What made you stop or consider stopping alcohol?
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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?
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?
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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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
)
Rock => me <= Hard Place
(or if you are a Big Book fan
Scylla => me <= Charybdis
)
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