Luthin,
After I got home from work in my early recovery is grab a diet coke out of the fridge and I still do, not sure why but it helped me. But other things that helped me are..
(1) Read everything you can get your hands on about alcoholism, knowledge help me stay sober.
(2) Challenge the thought that drives the urge.Stop it, analyze the error in it, and replace it. Like: "It could't hurt to have one drink. WAIT a minute what am I thinking? One could hurt, as I've seen ' just one' lead to lots more. I am sticking with my choice not to drink.
(3) Believe and follow the one-day-at-a-time advice.
Luthin, All I can tell you that it gets easier with time, I was in your shoes I know what those feeling are hang in there!! I was a 30 year drinker and now I have a little over 1 year sober.. and I never thought my life could be this good!!
Keep Strong!!!! Keep Posting!!!