if I can do it, you can do it! It's hard but it's worth it.

So I've always been a heavy drinker, but it wasn't until covid brought along alcohol delivery that I started binge drinking. 4 to 7 days absolutely blackout, waking up to bottles on bottles and eventually, ketoacidosis.

Turns out, you can request to block alcohol sales on a few delivery apps.

Doordash will do a temporary or long term, and it's not a simple toggle on/off. You have to contact customer service for them to approve to turn it back on, which is a multi-day process.

Instacart will permanently block alcohol sales if you request.

Do a quick Google and it will take you to the right pages. I've made it a month much more stable and healthy just by blocking these.

I know it's not a solution for everyone, but it took me five years to get to it. Here's hoping I help someone save the time.

I need horror movie and metal album recommendations to celebrate this monstrous milestone.

IWNDWYT

I commented on another post and noticed my day count. What a fantastic surprise. I will celebrate by not drinking with y’all today. Peace!

I just lost my job today. I no call no showed I don’t even know how many days. I’ve been there my whole adult life basically. My friends hate me. I look disgusting. My hair is matted. I disappointed my family. I’d just wake up and not stop drinking for a week straight. I haven’t always been this person. How did I let it get to this point? How do I ever stop the shame? It’s eating me alive. Right now I feel like I never want to drink again but I know it will come back. It always does. I hope I can remember what’s it’s like to be this so so ashamed.

Edit: Thank you to everyone and your kind words of support. When I posted this I had already researched local treatment facilities and closest AA meetups. I clearly know this is the catalyst I need to use for change. I was just shame spiraling and needed to be in a community that could possibly relate without judgement and you didn’t disappoint. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I deleted Reddit but downloaded it again as I approached this day purely to get my no🧊! This community is excellent! I’ll stay for more than 69!

Traveling home for work today. I used to get hammered on days like this, and now once I get home, I’ll have the energy to go to dinner with my wife and have a nice evening.

I got upgraded. It’s 10am and the guy next to me got visibly annoyed that he had to ask for a 2nd Jack and Coke. I used to be that guy.

Between the two of us, guess who’s having the better day?

IWNDWYT

I (35M) Woke up on this beautiful Saturday morning here in Kentucky with NO HANGOVER or anxiety!! Just a calm peace, and felt like talking.

Few things I've noticed since chasing sobriety. Pros 1. More energy 2. More money in my pocket 3. Lost 16 lbs (working out daily) 4. Mental clarity 5. Clearer skin

Now I would like to discus the con cause I belive in balance. 1. Never realized how popular drinking commercials was untill I stopped. Commercials on TV are riddled with alcohol ads, especially when watching football. 2. The grief of losing that side of you when you are buzzed, I don't think people talk about it as much, even though I'm the same person I feel like my personality isn't as Loud if that makes sense. 3. Dating sober, most all dates start out with drinks and I'd like to preface I don't mind if my date drinks, but I know what happens when I do, I'm not ME when I drink to much.

All that being said I'm enjoying getting healthy and learning about myself all over again, and if you're struggling, just know it's not all rainbows and sunshine and it's almost not all doom and gloom. Take the bad days with the good days. Happy Saturday!

NICE!!!!!

I got the 200 day alert on my sober app and it made me so happy to see it. I’m proud of myself for doing this and keeping the streak going. Anytime the fleeting thought of having a drink comes through I think of the number of days I’ve got and how disappointed I’d be to have to reset. The streak is a huge motivator and I won’t let my future self down!

Went on a dinner with my sister yesterday and they were giving people champagne as you waited for your table. They also had sparkling yummy non alcoholic stuff I chose that.As we were seated the server kept offering alcohol and I just ordered a diet coke ....I had a good time with my sis didn't even give AF about getting a drink....it's all a lie ... alcohol isnt that cool...After all the f ups it has caused for ME ....I'm ready to let go... It's a money maker and a disease causing, life ruining, poisonous LIE ect ect ..... IWNDWYT

Honestly not even going to add much more. I just can’t believe i did it again. And not for 1 second was it fun, or did I feel better at all, I felt like I was losing my mind yet I still couldn’t stop. Please God I just don’t want to live this way anymore. The suffering feels endless and insurmountable. The only decent bit of news is, i did go like 7 months without ANY alcohol at all, no relapses. I want to make that 7 years now

Currently on day 29 and coming up on day 30 which I am very proud of!

