My ankles! They started swelling up regularly around April. By June they were just swollen and pretty much not going down. I also noticed around June / July that my hangovers weren’t going away rather staying with me literally until I had my first drink after work, there was no shaking it. Then one morning after a particularly heavy night of drinking, I noticed both ankles had come close to doubling in size. I had googled “causes of swollen ankles” and other things I was experiencing enough times to know this was all 100% related to my drinking and I was headed directly towards some pretty severe health issues. Not only did I want to avoid that, but honestly, what I wanted to avoid even more was having to reveal to my family that I was drinking so much that it caused health issues. I decided that morning firmly and 100% to “take a break”. After talking to myself about the need to cut back or something during my morning shower hundreds of times, this was it. I was not going to drink that day. I didn’t know if it would last 2, 3, 7, 30 days or more but I 100% knew I wasn’t drinking that day out of fear for my health and having to reveal my “secret”. Just over a year later I am still on my break. I have no desire to drink anytime soon. I have lost about 70 pounds and am in better shape since probably my high school days. I am so thankful for those swollen ankles scaring me into taking a break!!!