When was everybody's realization that it was time to get sober? Like the moment when you realized it was enough, and it was time for a change.
Mine was when I ran my car head on into a tree, after some heavy drinking. And waking up in jail. 64 days ago.
I was sent to treatment. It was a decision I made after a couple months of learning how to function without being under the influence. There were no excuses. I learned that I could find happy moments without substances. More time became more freedom.
My actual wake up was when I tried to leave detox early because they wouldnāt dispense anymore drugs to me and had no money to get homeš±. I committed to myself that I would never be that helpless again in my life.
Actually had many many nightmares prior to that date, that I shouldāve quit drinking & drugging. But hey, Iām glad I finally got it. 14+ years of happy sobriety 
It was my second DUI , I was leaving my daughters house after helping her pack ( she had just bought her first house) we had been eating pizza and had a few beers - well every else had .. I was sneaking to my car and drinking nips too ( doesnāt everyone do that ??) anyway .. I left at dusk and going over a very busy 4 lane bridge home I almost missed my exit off however luckily I veered off just in time to hit the sand things ( idk 
what they are called) that are up when they are doing construction 
and thought ugh oh .. this is not good as I see my quarter panel flapping in the wind . I continued for about a quarter mile until I see the flashing lights and knew the jig was up . That was when I finally surrendered. I sat in my own self pity for about a week before I finally got brought to my first meeting and itās been five years now that I havenāt felt the need to put any substance in my body to fill that God sized hole that used to be there 
I ruined a weekend getaway with my wife (one of many) ended up on the pavement at 3am talking with cops because the wife and I had a huge blow up fight. I was super drunk of course ā¦ a nice little 12hr drinking shift but ā I was just having funā.
Mines was when my daughter was tired of me being high , and taking my anger out on her when I couldnāt get my drugs and she went to go stay with her daddy in another state was enough for me!! I was totally messed up on pills by then, I was sick!! I had to go get help because I knew I couldnāt keep living this way and I wanted my child back, I been clean and sober 224 days today!! Iām currently in rehab and on the road to recovery!!! God bless everyone whose battling an addiction, you can do it, just donāt give up!
Got a DUI the day I had to put my dad on hospice. It was terrifying but the silver lining is I am sober and present 
in his final months.
I finally realized there was no real benefit to drinking, that my perceived benefits were illusions. Now I don't fight an urge because it isn't there.
I hit an emotional rock bottom, the depression that comes with drinking, week after week, the same old story I just got tired of itā¦ my mental health couldnāt handle it anymore. Started having suicidal thoughts, I just knew it wasnāt worth it and fought hard to make the changes.
I was drunk one night and just got into it with my mother. After it was all said and done I found myself in the bathroom staring at this so called man in the mirror. It was myself but I didn't recognize him. All I saw was a drunk and angry boy. After I looked at myself I said so who do you want to be? A man or a boy? I looked myself in the eyes one last time and got mad at myself and everything that happened. So I stumbled down the hall to my room grabbed all the alcohol and liquor I had and poured it down the sink. Went to bed at started over the next day. That was the first. The second was when I walked to my friend's house drunk. That was when I realized I had a problem.