[best]

Those who shared from what they knew helped me understand that what I was doing was a slow death and that I should stop for my own good.
When you drink....
and they would help me see the negatives that my drinking brought about.
I never had handcuffs on while sober.

So what have a gained from my eyes being opened?

My whole life and being sober to enjoy every wonderful moment or sober so I could deal with the moments that were not so wonderful. Drinking never solved a thing for me...it only added to my problems.