Why should I stop drinking?

Drinking is a hard choice to go ahead, In a personal prospective, its not the right medicine and I would recommend anyone to try an seek a therapist. Its not always okay to drink, but to have the right support helps people for the future and gives the individual support and therapy. Breaking out and accepting the support is a major step, and gives you certain control on what you can do. Speak to a member of your family or who ever is close to you. Ask them for there supportive guidance and so you feel your not alone.

Reasons for quitting drinking are highly individualized. The more relatable the reasons, the more impact they may have on your decision to quit or continue. If you are questioning if you should stop drinking perhaps there are important reasons already in mind. It can also be helpful to create a list. Common reasons may include health, money/expense, legal or personal consequences, etc. If you have anyone close enough whom you trust, they may be able to give you additional insight or raise concerns that weren't previously considered. Counselors, doctors, and recovery groups are also great resources to help explore the possible benefits of quitting and consequences of drinking.

I personally think that moderate drinking is fine for now and then, even though I only drink 3 to 4 times a year because I'm aiming for physical goals. Let me tell you why you should not drink excessively instead. Okay, let me tell you something that you already know. Alcohol slows down your fat-burning rate in your body even to the point it stops completely. Because although we recognize the alcohol as the "fun-party-drink" our body sees alcohol as a mere poison. When you drink, the body will move their focus on removing this poison out of your body, that is why all other department that needs a lot of energy to work properly like the brain will have a temporary drop on its performance resulting in immoral behaviors and thought patterns in your end. Because the body is working hard to remove this poison, even during your sleep where the body suppose to repair your body (Muscles, organs, hormone chemicals to strengthen your immune system) They don't have the time to do so because they are making this poison removal a priority. Resulting you on this so called "Hangover" where you feel like you didn't get enough sleep even when you slept for 10 hours, because technically you didn't sleep that much. And as you may already know, when you are sleep-deprived it affects the whole day. Your moods will jump all over the place, your stress hormone spikes up, resulting in weight gain, weak immune system, high blood pressure and so on. Yes it affects how you interact with people, therefore your relationships Yes, it will affect your productivity and work performance. Yes, it will affect and change everything in your life.

There are lots of reasons why you might want to stop drinking alcohol. Some people need to stop drinking as a result of developing an alcohol related medical condition such as liver disease, or because they start taking medication which reacts badly with alcohol. Others choose to do so for religious reasons, or simply as a move towards a healthier lifestyle If you want to stop drinking alcohol as part of a move towards a healthier lifestyle, cutting down on the amount of alcohol you drink as opposed to giving up alcohol completely can help bring lots of health benefits, and can be easier to stick to. Reducing the amount you drink can also be an effective stepping stone to giving up alcohol completely in the future.

Alcohol gets broken down in your liver, funnily enough, with heavy consumption, your liver becomes overworked which can result in numerous health complications. By simply giving up the alcohol it provides one less thing your body needs to worry about to keep you feeling healthy and fresh. Alcohol is linked to seven different types of cancer including breast cancer and mouth cancer. Cutting alcohol out lowers your risk of getting cancer. Giving up drinking will have a big impact on your liver and should reduce the chances of developing liver disease. As the calories in alcohol can cause you to gain weight, giving up alcohol can also help you to reduce your blood pressure as a result of the weight you can potentially lose. By this point, if you'd previously been drinking six 175ml glasses of wine a week, you would have lost 2880 calories over three weeks.

Drinking has an effect an all aspects of our life, whether we notice or not. From my experience, becoming sober caused me to gain better control of my life and my emotions. I have not had a blackout, hangover, or used alcohol as an excuse for anything since I quit. I own my actions and my decisions. I have clarity around what I want in life, friendships, etc. And I'm better at speaking up now too. No more drowning in alcohol to cope with stuff, using healthy alternatives like actually processing emotions and "why" you need alcohol after a hard day's work or when someone upsets you, and always getting a good night's sleep. Everyone is different but I would highly recommend giving up alcohol if possible.

One way to consider this answer is to look at what are the goals and values you have in your life. Then, consider as objectively as possible, how drinking has impacted your goals or values. For example, if you value meaningful close and honest relationships, consider how the drinking may or may not have impacted your relationship with others. It may also be helpful to consider if the drinking is used as tool to distance or distract from emotions that are painful, in which case you may want to consider whether addressing and welcoming those emotions may also help you either achieve your goals or preserve and nourish your values. Often, if you can be in a place where your behavior, are aligned with your goals and values in a meaningful way, you might reach the answer on your own.

