Members with less than 2 weeks Welcome-Part 14 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

CarolD · 11-18-2010, 03:00 PM

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CarolD · 11-18-2010, 03:42 PM

Many of us have problems with cravings in early sobriety.

soo......I'll share what worked for me....from my files

I think there are 2 types of cravings
perhaps a mixture?
One type is more a habit than physical.

You drive home and your car steers into your
favorite bar or package store.
You come home tired...sit in "your: chair and
want the usual comfort of a glass/can in hand.
To sleeep better...toss down a drink.

These can be avoided by changeing your routine

Drive a different route
Change the furniture around..sit in a different place.
Fix a glass of anything non alcoholic.

If you drink booze from a can...use a glass
If you did drink from a glass...use a mug

I did time my cravings in early sobriety.
Mine were 5 to 7 minutes in duration.
seemed forever...but that was false.

I took action....drank cold watter ...brushed my teeth
went for a walk...danced around the room...ate Lifesavers

I was also taking a multi vitamin and a B 12
I was following an eating plan for hypoglycemia
I attended AA daily ..committed myself to the program.

Within 2 weeks they lessened immensley... in both
intensity and duration By 2 months they vanished
The mental obcession to drink has never returned.

Forward we go....side by side.....

**Dee74** · 11-18-2010, 03:51 PM

Carol

D

SDSurfn · 11-18-2010, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarolD

You drive home and your car steers into your
favorite bar

This made me laugh. A little humor can't hurt.

How do you know so much about me and my stupid car? lol

Really4Real · 11-18-2010, 07:30 PM

AWSOME job everyone!

I know that each one of you has it in ya to make it - yet another day sober! At 6 weeks, I love waking up in the mornings and not having to worry about going to work smelling like I bathed in alcohol -- even though I did... from the inside out!! Waking up clear-minded (except for the emotional roller coaster at times) and ready to tackle another day. In the evenings, doing what I want to do (for me, it's running) - instead of basing everything I did on when I could get out of work or away from people so I could start drinking! It's a really good feeling to have taken back my life - and gotten a second chance (ok maybe tenth chance or so) to start again.

Life IS good! And you're life is worth it -- glad you're all doing so well!

NoAlcoholToday · 11-18-2010, 10:40 PM

Ok, I think we all know each other well enough by now that we Londoners can teach the septics some cockney rhyming slang. So we'll start with the numbers seeing as we are all day counting at the moment:

(oh, sorry, first things first. septic = septic tank = yank. Hey, it wasn't me who made this stuff up, ok!!)

Hooped and Iamlivingfree are on "deep" today
I, myself, am in "hell" today
coop1 is on "Far too"
Sdsurfn20011 and phytoman are on "Fiddle"
I think Aurora should be on "scuba"?
Igiveup is on "Holy"

Sorry if I missed you out - please pick from the following list and let us know:

1 - Lost (and won)
2 - Bottle (of glue)
3 - Holy (see)
4 - Stand (in awe)
5 - Scuba (dive)
6 - Fiddle (-sticks)
7 - Exeter (in devon)
8 - Fartoo (late)
9 - Coal (mine)
10 - Foxes (den)
11 - Hell (and heaven)
12 - Deep (delve)
13 - Hurt (and be mean)
14 - (Sortin) letters

Whichever it is, have a great one!!

Iamlivingfree · 11-18-2010, 10:48 PM

Good morning everyone,

Phytoman, so glad you're with us, well done on your day 6 already!

Carol, thankyou for your intro to this thread, I can relate to it very well. Also I love the idea of "Forward we go.......side by side". I love this forum.

Anyway, off to work,
Have a great day everyone.
Love X

Iamlivingfree · 11-18-2010, 10:52 PM

NoAlcoholToday, you're so quick, by the time i've finished my relatively short post, you've sneaked in with something dramatic like this!

Great work, although I might just stay in bed tomorrow, i'm not good with pain!

Speak later!

StuartW · 11-18-2010, 11:31 PM

Well done everyone, stay focused. Still sober on day 10.

NoAlcoholToday · 11-18-2010, 11:37 PM

Brilliant StuartW

We hadn't heard from you in a couple of days and I was wondering if you were still with us.

Great you are here and congratulations on your day 10.

**Dee74** · 11-19-2010, 12:21 AM

I never knew there's rhyming slang for numbers too, NAT, but it makes sense

thanks

D

NoAlcoholToday · 11-19-2010, 07:20 AM

Well, apart from going for a walk around the local village with my flies undone (I thought sobriety might put an end to this kind of thing!!!!), I have been out with the chainsaw today.

We have a number of very large oak trees which are being completeley smothered by ivy (the stems at the bottom are nearly as thick as your leg!). So anyway, as you cut through the ivy stem, there is this sound a bit like someone inhaling (not too dissimilar, actually, to when you release a slightly overtight brassiere!!)

I gotta go out to dinner tonight with friends so am facing another small battle to win.

