off the wagon
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"I was a fitness fanatic. I went to the gym practically every day. I don't know what happened, why I fell off the wagon."
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025
Reeves: I’ve always imagined Jackson was saying to Catherine quietly, “Are you able to hold on because I want you in this job and you can’t stay if you fall off the wagon again.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023
But if you can make progress for a month, even when you lose motivation little, you probably won’t fall all the way off the wagon because you do build some habits.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2020
I fell off the wagon around the time creator Amy Sherman-Palladino left and didn’t watch the last season at all.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2016
He slid off the wagon with that same fluid grace and signaled the still-spooked knuckleskull to fall back.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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