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Photographic Series Shows What Happens When You Stop Drinking

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We’re constantly told that everything should be done in moderation, and this is especially true when it comes to the consumption of alcohol.

It’s a well known fact that too much alcohol can cause high blood pressure (which increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke), lethargy, can contribute to you becoming overweight, as well as a multitude of other health related issues.

While it is obviously difficult to go ‘cold turkey’ and give up the drink for good, this photo series shows the amazing visual results of doing so. Of course many of the people featured in these before and after photos complimented quitting alcohol with a balanced diet and exercise, the pictures nevertheless show us the dramatic difference the alcohol can make to your mind and body!

[Above image: 7 months sober by Ghostbackwards]

#1: 2 Years Sober

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#2: 8.5 Months Sober

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#3: 6 Months Sober

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#4: 1.5 Years Sober

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#5: 2 Years Sober

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#6: 1.5 Years Sober

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#7: 300 Days Sober

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#8: 1 Year Sober

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#9: 1 Year Sober

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#10: 5 Years Sober

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#11: 99 Days Sober

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#12: 7 Years Sober

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#13: 416 Days Sober

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#14: 1 Year Sober

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Comments

28 responses to “Photographic Series Shows What Happens When You Stop Drinking”

  1. Clem_the_Great Avatar
    Clem_the_Great

    Alcohol is poison my friends. Don’t kid yourself. Why do you think you get hangovers?

  2. C. D. Carney Avatar
    C. D. Carney

    #3 had red spots on his face. A few others had slightly noticeable blotches like I did. I had a biopsy and psoriasis was starting to cover my body. They would crust over and flake, I felt very depressed because a previous injury prevents me from being the person I used to be and these hideous spots just made me want to drink more. My enzymes shot up to over 300 (40-70 is a normal range) and I was told I had fatty liver and that if I didn’t stop the liver would scar and I’d die eventually. I didn’t quit completely because saying “I’ll never drink again” is a promise that I couldn’t make so I would only drink a bit every now and again when I thought it would be appropriate vs chugging Bacardi 151 every night. My enzymes went down to 83 in 6 months and the psoriasis has faded to only a few spots. My diet has not changed, the only thing I decided to change was my drinking habit.

  3. Ugh Avatar
    Ugh

    Yea i’m not sure I can’t call total misleading BS on this. While I’m sure it’s good for you to quit drinking forever and ever, the difference between going to the bar once every few weeks, and never, is not going to be remotely as significant as these pictures, not to mention 90% of them are because of diet.

    1. Clem_the_Great Avatar
      Clem_the_Great

      Alcohol has a lot of calories. This explains the wt losses.

  4. Randall Selinger Avatar
    Randall Selinger

    Bullshit misleading title….these people obviously completely changed their lifestyle, of which alcohol may have been only a minor part….this site always posts bullshit “poster feel good stories” as some kind of art…..never shows anything real.

    1. Jazz Caldwell Avatar
      Jazz Caldwell

      And yet, here you are.

  5. Bastimentos Info Avatar
    Bastimentos Info

    Thanks for the pictures!

  6. Martha Donnelly Avatar
    Martha Donnelly

    Lots of heartless and cruel comments here. Walk a mile in my or these peoples’ shoes and then come back and criticize what you are seeing here. Let me tell you something – I used to be on the left. Overweight, puffy, sick, tired. After I quit, I did start exercising and eating better. It did lead to an overall change in my appearance. Not just because I wasn’t pouring poison down my throat anymore, but because I started to care about myself again, and didn’t want to die all day every day. I smile again now. I take care of myself. I have hope. So before you talk about the lighting, or clothes, or hair color, or whatever BS you want to use to explain the differences, know this. It doesn’t matter what you think of me or any of these people. We like ourselves again. That’s why we look different now.

    1. Ashton Kish Avatar
      Ashton Kish

      Exactly! Thank you!

