Originally Posted by jerri11

Interesting question. I quit drinking because I realized that I was never going to accomplish anything useful, or be able to deal with significant problems in my life while I was drinking. At the time I quit, I had a path in mind for how I was going to deal with those problems. But now that I'm sober, I've discovered there were other options that I hadn't previously considered. Have things turned out as I expected? No. Better than I expected? Definitely.