, and I thought I was having a heart attack. 

Turned out it was a massive anxiety attack.

I share this with you because that was my wake-up call, and one of my biggest regrets in life is that it took a fake heart attack to get me to pay attention to what I was doing to my body.

I spent my 30s and early 40s ignoring my nutrition, skipping sleep, and putting zero thought into what I was putting in my body. 

Prior to my anxiety attack, I was taking NyQuil and leftover Vicodin from a knee surgery just to fall asleep at night.

Then drowning myself in coffee and pre-workout energy drinks all day just to function. 

And the price wasn’t just physical. 

My mind got foggy, my decision-making turned to wet cement, and I’d lose my train of thought mid-sentence at HQ…

…and play it off like I was “just busy.”

So here’s what I stripped it all down to after that day:

  1. Nutrition became non-negotiable. High protein, real greens, minimum junk. I stopped eating like a frat kid and started eating like a man who wants to be sharp at 50, 60, 70.
  2. Sleep became sacred. Now I get my 7-8 hours and I’m sharper by 6am than I used to be by noon back in my NyQuil days.
  3. I got obsessive about what goes IN my body beyond food. This is where most guys drop the ball. It’s part of the reason why I created the Everyday Wellness Shot.

Look, I can’t go back in time and slap some sense into 38-year-old Bedros who thought popping NyQuil and chugging pre-workout was a “health routine”.

But I can make damn sure that from here on out, my mind is sharp, my body is dialed in, and I’m not leaving anything on the table for my kids, my wife, my team, and the empire I’ve built.

Because at this point it’s not about looking good at the beach (although that’s a nice bonus). 

It’s all about longevity for me…

…And still being dangerous at this game of entrepreneurship when other guys my age are slowing down and blaming it on “getting older.”

Getting older isn’t the problem. 

Ignoring your health for 15 years is.

Talk soon,

Bedros Keuilian

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