Would you drink if you wete terminal?
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Originally Posted by melki 
I read the original post and started pondering "really, why not..." and then even getting EXCITED about the idea. Whoa! How sick is this???
It is completely ruthless and amoral in pursuing its agenda.
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Early in sobriety I probably would have answered 'yes' to this- if I knew I had only a short time left, why not drink? But as my sober time grows I can see my drinking years so clearly and they were awful. Why make my last days a repeat of the misery I endured for 25 years? I would want to spend my last hours as clear headed as I could, living to the fullest as long as possible.
As others have said, we are all "terminal". We're all mortal and destined to die one day. So either nothing matters or everything matters. Honestly, I think we all make that choice for ourselves. I choose to think that everything matters so I choose sobriety.
As others have said, we are all "terminal". We're all mortal and destined to die one day. So either nothing matters or everything matters. Honestly, I think we all make that choice for ourselves. I choose to think that everything matters so I choose sobriety.
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I do not drink. Regardless of if I had 1 day or 1year or 10 years left. I am a non drinker. I gave up Cigarettes and I am a non-smoker. Drinking or smoking would not add to the quality of the time I have left on this planet. 
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Originally Posted by fini
ah, dear Norheast, I know I'm going to die. I am quite, quite terminal. as are you.
all the more reason to spend my time soberly!
is there more to lose than you realize?
for me there is. 'losing' sobriety, I'd lose myself all over again. lose my integrity.my peace. my real life.
all the more reason to spend my time soberly!
is there more to lose than you realize?
for me there is. 'losing' sobriety, I'd lose myself all over again. lose my integrity.my peace. my real life.
I never want to return to that life. Ever.
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Another solid no. Others above have said many of my own reasons why....
I'm too blessed to drink again. I have said many times I am not going to die because of alcohol and continuing to drink. I cannot undo the past nor shut the door on it- so whatever alcohol did to my body is done- but I know I am a survivor now. I won't be wasting a minute of it in any other "life."
I also know that my spiritual path is taking me where I am supposed to go, here and after death. I am not supposed to mess with the timing of anything. I can contribute to the state I am in when, though.
I'm too blessed to drink again. I have said many times I am not going to die because of alcohol and continuing to drink. I cannot undo the past nor shut the door on it- so whatever alcohol did to my body is done- but I know I am a survivor now. I won't be wasting a minute of it in any other "life."
I also know that my spiritual path is taking me where I am supposed to go, here and after death. I am not supposed to mess with the timing of anything. I can contribute to the state I am in when, though.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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No from me too.
The very last thing I want in my life is to die a drunk, all would have been for nought.
No one can escape death, so I'm doing death sober. I want to be conscious of my life before it slips away forever. Death is not a relapse....
Besides, why would I do something I hate?
The very last thing I want in my life is to die a drunk, all would have been for nought.
No one can escape death, so I'm doing death sober. I want to be conscious of my life before it slips away forever. Death is not a relapse....
Besides, why would I do something I hate?
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No way, I love being sober.
My husband has terminal illness caused by drinking and smoking. He is drinking heavily. I don't think is helping him at all.
Also it is making it harder for me and family members to deal with his illness.
My husband has terminal illness caused by drinking and smoking. He is drinking heavily. I don't think is helping him at all.
Also it is making it harder for me and family members to deal with his illness.
Last edited by LeeJane; 12-26-2016 at 06:07 AM. Reason: added
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Can this question be answered realistically? It's nice to see all the firm "no" answers of course. I honestly have no idea what I would do if I were, for example, in a lot of physical pain or not at my full mental capacity. I have seen some people terminally ill in their last months, weeks and days and am not sure it can be expected that we evaluate and decide things the same way. Far too unpredictable.
One thing I think I can realistically say is that if I were to pick up the drink, I would likely make myself terminal sooner rather than later.
One thing I think I can realistically say is that if I were to pick up the drink, I would likely make myself terminal sooner rather than later.
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