The #1 reason that I stay sober today is ?
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The #1 reason that I stay sober today is ?
I just don't want any drama trauma in my life today.
Life can be tough enough without taking myself to la la land.
The war is long over -- why start another drunken battle ?
M-Bob
Life can be tough enough without taking myself to la la land.
The war is long over -- why start another drunken battle ?
M-Bob
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1. I don't want to end up like my husband with a hole in my pancreas and basically starving to death.
2. I start a new job on Monday and I don't want to throw it away
3. I don't want another hangover migraine
4. I don't want to waste another moment - we only get a few
2. I start a new job on Monday and I don't want to throw it away
3. I don't want another hangover migraine
4. I don't want to waste another moment - we only get a few
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Originally Posted by MelindaFlowers 
In 2013 I was diagnosed with liver inflammation and very high liver enzymes (3X normal) by my doctor through routine blood work. I was only 31. I also lied to her about how much I was drinking when asked. Told her 5-6 drinks a night (beer) when in fact it was 12-14 (vodka). I left that office sure as the day is long: I was never going to drink again.
I drank another year, every day.
Why do I stay sober today?
Well I got sober to heal my liver. A CT scan (at 18 months sober) and full blood work confirmed that it is completely healed. Normal size, normal enzymes.
I stay sober today because I want to live as long as I can (aka not drop dead of liver disease in my 30's). I feel like I was given a second chance and I'm not going to blow it.
I've been sober 25 months.
I drank another year, every day.
Why do I stay sober today?
Well I got sober to heal my liver. A CT scan (at 18 months sober) and full blood work confirmed that it is completely healed. Normal size, normal enzymes.
I stay sober today because I want to live as long as I can (aka not drop dead of liver disease in my 30's). I feel like I was given a second chance and I'm not going to blow it.
I've been sober 25 months.
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I'm meeting my best friend for a sushi lunch. I'm not drinking because I wish not to make a fool of myself in this restaurant where the employees have never seen me drunk.
They only know the sober Bob.
That's a good thing.
M-Bob
They only know the sober Bob.
That's a good thing.
M-Bob
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There's more to drinking than just drinking. There's a larger process that involves a lot of considering and reconsidering of how I feel about drinking, and whether it's a problem or it's not a problem. And always the "I need to quit this" and later "maybe if I just confine it to one night a week..." All that crap.
If I don't drink, I don't have to swim around in that stank soup. I don't have to give up so much of my mental time running over and over the same tired ground.
If I don't drink, I don't have to swim around in that stank soup. I don't have to give up so much of my mental time running over and over the same tired ground.
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6:51 AM Sunday morning
The main reason that I'm not drinking today.
Is because I need to get myself and my wife to church this morning.
If I was drinking the desire might not be there.
In so many ways the drink will strip away the normal life of the drunk.
If one is alcoholic ?
A nice sober day wished for all,
M-Bob
Is because I need to get myself and my wife to church this morning.
If I was drinking the desire might not be there.
In so many ways the drink will strip away the normal life of the drunk.
If one is alcoholic ?
A nice sober day wished for all,
M-Bob
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I am working with a woman fresh off a terrible relapse. Alcohol and crack. She used to be a business owner and was strikingly beautiful. In October she looked worse for wear but still okay. Now, at 2 months sober, she cannot remember to do basic things things like eat lunch. She has lost about 4-5 teeth in a span of 7 months. She has momentary psychotic breaks where she talks about purple elephants and whatnot. She is shaky and crying all the time and she knows she has brain damage from drugs and alcohol and keeps asking me "God will heal me right? Oh God, I am so scared...what if this is it?" I stay sober because I do not want to end up like that. I pray God will heal her but I don't know....
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Originally Posted by ThatWasTheOldMe
Bunny, has she seen a real doctor regarding her symptoms? She may need a specialist to tell diagnose her and figure out exactly what is going on.
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