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One word explains why I stopped drinking. Exhaustion.

There was a lot of work to drink like I did. Besides being tired of living here is a short list of things I was tired of:

1. Tired of feeling like hell in the morning.
2. Tired of looking as bad as I felt each morning.
3. Tired of going to work trying to keep my distance with people because I knew that I still reeked of alcohol.
4. Tired of PSIS.
5. Tired of living in fear and worry if I go to jail for a long period of time because the next CFA.
6. Tired of scrapping cars and praying that I would not injure or kill someone.
7. Tired of spending all my money on alcohol, lawyers and courts.
8. Tired of trying to convince me that I could go out and drink a few beers.
Nine. Tired of waking up full of self-hatred, because once again I did not "just a little.
10. Tired of using sick to work, when both my boss and I knew the truth.
11. Tired of hunting for a new job because I could not keep for more than a year.
12. Tired of life knowing that I could not be a decent husband or father.
13. Tired of not making commitments because I knew I could not keep them.
14. Tired of seeing friends with whom I grew up going beyond the party "to develop a useful life, while I was still the" party animal ".
15. Tired of life knowing that I did not have to live such a life, if only I was ready to follow the path of millions of recovering alcoholics.

Since March 13th 1999, I lived a life of recovery - nearly 10 years now. I am happily married to a wonderful woman, living in my dream house on five wooded acres, have a good job that I was more than 9 years (by far a record for me) And most importantly - I learned the sense of peace and serenity.

If things in the list above sounds familiar to you, perhaps it is time for you to find a new life thanks to Alcoholics Anonymous. It is possible for anyone with a desire, born of misery, to discover the promises of AA.

My own experience has taught me that I can not convince anyone to ask for help, it does not work that way. Be prepared to take action and try another path or there is not much chance for recovery. My goal here is to plant a seed and giving hope to someone who still wakes up hating because they do not again.

For many people, it is necessary to go to a treatment center for alcohol and dried to get sane enough to take the first step towards a sober life. Keep in mind that no one goes to a treatment facility "sober. They go well nourished and hydrated, full of knowledge on the road to recovery and we hope that the desire to join a 12 step program and follow these three steps:

1. Go to an AA meeting and listen to speakers AA

2. Ask for a sponsor for your first meeting agrees to meet with you one to one and guide you through the Big Book

3. Attend 90 meetings in 90 days

These steps can lay the groundwork to start a new life of recovery.