Your Top 5 Reasons to Stay Clean
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: las vegas nv
Posts: 180
Your Top 5 Reasons to Stay Clean
What are your top five reasons to stay clean and sober?
MINE:
1. Mosty importantly for ME and my life back
2. For my daughter
3. I want more money already
4. No more secrets
5. For my health
Please post yours.
MINE:
1. Mosty importantly for ME and my life back
2. For my daughter
3. I want more money already
4. No more secrets
5. For my health
Please post yours.
bona fido dog-lover
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,783
For my own well being.
For my dogs, so I can monitor their health and behavior better.
For my dogs, so I can give them the loving care they need and deserve.
For my dogs, because they love me and deserve my best love in return.
For my dogs.
For my dogs, so I can monitor their health and behavior better.
For my dogs, so I can give them the loving care they need and deserve.
For my dogs, because they love me and deserve my best love in return.
For my dogs.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Cary, NC
Posts: 715
To live a fulfilling life.
To reconnect with family and friends.
For my physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
To develop empathy and connection with others.
To be happy with what I have and not always crave 'more.'
To reconnect with family and friends.
For my physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
To develop empathy and connection with others.
To be happy with what I have and not always crave 'more.'
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ
Posts: 20,458
1. for my health and weight...(do you KNOW how many empty sugar calories are in wine???? mind-boggling)!
2. I prefer coffee/breakfast over heaving,barfing.headaches
3. good, restful sleep, not passed out unconscious
4. no swollen face, eyes, htn....BP is normal and so is my HR
5. less depression and anxiety
6. better performance both at work and in my personal life.
2. I prefer coffee/breakfast over heaving,barfing.headaches
3. good, restful sleep, not passed out unconscious
4. no swollen face, eyes, htn....BP is normal and so is my HR
5. less depression and anxiety
6. better performance both at work and in my personal life.
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: London, England
Posts: 211
For my sanity and peace of mind
For my boyfriend, my Mum and my future children or dogs (depending on which way that one goes!)
For my health, my weight and my longer life
For other addicts and being able to help them one day
For my career, my bank account and my security
For my boyfriend, my Mum and my future children or dogs (depending on which way that one goes!)
For my health, my weight and my longer life
For other addicts and being able to help them one day
For my career, my bank account and my security
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ
Posts: 20,458
I completely forgot to mention the financial part...I am saving over $200. a month that I used to spend on alcohol....now, since May, i take that $$ and apply it to the principal amount of my mortgage...(it makes me feel good mentally that I can do this and not fritter it away).
SR Fan
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 7,910
1. To love myself and others again
2. To learn to appreciate the little things in life
3. To help others deal with this horrible disease
4. To get healthy in body, mind and soul
5. To be a good role model for my children
2. To learn to appreciate the little things in life
3. To help others deal with this horrible disease
4. To get healthy in body, mind and soul
5. To be a good role model for my children
Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: northern ireland
Posts: 83
for my health
to become more sociable and friendly
to save for a better future
to find my true self and regain my self pride
so i can one day settle down and be a good father and perfect husband to my wife and kids
to become more sociable and friendly
to save for a better future
to find my true self and regain my self pride
so i can one day settle down and be a good father and perfect husband to my wife and kids
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: TX
Posts: 542
1. To no longer be a slave to alcohol
2. To be the father my children deserve
3. To stay fit and healthy
4. To be the sibling & son my family deserves
5. So I do not have to call my sponser and tell him I had a slip...lol
2. To be the father my children deserve
3. To stay fit and healthy
4. To be the sibling & son my family deserves
5. So I do not have to call my sponser and tell him I had a slip...lol
12-Step Recovered Alkie
Join Date: May 2010
Location: West Bloomfield, MI
Posts: 5,797
1. To be able to live the life the God of my (mis)understanding wants me to life.
2. See #1
3. Because it makes me feel good about myself - which generally makes me happy
4. Because living the way I was, prior to sobriety, had me contemplating suicide and it started making sense.
5. Because I was sick and tired of constantly doing things I didn't want to be doing.
2. See #1
3. Because it makes me feel good about myself - which generally makes me happy
4. Because living the way I was, prior to sobriety, had me contemplating suicide and it started making sense.
5. Because I was sick and tired of constantly doing things I didn't want to be doing.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Posts: 645
What a great thread!
1) To prove to myself that im as strong as I ever have been
2) Less stress, anxiety, and financial problems
3) To change societys view of such a ridiculous substance most people have some kind of habit with.....one drinker at a time.
4) Because life is happier, safer and more productive this way.
5) Dealing with lifes problems sober is a lot more fulfilling. Im getting my confidence in myself back - revert to #1.
1) To prove to myself that im as strong as I ever have been
2) Less stress, anxiety, and financial problems
3) To change societys view of such a ridiculous substance most people have some kind of habit with.....one drinker at a time.
4) Because life is happier, safer and more productive this way.
5) Dealing with lifes problems sober is a lot more fulfilling. Im getting my confidence in myself back - revert to #1.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Posts: 58
Here it goes:
1. I won't have to have that awful feeling in my stomach when my wife says, "Do you remember what you did (said) last night?"
2. I won't have to go through the undignifying task of making up excuses for not coming to work that everyone with a lick of sense knows aren't true.
3. I won't have to make up an excuse to my six-year old as to why daddy couldn't get out of bed until 1:00 in the afternoon and he doesn't feel well enough to do anything now that he's up.
4. I won't have experiences like this past Sunday when I open up my wallet and find $120 in bar bills that I can't afford on the American Express card.
5. I won't have high blood pressure and heartburn so bad that I literally feel like it's buring a hole right through my chest.
And I've been doing this crap for 24-1/2 years. I'm either dumber than the day is long or I'm really sick.
1. I won't have to have that awful feeling in my stomach when my wife says, "Do you remember what you did (said) last night?"
2. I won't have to go through the undignifying task of making up excuses for not coming to work that everyone with a lick of sense knows aren't true.
3. I won't have to make up an excuse to my six-year old as to why daddy couldn't get out of bed until 1:00 in the afternoon and he doesn't feel well enough to do anything now that he's up.
4. I won't have experiences like this past Sunday when I open up my wallet and find $120 in bar bills that I can't afford on the American Express card.
5. I won't have high blood pressure and heartburn so bad that I literally feel like it's buring a hole right through my chest.
And I've been doing this crap for 24-1/2 years. I'm either dumber than the day is long or I'm really sick.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 780
wow, this is harder then I thought
1) for my health.
2) for my family and loved ones, GF, kids, parents, and even Xwife.
3) to be the person I want to be with out beer.
4) to be truthful, because so many people already thing I am
5) So that I dont have to start over again this time
Day 24
1) for my health.
2) for my family and loved ones, GF, kids, parents, and even Xwife.
3) to be the person I want to be with out beer.
4) to be truthful, because so many people already thing I am
5) So that I dont have to start over again this time
Day 24
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Toronto
Posts: 318
My top 5 reasons to stay clean and sober:
1. I like that my life is no longer spiralling out of control.
2. I am no longer paranoid that everyone is judging my drinking and partying.
3. I am healthier because I am taking better care of myself.
4. I don't worry about losing my job or my house due to alcohol abuse.
5. Overall I feel better about myself - I look better, have more respect for myself, and I am taking my life more serious these days.
1. I like that my life is no longer spiralling out of control.
2. I am no longer paranoid that everyone is judging my drinking and partying.
3. I am healthier because I am taking better care of myself.
4. I don't worry about losing my job or my house due to alcohol abuse.
5. Overall I feel better about myself - I look better, have more respect for myself, and I am taking my life more serious these days.
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