Drinking is not necessarily a bad thing. If it is interfering with the good things in your life perhaps that is a signal that something needs to be changed, which could include why you are drinking or how much you are drinking. For instance, if your health is suffering that is a good reason to stop drinking. If it is interfering with your personal relationship that also may be another reason why you could stop drinking. There are plenty reasons to stop drinking and each individual has their own reasons. Only you can tell what your reason to stop drinking may be.

While recreational drinking can be alright in moderation, once we abuse the activity in an effort to cope with our own struggles, it can become harmful to our mind and body. For those with addiction problems, becoming sober is a great path towards healing. If you are relying on alcohol in an unhealthy way, it would be very beneficial to stop drinking and perhaps lean on friends/family/therapists for emotional support and guidance. Once you find a way to address the triggers or underlying issues that are causing you to turn to drinking, you can use the proper coping strategies to heal in a healthy way.

Man I could write a whole book about this as it relates to me. I don't want someone to read this and think that they should stop drinking. I have known that I need to abstain from drinking for probably about 13 years. I have been drinking for just a little more than that time. I could bore everyone with my drink-a-thon and then drug-a-thon, but really what I have found is that it is not about why should I stop drinking it is more why should I want to better my life? Drinking made me a person that lost everything from tangible things to the intangible things that I took so long to gain. I realized this too late to save my old relationship as she was the one that really made me look in the mirror and yet still used after. I finally decided to stop playing victim and take control of my life because drinking was helping me play victim and ultimately lose control of my life. I have had many more days of sobriety than not over the last five years however when times of drinking occur I lose everything that I gained from the previous period of sobriety. Concisely, drinking does not serve more rewards than risk for me at this point in my life, and because of that the decision was ultimately made for me and haven't had a desire to drink since. That doesn't mean I don't think about it from time to time, but it does not control me like it once did.

There are many reasons to stop drinking. For me, I realized whenever I was getting drunk, I was making a fool of myself. When I woke up the next morning, I would feel good because everything was off my chest, but everyone around me was walking on eggshells, and I wasn't making lasting friendships. Drunk me loved attention and was selfish and didn't take other people into consideration. I realized that this was not the person I wanted to be known for being. I wanted to be a good friend, and a good role model. In addition, I realized, sometimes, I had to drink to feel like myself, and when I was completely sober, I felt in complete. I knew that I either had to cut down my alcohol intake or I would become dependent. The alc was also making me gain weight, which made me feel even worse about myself. Think about how your can become the person you want to be and the small steps you can take to become closer to that person, rather than thnking you will never be perfect and then drinking to escape reality.

To better your health & family life. Drinking effects you in many ways, you will improve your quality of life. It may be hard but I know that you can strive. You will be able to make the choice to stop drinking, sometimes it gets a little too much and you think a drink will help, but it may just make things worse in the long run. Sometimes it’s hard but I know it will all get better soon. I’ve seen drinking personally effect people, but I know it will all be okay. I think everything will be okay. Just hold on

If I stop drinking I will sleep better. And by stopping I'll force myself to find alternate solutions for being tired or having low energy. I have to remember that drinking doesn't really offer anything valuable. Sleeping offers value. When I drink I never sleep well. Also by not relying on drinking as my go to pick me up I'll have to face my physical discomforts as well as my uncomfortable thoughts and feelings and depend on natural remedies like breathing, meditating and taking walks. I have to remember that it's ok to feel blah. Just roll with it, and get a good nights sleep and the next day I should be good!

First thing to quit drinking is that you will save so much money. Have you ever thought how much money you spend when you go out drinking? It adds up on your monthly income. Another reason to quit drinking is that you will have more energy. The impact heavy drinking has on you for the rest of the day and week takes a lot of energy. If you can wake up on time and be in control of your body, you will find your energy begins to sky rocket as it's allowed to function how it should. Another reason is that you will not feel guilty anymore.

What are some of the benefits that you feel like would come from stopping drinking? Is there any reason why you are considering reasons to stop drinking? One of the biggest reasons may be because you want to? If that is the case, then it could be worth it to look at why you want to quit drinking and the benefits that it has for you! Sometimes, making a pros/cons list can help brainstorm solutions to questions posed such as this one. Every individual has their own reasons for quitting drinking, however, the most important reasons are going to be your own.

