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Best Reasons to Quit Drinking

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What are the best reasons to quit drinking?

First, if you happen to be an alcoholic, then you don’t need a list of reasons to quit.  Your whole life is dominated and basically ruined because of alcohol, and the decision no longer hinges on “why” you should quit…it only hinges on the struggle to do so.

But what about the so called “problem drinker,” someone who is not yet a full blown alcoholic, but certainly might be headed down that path?  Is there a strong chance that they will become alcoholic?  Should they quit altogether?  Will they give up too much by swearing off booze forever?  Let’s take a look.

Many of those asking this question will undoubtedly be younger people, and this represents a huge opportunity.  You have a chance to make an awesome, life-altering decision here: the decision to quit drinking.

Maybe you are predisposed to alcoholism.  Maybe you’re not.  It doesn’t matter.  What happens down the road is not important, because you can avoid all the “what ifs” by simply quitting alcohol altogether.  There are a number of benefits to doing so:

1) Health reasons - heavy drinkers suffer major health problems and live an average of 10 to 15 years less (give or take a few) than non-drinkers.

2) Avoid addiction - if you don’t put the substance into your body then you can’t fall into the trap of addiction.  Avoid this potential problem completely.

3) Social acceptance - which is more socially acceptable: the person that doesn’t drink at all, or the one who gets belligerently drunk at the family reunion?  There is very little problem with politely saying “no” to alcohol.

4) Long term costs - Alcohol has no nutritional value, yet a regular drinker might spend several hundred or even thousands of dollars each year on booze.  Don’t drink = money saved.

Realize that there are some benefits to drinking (social value, possible benefit to the heart in having a small amount of wine each day, etc.) but those benefits are fairly negligible when weighed against the potential hazards of continuing to drink.  Like I mentioned earlier, it is not that big of a deal to turn down a drink when you are offered, or to simply have water or soda instead.

If you choose to quit now, you can avoid a lifetime problems.

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