I really want to drink tonight - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Glasscat · 01-24-2013, 04:33 PM

The title says it all. No I don't have a sponsor to call. I am getting a hair cut in a half an hour and then have a meeting directly after so I'm just trying to wait it out and keep busy. The problem is when I get like this all rational thought of why I'm doing this in the first place disappears and I just don't care. I just want what I want and then I rationalize it somehow. Ack!

vegibean · 01-24-2013, 04:39 PM

Ugh, Glasscat, I totally relate. I'm glad you're going to a meeting, hopefully something said there will turn it around for you. Just keep trying, share at the meeting... Hang in there.

I was going to suggest getting in the shower, into PJ's and then snuggled into bed with some good tv and/or movie. Good luck!!

Lenina · 01-24-2013, 04:40 PM

glasscat, Thats the addictive voice you're hearing. It will pass. stay here and read the posts until appointment time. Then go to your meeting with a nice fresh haircut!

Love from Lenina

drunkyjules · 01-24-2013, 04:41 PM

Just don't drink tonight. If you are like me, I would take it too far and then feel like crap in the morning. When you drink what usually happens? Maybe make a list of the reasons why you want to stay sober, like a pros and cons list.

Someone posted here the other day, something like, how many times have we woke uo hungover and regretted it but nobody has ever woke up sober and thought, I wished I would have drank last night.

I'm sure I butchered that. Stay strong, you can do this!!

Xune · 01-24-2013, 04:44 PM

Your addiction wants you to drink.

The sober you wants to remain sober.

Listen to the sober you and tell your AV that seeing as you no longer drink alcohol, you can't feed it.

I wish you well with the choices you make.

Delilah1 · 01-24-2013, 04:48 PM

I agree with Xune, sont listen to that darn AV. You will be happy tomorrow when you wake up sober.

mytime66 · 01-24-2013, 04:52 PM

I'm hoping that you have gotten through that tough spot. I also get that demon speaking to me. I do the same remind myself why I started down this road. Good luck.

nogard · 01-24-2013, 04:54 PM

meeting sounds great, you can phone your support people while your having your hair cut

or text them.

xuse · 01-24-2013, 04:55 PM

Can relate kinda in the same state of mind scared more about tomorrow and sat steady as she goes

hope22 · 01-24-2013, 04:57 PM

Laura, please don't drink. Cravings can be uncomfortable, but try to ride it out. It will pass. Can you talk to someone after the meeting? Hang in there, you can do this.

Windancer · 01-24-2013, 05:12 PM

I can relate too. Distract yourself, go to bed early, get some sober company, meditate, post on here.....anything that may help. Dont just keeping thinking about it.
Remember...think think think drink drink drink

.
Good luck. I have many of these moments too.

quitforme79 · 01-24-2013, 05:14 PM

I hear you...have been there, most recently last weekend. But I did what you are doing...hung in and went to a meeting. The urge WILL pass.

LexieCat · 01-24-2013, 05:15 PM

The meeting should help. When I was newly sober, I always came out of a meeting remembering why I was getting sober. I wanted what THEY had.

Glasscat · 01-25-2013, 06:49 AM

You guys are all great. I thought I'd pop back in and let you know I made it and I'm fine. I feel good today and want to carry on. I had a great meeting too. Thanks for your support!

john1967 · 01-25-2013, 12:37 PM

Hey, Laura:

My therapist reminded me that triggers usually only last 60 - 90 seconds. Get past those crucial moments and remove yourself from those feelings by any means possible. Breathe. Take a walk. Call a friend. Go to a meeting. Look in the mirror and smile and realize you haven't had a drink and you're not going to...

MIRecovery · 01-25-2013, 12:46 PM

YOU do not want a drink.

Your addictive voice does but that is the same voice that wants you dead

01-24-2013, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Glasscat Gl@ss @rtist Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 102	I really want to drink tonight The title says it all. No I don't have a sponsor to call. I am getting a hair cut in a half an hour and then have a meeting directly after so I'm just trying to wait it out and keep busy. The problem is when I get like this all rational thought of why I'm doing this in the first place disappears and I just don't care. I just want what I want and then I rationalize it somehow. Ack! __________________ Laura “Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.” ― Baltasar Gracián

