Here is a good list of reasons for stopping drinking, you can obviously think of many more reasons for stopping, it may even be a good idea for you to make a list of your own. Thinking about the reasons why you drink is a great place to start preparing yourself for quitting alcohol for good.

1. To stop you from doubting who you are and to build self-confidence and to overcome insecurity

2. Stop urinating your hard earned money down the drain.

3. No more blackouts and awful hangovers.

4. No more embarrassment and regrets for the things you did the night before

5. Feel great emotionally and physically and enjoy the benefits of being healthy and stop

6. No need to regret the drunken telephone calls you frequently make to your friends and relatives.

7. You can take control of your life and start planning towards a productive and enjoyable future.

8. You no longer have to be sick in the morning and feel awful for most of the day.

Alcohol is great for destroying your relationships and for quashing your self-confidence, making you feel useless and inadequate. It only serves to hold you back and to ruin your health, it really doesn’t bring any benefits to your life.

It also makes you believe that you will never be able to quit, but this is an illusion. Alcohol may have a powerful hold over you, but it can be beaten and all you need to do is to make the decision to stop drinking.