macknacat

because the 'little' surrenders i make each day require far less pain than that first surrender.

because each time, every moment, every second i do not drink i am demonstrating that i love myself!

bostonluv

I don't need or want a drink today because I am finding a new way of life that is so much better without alcohol. I like being awake and getting things accomplished. I like my smile. And my character and my word means something to me now.

Shackles

I do not need a drink today because I'd rather participate in this thing called "life" instead.

Purplecatlover

I don't drink today b/c I am free & never want to go back to that hell again.

SnowDaisy

...because I don't need the calories.

wellwisher

because I went WAY OVER the credit limit on my party-hardy card. It took me years to slog through the wreckage of my behavior through tough recovery work and sweat equity, and now I have learned to live life on life's terms. I don't buy into the alcohol-solving-my-problems" myth anymore. I burnt my alcohol party-hardy card - the alcohol only provided temporary relief, and the "interest rates" were way too high.

What I have today is always enough, and I am grateful for it.

least

because i like being fully present in life and not in a drunken fog or sick as hell.

mattparadise

I do NOT need a drink today because I've made this amazing substance work for me instead of the other way around.

EasyRide

I don't need to drink today because I can't afford to loose the little bit of integrity these three sober weeks have bought me.