Originally Posted by
doggonecarl 
I awoke after a night of uncontrolled drinking and in a moment of clarity saw my drinking for what it was.
This is pretty close to how it happened for me. I was tired of drinking and ashamed that it dominated my entire life. It was frustrating not being able to do anything that kept me away from my fix. Couldn't take a longer camping trip than I could carry booze enough for, couldn't travel to placed with 'Blue Laws' without taking my own stash, couldn't make plans for early in the day because I knew I'd be too sick and hung over, couldn't take a full time chef job because I couldn't stay sober long enough to work all day...the list goes on. Got tired of spending $650/month on wine, too. The burden of drinking was becoming so bad that it wasn't worth the release I got from it.
Plus, I could see that it was going to kill me, probably sooner as opposed to later. The human body can't continue on with processing that much booze every single day.