What motivated u to quit?
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Anthem, AZ
Posts: 29
Day 6. No cravings or withdrawals per se. It surprised me how much I think about drinking. I detest Jack Daniels but my taste bud memories were having euphoric recall.
I am still on the antabuse. I had to turm away a frozen dinner with white wine sauce.
I made a virgin vodka tonic and it was tasty and helpful.
Life is still fantastic!
I am still on the antabuse. I had to turm away a frozen dinner with white wine sauce.
I made a virgin vodka tonic and it was tasty and helpful.
Life is still fantastic!
Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 638
There are so many reason that I felt motivated to quit. The final straw for me was going to the hospital for alcohol poisening. Before that though I was tired of going to work hungover, damaging my car, hurting the ones I love, anxiety and the list goes on.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,385
Please seek medical attention now if you feel ill Bellerophon.
If you feel antabuse is not working for you make an appointment to discuss things with your doctor ASAP to discuss other options.
D
If you feel antabuse is not working for you make an appointment to discuss things with your doctor ASAP to discuss other options.
D
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: East Coast
Posts: 1,906
what motivated me to quit?
simply put, i was dying and i couldn't let my daughter grow up without her father.
I started making videos of me trying to expalin to her why i couldn't quit and how this wasn't my fault or her fault...that i had a terrible disease...blah blah blah....
bottom lime was i was too much of a pu$$y to man up to my life and face my issues.
God forced me to do that and now my life is amazing. my daughter is my life and my heart. the sun rises and sets with her. i try to live gratitude in every aspect of my life and humbly thank God for saving this pathetic fool and forcing me to grow up and take responsibility of my life and family.
i am truely blessed beyond my own imagination.
simply put, i was dying and i couldn't let my daughter grow up without her father.
I started making videos of me trying to expalin to her why i couldn't quit and how this wasn't my fault or her fault...that i had a terrible disease...blah blah blah....
bottom lime was i was too much of a pu$$y to man up to my life and face my issues.
God forced me to do that and now my life is amazing. my daughter is my life and my heart. the sun rises and sets with her. i try to live gratitude in every aspect of my life and humbly thank God for saving this pathetic fool and forcing me to grow up and take responsibility of my life and family.
i am truely blessed beyond my own imagination.
Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,237
My DUI was the end of my drinking career....really made me take a good look at my life, and at myself....I didn't like who I was, and how I was behaving..so Jan 25/2010 was the last drink I will hopefully ever have....
Peace, No More Guilt 9/28/2010
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: MI
Posts: 194
Originally Posted by AlcoholicOrNot 
Good Post Overcomer! I knew I had to quit 29 years ago while I was partying away in college. Didn't have the motivation to quit so I kept it up all those years but like yourself, deep down inside I knew I had to stop.
Since stories don't motivate you, I won't tell the numerous ones I have at the tip of my tongue.
For me, I'm looking at the future. I don't want to look back and say to myself, "I wish I would have done things differently." When I'm not working any longer, I want to be able to enjoy each day, mentally and physically to its fullest. Alcohol, quite possibly (and most likely) may take much of my mental and physical capacities away if I kept drinking.
I've realized after only 72 days of abstinence that there's so much more to life than I've been experiencing. Over the last 30 years or so, alcohol has consumed so much of my mental well-being because I had been so caught up each day with: when I'd start drinking, how much I was going to drink, what I'd be drinking...you get the picture.
Since stories don't motivate you, I won't tell the numerous ones I have at the tip of my tongue.
For me, I'm looking at the future. I don't want to look back and say to myself, "I wish I would have done things differently." When I'm not working any longer, I want to be able to enjoy each day, mentally and physically to its fullest. Alcohol, quite possibly (and most likely) may take much of my mental and physical capacities away if I kept drinking.
I've realized after only 72 days of abstinence that there's so much more to life than I've been experiencing. Over the last 30 years or so, alcohol has consumed so much of my mental well-being because I had been so caught up each day with: when I'd start drinking, how much I was going to drink, what I'd be drinking...you get the picture.
Tomorrow will be one week for me and I don't miss is one bit!!!!!
Laozi Old Man
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 6,665
Originally Posted by overcomer32
... I just always find reasons to start up again.
How do I know when I am spiritually fit? When I have peace of mind and sense of purpose.
What makes me spiritually fit? Being other-centered rather than self-centered.
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