I did not drink today although I'm not 100% sure how I was able to say no to the bosses wife twice!

...because I like being able to walk to the bathroom vs crawling on my hands and knees because I'm too loaded to walk.

..Because its my neices 21st birthday and she needs me hey!!

...because I have a greater :D desire to control the direction of my life that give those controls back over to drugs.

I will not drink today because my depression is finally bearable and the last thing I need is drinking a depressant!!

... because I finally remember there's a nice girl inside me who tries to do the right thing and usually gets her work done on time. She was MIA for quite a while.

I will not drink tonight because I'm enjoying the film High Fidelity and the music jokes and references would go over my head if I wasn't sober.

Because I don't want to lose my keys, my mobile or my money.

Because I didn't drink yesterday and I got a lot of stuff done and I feel better today than I did yesterday and I want to feel even better tomorrow than today.

Because I had the first drinking dream in months last night, it was awful, I never want to have a drinking reality again.

... because I'm having an excellent weekend on a field trip. I'd hate to be hungover for an 8-hour hike tomorow. West Texas, here I come!

because yesterday was the first day in 3 months that I went to the gym, played tennis with my son and watched a movie at night with my family, fabulous.

Because my daughter and I have bought all the ingredients to make a really nice pie for dinner and I don't want to be drunk whilst we are making it (she is only 5).

Because I just carved my first Jack-O-Lantern in years and now I am going to do a painting of it:-)

I will not drink today because:


I'm too happy to make myself sick and sad.

I don't want to drink.

I can't afford the cost (in every sense) of drinking.

because I saw a terribly depressing movie (Pushing Tin) about air traffic controllers and the last thing I need now is a depressant.

Because I have already done a ton of stuff this morning at work and was genuinely able to tell a colleague when asked about my weekend that I had a 'GREAT' weekend (and not great in the sense of 'I had a great weekend - sub-text - 'I can't really remember because I was so drunk'' and I want to carry on having great days.

...because having an extraordinary and delicately refined mind is impossible when constantly washing it with toxins.

Totally - one of the things I was *hating* about being drunk is my losing of memories - simple stuff that is really important for my job and my life. I have not rebuilt enough neuron links back yet to really improve it, but at least sober I can remember the last few days.

Because drinking wont solve anything.