We all are familiar with the draw-backs of excessive drinking and the media is often telling us about the risks involved.With the physical side effects of too much alcohol ranging from weight gain, sexual dysfunction, liver damage, and infertility, it’s not surprising that more and more people are joining rehabs to improve their health.
So undoubtedly the benefits we get after giving up alcohol are many and amazing. Below are the before and after pictures of people who did just this.
1. Former drinker Reddit user ‘size 16 french’:
This first picture is a selfie I took in the ER on February 1, 2016, the day I was admitted to the hospital and began the journey of recovery.”
“This second picture was taken on July 30, 2016, exactly six months after the first. I have just completed a thirty-three-mile bike ride, one for every year I have been alive.”
2. Reddit user ‘BrittSuzane’:
“January 6, 2016, I put down the vodka bottle and January 11 I checked myself into rehab.”
“8 1/2 months sober now and 35 pounds lighter. I feel like myself again.”
3. Reddit user dr-dan-is-sober:
“In the first photograph, I found myself alone, nearly 300 lbs, in an extraordinary amount of credit card debt (nearly $20,000) and without a job…”
“Here I am last month, down to 180 lbs, almost done with my first year sober, zero debt, engaged in a great career, and having found myself a caring, loving, non-drinking partner.
4. Andy Boyle:
Andy, a Chicago-based web developer for NBC News Breaking News, lost 75lbs after quitting booze.
5. Imgur user’luscrib89′:
Sober for eighteen months… and considerably lighter.
6. Reddit user ‘ghost backwards’:
Seven months without alcohol has transformed this guy.
7. Reddit user ‘silver ladder’:
Not only physically transformed – but so much happier looking too
8. Rebecca A Watson (after 1 year):
I’m wearing the same thing. But I am not the same human…” Sunny Sanguinity.
9. Imgur member ‘red light green light’:
Five years sober and the transformation is remarkable!
10. Kelly Fitzgerald:
“I never thought that sobriety would be my preferred way of life, but now I can’t imagine going back to my party girl ways. I never dreamed I would feel SO happy, full and healthy living a life without drugs and alcohol.”