r/stopdrinkingfitness

My dad has been in and out of hospitals, ER’s and rehab for his injuries and surgeries since 2020.
He used to ask me to bring him alcohol, cigarettes, vapes and other substances….
In the last two years his addiction to drugs and alcohol has been out of control. He only calls me from the hospital begging for drugs and alcohol especially alcohol.
I’ve stopped and told him that I can’t bring illegal alcohol into medical buildings. It’s been soooo stressful for so many years. His health is declining he looks 20 years older and has suffered staples in his head, broken arm, hip, fingers, collarbone and many other injuries due to drinking at home.
It’s been really hard to stay sober at times during this but I am choosing myself and my sobriety over everything.
Here’s to three days no sauce, I’ll update at 30 days.

This might be a darker post to some but it's my light at the end of the tunnel. I'm a long time lurker and all the positive reinforcement has finally tipped me over the edge to quit.

I spent 7 years making deals with myself on when it would be ok to drink -- I used to skip getting dinner with friends because it wouldn't be socially acceptable to get drunk while they were sober, and instead go home to drink.

When I would drink, everything was fair game, I would get stoned and constantly hit a nicotine vape. It was always 4 Monacos and a 6 pack of white claw, I think that calculates to 14 drinks in the span of 6 hours or so, as many times a week as I could without people finding out.

I'm 28 and my body is starting to fail. I have fatty liver and a deep cough that won't go away. The trifecta of substances I abused is very, very dangerous in combination. I can feel that this is my last chance to improve my life before I permanently mess up my body.

I'm 3 days sober off everything and the withdrawals are putting me through hell, but it's working. I can already feel a tiny bit of clarity coming back into my mind, and my memory is improving.

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for showing me that it's possible to change your life for the better. It really does take a village.

I told myself that hiring this IFBB instagram famous coach would make me quit. She would see my body every other week and that would be embarrassing enough to make me quit. Long story short 2 months in I haven’t been able to quit. I have 2 very young children and I crack 6 days out of 7 still having drinks due to the stress they cause. I’m a stay at home mom and I do not have family to help take any of the load off. My break from my kids is school hours that’s it. Summer is approaching. I’ve only been able to not drink 3 days in a row before I crack. I told my coach I was quitting and yet I haven’t been able to keep that promise yet. I know my summer body will be disgusting especially in a bikini at the pool all summer with the kids who love the pool. Despite wanting to have abs this summer and feel comfortable in a bikini I can’t fight the nightly monster asking for a reward via alcohol. Short of rehab I fear I can’t stop. I’ve tried hypnosis, self help books, promises to myself, threats to myself, self hatred conversations, realizations of health risk. I don’t know what else to do. Please someone give me some magical advice.

Hey all, I’m returning to this group as I would like to give sobriety another crack. I’m a 39 year old male from Melbourne, Australia. I would like to pursue a life of health and fitness. Any help or advice is muchly appreciated. What did you guys do at the start?

Im on day 4 today! Woohoo. Ive had years of sobriety before but fell off last year. Ive been watching Nate from sauce aint the boss you tube. He makes a video a day for 365 days and his transformation is inspiring. He hasn't posted in years but just posted a picture and hes still healthy and sober I assume. Just throwing it out there as I like to watch sober content when im starting off. Day 1 I was 5 '4 f 132lbs. Goal weight 115, plus tone up. Hope to post inspiring before after videos once I get deeper into my journey. Good luck all and let's enjoy this sober summer , they go Fast!

Just curious, do you lose weight when you stop drinking? I’ve been drinking every 2 days for the last year (vodka, cider, mixer, tequila rose) heavy on the vodka. I’ve gained about 3 stone in the last year and a half. I’m 5 days sober and I was wondering if I don’t exercise but just eat better will the weight naturally fall off due to no alcohol?

