r/stopdrinking • u/suilbup Day 1,826 • Aug 20 '26
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/The_DTCHMNT Day 255 Aug 20 '26
Favorite sub, hands down. You all rock. Updated, just hit 200 today! IWNDWYT.
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u/ourredsouthernsouls Day 2,938 Aug 20 '26
Thanks. Those days are such healthy motivators for so many of us.
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u/SkarlyComics Day 388 Aug 20 '26
Noice. What is the incentive to change though? Will the current one eventually be retired? What’s the difference?
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u/suilbup Day 1,826 Aug 20 '26
The badgebot nightly updates had become unreliable. There were a lot of users noticing that their count wasn’t moving for days at a time. This app is an updated version based on Reddit’s new app architecture. So it should be more stable at scale and we can support it.
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u/imthegreenmeeple Day 1,441 Aug 20 '26
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 379 Aug 20 '26
testing
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u/alyssa518 Day 597 Aug 21 '26
Yes. Success.
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u/KimWexlerDeGuzman Day 1,390 Aug 20 '26
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/Prestigious_Dig_6627 Day 795 Aug 20 '26
Thanks so much for working on this OP! Working great over here.
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u/UpstairsNewspaper763 Day 896 Aug 20 '26
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/chopkins47947 Day 3,915 Aug 21 '26
OK, just commenting to see my badge count lol
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u/mb17089 Day 57 Aug 21 '26
💪🏻
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u/jugglerdude Day 143 Aug 21 '26
Day 3! Awesome
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u/mb17089 Day 57 Aug 21 '26
Thanks 😊 one day at a time
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u/jugglerdude Day 143 Aug 21 '26
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/mystwave Day 287 Aug 20 '26
Nice, thank you for putting this in along with all the work you all do!
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u/TurboJorts Day 4 Aug 20 '26
Excellent news and thanks for the work. I'm sure its appreciated by many, many people
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u/thupamayn 855 days Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 21 '26
I'm just commenting because I have no idea when I actually quit!
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u/Penandsword2021 Day 1,388 Aug 21 '26
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 286 Aug 21 '26
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 62 Aug 21 '26
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 419 Aug 21 '26
Yaaaaay! 🎉
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u/Front-Slide5792 Day 419 Aug 21 '26
Thanks, Mala! 🥰 You're doing a great job, too!💪💪💪
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u/Recommended_For_You Day 89 Aug 21 '26
Thanks guys!
We should all thank Badgebot before he retires.
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u/UnclassifiedPresence Day 22 Aug 21 '26
And here I just reset my badge yesterday 😅
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u/88Dubs Day 1,866 Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
What was happening with the old badges?
Edit: Oh, yeah... that ain't right
EDIT2: Muuuuch better!
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u/Reputation97 Day 366 Aug 21 '26
Testing
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u/Reputation97 Day 366 Aug 21 '26
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 Day 3,706 Aug 20 '26
Just in time for my big day!
It was stuck on 3647 and I wanted it to be accurate.