Drinking numbs emotions and makes us not aware of how it inhibites us. A lot of times excessive drinking is like a band aid on a flesh wound. Not really solving the problems or things stressing you out. If you use drinking to feel happy maybe evaluate why you need to have a drink to feel happier. It also may affect your health, and cause to have more health problems and die earlier than those who don't drink or only have one on occasion. Plus on a mental scale alcohol is a downer causing things like depression and anxiety to pop back up. Physically it can cause weight gain and health issues like I mentioned before. It can cause quicker aging, problems with sleeping, issues with mental health and more. While one glass of something like red wine may be healthy , anything in excess should be avoided.

Because it can benefit your mental health, physical health, overall well being, skin. You will have much more energy to do actual work than worrying about having analgesics for hangovers. While drinking may seem like a great temporary escape from everyday problems, it actually causes more problems in the long run. You will also end up saving more money as if you calculate the total money you wasted on alcohol, you’ll actually realise how you could’ve used it for something so much better. Not to mention, the health complications it causes include a much increased risk for colon cancer, a leaky intestine.

I think that if you are at a point where you are thinking about stopping, there is usually a reason that you are thinking about that. For me, my reason was there was a time when I was drinking and my family noticed and were being hurt because I was being very belligerent, and they were concerned for my health. I finally agreed that I had a problem when I woke up one morning and learned that I had ruined a close friendship of mine. While I was intoxicated, I had said very hurtful things, and done things that I sincerely regret. For me, that is why I stopped drinking, and I hope that this story shows that your answer may be different, but eventually drinking gets to a point where you hurt the people around you, and then yourself.

There are many reasons one might consider stopping drinking, but only you can decide what the right reasons are for you. Some reasons a person might want to stop drinking are that drinking can lead to physical health problems, it can cause physical and emotional dependence, and may decrease mental and emotional well being in the long term. Other people find that drinking has a negative impact on their work life or family life, or that it leads to difficulties in their relationships. In some instances, certain decisions made while drinking may lead to legal issues. If you feel drinking is negatively impacting your life, or the lives of those around you, in any way, it may hint at a reason you might want to stop drinking.

Alcohol is like someone who cheers you up for a moment and then backstabs you. Drinking makes you suffer more and more, waking up every morning will be a nightmare and it will not stop. Giving up alcohol will be hard but you will have a very good chance to a better life, you will be able to wake up without the terrible emotional pain, your body will feel better, you will be able to do things again and you will be able to make real friends, those who love you and not just say it because they are drunk too.

The regular consumption of alcohol can cause your liver cells to die. Eventually, enough cells can die to cause permanent damage, like scars that never heal. Because of all the toxins contained within alcohol, drinking it regularly will cause breakouts of acne, and signs of premature ageing. In other words, drinking alcohol excessively will lower the appearance of your skin. Being reliant on another substance is not healthy in any aspect. If you’re someone who needs alcohol to get through your day, then you need to fix that. Once you stop drinking alcohol, you’ll feel much happier, and your mood won’t depreciate if for some reason you’re unable to have a drink one day. Kidney disease, liver disease, heart disease; all caused through lethal quantities of alcohol being consumed. If you quit drinking before you manage to do permanent damage to your body, it will heal itself. However, if you push it past it limits, you’ll do lasting damage, and end up with serious illnesses. You’ll also be feeling happier and healthier, which can easily improve relationships, your career, etc. In the end the choice is yours, However i hope in the end you choose to live a happy long sober lifestlye !

You should stop drinking because in the long run alcohol abuse can cause things like cancer, heart disease, etc. Your liver will 100% thank you for it! I lost my grandfather to cancer, he was a heavy, heavy alcohol user. It is hard sometimes to think of the problems later in life. I was a substance abuser and finding recovery was the best thing I ever did, I became much happier finding myself, I feel so much healthier! You will become so much happier and healthier!! Wishing you the best, and I hope you find the help you were searching for

By drinking, you could be limiting your full potential. Not only could you be limiting yourself, but you are putting unnecessary strife on your loved ones as well as yourself. To stop drinking would be the first stem in your journey of your new life. You should stop drinking in order to relieve your family and friends as well as yourself. I know it must be very difficult to stop drinking for yourself, so it might be easier to view it as something you are doing for your loved ones. Remember, there are so many people here for you each and every step of the way on your journey.

