Old 11-09-2017, 04:48 AM
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August252015
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I cannot echo the comments above enough - especially Scott's.

I was so- SO- angry when I quit.

I also quit because I finally- after years of horrifying damage to pretty much everything in my life- chose LIFE. I was told, at 39, that I had a year, 18 mo to live if I didn't quit.

I cannot tell you in enough detail how eternally grateful I am that I made that choice.

Bottom line: alcohol KILLS people like us. Period, end of story, full stop.

And like others have said here- and all over SR - I decided that while I will certainly die one day- it will NOT be because of continued drinking.

I hope you make the leap - it was terrifying for me to imagine life without alcohol but deep down I knew I needed to quit and committing to a life in recovery has proven "worth it" and the opposite of sad in Every. Single. Way.
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