I Was Drinking 4–5 Cases Of Beer A Day - Here's Why I Quit Alcohol
- Mar 26
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 15
Kevin grew up watching his dad numb the grief of losing his wife at a bar. His brother found drugs before he was a teenager. Kevin found hockey — and for a while, that was enough.
Then came the drinking. Then came two failed treatments. Then came a car accident on a Minnesota highway where his Jeep flew off the road, rolled down an embankment, and landed upside down — invisible from the road, buried in trees. He hung from his seatbelt until morning.
And even after that, he kept drinking.
In this episode of the Sober Motivation Podcast, Kevin tells the unfiltered story of what it actually takes when rock bottom keeps moving and how he finally found his way back to his son, his home, and himself and quit alcohol.
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What's Covered
Losing his mom to brain cancer at age 8 — and how that silence shaped everything
Growing up in isolation while his dad drank and his brother hit the streets
Building a career and checking every box — house, marriage, management job — while still not feeling okay inside
Drinking in the garage at 3am, faking his way through IOP on Zoom with the camera off
Two treatment stays that didn't stick — and why
The car accident on Highway 61 that he shouldn't have survived
Being found the next morning, hanging from his seatbelt in a ditch no one could see
A cop who gave him a chance he didn't take
Drinking up to 5 cases of beer a day — and still showing up to work
A Disney trip that cracked something open
The moment he finally called for help because he wanted to — not to please anyone else
Sober living, sponsorship, and building a foundation from the ground up
Getting his house back. His son back. His wife back. July 23, 2022.
Key Takeaways
Rock bottom isn't a moment — it's a decision. Kevin survived a near-fatal car accident, two failed treatments, and years of escalating isolation. None of it was his rock bottom. Rock bottom came the morning he made the call himself, on his own terms, because he was finally ready.
Isolation is a coping mechanism that becomes the cage. Kevin learned to hide in his room as a kid. As an adult, he hid in his garage. Same pattern, different decade. Understanding where the behavior came from was part of how he got out of it.
You can't love your kid well if you can't love yourself. Kevin's son Hudson appears again and again in this episode — the Disney trip, the chicken he couldn't cut up because his hands were shaking too badly, the car ride home from treatment. Hudson was the mirror. Getting sober was about being worthy of what he saw looking back.
Treatment can fail you — and that's not the end. Kevin's second treatment experience was chaotic and left him more confused than when he went in. It didn't mean recovery was impossible. It meant he hadn't found the right people yet.
Accountability keeps the fire going. Kevin now runs a daily social media page sharing his recovery. He posts because it holds him accountable — and because people show up asking for it. Helping others turned out to be one of the things that keeps him well.
About Kevin
Kevin is a Minnesota native, automotive professional, and proud dad to his son Hudson. He got sober on July 23, 2022, after a journey through multiple treatments, a near-fatal car accident, and a cross-country flight to a treatment facility in Malibu, California. Today he's back in his home, building his life in sobriety one day at a time.
You Don't Have to Hit Rock Bottom to Ask for Help
Kevin's story is proof that rock bottom has a way of finding us whether we're ready or not. If something in his story sounds familiar, the SM Community is full of people who know exactly what that feels like — and who made it through.
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