Yes that is a big one for me. Children now are growing up in a Mummy needs wine culture, and alcohol being normalised. My children will remember me drinking, but hopefully will see me living a fulfilled life now and choose that path instead. I hid an awful lot from them as mostly an evening drinker so hopefully they won’t remember too much
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My reason is to break a cycle of familial disease and cruelty. I want to be a person I’m proud of, a fair person that does the right thing even if it doesn’t serve me superficially. I want to be the best version of me I can and to find joy in the abstract of normal life, rather than the laughter and too loud voice of one glass in… I was incredibly shy as a child, debilitatingly so. I drank to feel enough and like I fitted in. I want to find my true self and to push deep inside and see what that child loved, see if I can tell her not to worry so much.
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@tragic
this is so beautiful and spot on. i truly believe in you 
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I’m so sorry for your and their loss Sarahya. So heartbreaking. You brought tears to my eyes reading this. You got the best looking kids there. You are going to be the best mom for them ever. I’m glad you found us.
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Beautiful boys!! Boys that have a sober mom. I’m sorry about their dad. 
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I have 3 sweet beautiful kids. Almost 3, 7, 8 2 boys 1 little girl. i would cry knowing when i would take that hit off the foil it could be my last. It was the risk i was willing to take to get well. I did all the things i thought i would never do. I got clean and relapsed. Got clean again and now tomorrow is 6 months.
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6 months yahoo . That is a terrific feat
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Day 110.
I have some many reasons:
Life is one and I want to live longer and healthier.
I want to be more productive in my job.
I want to look good
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Hungover and living in a constant fog is not living. The feeling of waking up without a hangover is absolutely one of the best feelings ever! I am able to be myself now! My anxiety is so much less than it was when I was drinking. Why would I want to go back to that? My kids get the best version of me that I can be. I am an alcoholic and by admitting that and facing it I am showing them that it can be overcome.
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