What made you stop or consider stopping alcohol?
 

I've had many downfalls as a result of drinking. I've been arrested multiple times, was suicidal,survived alcohol poisoning, and was physically abusive towards the people I love.

Through all the ups and downs my mother was there . It was only until she told me that she had given up and would no longer enable me. Some classic intervention **** actually saved me.

What was yours?

I didn't know I was going to stop. I was insane, no clear or reasonable thought was in my head when I literally ran out on my old life. I had started praying a month prior for God to remove everyone and everything that had anything to do with the hell I was in. One day I ran out of my apartment and drove off..........I didn't look back. That was 2 years ago today. It wasn't my doing at all, this sobriety of mine was all Gods plan.

I stopped because (1) my family confronted me about how awful I get when I drink which I don't remember because I blackout, and (2) the hangovers in the morning that were causing anxiety and depression.

Welcome sweettha - glad you're here :)

I nearly died. That fear was enough to get me started.

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Sick & tired of feeling sick & tired. The booze actually stopped working for me years ago but I was so addicted I couldn't stop.

Thank you for sharing this, this was exactly how it was for me too.

Same. I was either hungover, drunk or asleep. The hangovers were unbearable so I decided to stop drinking simply because I never want a hangover, ever, ever, again. The fun was totally gone too.

most recently? waking up in a bush screaming at the neighbors after downing a bottle of rum and beating the crud out of my knuckles using the walls of my parent's house.

My son. He admitted to me that he had developed a daily drinking habit that was affecting his relationship with his fiancée. After much soul searching I realized that I had some unhealthy drinking habits as well, and I decided to quit drinking so that I could be the sober role model that he needed. I initially quit because of him; however I now choose sobriety each and every day because it's the best thing that I can do for myself. In hindsight sobriety has made such an amazing difference in my life that I regret not doing it sooner.

for me it is at the point where my health is really on the line...I am not hurting anyone but me....but I would be in real trouble if I kept on sloshing down the beer until I couldn't take another drop....my insides cannot take it anymore.

My stomach started hurting and that made me question my drinking habits.
Turns out, you can't drink like an idiot for 15 years without some repercussions.

Went to E.R. for panic attack...left waiting room before being seen. went straight from hospital to the bar = 3 day bender

I was so tired of waking up feeling like hell and hating myself. :(

^ this AND i knew it was killing me. KNEW it for a FACT.

I changed me.

I was ashamed of being a dead hypocrite--and I was under tremendous pressure from my family.

I had known for a while that I had a problem and I was just a miserable person. I had tried to quit a few times but to no avail. The I had a freakout, like a reality star diva night after a few too many at a Christmas party and that was it. I was done.

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Admitting i was alcoholic

Trying constantly to get sober and stay sober kept landing on my arse

Woke up one morning and said enough and i stayed sober

Today i am 16 months sober

Looming death.

I was told I would no longer have a job if I continued to arrive at work in the morning half in the bag but I was unable to leave the house in the morning unless I drank first.

Rock => me <= Hard Place

(or if you are a Big Book fan

Scylla => me <= Charybdis

:) )