off the wagon
Meaning
off the wagon
(idiomatic) No longer maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from an undesirable habit, especially drinking alcohol.
She kept up her diet for an entire month before falling off the wagon.
He is off the wagon again.
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Examples
Once you get into a routine of eating healthy, it hurts twice as much when you fall off the wagon.
I'm not a machine. I get really motivated, then I fall off the wagon and want to eat Chinese food and sit on my couch and gain five or 10 pounds!