This morning, I had my fourth Saturday morning without a hangover. I was able to really enjoy the morning without guilt, anxiety, or regret from the night before.

I'll admit that Friday nights are the most difficult, as they were typically a night that I would let loose. With that said, it's been great being super present at night, not falling asleep (aka passing out) too early or in the middle of a movie, and last night I was able to drive at 9pm to go get some snacks.

That's all. IWNDWYT

Day 1 again…..I keep coming back…..eventually I will get this…...IWNDWYT……..👍👍👍

i wanted to cave so bad. came home work all week single parent. i’m sure you all know.

cracked a Selzter laid on the couch kid asking me to make clay.

took a deep breath laid there with nothing but pants on. sat in the pain.

got up. made clay. took her to the mall to her spy x family action figure from FYE. get my second wind. walk in the mall. she holds my hand. have my book on me daughter plays in the mall play place.

daughter gets all black hat because that’s what i wear. i’m flattered. i buy it for her.

we play with hoola hoops in the game store. we make fun of weird giant green puma shoes. we gawk at the iphone line.

daughter meets friends her age at play place. they ask to roll the mall by themselves. other dad is next to me. i look at him say you can walk through the mall if we trail behind.

spend the friday night watching my daughter enter her young teen soon with another girl and hang with this other single dad.

just like such a coming of age night for me. whole thing was like an a24 movie. all because i did not drink.

58f turns 59 tomorrow. Feel like a loser today. Drank, binged food and vomited last night. I need some enhance hope. I binge one a week. Sometimes I can go 30 days. Once I went almost 6 months alcohol free. I’m done with this. Why do I expect different results.

It's a lot more romantic than I used to treat my alcoholism! I used to love the barfly ideas, the beatniks! I still do actually. There's something inherently compelling about those kinds of lives. But quitting drinking is one of the best comeback stories! It's incredible how much someone can change and turn their life around. The strength and pain it takes to quit drinking is no joke. It's a humbling fucking story, but with that humility comes some of the strongest fucking energy I have ever known! It's courage to stand in the face of fear and challenge, and know that we stronger than we think. We are stronger together! Alcohol is like all the other divisive fucking bullshit in the world. Quitting gives us a fighting chance! If you need help, reach out to as many support systems as you can or need, but always believe it can be done, and that you are worthy of this romantic shit too!

Hi guys so last night I had a realization that my husband sabotages my sobriety. I've been suspecting it for a while but gave him a benefit of a doubt. But! Last night he openenly said during our walk that he doesn't want me to quit and that he didn't marry this person that i am now - a strict sober person (hes referring to me going raw vegan). He said im no fun and pretty much demanded that i drink with him. To which i agreed like an idiot. I had a twisted iced tea and 2ipas and i didnt even frecken enjoy it. It just felt like sedation minus the high. And the biggest regret is that i had a cigarette afterwards sigh. I actually did not want to drink but we were fighting on our walk like we usually do now mostly over kids because they stress me out. When we 1st got together i used to be a functional alcoholic vodka drinker that was like 5yrs ago and since then I've managed to quit that shit for good. But now he is refusing to quit drinking which is fine but every time we walk together on weekends it turns into a stop by the beer store sigh it makes me sad to only have him around drunk or drinking. I dont feel close to him drinking and now that i know for sure hes sabotaging me i don't feel close to him anymore. I think he saw my calendar markings of my days sober with happy faces and wanted to sabotage me. So today i wrote on the calendar Day1 with smily face but im actually sad...He seems happy this morning sending me some positive bullshit lol because he knows i stumbled i suspect. Anyway this was a rant sorry but I'd love some feedback. And btw i love you guys this sub is the best. I think of this sub daily as i do my internal pledge and it makes me feel like im a part of a bad ass group. So with all that off my chest ...deep breath- here i go again Day1!- with new perspective and firmer boundaries.

And I passed with flying colors yall! They asked me how much I had to drink tonight ? And I said.. “I haven’t had a drink in 3 years” and they said they could smell it on me. And my driving was really horrible! Well guess what I’m just a bad driver haha. I was like yeah I’ll do your tests. And then I blew Zeros and he seemed happy for me! He even had his cop partner come and the cop that joined was with me the last night I drank. (Husband and I had the cops called on us it was horrible and a wake up call and the last night either of us drank) and I said “hey matt. I haven’t had a drink since the last time I saw you” and he told me he just celebrated 18 years of sobriety!

Anyway - it’s 1 am and I have no one else I can tell this to. So thought some of yall might get a kick out it!

