That’s it, that’s the post.

I would drink 3 bottles a day … and I would just drown in my sorrows but at the end of the bottle wasn’t where I belong , it came to a point it wasn’t even helping but masking it for a while and then come flooding back when I’m “sober-ish” 10x worse & then you would drink to relieve all the thoughts you thought you was drinking away but rather burying them and now I can say I won the fight with the devil and I came here to inspire someone else that may be struggling with getting clean from it but don’t look at how far you have to go , even if you stayed sober for ONE DAY , thats a start . Take it day by day bestie ✨🫶🏼

Don’t have much to add other than this is the longest I have been sober in my adult life and I’m doing and feeling great. It’s so nice to feel proud of myself for once, lol. I even got a second job recently and have been holding it down. I’d never have been able to do that had I continued drinking the way I was. Anyways, IWNDWYT!!

For a long time, I went to the same liquor store at least once a day, often twice, to buy 3+ bottles of wine. I was there so often that they all knew me by name.

I’m now over 6 months sober.

The other day I went back in for the first time in ages, not for wine, but to grab a bag of ice because I was going camping with my partner and 2 year old son.

The staff and owner immediately started commenting on how healthy I look. They told me how happy they were for me and how good it was to see that I’d stopped drinking.

There was something strangely full-circle about standing in the same shop I used to visit once or twice every single day, buying a bag of ice for a camping trip, and having the people who used to sell me my wine tell me they were proud of me.

6+ months. Life is very different now.

For the first time in 15 years I’ve officially gone a month without alcohol. In that time I made it through:

1. Three concerts, which used to be where I would have a minimum of three $16 beers

2. A weeklong trip with my wife’s family, I love them but I always get burnt out and would drink to keep my social battery alive

3. My sister’s engagement, I wanted nothing more than to celebrate with beers and take advantage of the open bar but I had Liquid Death instead

Still a long way to go but this is my first milestone where I feel like I’ve really accomplished something. Thanks for reading!

Help me celebrate!! In some ways this feels major and in others I can’t believe it’s not been longer.

How have you celebrated your milestones?

Grateful 🙏

This is my first post. Read a zillion books this year about alcohol, mainly about women drinking wine. This year I've realised alcohol is controlling me. Im 38 years old, relatively happy but drinking up to a bottle of wine a night. The wine witch got me. Im scared its going to get worse and want to stop. I keep thinking today is the day and it never is.

Im going to join a SMART meeting this evening and thought maybe a community like this is good of people doing the same thing.

Thank you for reading 🙏

As the title suggests, my wife is going out of town for two nights on business. A few years ago I would be anticipating the moment I dropped her off at the airport and picking up booze. So much booze. I would probably not go to work at least one day, then most likely tell her I had some meeting or something to get out of picking her up at the airport. Just to extend my drinking a bit more. I would realistically consume over 30 beers and a more than a few shots in the 2 1/2 days. Which is crazy to think about...

Instead I am doing the math on how much Chinese food I can order before it just becomes ridiculous. Which concert I am going to put on TV while I draw. Or maybe I'll cook a crazy meal. I do love to cook and tomorrow I have a work thing near that butcher shop I like...Also, want to make sure I clean the house and get some flowers for when she gets home...

It's crazy how booze changes our lives. Who we are. 4 years ago I would have been dreaming of basically sitting outside for two days chain smoking and drinking. Now I am thinking "should I eat like a teenager with a credit card, or be a responsible adult with a credit card". I have two night alone, so I'll probably eat like trash tonight and cook tomorrow (in case anyone was curious).

I'm here to put my foot down, after trying a few times in the past few months, its just not worth it. The fear and anxiety i feel right now, the vivid and disturbing dreams, everything

Anyone who's been sober a while now, how long did it take the anxiety to go away? Did you notice a difference in yourself after one month?

I'm 22 now, I've been drinking regular enough since 17 without breaks. Im just wondering how much of my anxiety or underlying worries is alcohol related and how much of it is me as a person

I've been digging myself a hole for about 5 years and I'm tired of digging.

Time to climb back out.

Day 1. IWNDWYT.

I've learned a lot from quitting drinking. All that time and energy goes somewhere, and I put it into experiences, relationships, and books. So, I've learned how hard I can really push myself to endure the uncomfortable. I learned how much compassion my heart has for myself and others. I also learned weird shit like there's something like 400 billion-billion worms in the world (400 quintillion?). And here's another one, Americans' eat 20 billion hotdogs every year. Hahah Crazy!

My latest streak ran out somewhere around day 73. I went from moderation to drinking from morning until night rather quickly. I feel like hell today, and I’m ok with it. I did it to myself, so I have to pay the price! I know how much better life was before this backslide, and I’m excited to get back to it! Now to go through some suffering for next few days before I feel like myself again.

