ippochick

because my husband is beginning to tell me how stressed he was around my drinking. because my daughter looks as though the weight of the world has been lifted from her shoulders, at age 13.

because i only have one other option, and that is death. i'm not nearly ready yet.

bloss

Because when I drink, I lose myself

dripdry

Because I don't want to be responsible for someone dying, ever again.

DG0409

Because the 0409 in my username is for my quit date and things just wouldn't be right if I had to change it.

BriteBabyBlue

I never want my daughter and son to see me drink again. I want them to learn to deal with all life throws at us, or has to offer, without numbing themselves with alcohol or drugs. I want to be a good example to them.

Dollyangel17

Because my husband and daughter are counting on me for their happiness, AND because I am counting on me for my happiness!

EternalQ

Because I couldn't look at myself in the mirror.

ClimbHigh

Because life is too precious and I've already wasted so much of it, I need to make what's left count and be grateful for what I have.

DG0409

Because I've already spent enough of my life drinking and doing drugs. It's time to try new things.

Vandermast

because my life is far better without it and i do not want to die in the gutter

EternalQ

I won't let myself relapse because God gave me a chance and I'm not throwing it away.

afloatsober

Because i have been told i will die and i am worth recovevry......
GX

UnixBer

because when I quit I decided that alcohol has no more use in my life. It can only cause further harm, and that is the reality of it. Going against this logic would be insanity.

upandup

Because there is enough hurt in the world
I don't need to add to it

Threshold

I will never let myself relapse because I read all the stories here of people in early recovery and I just don't have the energy to go through that misery again. It's not worth the trouble.

Krodos

....Because I know where that road leads.

lorelei

my life is only just beginning at 30(plus)

SkyeSea

I'm with you on that one - don't EVER want to go through that first week of hell, again x

sillysuzanfree

I think about wine sometimes when it's afternoon and I have achieved all I need to for the day...then it's very simple. I think about how I will feel the next day and how it will mess up all of my plans and obligations for the coming week...and that's a best case scenario!

SnowDawg

Because I couldn't live to tell about the withdrawal if I did it all over again.