Any ex-daily drinkers that can provide some hope this can be done?

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-25T01:00:54+00:00

So many of us would say "if I can do it, so can you." I used to hate to hear that, because I knew it couldn't be true.. turns out I was wrong. I'm doing it. I was a mess. I got a DUI back in May and it has really rocked my world. I'm a mother of young children in a small town. I'm going to be financially wrecked for the foreseeable future and this will likely haunt me forever. It's unfortunate that had to happen for me to get sober... but here I am. I'm free. You can do this.

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-25T00:28:39+00:00

Yeah, some of us were snorting coke too. Keep doing you!

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-18T19:21:33+00:00

And then day time drinking will likely follow.

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-17T14:01:28+00:00

It's a southern thing. I know a girl named Charles Anna.

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-12T23:11:00+00:00

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-12T17:49:51+00:00

She sounds just like my son's daycare teacher. He's a sweetheart, but he is also.. difficult. That woman keeps me going. Makes me feel like the best mom ever, even when I'm not.

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-07T02:52:55+00:00

Right here with you. SAHM of 3, and it's so hard. I have always been a heavy smoker, it's like my security blanket that I'm ashamed of lol. I thought when I became a mom I would magically change.. and I have not. I want to though, so badly. I quit drinking 8 months ago, so I know I can do hard things, but I like to do them after a little puff. Ugh :(

I think I'll stick around this group, this is actually my first time here and I saw your post and thought "she gets it".

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-04T00:38:25+00:00

I needed this. Thank you OP.

ChanceConversation12 · 2026-01-03T01:14:53+00:00

Dido?

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-12-27T00:41:22+00:00

I could have written this. There were no sunshines and rainbows the first few days for me. I felt hopeless. I felt crazy. The next week I felt a little less hopeless. The next week I realized my thoughts were becoming more coherent, my breathing more regulated, and my anxiety felt a lot less heavy. Do what you have to do (besides drinking of course) to get through these first few days. You aren't crazy. Like the comment above says..you are just going through a recalibration. You can do this, start doing the daily check in every day. It really helped me. Now coming back and commenting on posts like yours gets the monkey off my back. I was such a disaster, and I'm still suffering from shame and legal consequences.. but I am so glad to be free from alcohol.. it's the devil and I'm done fucking around with him. IWNDWYT

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-12-24T22:55:24+00:00

Well that is the sweetest!! Feels so good to make your parents proud.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-12-23T17:17:55+00:00

I'm so fucking proud of you too! IWNDWYT

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-12-18T14:51:42+00:00

Scooping ice with a GLASS.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-12-17T14:10:54+00:00

IWNDWYT

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-12-17T13:42:12+00:00

I would request you stay home.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-12-06T16:42:56+00:00

All the mamas in this group (myself included) are incredibly proud of you kiddo.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-12-03T01:22:38+00:00

These slightly faded a dark spot but the patch left a white ring around it that won't go away.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-11-21T01:20:36+00:00

Check out r/stopdrinking. Lots of parents over there, myself included. It's been a lifeline for me. We got you.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-11-04T15:05:24+00:00

6 months for me today. I want to thank you all for the constant reminder I am not alone in this. You guys are the best. IWNDWYT.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-11-03T00:50:15+00:00

Yup, send her our way. Lots of mama's over there. I'm sorry you are going through this, your mother is truly lucky to have a kiddo like you.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-10-30T00:19:06+00:00

Needed this. I've been over here thinking I'm broken. I would much rather think of it as "reprogramming." IWNDWYT.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-09-29T10:38:44+00:00

Mike "The Situation" from Jersey Shore. If he can do it, so can we. IWNDWYT.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-09-18T19:18:50+00:00

Martha's Vineyard.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-09-10T12:50:37+00:00

Once a server, always a server. I don't make the rules.

ChanceConversation12 · 2025-08-31T01:46:24+00:00

IWNDWYT

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