What do you hope to gain?

[mauritiusdodo]

Another thread to motivate me!

I hope that in stopping drinking I will:

Be a better person
Lose weight
Save money
Get healthy
Regain my confidence and my lust for life

What are your hopes?

[ronnie]

What do you hope to gain?

To enjoy life again
xxxxx

[windy]

What do you hope to gain?

A SMILE on my face when I wake up in the morning!

[patrice]

What do you hope to gain?

to feel fresh
more energy
more self respect
more time for others
empowerment that always comes from tackling an addiction
more time for my son
more time for me
reading again
spending less time on the laptop
exercising without feeling a mild heart attack coming on
looking better

Patrice

[Juja]

What do you hope to gain?

lose weight
self respect
absence of guilt, depression, anxiety from drinking
improvement in overall health
good results from annual blood work to be done next month
energy to exercise
not having a stroke
happiness

[MtnMomma]

What do you hope to gain?

Self respect
Dignity
Humility

[daisy45]

What do you hope to gain?

making my children proud of me
learning more and more
catching up on jobs
having a clean, tidy, organised home and car
reading books
keeping fit
going to the gym to improve body shape
cheap nights out
better relationships with friends and family
not hiding when I spy someone I know out and about
not having to stand 5 feet away for fear they smell vino breath
restarting my old hobbies, drawing, knitting, painting
getting a job
making new friends
ooooooh, it all feels so possible now that alcohol is out of the way!

[mauritiusdodo]

What do you hope to gain?

making my husband and children proud of me is an important one for me too, I am fed up of letting everybody down!

[looking for peace]

What do you hope to gain?

All of the above.

Also freedom from the constant obsession of drinking and it occupying all of my time. (whether I am doing it or not).

[Ellaq]

What do you hope to gain?

Peace within myself. Everything else will be an additional benefit.

[Doggygirl]

What do you hope to gain?

mauritiusdodo;1197385 wrote: Another thread to motivate me!

I hope that in stopping drinking I will:

Be a better person
Lose weight
Save money
Get healthy
Regain my confidence and my lust for life

What are your hopes?

Mauri, this is a great topic! In case it helps you or anyone else to keep your hope alive, here are some things that have come true for me since I quit drinking:

I feel I am a better person. I try my best to do the next right thing instead of the selfish thing.

I have lost weight. I'm up a bit right now, but still down 40 pounds from when I quit drinking.

I haven't really saved a lot of money, but I have some really awesome shoes that I get to wear again and again instead of pissing my money away! :H

My health has improved dramatically. Mild hypertension is gone - BP consistently about 110 / 65. Fasting blood sugar normal. For the first time in years, my last doctor visit every single thing she tested my blood for was NORMAL!!! (and she tests a lot of stuff)

I have regained my lust for life. I exercise, do volunteer work, contribute to my family business, and am now a college student at 53.

I have self respect.

And peace of mind. Lots of that.

It was actually fun to go through all of your lists and make my own list which shows me how far I have come. I will remember that when I have a tough day. My "bottom" was sitting alone in my house with my bottle everyday seeing absolutely no reason to live. I had a suicide plan and the means to carry it out. I feel many many many miles away from that dark and lonely place today.

If I can do it, and a bunch of other people here can do it, then so can each of you. DREAM BIG!!!!

DG

[Cinders]

What do you hope to gain?

Wonderful thread!!

Thanks!

Cindi

[mauritiusdodo]

What do you hope to gain?

Amen to that! I am either thinking about it, wishing i was drinking it or actually drinking it OMG what a total waste of my life!

looking for peace;1197681 wrote: All of the above.

Also freedom from the constant obsession of drinking and it occupying all of my time. (whether I am doing it or not).

[mauritiusdodo]

What do you hope to gain?

Thank you

Cinders;1197702 wrote: Wonderful thread!!

Thanks!

Cindi

[mauritiusdodo]

What do you hope to gain?

Doggygirl thank you for that inspiring post (we really need a thanks button on here!) I was so sorry to read you actually had a suicide plan - I must say the thought has crossed my mind fleetingly lately but my father ended his life 17 years ago so not an option) but it is so lovely to hear you are so happy and content in your sobriety now