BD84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNQhuFL6CWg

"Your WHY has to be greater than the knockout"

I never made any progress until my Why not to drink was greater than my Why drink. Life is hard. Alcohol don't help. AV will tell you differently though.

My why is my happiness. I also never made any progress until my Why was for me and not others.

erin8

I don't want to die alone with a bottle.

tomsteve

What is your Why?

the pain of getting drunk had exceeded the pain of reality.

FreeOwl

My life is my why.

At first my why was fear of losing my children.

But as sobriety showed me what life IS....

My life became my why, every day.

Life is why..... it is such a gift. I don't want to throw it away.

BD84

Absolutely!!!

gettingsmarter

I'll third that!

PhoenixJ

I did get drunk and die alone with a bottle. 3 times. Life itself is why.

August252015

Why? I want to live. I had to choose a certain death by drinking (approx a year, 18 mo ahead at the point at which I chose to stop) or an uncertain future in sobriety. I didn't want to die- I was DONE drinking, for whatever combination of reasons aligned at just that time.

Best decision I ever made. Best life I could imagine is the one I have now.

Kazz84

Why is a great place to start, cant move forward without knowing where you coming from.

VigilanceNow

My why to drink? I didn't need a reason, which is scary. I drank when I was happy, sad, indifferent... Didn't matter. Alcoholism.

My why to not - all of yours are so great! Also agree that I couldn't do it for anyone else but myself. Drinking ruined too many things for me. Life is beautiful - we all deserve to live in it

mejorando

LOVE this post.

My ¨why¨ is because I´m a better _______ [everything]. Better brother, teacher, son, boyfriend, you name. Also, I like myself now.

ChloeRose63

Tired of being sick and tired.

Carpathia

Why was a realization my life had become a screenplay for "Groundhog Day" without the insight.

2ndhandrose

I didn't want to die a drunk.

Great thread

Nemi

My WHY to drink : relaxation, numb my anxiety (which is quite ironic) and "settle " my brain and thoughts.

My WHY not to drink : my family, mainly my young daughter. Want to cherish all the moments with her, and not be in a hungover, ****** state.
My economic future
My self-worth
My physical and mental health (which became much more fragile with me drinking).

Nowsthetime

I didn't want to be that person any more. That person was sick and at times gross. I wanted to make my life how I wanted it to be, so I work at it, everyday.

Life is amazing, even with its ups and downs.

Thanks for the post.

Mizzuno

Why?

I was not meant to live a life hungover with regret. I was not meant to drink until sick. I am not on this planet to waste away a beautiful life. I have learned what is meant for me and what is not meant for me. Alcohol is not meant for me. My health if far more important. My why's are endless.

Nonsensical

I can do anything I want.
Or I can drink.

kevlarsjal

My why is cause I can't have what I want (find my way out of my misery, finish studying, find nice work, have a functioning relationship, maybe have a family one day, find happiness and inner calm, deal with my past) if I drink.

It's because I want life and I can't have it when I drink.

The only moments when my desire to drink gets dangerously strong is when I don't want life any longer and give up on it.

PippoRossi

In order to find my true self, I had to stop looking for it at the bottom of a bottle.