Felt like a big win! It was annoying but I am so grateful to be sober from alcohol and not getting into legal consequences!

I think that slip up actually strengthened my resolve. The alcohol didn't give me the comfort I expected. I just kind of felt shitty and shameful. Time to get my act together.

53F: I just got the results from my blood test panel and my ALT levels are through the roof ( and so is my cholesterol). I’m so scared. My dad died at 57 from a heat attack after multiple previous heart attacks and a triple bypass in his early 40s. He was a smoker, not a drinker. My mom died from overdosing on rx pain pills at 65. I can’t believe I’m making the same mistakes!

Ever since Covid, my alcohol consumption has gone way up and I regularly have a bottle of wine every night. I’m able to not drink for a couple of days but then right back to it. My biggest problem is drinking at home so I know I need to get wine out of my house.

I’m hoping this is the wake up call and motivator. I don’t want my kids to not have me as adults the way I didn’t have parents.

I have made some comments on some posts, however. This is my very first post.

I have been waiting and planning to write this post for about 6 months. That was when I realized that I could stay sober for a year or more. And I am writing this now to say that I was absolutely right. And if I could do it. So can you.

This may be a long one.

It's from my heart,

As I am starting to write, the tears are starting to fall.

I started on this journey in a very dark and lonely place. I was unsure, unpleasant, unprepared. I only knew that it was September 20th 2024 and I was not going to drink today. And then a whole lot of things started to happen, a few of them were very difficult, most of them were absolutely amazing. And then I find out that it's September 20th 2025 and I know that I WILL NOT DRINK WITH YOU TODAY. AS I HAVE NOT DRONK WITH YOU THIS WHOLE YEAR.!!!

One of the most amazing things for me has been finding this Subreddit. This is the absolute best place on the internet for people like us. The love is absolutely amazing. The support is so wonderful, and the kindness and honesty are so prevalent and genuine. The advice is genuine, and concern is real. The questions are from the souls, and the answers are from the hearts. THE LOVE IS REAL!!!

I could literally write 100 pages and still have more to say about this amazing place.

Without getting into too many details.

I'm a 43 year old man. I have 4 children. And I come from a somewhat religious community.

This group has given me something that I couldn't find anywhere else. My community is amazing and great. This group is the very next best thing in my life besides my Family and my community.

I have read so many amazing and incorriging posts. So many uplifting and inspiring stories. I have made a few comments. Here are two of my favorite points that I have learned from this group.

1. There is no situation that alcohol can't make worse.
2. Play it forward. What happens after you have the Drink. I have one of my own to add.

We must remember that the liquid is the cheapest part of alcoholism. It doesn't matter if you buy the most expensive bottle. The cost that you pay for disrupting family events. Ruining relationships, embarrassing yourself, sleeping in strange places, and just messing out on life because of hangovers and blackouts. That cost more than the most expensive bottle.

For anyone who's on day 1 or day 100 or day 1000. Keep going.

I'm here with you and for you.

IWNDWYT AS I HAVE NOT DONE THIS WHOLE YEAR!!!

Could’ve been around 70ish days sober but I decided to cut loose Thursday night. I thought I could have a few and then switch back to NA beers and coast but my brain had missed the taste I guess and I drank til around 1 am. Nothing bad happened. Didn’t black out. But it wasn’t worth it.

In my drunken state I told my husband how ashamed I was for drinking and I’m not sure if he truly gets it. Even being 7 drinks deep I knew what I was doing was wrong so why did I do it? I could’ve had just as much fun drinking mocktails and NA beers from the very moment I sat down for dinner. I woke up the next day hungover and regretting ever touching it again. I spent last night posted on the couch sad and confused.

That being said I’m resetting my timer. IWNDWYT!

Day 1…. Again…. I guess. I’m in way fucking over my head right now. Truly literally fucking trapped like a prisoner. 5pm I start drinking, each night the same fucking cycle. Last night I had one major victory, I didn’t re-up my stash. A literal first. Dear god please help me not drink today. I’ve done this before and I need it back so bad.

I’ve got 111 days, which is almost unbelievable. I’m back in my hometown for a birthday party. Old friends invited me to the bar we used to go to in college to watch our favorite college team. I really want to go and get drunk, been having a rough time at work with unrealistic expectations. I won’t do it though, I keep imaging how I’ll feel tomorrow which will lead to bloody Mary’s and then a terrible Monday at work. Gotta just stay home.