I’m in say three been drinking everyday for a a while now and I need to get help. This past week I hit my rock bottom and got into a dui. I have a ton of legal issues. And it’s making it so hard to keep staying sober. Anyone have any help
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Welcome to the TS family! I‘m glad you found us. We all know the struggle 
Congratulations for your choice to get sober. You know how many challenges and Problems are sucessfully solved by using alcohol or any other drug? Zero! Everything gets worse when you use.
Sobriety and recovery are amazing and you can build a new sober life. You need to put work into this. But you don’t have to do it alone. We are here for you.
This thread is amazing for advice: What's YOUR plan?
Read around, join any thread you like. Stay connected with us, especially when cravings hit.
Looking forward to see you around! 
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Keep digging or starting climbing. Has alcohol dug enough of a hole in your life yet?
It’s very hard in the beginning. If you surround yourself with sobriety related content/ activities it’s much easier. Surround yourself with what you want to become. I recommend this place, sobriety podcasts, sobriety books, meetings…. Whatever resonates with you. You can do this because I did. There’s nothing special about me. We’re here for you, best wishes friend.
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Welcome. When you are spiraling down it is so very hard to grab onto something and start the cycle going the opposite way. Coming on here is a great first step.
That What’s YOUR plan?
thread truly is great. You can get on an online meeting for AA right now on Meeting Directory – Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Directory – Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous
and there are other resources you can find on
Resources for our recovery
Just keep doing the next right thing, and you can improve your life.
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I’m sorry you’re going through this. DUIs are harsh, especially in my state. They really don’t make it easy to get through it.
I never got a DUI…..somehow. but my fiancé did. He continued to drink for 7 more years. Didn’t regain his license for 7 years. Still went through probation, the drug tests, all of it. It’s expensive, it’s exhausting. It’s so hard.
The idea is to make it do hard that you never do it again right? But they don’t think about the emotional side of things. They don’t think about how you became an addict in the first place. They don’t take it seriously. They don’t treat you as someone in recovery. They treat you as a criminal.
They’re likely going to make you go to therapies and groups. It’s very important thst somewhere in there you go to your own groups, use communities like this one, and choose a personal therapist to help you work through this.
I know it’s dark now but there’s a light somewhere at the end. It gets better and it’s so worth it. I stopped drinking 9/1/2023. I quit drinking (and several other substances) because my liver started failing. At 25 years old a doctor told me I was dying. I was killing myself. That was my DUI. I had restrictions, less freedom, and I was still suffering.
For most people it takes something severely altering our lives and our path to change. Or to see there’s a problem. This is yours. Take this lesson in. Learn from this. Take this opportunity because the next one may be something you can’t come back from.
I know you don’t know me. But I believe in you! You can do this 
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