How did you finally decide to quit??

[Spike2654]

ugh, as I sit here trying to get through my first 24 or so hours, knowing the worst is yet to come. I'm trying everything to think of why this is a good thing when my body and mind (GAWD, IT WON'T SHUT UP!!) tells me that I'm such a better person when I'm on my pain pills. Just was curious what your source/determination to finally be done was...

[3Xs_U_R_Out]

My son and husband.
The thought of (and getting so close to) losing it all had finally ate away any shred of selfishness I had left.
My health, marriage, and future was going down the drain.
If I continued I would've been in trouble legally as well.

I think someone else on here said it best. (Emorody!)
I was tired of everything in between my refills just being filler instead of actually living.
So happy to be where I am now!

[selfinduced]

My kids…..also, I didn't want to be caught in a natural disaster type event and be so zoned out and not be able to help others in need (hurricanes, tornadoes,flooding,brush fires). After 2 years I, still so proud od getting clean. I'll never take a clean drug free body for granted.

[brokenspiritandsoul]

I am with Rosy on this one...Sick and tired or being sick and tired!  I couldn't look in the mirror anymore because of the guilt and shame!  I was no longer worthy of my kids love. Looked in the mirror then at my kids then flushed what I had left. That was 117 days ago!  

[ROSYouralright]

I was sick & tired of being sick and tired!

[Ben727]

My life had become a giant house of cards. I was one bad break from losing everything for the last couple years I was using. I had a knee replacement surgery and I made the decision to quit once I got past the pain from that. Thanks for posting this question, and thanks to everyone answering. It's threads like these that make a difference for me.

[Real180]

I watched a movie while I was going through WDs called Looper... I don't know if any of you saw it (decent movie) But a quote in the end really describes how I felt about my addiction I think this is the quote.... "In that moment I saw it all -- I saw where the current path would lead -- it led to a circle that kept going round and round -- so I changed it"...   That is how I felt about my addiction if I didn't quit..