5 reasons not to drink

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Looking for other people’s input here and I will add reasons too. Reasons big or small hopefully give us additional motivation.

  1. To help my anxiety
  2. To stop hurting people I love
  3. To lose weight
  4. To sleep better
  5. To not be constantly full of regret and guilt
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  1. Self respect
  2. Health
  3. Calm/quiet mind
  4. Stop hurting people I love
  5. Being truly awake
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To reduce resting heart rate
Feel better
To prevent alcohol related disease
To save money
To loose weight

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  1. Stay focused
  2. Lose weight
  3. Embrace my energy
  4. Revive my self respect
  5. Save money
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  1. To not die (5x)
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1 - to stop lying to myself
2 - to start assuming
3 - to lose weight
4 - to regain self esteem
5 - to love myself

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  1. To reduce anxiety/depression
  2. Take control of my life around me
  3. Be more present for my family
  4. Make meaningful relationships
  5. Get healthy & fit
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1 Stop embarrassing my self
2 Stop being a complete ass
3 Stop hurting family and friends
4 Stop slowly killing my self
5 Get back some self respect

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stay alive
build upon my spirituality
be good to others
enjoy life
remember my day

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  1. To work on dealing with my emotions, good and bad, as they are.
  2. To have relationships based on shared interests, not just a shared history of shitshows :joy:
  3. To appreciate situations for what they are. And be able to remember them.
  4. No more days wasted to hangovers.
  5. Not putting myself in vulnerable situations as a result of drunken decisions.
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  1. Have control over all my actions, every day
  2. Never wake up hungover
  3. Able to be present and better involved with my kids
  4. Able to discover the true me, work towards a better me
  5. Drive any time I want, workout whenever I want, do anything I want
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  1. Find out who I really am, not what it makes me
  2. To be a more present parent, friend, and daughter
  3. Financial reasons
  4. To be more healthy
  5. For my anxiety
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  1. safety
  2. sanity
  3. finances
  4. understanding
  5. trust
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  1. Find my true self again
  2. Be the best aunt/role model etc I can
  3. Protect myself. Always.
  4. Have memories
  5. Family
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  1. To start liking myself again
  2. To be the most present, loving, involved mother and wife I can possibly be.
  3. To never wake up physically or emotionally hungover again.
  4. To improve my health, mentally, physically and spiritually
  5. To never again have to know that I have driven while drunk.
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  1. I’m stopping now so my son never remembers me drunk.
  2. Full use of my intellect and talents
  3. Emotinal well being, self regulation
  4. Be able to connect with people
  5. Get my body to its ultimate potential.
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  1. To reclaim my time, instead of wasting it sleeping off a hangover.
  2. To stop making choices I’d never made sober.
  3. To have a more stable mental state (maybe, it’s still rough).
  4. To never drive drunk again.
  5. To not dull my senses.
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In no particular order:

  • Not having to deal with a hangover and withdrawals every day until I could get drunk again.
  • Be able to drive where I want and when and not being restricted because I had been drinking.
  • Not having to worry about what I said or did while drinking.
  • Being able to make plans and move towards my dream of opening my own school.
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1.) Alcohol is a cheat and a liar
2.) As a child I did just fine coping without it
3.) No more hangovers or sleepless nights
4.) Shame and embarrassment it brings
5.) My kids and I both deserve a sober me

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° No more hangovers
° To never feel self-hate and shame due to decisions made while under the influence that hurt my loved ones
°To not be a shitty human being
° Health of course
° Be the best me I can be

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