So far, so good on day 11. Hope all is going well with the team out there?

coop1 · 11-19-2010, 07:29 AM

Congrats everyone on another day. Checking in a little later than usual. Busy at work. Day 8 here....let's rock n roll.

SDSurfn · 11-19-2010, 07:37 AM

Hi everyone! Day 6 just starting here.

It's Friday. It will be happy hour in about 9 hours.

I guess I'm most worried about the drive home.

But I can do this. I'm not going back.

27 years is enough.

michelebelle · 11-19-2010, 08:19 AM

Just to say hello to the team...I'm on my day 5...lot of thoughts and anxiety...but I'm sober and feel gooood in general. It's getting better and better. I know where and who I was after months of sobriety...I want that again.

However, what is imprtant is this day, and today I am sober and I am grateful for that.

***least*** · 11-19-2010, 08:27 AM

NAT, as far as you cockney rhyming slang... I'm "lost in tall weeds", in other words, I totally 'don't get it'.

But that's ok too...

Congrats to all on your daily progress.

And welcome to any newcomers. (((hugs)))

Iamlivingfree · 11-19-2010, 10:29 AM

Michellebelle, welcome, we're a whacky, but loving bunch here! Well done on day 5!

Speak later,
Love X

purplelily · 11-19-2010, 11:18 AM

Hello, today is Day 1! I have made it through many Day 1s, but something in my head and heart tells me this has to be my last one. Last night, I poured what was left of my bottle down the drain and said no more! I am sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, guilty, ashamed, angry, embarrassed, humiliated and disgusted with myself. I'm tired of the awkward silences and knowing looks between my husband and 9 year old when my words slur or I forget something. I'm tired of waking up and immediately trying to replay the past evening in my head to remember if I said or did anything totally inappropriate. I have been reading through some of the threads and feel like coming here will help. Thanks in advance for being here!

***least*** · 11-19-2010, 11:28 AM

Welcome Purplelily to the "yes you can!" thread!! I'm glad you found us and joined the family!

coop1 · 11-19-2010, 12:20 PM

Welcome to the club purple, start stacking those days!

11-18-2010, 03:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
CarolD Forward we go...side by side Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 37,601	Members with less than 2 weeks Welcome-Part 14 We are here to offer support and information to all members new or coming back to recovery Congratulations! Good for you.......Yes! you can! To find our previous shares please check here http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...t-13-a-17.html (Members with less than 2 weeks-Welcome! Part 13) __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

11-18-2010, 03:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
CarolD Forward we go...side by side Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 37,601	Many of us have problems with cravings in early sobriety. soo......I'll share what worked for me....from my files I think there are 2 types of cravings perhaps a mixture? One type is more a habit than physical. You drive home and your car steers into your favorite bar or package store. You come home tired...sit in "your: chair and want the usual comfort of a glass/can in hand. To sleeep better...toss down a drink. These can be avoided by changeing your routine Drive a different route Change the furniture around..sit in a different place. Fix a glass of anything non alcoholic. If you drink booze from a can...use a glass If you did drink from a glass...use a mug I did time my cravings in early sobriety. Mine were 5 to 7 minutes in duration. seemed forever...but that was false. I took action....drank cold watter ...brushed my teeth went for a walk...danced around the room...ate Lifesavers I was also taking a multi vitamin and a B 12 I was following an eating plan for hypoglycemia I attended AA daily ..committed myself to the program. Within 2 weeks they lessened immensley... in both intensity and duration By 2 months they vanished The mental obcession to drink has never returned. Forward we go....side by side..... __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

11-18-2010, 03:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 65,614	Carol D __________________

11-18-2010, 07:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Really4Real ANewBeginning Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,821	AWSOME job everyone! I know that each one of you has it in ya to make it - yet another day sober! At 6 weeks, I love waking up in the mornings and not having to worry about going to work smelling like I bathed in alcohol -- even though I did... from the inside out!! Waking up clear-minded (except for the emotional roller coaster at times) and ready to tackle another day. In the evenings, doing what I want to do (for me, it's running) - instead of basing everything I did on when I could get out of work or away from people so I could start drinking! It's a really good feeling to have taken back my life - and gotten a second chance (ok maybe tenth chance or so) to start again. Life IS good! And you're life is worth it -- glad you're all doing so well! __________________ July 6, 2012 New Life Begins I am one drink away from never being sober again for the rest of my life. Praying is asking God for help, meditating is listening for God's answer.

