Lionhearted1

Because I want to see my daughters face tommorow morning when she opens all her presents without having the feeling i want to be dead because my hangover is consuming every part of my body and soul...

I won't drink new years eve because I don't want to wake up in a police cell wondering whether my new year will be one behind bars.....

Why aren't you drinking this holiday??????

mytime66

I'm not drinking because : I don't drink anymore. I definitely used to. But in order to be a better person, parent, husband, brother, and son. I needed to remove that from my life. Merry Christmas.

Windancer

I am not drinking this Christmas because Im not with the love of my life and his family this Christmas because of my drinking. I also do not want to ruin my family's Christmas by drinking, or my make mine any worse that it may be.

I am not drinking on New Years because I want 2013 to be just that...a new year. A new SOBER and healthy year.

tomsteve

i cant say i wont drink tomorrow, but im not drinking today because the problem with alcohol has been removed.

ultrabunny

I want to wake up on Boxing Day without a hangover and not feel the shame and depression I have had for the last 4 Christmases.

I want to change.

Gringo

Im not because I know I would do something stupid and wind up in jail.

Auvers

I am not drinking this Christmas season or any season because I quit. I want to experience my life sober instead of experiencing it through the veil of alcohol dependence.

Kevah

I'm not drinking today because I believe the desire has been taken away. Tomorrow, I hope I have the same reprieve and look forward to waking up without a hangover just like you

Joe Nerv

I am not drinking today because the thought of it hasn't even crossed my mind. And if it did, I wouldn't want to anyhow. I have a great life because I don't drink. My life was beyond horrible when I did drink. Happy Holidays everyone.

Natom

I'm not drinking this christmas or new year because I don't want to end up dead in a crackhouse somewhere.

Natom

Xune

I'm not drinking alcohol for the rest of my life.

Alcohol is a destructive force that is powerless over me, so long as I never have a first drink.

That is why I don't drink. Ever.

EternalQ

Because I don't drink alcohol.
(Thank you for this nice thread!)

Fandy

I'm not drinking this holiday season because;
I no longer need the HIGH DRAMA or depression from consuming alcohol....I would rather drink something that won't harm me.

Caledonia1

I do not drink alcohol anymore and detest even the smell of it now.

jsch

I'm an alcoholic

grandma12

Im not drinking because I want to remember watching my Grandkids open their gifts, for the first time in five years. We do our family Christmas on Christmas eve night, bu the time we get to open present im useally drunk ready to go to bed.not this year. Thank you God

mfanch

I'm not drinking because I don't need to. It doesn't even cross my mind.

usmc1141

Because i have never seen my 2 and 4 year old boys open their gifts sober.

Soberish

Because I don't want to, and no matter how awkward or uncomfortable it may be for me to be around family or people I haven't seen for a long time they can't take my sobriety from me. Feels good to know and say this.

Fernaceman

I am not drinking or using because I no longer have to.