Reasons to Quit
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 469
Reasons to Quit
1. I won't have to apologize anymore.
2. I won't be broke anymore.
3. I don't like who I am when I drink.
4. I don't have to worry about getting a DWI.
5. I don't have to lie anymore when I say that I don't drink.
6. I won't feel like crap.
7. I don't have to back track the following morning to figure out what I did, where I went, who I called, how much money I spent, etc.
8. My head will be clearer and I'll feel better physically.
9. I will be a better wife and mother.
10. I won't have to plan my day around booze.
11. I will have more self respect.
I'll keep adding to this list. If anyone wants to add anything feel free!
Today is my Day 1 (again).
2. I won't be broke anymore.
3. I don't like who I am when I drink.
4. I don't have to worry about getting a DWI.
5. I don't have to lie anymore when I say that I don't drink.
6. I won't feel like crap.
7. I don't have to back track the following morning to figure out what I did, where I went, who I called, how much money I spent, etc.
8. My head will be clearer and I'll feel better physically.
9. I will be a better wife and mother.
10. I won't have to plan my day around booze.
11. I will have more self respect.
I'll keep adding to this list. If anyone wants to add anything feel free!
Today is my Day 1 (again).
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 97
12. 3-6 more hours every day
13. Mornings are fun again
14. No more disorganized thoughts and confusion
15. No more drunk texting, facebooking, etc.
16. Metabolic health restored
17. All relationships are so much better
18. Home is cleaner
19. Food is cleaner
13. Mornings are fun again
14. No more disorganized thoughts and confusion
15. No more drunk texting, facebooking, etc.
16. Metabolic health restored
17. All relationships are so much better
18. Home is cleaner
19. Food is cleaner
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 469
20. I will likely lose weight because when I drink, I eat everything in sight.
21. I won't die in my sleep from alcohol and trazodone.
22. My son deserves more of me. My husband deserves more of me.
21. I won't die in my sleep from alcohol and trazodone.
22. My son deserves more of me. My husband deserves more of me.
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posts: 28,668
23 Instead of devoting many hours in planning drinking and looking sober- I can take my life off hold and being sober get on with living, not just existing
support and prayers to you sec.
support and prayers to you sec.
Blue Belt
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Soberville, USA
Posts: 4,174
secret,
This is my new mantra...
28. high blood pressure
29. physically weak man
30. poor sleep
31. sickly
I say it like this...blood pressure, weak, sleep, sick...over and over.
Whatever works and by any means necessary I will stay clean.
Thanks.
This is my new mantra...
28. high blood pressure
29. physically weak man
30. poor sleep
31. sickly
I say it like this...blood pressure, weak, sleep, sick...over and over.
Whatever works and by any means necessary I will stay clean.
Thanks.
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,122
33. Won't have to 'rotate' stores I frequent for more booze.
34. Won't have to choke down nasty boxed wine because its the only booze I can easily afford and hide.
35. Won't have to listen to store owner's commentary on my consumption as they sell more booze to me.
34. Won't have to choke down nasty boxed wine because its the only booze I can easily afford and hide.
35. Won't have to listen to store owner's commentary on my consumption as they sell more booze to me.
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 2
"Getting Bigger Each Day"
1. I won't have to apologize anymore.
2. I won't be broke anymore.
3. I don't like who I am when I drink.
4. I don't have to worry about getting a DWI.
5. I don't have to lie anymore when I say that I don't drink.
6. I won't feel like crap.
7. I don't have to back track the following morning to figure out what I did, where I went, who I called, how much money I spent, etc.
8. My head will be clearer and I'll feel better physically.
9. I will be a better wife and mother.
10. I won't have to plan my day around booze.
11. I will have more self respect.
I'll keep adding to this list. If anyone wants to add anything feel free!
Today is my Day 1 (again).[/QUOTE]
1. I won't have to apologize anymore.
2. I won't be broke anymore.
3. I don't like who I am when I drink.
4. I don't have to worry about getting a DWI.
5. I don't have to lie anymore when I say that I don't drink.
6. I won't feel like crap.
7. I don't have to back track the following morning to figure out what I did, where I went, who I called, how much money I spent, etc.
8. My head will be clearer and I'll feel better physically.
9. I will be a better wife and mother.
10. I won't have to plan my day around booze.
11. I will have more self respect.
I'll keep adding to this list. If anyone wants to add anything feel free!
Today is my Day 1 (again).[/QUOTE]
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Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 5,169
Originally Posted by Broncosys 
We should compile the list and publish it!!! Secretchord gets the profits.
It might be good for laugh, even if it doesn't allow obviously silly answers. Mostly, I'd be curious to see reasons to drink. Here's one I would have put on the drink list at one time, although it would no longer be there: "Drinking is required at weddings/funerals to fully participate."
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 8,674
There's only one answer for "reasons to drink" - because I am an alcoholic.
Not sure if we are at 36 or 12??
12. Beautiful skin
13 My amazing, sweet, husband who is also in recovery
14 a Board Member position on a non-profit that works for recovery in the restaurant industry.
15 Parents and a brother who love me, and LIKE me again
16 Being present for my step kids
17 Legible handwriting
18 I won't die thanks to alcohol
Those are just a few of the reasons I quit and will not drink again.
Not sure if we are at 36 or 12??
12. Beautiful skin
13 My amazing, sweet, husband who is also in recovery
14 a Board Member position on a non-profit that works for recovery in the restaurant industry.
15 Parents and a brother who love me, and LIKE me again
16 Being present for my step kids
17 Legible handwriting
18 I won't die thanks to alcohol
Those are just a few of the reasons I quit and will not drink again.
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,408
Originally Posted by DriGuy
I'd like to see a two column list, one column for "Reasons to quit," and the other for "Reasons to drink." It would be strictly for alcoholics, not normies. But not silly reasons like, "I like to miss work because of a hangover." I mean honest reasons an alcoholic should drink (or quit).
It might be good for laugh, even if it doesn't allow obviously silly answers. Mostly, I'd be curious to see reasons to drink. Here's one I would have put on the drink list at one time, although it would no longer be there: "Drinking is required at weddings/funerals to fully participate."
It might be good for laugh, even if it doesn't allow obviously silly answers. Mostly, I'd be curious to see reasons to drink. Here's one I would have put on the drink list at one time, although it would no longer be there: "Drinking is required at weddings/funerals to fully participate."
They have a 4 quadrant pros/cons list as follows
Advantages of drinking
Disadvantages of drinking
Advantages of quitting
Disadvantages of quitting
By the time you're done with all 4, read down each list in that order and when you get to the end, you'll be scratching your head wonder why it is you ever drank in the first place.
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