Quitting Drinking

Happy for you.

If it’s this bad i guarantee your family and friends already know you have a problem and they will be happy if you are just honest with them. We are on this planet once and you have to do what’s right for you and your loved ones.

You got this. You may hit some road blocks along the way but always keep working towards it. Channel your energy into something healthy like running or working out and you will see big improvements in your health.

Congratulations on taking the first step. You can do this.

7 years sober. Was destroying everything I loved one drink at a time. All the cliché sayings never helped me really. Best advice I ever got was just don’t drink today…today is 7 years later and that’s all I can do. Just don’t drink today.

Im a little over a year sober. I just ripped the bandaid off and told everyone. My drinking controlled my life. I couldn’t take it anymore.

Im pretty involved in AA. It really helps, especially for finding a community of like-minded folks.

Man i have tried and want to quit myself. I dont drink during the week but i make up for it on the weekend. Sadly drinking is what calms me. Instead of being lazy all week outside of work then drinking on the weekends i started working out every morning before work and try to limit my alcohol on the weekend but the limit dont always work.

I have noticed i literally schedule my stuff around drinking and that is a problem. I will quit one day and hopefully sooner rather than later.

Congrats tho man, if anybody knocks you over trying to better yourself then they arent really a friend. You do you and stay strong.

Removed my liver ..... Kidding.

For me there was a difference between “I need to quit” and “I want to quit.”
The i need to quit was I didn’t really want to but I should. The I want to quit was I really do want to stop. Two times before I was in the I need to quit mode and the longest I lasted was 48 days.
When I wanted to quit it’s been 5 years now and am feeling good.

Congrats! At first i would just tell people i was trying to shed some weight and watch my intake, soon no one was asking. 6.5yrs sober cold turkey then fell off wagon for 6yrs, which was only drinking 2-3 times per week and usually only beer. But i enjoyed my beer and i would binge it. AA meetings have been very powerful, helpful and supportive. Also reading the AA Big Book and 12 & 12 book has been life changing.

I haven’t had a drink in almost 9 months. It wasn’t crazy out of hand like a rock bottom situation just wanted to be present in life. I did it by switching to white claws. Started out with a case a day but now I’m down to almost 12 pack. You got this baw.

I made an arse out of myself during Thanksgiving a few months back and stopped the next day. I realized that it's easier for me to say no to the first drink than it is to the second. I needed a reset and have been sober since.

I don't know if this is permanent but I did challenge myself to be sober for a year at least and go from there.

At the beginning of this, I just had to tell myself "no". Now, I can do all the things I used to get drunk doing while being sober and still having fun. I noticed that it's a hell of a lot easier to load the boat when I can see straight. The currents down here are gnarly at times.

You got it! Take it one day at a time.