I'd had enough. I felt so low: I was 26 and there was an exact moment when I just knew I didn't want to do it any more. I was out with two very good friends of mine, who are now dead. They both died of alcoholism. It was about 3am and I thought: 'I don't want this. I have to stop.' I'd felt that before, a hundred times, but I woke up next morning and I still didn't want to do it. And that was the first time in ten years I'd had that strength of feeling.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A moment of clarity about addiction often comes from witnessing loss among friends.
- In plain terms
- Seeing friends die made me decide to stop drinking.
- What can you take from it?
- Loss can trigger the strength to change bad habits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What triggers your decisions to change?
- How do you handle loss?
Another view
It frames recovery as a singular moment rather than a process.
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