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    #1

    Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

    Here is a pro/con list of not drinking. Feel free to add to the list if you like.

    Pros
    No hangovers
    No regrets
    Having fun the day after and day of
    Being in control of one self
    Not waking up and not remembering how you/I got home.
    Not going crazy and saying/doing something that I regret the next day
    Being able to drive friends home and not get arrested
    Loving one self
    Not wishing that you didn't drink last night
    Being true to one self
    Save money
    Save time the next day
    Save my liver and my health
    Being able to help others quit drinking







    Cons
    Feel left out while others appear to have a good time.
    Not being able to get crazy
    Last edited by DriftyAlison0; July 28, 2018, 01:57 PM.
    I quit drinking on March 8, 2020. Taking it One Day At A Time and no more taking my quit for granted.

    Also doing it for me. I got to stay sober for me.

    Just consecrate on today and do what you can to remain sober for today and worry about staying sober tomorrow, tomorrow.
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    #2
    Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

    Pros:

    Starting new projects.
    Finishing things/projects i started.
    Following through with my word.
    Slowly regaining a little self respect

    'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

    Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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      #3
      Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

      Pros:

      Not falling down and wondering the next day where all of the bruises came from!

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        #4
        Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

        Pro: Being able to wake up and not fear getting sick.
        Not being tired all day and waste the day away.

        I am going to be using this list for when I want to drink to remind myself why I no longer want to drink.
        I quit drinking on March 8, 2020. Taking it One Day At A Time and no more taking my quit for granted.

        Also doing it for me. I got to stay sober for me.

        Just consecrate on today and do what you can to remain sober for today and worry about staying sober tomorrow, tomorrow.

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          #5
          Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

          Not waking up at 3 am, sweaty and full of guilt, remorse and shame.. those ugly GSR brothers
          Being able to trust myself again
          Being able to look others straight in the eye and to look at myself in the mirror
          Gaining endless amounts of time!
          Being someone my girls can be proud of and being able to give them honest advice
          Better skin, a genuine smile..

          Great to see you back here, Alison!

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            #6
            Not seeing the pain and sadness in Bubba’s face when I come home drunk again
            Quitting and staying quit isn't easy, its learning a whole new way of thinking. It's accepting a new way of life, and not just accepting it, embracing it...
            Worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. Just get through today. Tomorrow will look after itself when it becomes today, because today is all we have to think about.
            Friendship is not about how many friends you have or who you've known the longest. It's about who walked into your life, said "I'm here for you", and proved it.

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              #7
              Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

              Getting a job promotion as i am way more competent sober.
              Being there for my children 24/7
              Knowing i can go somewhere and get home again.
              Remembering what i do each and every day.
              Forgiving my past and moving on with my future
              Being able to look in the mirror and love what i see (not the wrinkles though my eyesight is not as good as it was)
              AF free 1st December 2013 - 1st December 2022 - 9 years of freedom

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                #8
                Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

                Originally posted by DriftyAlison0 View Post


                Cons
                Feel left out while others appear to have a good time.
                Not being able to get crazy

                I love your lists and so glad that you are doing this.
                I just wanted to make a little comment - I have felt left out too but the truth is that I don't think they appear to be having that much fun after a few rounds. I have seen the way it looks and I'm glad I don't look like that anymore.
                And, I have found out that can get crazy when I'm sober. And I can even remember it the next day.

                Hang in there. :hug:
                "Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.".....Carol Burnett
                ..........
                AF - 7-27-15

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                  #9
                  Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

                  I'm removing the word should from my list, dislike that word.
                  I used the Sinclair Method to beat my alcoholic drinking.

                  Drank within safe limits for almost 2 years

                  AF date 22/07/13

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                    #10
                    Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

                    Pro
                    Can go run out in an emergency and not have to worry about going to the vet clinic drunk/hungover
                    Being able to play games and fully enjoy them.
                    Not counting down the minutes or worrying about not having enough drinks/time to get drunk.
                    No regrets.
                    Having fun while the drunk ones start to feel miserable.
                    Not being cut off.
                    Not getting too drunk.
                    Not waking up in jail after a drunk arrest
                    Not killing anyone driving drunk (would never do this drunk but still adding it)
                    Not feeling bad for the rest of your life for not hurting/killing someone.
                    Not wishing that you were sober. Or that you were someone who wasn't drinking.
                    Last edited by DriftyAlison0; July 30, 2018, 08:06 PM.
                    I quit drinking on March 8, 2020. Taking it One Day At A Time and no more taking my quit for granted.

                    Also doing it for me. I got to stay sober for me.

                    Just consecrate on today and do what you can to remain sober for today and worry about staying sober tomorrow, tomorrow.

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                      #11
                      Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

                      Not being controlled by something else other than yourself
                      Looking better
                      Feeling better
                      Being able to pick up or take the kids somewhere anytime you want (of course mine both drive now but that was a big one for me)
                      Not doing anything embarrassing because you drank too much

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                        #12
                        Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

                        Not having to hide the fact that you have been drinking.
                        Not having to hide being drunk or too drunk.
                        Not being too drunk.
                        I quit drinking on March 8, 2020. Taking it One Day At A Time and no more taking my quit for granted.

                        Also doing it for me. I got to stay sober for me.

                        Just consecrate on today and do what you can to remain sober for today and worry about staying sober tomorrow, tomorrow.

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                          #13
                          Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

                          -Not having to remember to sneak my hidden empties out to the recycle bin on garbage day
                          -Not having to remember where I hid all my empties, and worried about missing one that someone else might find in a weird place
                          Once a pickle, never a cucumber again.

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                            #14
                            Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

                            Not having to figure out who gets to take home the remaining beers so that your mom does not find out that your drinking again.
                            I quit drinking on March 8, 2020. Taking it One Day At A Time and no more taking my quit for granted.

                            Also doing it for me. I got to stay sober for me.

                            Just consecrate on today and do what you can to remain sober for today and worry about staying sober tomorrow, tomorrow.

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                              #15
                              Re: Pro/Con list of why I should not drink

                              [MENTION=9757]NoraC[/MENTION] - that was the correction I was going to make. I still get to go crazy, and I remember it!

                              I'll add another pro

                              Being able to have late night talks with my teenagers without having to pretend I remember everything...

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