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Good vs. Bad Reasons To Get Sober #shorts

29 Dec 2020 · 1 min

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Short YouTube video (Amber Hollingsworth) that lists numerous personal, familial, legal, medical, and emotional reasons someone might choose to become sober (e.g., family, children, probation, doctor's orders, embarrassment, anxiety, relationships), and concludes that there are no bad reasons to get sober.

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Good reasons to get sober versus bad reasons to get sober. I want to be a better father. My family needs me. I don't like who I've become out of money. I want to be a better husband. I don't want to go to jail. I don't want to lose my kids. My husband said if I don't get sober, he's going to leave. I've got more to offer the world. It was my grandmother's dying wish. My probation officer says I have to. I get drug tested at work. Addiction is destroying my family. My daughter wrote a letter to me asking me to stop. Sick of embarrassing myself. Tired of hurting the people around me. I want to be able to enjoy the other things in my life. It's making my anxiety worse. My doctor says I can't drink while I take this medicine because my dog doesn't even like me when I'm drunk. Okay, now. Bad reasons to get sober. Can't think of any. There aren't any bad reasons to get sober.