I’m a few months into cutting back on drinking and one thing that shocked me was how much easier it should’ve been to say in a calorie deficit… except now i’m overthinking food tracking instead lol. I thought removing alcohol would instantly fix my progress, but now i’m stuck in the cycle of obsessively logging everything and getting frustrated when the scale still fluctuates.

the weird part is actually feel better physically. sleep is better, workouts are more consistent, less random late night eating. but mentally i still get trapped checking apps nonstop trying to figure out if i’m “on track.”

one thing that’s helped outside of calorie tracking is keeping a consistent walking routine. even 20-30 minutes after dinner seems to help with cravings and keeps my activity from tanking on work-from-home days.

curious if anyone else here dealt with this after stopping or reducing alcohol. did your progress eventually level out or did you have to completely change how you tracked things?

Did dry April and decided to keep going. Haven’t had any issues up until this week where I’ve had a few moments where i really wanted to go out for a beer. I haven’t caved yet but the desire is proving persistent. I didn’t do dry April with the intention of stopping forever but my workouts have been great and I’ve been enjoying the consistency and don’t want to stop my streak yet or derail my progress in the gym.

Right before COVID hit, I had the chance to take part in a competition that I had dreamed of participating in for years (won't say what as it reveals a bit of personal info). It ain't Iron Man, but it is a cool thing to do in my community and it required some training. It was the first time that I trained sober, recognizing that I needed to get into better shape quick and had to cut all unnecessary calories. I did alright and ultimately got an award but didn't score as high as I liked (thanks to an organizational SNAFU I had to retake the hardest portion twice so I didn't rank as high as I wished). When I left the competition I was super pumped to do it again and rank higher.

Then COVID hit. Gyms shut down or closed, even going outside was frowned upon for a while. Blah blah blah, you know the story.

Six years later, I'm older, feel weaker, and am definitely heavier. I've been trying to get in better shape but the reality is that with work, family, stress and whatnot, it's harder to get to the gym to relieve stress but monumentally easier to open a beer or two. Of course, with extra calories to burn it makes it harder and harder to achieve the results I want. I exercise but don't see gains in muscle or strength.

Then this week. I got word. There was another competition happening in three months. I'm approved to go. Once I heard that it's like a switch flipped in my head. I've been getting up early, running, hitting the gym, multiple times a day. I'm now reading training advice online and looking for when I can squeeze in another workout. I haven't felt so motivated in years. And the urge to drink is zero. It's amazing how quickly that collapsed.

I come on this sub for motivation, which y'all delve out in droves. I'll be here daily for the next three months, taking inspirations from your transformations. And I'll keep looking at my photo on my desk of me and my team from the last competition to drive me on.

Thanks for letting me gush and share. Here's to a productive three months.

Over the past year I’ve drastically cut down on alcohol and been AF for about 2 months. In that time, I have had some amazing health wins that I am honestly shocked by:

41 (F)

Total cholesterol down 230 to 184?!?
LDL 140 to 118
Triglycerides 70 to 68
BP 114/68 to 92/66
Lost 10 lbs

My HDL has also gone down… from 76 to 50, which I guess isn’t surprising seeing as how quitting alcohol I haven’t been exercising very much?

I’m particularly shocked by the drop in total cholesterol. Anyone else experience something similar?

I have never been good with forgiveness or grace, but I made a bad decision and drank last night. In terms of my overall fitness and goals, this one night of drinking will not erase my goals and fitness aspirations, but I’m beating myself pretty badly.

We shall see how my workout today is. As Richard Bach said, “There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.” I am not sure what the gift behind this problem is, but I can tell you I have been hard on myself all morning and learned a lesson.

Time to get back on track! 💪🏼

For about 10 years now I've not been able to past that initial immense craving on a Friday or Saturday evening and always (90%) of the time gave in or nearly subconsciously drive to buy booze.

Always a heavy binge every weekend despite wanting not to, weekends and weeks following not drinking I never been happier yet the craving just gets more intense and usually followed by a 2-3 day bender instead. It's as if the happier I am sober, the more I want to eventually booze but it's the booze that is the cause of all my issues (anxiety, feeling low after weekends, low drive).

Anyone who was in this binge drinking rut what crazy things did you do to break the cycle? I've tried to keep main workouts to weekend but it doesn't work I just force myself through them hungover and last Saturday I was actually 8 drinks in before training legs.

I was genuinely thinking of camping every weekend for a while or something. Any suggestions welcome, I am someone who enjoys chaos and a massive foodie also.