11-18-2010, 10:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
NoAlcoholToday Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 287	Ok, I think we all know each other well enough by now that we Londoners can teach the septics some cockney rhyming slang. So we'll start with the numbers seeing as we are all day counting at the moment: (oh, sorry, first things first. septic = septic tank = yank. Hey, it wasn't me who made this stuff up, ok!!) Hooped and Iamlivingfree are on "deep" today I, myself, am in "hell" today coop1 is on "Far too" Sdsurfn20011 and phytoman are on "Fiddle" I think Aurora should be on "scuba"? Igiveup is on "Holy" Sorry if I missed you out - please pick from the following list and let us know: 1 - Lost (and won) 2 - Bottle (of glue) 3 - Holy (see) 4 - Stand (in awe) 5 - Scuba (dive) 6 - Fiddle (-sticks) 7 - Exeter (in devon) 8 - Fartoo (late) 9 - Coal (mine) 10 - Foxes (den) 11 - Hell (and heaven) 12 - Deep (delve) 13 - Hurt (and be mean) 14 - (Sortin) letters Whichever it is, have a great one!! Last edited by NoAlcoholToday; 11-18-2010 at 10:42 PM. Reason: clarify it is "cockney" slang

11-18-2010, 10:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
Iamlivingfree Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: UK Posts: 263	Good morning everyone, Phytoman, so glad you're with us, well done on your day 6 already! Carol, thankyou for your intro to this thread, I can relate to it very well. Also I love the idea of "Forward we go.......side by side". I love this forum. Anyway, off to work, Have a great day everyone. Love X

11-18-2010, 10:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Iamlivingfree Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: UK Posts: 263	NoAlcoholToday, you're so quick, by the time i've finished my relatively short post, you've sneaked in with something dramatic like this! Great work, although I might just stay in bed tomorrow, i'm not good with pain! Speak later!

11-18-2010, 11:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
StuartW Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Posts: 36	Well done everyone, stay focused. Still sober on day 10.

11-18-2010, 11:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
NoAlcoholToday Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 287	Brilliant StuartW We hadn't heard from you in a couple of days and I was wondering if you were still with us. Great you are here and congratulations on your day 10.

11-19-2010, 12:21 AM	#11 (permalink)
Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 65,614	I never knew there's rhyming slang for numbers too, NAT, but it makes sense thanks D __________________

11-19-2010, 07:20 AM	#12 (permalink)
NoAlcoholToday Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 287	Well, apart from going for a walk around the local village with my flies undone (I thought sobriety might put an end to this kind of thing!!!!), I have been out with the chainsaw today. We have a number of very large oak trees which are being completeley smothered by ivy (the stems at the bottom are nearly as thick as your leg!). So anyway, as you cut through the ivy stem, there is this sound a bit like someone inhaling (not too dissimilar, actually, to when you release a slightly overtight brassiere!!) I gotta go out to dinner tonight with friends so am facing another small battle to win. So far, so good on day 11. Hope all is going well with the team out there?

11-19-2010, 07:29 AM	#13 (permalink)
coop1 Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Western PA Posts: 416	Congrats everyone on another day. Checking in a little later than usual. Busy at work. Day 8 here....let's rock n roll. __________________ If you stop struggling, then you stop life.-Huey Newton

11-19-2010, 07:37 AM	#14 (permalink)
SDSurfn Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 504	Hi everyone! Day 6 just starting here. It's Friday. It will be happy hour in about 9 hours. I guess I'm most worried about the drive home. But I can do this. I'm not going back. 27 years is enough.

11-19-2010, 08:19 AM	#15 (permalink)
michelebelle Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 65	Just to say hello to the team...I'm on my day 5...lot of thoughts and anxiety...but I'm sober and feel gooood in general. It's getting better and better. I know where and who I was after months of sobriety...I want that again. However, what is imprtant is this day, and today I am sober and I am grateful for that. __________________ Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain...Khalil Gibran

11-19-2010, 08:27 AM	#16 (permalink)
*least* bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 28,737 Blog Entries: 31	NAT, as far as you cockney rhyming slang... I'm "lost in tall weeds", in other words, I totally 'don't get it'. But that's ok too... Congrats to all on your daily progress. And welcome to any newcomers. (((hugs))) __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

11-19-2010, 10:29 AM	#17 (permalink)
Iamlivingfree Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: UK Posts: 263	Michellebelle, welcome, we're a whacky, but loving bunch here! Well done on day 5! Speak later, Love X

11-19-2010, 11:18 AM	#18 (permalink)
purplelily Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 26	Hello, today is Day 1! I have made it through many Day 1s, but something in my head and heart tells me this has to be my last one. Last night, I poured what was left of my bottle down the drain and said no more! I am sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, guilty, ashamed, angry, embarrassed, humiliated and disgusted with myself. I'm tired of the awkward silences and knowing looks between my husband and 9 year old when my words slur or I forget something. I'm tired of waking up and immediately trying to replay the past evening in my head to remember if I said or did anything totally inappropriate. I have been reading through some of the threads and feel like coming here will help. Thanks in advance for being here!

11-19-2010, 11:28 AM	#19 (permalink)
*least* bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 28,737 Blog Entries: 31	Welcome Purplelily to the "yes you can!" thread!! I'm glad you found us and joined the family! __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

11-19-2010, 12:20 PM	#20 (permalink)
coop1 Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Western PA Posts: 416	Welcome to the club purple, start stacking those days! __________________ If you stop struggling, then you stop life.-Huey Newton

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