Drinking can cause a lot of problems to your body physically and mentally. It can cause very serious damage to your organs and it can make you addicted to drinking. Once you get addicted it can be very, very hard to stop. Drinking can mess with your brain and make you do things that you might not want to do but do to the alcohol you did do it. Drinking is not so bad as long as you don't do it excessively or repeatedly over and over again. As long as you are aware of how much you drink it will be easier to stop.

Deciding if drinking is a problem for you is very personal. At twenty, I chose to stop because my life was out of control and I felt hopeless and isolated, even in the midst of gatherings of friends. I wasn’t myself because my drinking made half my decisions. Taking a step away from that lifestyle was hard. I sought support and found a group of people who loved me until I could love myself because they knew that road well and had gone before me. Sharing my struggles with people who had lived similarly helped me find my feet and begin a new chapter where I was in control and did not feel like I needed alcohol to pull me through. There have still been times of emotional upheaval that draw my mind to a drink as a form of relief, but I take a step back, find a quiet moment, and look at my motivation for wanting (or thinking I want) that drink. Giving myself an extra pause for thought allows me to identify and begin to address the actual problem without allowing alcohol to take control and decide for me. It is a hard road but you don’t have to walk it alone.

Hey there! Sorry you are dealing with alcoholism or certain aspects of it. I can give you multiple reasons including ones about your health and your loved ones, but only you can really answer your question. If you're here looking for a reason to stop, then that should be a reason enough. Take a look back at the things that have happened to you because you had one too many drinks. And if that doesn't convince you take a look at the relationship you have with your loved ones and try to look what it might become if you continue down this path. If it's worth it,by all means take another shot, if it's not then there's your why.

For one main reason we all are well aware of; health. Mental, physical and emotional hehe even financial health. I'll start with the financial bit, everytime you drink, it is an expense that grows to you buying drink after drink and even happily buying for the entire bar people, what a happy life! Emotionally, your family, friends and partner have to bear with a drunk you, noisy, abusive, self pity, sick you name the version every time your drunk even after drinking emotions. those genie out of the bottle kind. Then physically, look at that belly essshhhh what are we promoting. The image you give off before drinking and after drinking differ greatly not only belly-wise but speech, attentiveness, listening.... i'll leave this to your imagination. Now, health. You drink now at 16, 25, 30 and let's end at 45. What happens at 50, 60 and so on when the doctors tell you you're dying because of alcohol? Isn't this the moment you wish for what could have been stopped earlier on? Goodluck

Ultimately, only you can answer this question. When I stopped drinking, I woke up one night to realize that I was sick and tired of being sick and tired and I had to change something. I didn't know how to do it, and I didn't know where to go to find it, but I knew I wanted to live a different life. The repercussions of my drinking were starting to sneak up on me, both physically and legally. I realized all the ways my actions were negatively affecting my life and those around me. Even though I had completely isolated myself away from my family and disconnected from any friends I had in the past, I was still hurting the people who cared about me. That said, even though other people were being affected, I found out the ONLY person I could stop drinking for was myself, and it had to be 100% my decision. 6.5 years later, it was the best decision I ever made, and I'm actually grateful for all the repercussions I had to face. When I reflect on them now, I realize that they are the reason I'm able to live the life I do today.

Drinking is super super super unhealthy for your body. Plus it ultimately doesn't help you in the long run. I personally have used drinking to soothe the pain you could say. I truly believe that there are better options than this. Maybe try reaching out to somebody talking about how your feelings and why you drink may save you from becoming addicted. If you are drinking to help your pain you should really talk to somebody before your drinking turns into addiction or even worse. A drink every once in a while won't hurt you but excessive drinking will. Much love to you🥰

I believe there won't be any answer that would satisfy anyone who drinks regularly. There's just too much pleasure in knowing your drinks and the confidence it gives you, the reprieve from loneliness or feeling inadequate. Even the love of family and friends is not as powerful as the call of alcohol. And people forget that alcohol changes someone in the brain, so they are a completely different person when they drink. I guess the biggest effort should come from knowing what triggers the drinking and remove oneself from that environment as much as possible. While it's easier said than done, it can be achieved with conscious effort to change one's life.