butchville

well for me i just wanted my life back as i felt alcohol was slowy taking everything away from me so i had to stop it as i had to much to lose like my woman ,,my job,,and the house ,,thank god i have stopped and good luck to everyone on here :praying

penny74

Because otherwise l would be sleeping on a park bench stealing wine from shops, and be dead soon.
Without friends or family, because they were sick of me as well, being the way l was.

Samuel Johnson
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Itsmytime

To be free from anxiety and the feeling of dread the next day...

KenL

I have a lot of sub-reasons for not drinking but the single over-riding purpose for my sobriety is to be the person I have wanted to be for so long. I am more confident in myself, I exercise regularly, I read more, I sleep better, I eat better, etc., etc.

I think that quitting drugs and drinking is just about the only purely selfish thing we can do that actually benefits the ones we love.

tommyk

It was time.

When I tried to control my drinking I didn't enjoy it.

When I tried to enjoy my drinking I couldn't control it.

Bamboozle

My life is falling apart.

readyforhelp

I had stopped functioning. Couldn't make it to work anymore. Depression and anxiety engulfed me.

Fubarcdn

I stopped because my wife told me to either quit or get out. She is more important so I quit.

adore79

Health, legal, work and family matters.

least

Because I didn't want to be miserable every day until alcohol finally killed me.

Maggot4Life

I stopped because I cannot control the amount I drink, tried moderating to only weekends but then on the weekends I would just make up for lost time and go overboard and then feel way worse. Then I would go back to old ways and drink every night. I also felt depressed and had little energy after a night of drinking

Taking5

Great thread. I identify with every single post here. So I guess I am an "all of the above" guy.

Maggot4Life

Same here, I can totally relate to every single post in this thread

Missymae737

My drinking of thirty years with several years of sobriety took me to a place I never thought would happen to me...A DUI convinced me that my time was up...NOT because of the DUI, but because I hit two parked cars with a family in one of those cars...I could have killed someone and that still haunts me to this day...

I relapsed after seventeen months and for two days I stayed in my bedroom and drank so that I could passout and not FEEL...What kind of existence is that?

I really feel like I have no other options, that if there is a next time of relapse, I may not come back to sobriety...

flutter

Alcohol got in the way of the rest of my life, and now that I've removed it from the equation everything else is wonderful and exciting. Ahh relief!

micwush

My life was spiraling out of control. I was afraid I wouldn't wake up after the next binge. And my husband reached the end of his rope with me. I still have a lot to live for and was on the verge of losing it all.

coffeenut

Because I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.

And, it was time to grow up.

Thank you for this thread.

Mattcake

My addiction was destroying me - all aspects of my life. My mental health was the most distressing aspect but, after a handful of drunken accidents that could have easily killed me, I decided to begin my recovery.

Hevyn

I, too, was afraid to fall asleep because I might not wake up. I was terrified at the total loss of control I had in the end, the round-the-clock drinking. I think it was the day I walked against gale force winds to get to the liquor store blocks away. I couldn't even see from the rain and wind, yet there I was, trudging up the street for my anesthesia. Pathetic.

Antone

I missed a day of work due to a hangover. It's a new job and very important to me and I couldn't believe I did that. It may not sound like some horror show bottom but it really disturbed me. I decided that was it. I didn't want a lower bottom than that. That was 33 days ago and I'm still in sobriety.