Yea you ' re right <| sep |> Happy Thanksgiving ! ! Honestly there wasn ' t one thing that motivated me way that first day to quit . I think It was a combo of all the negatives finally outweighing the positive effects I liked from alcohol . I was tired of fearing going to the doctor to find out I have some health problem from drinking . I was tired of being afraid of people smelling the alcohol on me . I ' m tired of being obese weight the alcohol and drunken munchies for sure put on me . So I decided to try sobriety for ONE NIGHT . Then another night . I never intended initially to become sober , I ' m just starting to realize that ' s probably what I need since I cannot drink alcohol in moderation . I was not thinking about jumping already to 1 week or 1 month at the start I was literally counting the minutes then hours to get through each day . Also , I want to be clear that I am still struggling and I feel am not quite through that threshold you described yet . Things are still very tenuous for me so I ' m doing whatever I can to avoid alcohol , especially in settings that I know may lower my resolve . I am doing this because the benefits of quitting far outweigh whatever I got from alcohol . If you have physiological symptoms I would highly recommend going to your doctor for help . Others have written about getting into counseling and AA . Why not try it and see if any of those things are for you ? Surround yourself with as much support as possible beforehand and just remember for now you ' re literally just going to want to get through the next few minutes at a time . Don ' t be too hard on yourself . Good luck !