    2. Ugh Avatar
      Ugh

      I am on the left, and your example is extreme whining nonsense. Not everyone drinks because they hate themselves and their lives and want to die. So no matter what, the article is completely misleading. If these are legitimate alcoholics, like the dude lying in a hospital bed, then they’re obviously going to see a benefit from quitting. For the 99% of us who don’t spend our entire day every day drinking alcohol, the case is going to be completely different. My overweight puffiness has nothing to do with alcohol at all, it’s from being unemployed for 2 separate stretches at a time, and being sedentary all the time even when employed.

      Those of us who are functional adults who rarely ever drink, it’s not going to be even close to the same scenario.

    3. Jazz Caldwell Avatar
      Jazz Caldwell

      There is so much of this that is true. There is hardly anyone who has quit drinking – from an alcoholic level, that doesn’t go from let to right. One of the reasons is the alcohol induced edema. Something you all should know is that you cannot quit drinking WITHOUT changing a whole lot in your life. You must get away from your drinking buddies, and the places you frequently with them. Sometimes these are close friends as well as drinking partners.You must have a reason that resonates with you in order to quit, as they say you have to be sick and tired of being sick and tired. Thanks for dragging people back from their judgements.

  7. Miki Hzd Westh Avatar
    Miki Hzd Westh

    Haha!

  8. Joanie Mistishen Hollenbach Avatar
    Joanie Mistishen Hollenbach

    <3 It's all about knowing how to love yourself again. Don't be mean… Just be happy they look fabulous and learned how to love themselves and others by sharing. <3

  9. saburo sakai Avatar
    saburo sakai

    alcohol induced facial edema

  10. Alejandro Rizzo Avatar
    Alejandro Rizzo

    There’s a typo in the title. You wrote “drinking” instead of “eating”.

    1. Claude Avatar
      Claude

      Any kind of alcool is full calories.

      1. Ugh Avatar
        Ugh

        1 12oz can of budlight is 110 calories. So unless you’re literally drinking an entire 20 pack a day on top of eating food, yea, not really.

        1. Daniel Bonacum Avatar
          Daniel Bonacum

          How many people do you know that are “drinkers” that have only one 12oz beer a day? Go sit in a bar for a few hours and see what some of these people are drinking. 1000 calories for a “drinker” isn’t hard to hit in a single day. 120 calories per shot? Drinking a mixed drink? Soda? Juice? That’s all added to the calorie count.

    2. Ugh Avatar
      Ugh

      Indeed.

  11. Me Avatar
    Me

    Appearently, going sober automaticaly gets you a better camera and makes you go on a diet.

    1. Allurint Avatar
      Allurint

      Yes, the article is obviously misleading.

      It would be a much fairer comparison if the same lighting and camera were used to photograph each person for one.

      It would produce even better results if the people participating had to only cut out alcohol and change nothing else about their everyday life, then we would really see the difference involved with sobriety, not the different lifestyle changes that come with becoming sober.

      At least change the title to, “Photographic series shows what happens when you stop drinking (and pursue an exercise regimen).

      1. Ugh Avatar
        Ugh

        When you trade in your beer for a protein shake, right.

    2. Pavel Lujardo Avatar
      Pavel Lujardo

      Also hair color changes in a percent of females.

    3. Daniel Bonacum Avatar
      Daniel Bonacum

      Diet? You don’t need to diet to drop weight when you quit drinking. Depending what you were drinking, and how much, some of these people were probably cutting out more than 1000 calories a day just on the alcohol, and when they stopped destroying their liver, it can actually produce what it needs to to break down fat, stabilize your metabolism and give you more energy.

      1. Tom Hayworth Avatar
        Tom Hayworth

        You are 100% right. It’s like the two idiot commenters want to be alcohol apologists!

        1. Daniel Bonacum Avatar
          Daniel Bonacum

          I know from experience, I’m an alcoholic (recovering, sober 2+ years)

  12. Gawney Avatar
    Gawney

    ALL THE ONES ON TEH LEFT LOOK HAPPIER, PASS ME A PINT

    1. MacNCheezy Avatar
      MacNCheezy

      Must be the beer goggles talking…

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