01-24-2013, 04:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
vegibean Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SE and then South some more Posts: 2,649	Ugh, Glasscat, I totally relate. I'm glad you're going to a meeting, hopefully something said there will turn it around for you. Just keep trying, share at the meeting... Hang in there. I was going to suggest getting in the shower, into PJ's and then snuggled into bed with some good tv and/or movie. Good luck!! __________________ "When you're green, you grow, when you're ripe, you rot. Don't stop learning." ~ Unknown

01-24-2013, 04:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
drunkyjules Jules Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 194 Blog Entries: 11	Just don't drink tonight. If you are like me, I would take it too far and then feel like crap in the morning. When you drink what usually happens? Maybe make a list of the reasons why you want to stay sober, like a pros and cons list. Someone posted here the other day, something like, how many times have we woke uo hungover and regretted it but nobody has ever woke up sober and thought, I wished I would have drank last night. I'm sure I butchered that. Stay strong, you can do this!! __________________ Jules

01-24-2013, 04:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
Xune Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 931 Blog Entries: 2	Your addiction wants you to drink. The sober you wants to remain sober. Listen to the sober you and tell your AV that seeing as you no longer drink alcohol, you can't feed it. I wish you well with the choices you make. __________________ Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell

01-24-2013, 04:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Delilah1 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,700	I agree with Xune, sont listen to that darn AV. You will be happy tomorrow when you wake up sober. __________________ Delilah “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemingway

01-24-2013, 04:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lenina Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 4,354	glasscat, Thats the addictive voice you're hearing. It will pass. stay here and read the posts until appointment time. Then go to your meeting with a nice fresh haircut! Love from Lenina

01-24-2013, 04:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
mytime66 Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 96	I'm hoping that you have gotten through that tough spot. I also get that demon speaking to me. I do the same remind myself why I started down this road. Good luck. __________________ I see that I can see what I couldn't see with alcohol. Sober since 03_18_2012

01-24-2013, 04:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
nogard everything is already ok Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 17,863 Blog Entries: 3	meeting sounds great, you can phone your support people while your having your hair cut or text them. __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

01-24-2013, 04:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
xuse xuse Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Rome Ga (Dixie Land) Posts: 302	Can relate kinda in the same state of mind scared more about tomorrow and sat steady as she goes __________________ "Don't find fault ,find a remedy"-Henry Ford Difficult doesn't mean impossible It simply means you have to work hard " If you can believe it,the mind can achieve it"-Ronnie Lott '

01-24-2013, 04:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
hope22 Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 265	Laura, please don't drink. Cravings can be uncomfortable, but try to ride it out. It will pass. Can you talk to someone after the meeting? Hang in there, you can do this.

01-24-2013, 05:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
Windancer Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 760	I can relate too. Distract yourself, go to bed early, get some sober company, meditate, post on here.....anything that may help. Dont just keeping thinking about it. Remember...think think think drink drink drink . Good luck. I have many of these moments too. __________________ The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

01-24-2013, 05:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
quitforme79 Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: east coast Posts: 1,289	I hear you...have been there, most recently last weekend. But I did what you are doing...hung in and went to a meeting. The urge WILL pass. __________________ "Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the girl gets sober and puts her life back together; it doesn't end there."- B. Sinister “When you quit drinking you stop waiting.” I stopped waiting on 11/13/2012.

01-24-2013, 05:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
LexieCat A work in progress Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Jersey Posts: 6,556	The meeting should help. When I was newly sober, I always came out of a meeting remembering why I was getting sober. I wanted what THEY had. __________________ Lexie *~ one breath at a time*

01-25-2013, 06:49 AM	#14 (permalink)
Glasscat Gl@ss @rtist Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 102	You guys are all great. I thought I'd pop back in and let you know I made it and I'm fine. I feel good today and want to carry on. I had a great meeting too. Thanks for your support! __________________ Laura “Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.” ― Baltasar Gracián

01-25-2013, 12:37 PM	#15 (permalink)
john1967 Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 10	Hey, Laura: My therapist reminded me that triggers usually only last 60 - 90 seconds. Get past those crucial moments and remove yourself from those feelings by any means possible. Breathe. Take a walk. Call a friend. Go to a meeting. Look in the mirror and smile and realize you haven't had a drink and you're not going to...

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01-25-2013, 12:46 PM	#16 (permalink)
MIRecovery A Day at a Time Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Grand Rapids MI Posts: 1,563	YOU do not want a drink. Your addictive voice does but that is the same voice that wants you dead __________________ I've dealt with my ghosts and faced all my demons Finally content with a past I regret I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness For once I'm at peace with myself