CheekyAngel

well...

Latte

My sanity.

TheEnd

The desire to stay well and live a productive life.

CarolD

It feels really great...

nandm

Knowing the insanity and manageability that was present in my life while I was drinking and knowing that no matter how bad things get in sobriety that was worse and there is no hope for things to get better if I am drinking

wellwisher

Knowing that I can have all that pain and suffering back at any time, if I chose to pick up a drink.

Kjell

Living for a power greater than myself and the fact that I no longer live in fear and confusion any longer (which I didn't even know I was for soooooooo long).

I'm neither less than or greater than anymore. I just am

I sort of get it now. Life sort of makes sense.

Doesn't mean it's always easy or fair, but I don't view alcohol (and all the side effects) as a solution for anything in my life today.

Kjell~

BullDog777

my wife and daughter......and being able to sleep again is AWSOME!

Froglet

I'm trying to use job and health to keep myself to stay sober, but can't seem to even get an acceptable streak going.

Bikeguy

My wife and children.

oak

I'm much happier sober. My relationship with my partner is better. My career is much easier sober. My body feels better sober.

And I am afraid of how much alcohol takes over my life when I drink. No matter how much pain I feel when sober, I try to remember that it was worse when I was drinking.

I also think my life has a purpose/mission. I am sure I was not put here on earth to drink my life away.

bellakeller

I don't want to live life like a feral animal anymore and I want to be useful.

belac100

The thing that keeps me wanting sobriety is remebering how I felt when I was drinking. Not knowing why I couldn't stop. Not knowing anything about the disease of alcoholism. And the spiritual experience that I had when my Higher Power came into my life.

newwings

I've spent so long not knowing who I really am - or even not wanting to know the person I really am, so I want to continue waking up every morning, look at myself in the mirror and KNOW I am doing my best to find the likable person I used to be (who disappeared years ago).

rws177

First and foremost I don't want to die. Secondly I think I was put on this earth to do something far greater than drink.

Soberween

I look forward especially to the mornings in sobriety. Waking up with a clear head and a nice uninterrupted eight hours of sleep behind me. I'm also much more physically attractive without the wine.

Ranger

Peace.

firewalkwithme

as depressed and angry at life i get and how often i feel like giving up and caving in from everything, and as much as i feel like it'd be easier to just fade off...me picking up a drink means i'll end up dead eventually. i was lucky enough to be able to shy away from that after relapsing a few times in the past.

so, as cheesy/point blank as it may sound, being alive really. rock bottom for me was when the question was that easy - do you want to live or die?

Brette

I have a NEW normal. The NEW normal of sobriety. And though in the beginning (about 7 months ago) it took a while before I began to SLEEP through the night, NOW THAT'S the norm. Most EVERY night. That's BIG.

After a few nights without restful sleep, I'm a zombie... moody and weepy. And less productive.

I'm still counting days. And I'm still not perfect. But I'm definitely living a new normal.

BHF

I was told to "fast forward the tape" when the mental obsession to drink hit. Luckily, I've been able to do this. If I even consider it, I can think about the utter hell that I have put myself, my family and friends through in the past due to my drinking. I also know that if I do drink, I'll eventually end right back at that spot. That is a deterrent.

Motivators? Peace of mind, sense of self-worth, desire to be of use to others, belief in a power greater than myself, a desire to succeed in life...