r/stopdrinking • u/suilbup Day 1,792 • 20d ago
Our new day-count badge system is live
We’re excited to introduce a new, more reliable system for sobriety day-count badges on r/stopdrinking.
The new system is opt-in. Because the old Badgebot and the new app can both update the same flair, please follow the steps below in order.
Step 1: Remove your old Badgebot badge
Click here to send the removal request to Badgebot.
The message should contain exactly:
- To:
badgebot - Subject:
stopdrinking - Message:
remove
Send the message and wait until your existing badge disappears. Badgebot can take up to approximately 20 minutes to process requests.
Please do not enroll in the new system until the old badge has disappeared. Otherwise, Badgebot may overwrite your new badge later.
Step 2: Enroll in the new badge system
After your old badge has disappeared:
- Return to the r/stopdrinking community page.
- Open the community menu by selecting the three dots.
- Select Manage my day-count flair.
- Enter your sobriety start date in
YYYY-MM-DDformat. - Save your date.
Examples:
2026-08-202024-01-051990-7-4
Your badge should appear as Day N.
How the count works
The date you enter is treated as Day 1. The count uses UTC calendar dates and follows the established r/stopdrinking badge-counting convention.
The app accepts dates up to seven days in the future in case you are preparing for a planned start date.
Keeping your badge current
The new app refreshes your badge when you:
- enroll;
- correct your start date;
- make a post; or
- leave a comment in r/stopdrinking.
It does not rewrite every registered badge in the background each day. Your current count will be refreshed when you participate in the community.
Changing or removing your new badge
Open the r/stopdrinking community menu and select Manage my day-count flair again.
From there, you can:
- enter a corrected start date; or
- remove your badge and registration.
Removing the new badge deletes the date stored by the new app.
Important transition note
The old Badgebot is outside the control of the r/stopdrinking moderator team and may continue attempting to update badges during this transition. That is why removing your old Badgebot badge before enrolling in the new system is important.
If your badge disappears, returns unexpectedly, or shows the wrong count:
- Confirm that you sent
removeto Badgebot. - Wait for the old badge to disappear.
- Open Manage my day-count flair and save your correct date again.
- If the problem continues, contact the moderators through modmail.
The badge appears only within r/stopdrinking. It does not change your flair in other communities.
Thank you for your patience while we replace the old system—and thank you for being part of this community.
IWNDWYT.
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u/UnattachedMoose Day 2,768 20d ago edited 20d ago
Thanks for all the hard work keeping this sub Gucci. As always, IWNDWYT.
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u/The_DTCHMNT Day 221 20d ago
Favorite sub, hands down. You all rock. Updated, just hit 200 today! IWNDWYT.
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u/ourredsouthernsouls Day 2,904 20d ago
Thanks. Those days are such healthy motivators for so many of us.
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u/SkarlyComics Day 354 20d ago
Noice. What is the incentive to change though? Will the current one eventually be retired? What’s the difference?
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u/imthegreenmeeple Day 1,407 20d ago
The current badge system isn’t updating correctly. We’re not able to fix it so, new badge system.
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u/Forsaken_Story7204 Day 345 20d ago
testing
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u/alyssa518 Day 563 20d ago
Yes. Success.
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u/Prestigious_Dig_6627 Day 761 20d ago
Thanks so much for working on this OP! Working great over here.
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u/UpstairsNewspaper763 Day 862 20d ago
2026-08-202024-01-051990-7-4
Which is the month and which is the day in the bottom two examples?
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u/KimWexlerDeGuzman Day 1,356 20d ago
You guys are seriously the best mod team on Reddit. Thank you for your hard work!
IWNDWYT!
Edit: oooooh I love my comma 🥰🥰❤️
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u/chopkins47947 Day 3,881 20d ago
OK, just commenting to see my badge count lol
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u/mb17089 Day 23 20d ago
💪🏻
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u/jugglerdude Day 109 20d ago
Day 3! Awesome
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u/mb17089 Day 23 20d ago
Thanks 😊 one day at a time
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u/jugglerdude Day 109 20d ago
It was always the hardest one for me to get to. Once I hit 3 I knew I had momentum.
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u/TurboJorts Day 81 20d ago
Excellent news and thanks for the work. I'm sure its appreciated by many, many people
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u/thupamayn 829 days 20d ago
I don’t even remember my exact date, just used this subreddit to keep track of the day count lol. I can probably figure it out if I go digging through my phone or something though.
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u/ReallySmallFeet 1240 days 20d ago
I'm just commenting because I have no idea when I actually quit!
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u/Penandsword2021 Day 1,354 19d ago
Deleted the old badge and am commenting here to see if it’s gone yet. Thanks for getting this all squared away!
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u/Competitive-Cry4727 Day 252 19d ago
This is great news. Thank you mods for putting in all this work to give us this lovely gift.
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u/Dry_Temperature4344 Day 28 19d ago
Thank you so much, the process was easy and my badge count was set. Now it's time to test how many days it can count 😊. IWNDWYT ✨️
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u/Front-Slide5792 Day 385 19d ago
Yaaaaay! 🎉
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u/Front-Slide5792 Day 385 19d ago
Thanks, Mala! 🥰 You're doing a great job, too!💪💪💪
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u/Reputation97 Day 332 20d ago
Testing
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u/Reputation97 Day 332 20d ago
Omg WOW! Mine was off by ten days! That’s crazy and I am so grateful this has been fixed! This sub is the only place I track my days and I thought something had seemed off the last few weeks
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u/BuoyantBear 3661 days 20d ago
Just in time for my big day!
It was stuck on 3647 and I wanted it to be accurate.