Originally Posted by EternalQ

Hi Samitch and others: This is what I've learned:

You cannot wait till you like or respect yourself to stop drinking.
You cannot wait till you think you can do it, or till you're ready, or till you feel like it.

QUITTING drinking CAUSES YOU to respect yourself, GIVES you reason to like yourself, SHOWS you that you can do it, MAKES you ready, and is its OWN reward.