- several good job I have no career path at the moment
- my mental health
- my family
-my moral compass
- my identity i have no idea of who I am and at 40 its so awful
- my health physically im destroyed going tru several kidney infections
- three suicide attempt
- a stay of 4 day at a mental hospital
- my marriage and the happiness of my spouse
- my sense of reality and self
- money
- opportunities
- care for my pets
- awful decision making and completely paralysis
- my reputation ( everybody knows I am a drunk and I know the looks)
- my will
- my enphaty i am a shell of a person and I don't give a F about anything
- my potential ( i could have been great you know)
- my self love I hate myself in a daily basis
- my life I have wasted so much time and di not made anything of myself
- my nice skin my hair my figure
- my body I use to be an athletic
- my peace
-my hope
-my faith (why did God let this happen to me?)
- my rationality
- my happiness
- the ability to have kids
- my friends
- anything social I am an introvert who like to drink alone
- it isolate me
- my own soul

so much more too

As a one word answer, I would say it took away my dignity. I could name other things, but without thinking it through, I think most of those others would be related to dignity.

Drinking ruined my relationship with my kids. :( So glad that we are getting along very well now. I really value their respect. :hug:

Everything but, I hope to get it back.

For me its taken the ability to experience pleasure while sober. Also my health and fitness

Doesn't matter.

I got it all back and more in sobriety.

And I'm staying that way.

Alcohol took away many things from me.

-My ability to see that I had severe issued with depression/anxiety
-My understanding of my emotions
-My ability to be present and mindful
-My career (good riddance it was beverage)
-My money - I used it to "buy" friendships with people who used me
-My body (I gave myself away too freely when drunk and felt so much shame the next day)
-My time with family
-My 20's - I wish I went to college, had normal friends and experiences
-My youth
-My marriage (he couldn't deal with having a wife who couldn't care about him enough to stop or control herself) - this is my biggest regret
-My energy to do my favorite things
-My fitness ( getting back on it!)
-Trust from people I know

I don't blame alcohol for the things I've lost or missed out on I blame myself.
Onwards and upwards.

​​​​​​I feel the same way

Alcohol didn't take anything from me. I gave it away to be with alcohol.

Good point!

I would have to say that I surrendered my freedom for alcohol. I love the ability to wake up and treat everyday as an adventure. Quite hard to do if you are looking for a drink or fighting a hangover.

Too much to list
 

I'm so very sorry you were betrayed and abused. :(

Congratulations on 6 years of sobriety.

Welcome to SR. I'm happy you're here. :)

Directly, indirectly or, as a result of the alcoholic lifestyle alcohol has taken my father, two uncles, a cousin and, it’s starting to look like a brother in a short amount of time.

It won’t take me!

Personality
Hobbies
Social life
Career prospects
Relationships

Quite a devastating list and thats just for starters

It took my youth I started drinking heavily at 12. I never developed social skills mine are horrible to this day.

My innocence

Same for me and then some.

Alcohol robbed me of the ability to interact normally with people. Alcoholism robbed me of the ability to interact at all.