ElegantlyWasted

What are yours?

1) Jail really isn't that much fun...

2) Slower rate of accumulating scars on my body...

3) Much lower risk of killing people...

4) People like me..They really really like me!

5) Being sober all the time can actually be fun!

Astro

Hey EW, I'm happy to see another alkie from Phoenix here, hope you're enjoying today's extreme heat warning!

Let's see........

1. I'm not driving my kids around drunk today, endangering their lives as well as everyone else on the road. And I don't have to worry about DUI's.

2. Chances are pretty good that I won't **** off my fiancee today, or anyone else.

3. I won't lie to my partner, employer, friends, or family today.

4. I won't hate myself today.

5. There's a 99.9% percent chance that the AA meeting tonight will be awesome, and the weekend will be equally great. On second thought, it's pretty much guaranteed.

BKP

1. Don't feel like being a jackass, drunken A hole.
2. Not going to ruin my hardwork and others time invested in it.
3. Don't want to.
4. I Will comply to my recklessness of my mind.
5. Disapointment

mikel60

1. My wife and kids
2. My kids and wife.
3. My children and spouse.
4. Liz, Sheila, and Liam
5. My family

matt88

- No hangover, alcohol withdrawal, dt's ,etc
- minimized anxiety and other assorted psychological benefits
- less at risk for health problems
- time and energy previously spent revolving around alcohol now freed up to be spent on whatever activities and endeavours
- better communication with others and not just drunken rambling

keen2bclean

1. My kids.

2. Not waking up on and off thru-out the night in a startle..full of anxiety...heart racing, pacing around.

3. Not laying awake for hours feeling like I am losing my mind, making promise after promise not to do it again....trying to peice together things that have happened and been said the night before.

4. Not wasting the following day by being good for nothing...health!

5. Not feeling full of self-disgust, regret and shame.

Ago

1. Because every time I drink I break out in handcuffs
2. Because every time I drink I have an uncontrollable urge to run sh1t over with my car, like Phone Booths (my record is 15 in one night) (direct correlation between #2 and #1 but am still trying to puzzle it out)
3. Because my Penicillin Bill and medicated Shampoo bill with those little combs is prohibitively high when I drink, and people look at me funny when I am clawing at my crotch all the time.
4. Because I ran out of excuses why I needed Penicillin and those little combs in my relationship, and there was direct correlation between those and my nose getting broken over and over
5. Because last time I drank I ended up turning yellow, like really yellow and started blacking out regularly before my first shot even hit the bar after downing it, if I am going to kill myself drinking I want to be able to remember it.

Firehazard

1. bloody vodka *****, not fun---a yet

2. not fun anymore

3. want to grow as a person instead of
stay a 16yr old thirty five year old---brutal honesty

4. Don't want to let down my SR and AA friends

5. Can't stop once I start drinking---powerless

Ago

Got really good at "exit interviews"

Strangely enough am best friends with all my exes still from those days, they called me an "attractive nuisance" and thought I was funner then a barrel of monkeys to date but learned eventually "boyfriend material" I was not while drinking.

Wish I could have recorded some of the phone calls they got some mornings:

Honey I'm in Jail/Mexico/Florida/New Orleans/Houston/in Hurricane Andrew somewhere can you send money?

meo348241

1. Living life without regrets
2. my dog actually got out for his morning walk instead of peeing on the bed
3. taking the $ formerly spent watching the game at the bar and spending it on tickets
4. I can see a cop and not have a heart attack
5. I'll remember that I typed this in the morning and can check back for replies

donweezy

I have a million reasons to not use, and i think what every1 has posted is a great start

tommyk

I've simply had enough... enough is enough.

Dee74

1. I'm living not existing
2. I'm doing something, hopefully good, with my life
3. I'm the happiest and most content I've ever been
4. I'm a good partner to someone who really deserves it
5. I'm closer to being the man I always wanted to be

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Horselover

1. I'm living not existing
2. I'm doing something, hopefully good, with my life
3. I'm the happiest and most content I've ever been
4. I'm a good partner to someone who really deserves it
5. I'm closer to being the woman I always wanted to be

Lazy? Maybe, but I agree with all Mr. Dee said, but had to play with #5 a tad.

Dee74

LOL

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tallcactus

Top 5 reasons that I'm trying hard not to drink today:
(1) When my son told me, "Mom, I'm so proud of you."
(2) Getting my life back in order, ie, 'What I want' v/s 'What I do not and will not tolerate.'
(3) Love that natural high, Yes, it is there.
(4) Hated that selfish me. It is more about others and giving back today.
(5) More about focus and goals and what I need to complete. So tried of putting my dreams, (travel, saving, etc) on the back burner, just to escape, I will not hide behind alcohol!
Stay strong.
Thanks for this thread.

stephnc

Great lists. I give this thread an A+++++.

Seekingsobriety

Excellent thread guys. Awesome

chrissyeman

1. my kids already have one alcoholic parent. I need to stay sober so they don't have two.
2. sick of the shame.
3. physically feel better.
4. my kids...lily and angie.
5. my kids.

Dee74

Welcome to SR, Crissyeman!
You'll find a lot of support here

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