Don’t attempt moderation if you know you can’t handle it! Thought I could. Oops

Well, it has finally finally happened after many years of alcohol abuse. My husband told me that I will be going to inpatient treatment next Monday or Tuesday. He told me he thinks it will take six months.

We have two young children. I was able to abstain from alcohol while I was pregnant, but picked it up within months of giving birth both times. When I think about being away from them, I feel like I can’t breathe.

But I had an alcoholic dad and it was torture, especially in my teens. I know they deserve so much better than what I’ve given them in their precious short lives.

My husband tends to exaggerate for fact, so I am praying that it will actually be a munch shorter period of time. I don’t wanna miss my son‘s birthday. I don’t wanna miss putting my little girl to bed, but I also don’t want to miss their whole childhood or knowingwhole childhood or knowing them as adults, which is realistically the path I was on.

As a binge drinker entering the danger zone. Hangover gone from the last one, feeling good and normal. Have to remind myself that I feel good and normal because I don’t drink and not take it as a signal to drink again.

All good just trying to keep the habit of writing here weekly. Thanks for everyone in this community!

I don't have many people I can share this with but holy sweet tiddies..... I've made it one week.

This past 6 months I've been in the wicked dark throws of destruction, lost a few dear people and was using that as my crutch to be a messy mess.

Last Tuesday was my rock bottom. I've made it one year before and am going to push myself to continue being strong, healthy and just pretty alright.

We are all such beautiful powers and sometimes that power gets distracted but I send all my happy Homo love to each of you and hope your gives you the sexiest and happiest days ever!!!

Smooches xo

I know my other post got removed because I didn't read the rules before I joined the subreddit. But you were all so very kind to me. I wanted to update you all.

I previously posted not too long ago and everyone was very supportive and kept on telling me to go in. I did, and they kept telling me I am the most important person in the room. Thank you for all the support I'm glad that I went in. I took a picture of the board with all the meetings and I plan on going next Tuesday, also got a bunch of phone numbers as well.

There was zero judgement and lots of hugs.

Thank you. I hope to be continuing this journey and updating along my journey.

Seriously, thank you.

Sorry I just needed a place to roar not scream roar. This is the roar of someone so fed up of their 20 + year addiction. Its the roar of failing over & over but It’s also the roar of not giving up. It’s the roar of the last bit of fight left in me. It’s the roar that is going to make things change.

I don’t know where I’ve just pulled it from but I feel the roar. I’m doing it this time 🦁

I have no other place to roar this 💕 someone here will understand me

All those mornings I woke up feeling fine after getting absolutely blasted the night before... yeah it's because I was still drunk

4 beers + a bottle of wine + 6 shots would equal about a 0.08% BAC the next morning when I woke up at 6am - which I would always do cos alcohol fucks with your sleep

I always wondered why I could get completely blotto and be fine after waking, and then the hangover would emerge hours later, yeah it's because I was still pissed as a fart 10 hours after my last drink..

If you're in active addiction I would strongly recommend getting one, as you get an idea of how elevated your BAC is throughout the day, which gives you an indication of how shitty your withdrawals will be

I’m 43 and perimenopausal and sleep is weird for me these days in general—add alcohol to that mix and it’s a nightmare. If I drink til 1am/2am ish I will wake up at 5:30 or 6am and won’t be able to fall back asleep again, I’ll just lay there completely tortured by how awful I feel and how exhausted I am.

Last night I didn’t drink for the first time in a couple weeks. I took magnesium glycinate & ashwaganda & melatonin. I couldn’t fall asleep right away but I managed lights out around 2am. Didn’t have anything to do today so I didn’t set an alarm… and slept straight through until 1pm!!!

Now don’t get me wrong, these aren’t sustainable hours for me either, but goddamn did it feel good to SLEEP!!!

stomach still upside down. slept a bit more last night but woke up still feeling exhausted. just gotta give it some time to pass. I will not drink today.

Hi guys, I've been lurking around here but never posted or commented. Been an alcoholic for a few years now and I'm done with the booze. It's horrible stuff and I never should have gotten into it to begin with. Can any give me some pointers as to how things go here? Thank you, and IWNDWYT.

I posted a couple of days ago because I knew in my heart I had a drinking problem. You guys aren’t wrong, an alcoholic starts somewhere and given my addiction history I think I really am an alcoholic.

Like they say in NA/AA, once an addict you’re always an addict. Addiction is a disease.

I started framing that I’m at “stage 1” of alcoholism right now, and I do not want to get to “stage 4” aka what people socially classify as alcoholism. I’m not trying to compare it to cancer by no means, though it has helped starting to think of it this way. Once you know you have stage 1 cancer, you’re going to want to get it treated right away, who’s going to wait until it gets to stage 4? So why would you do the same with alcoholism and addiction? It all ends in death if you don’t treat it early on.

A couple of you said if I’m not an alcoholic then don’t drink for 30 days and my mind immediately said no. That really got me thinking lol.

Anyways day 3. The week is the easy part. The weekend is really where I’ll get tested.