Old 10-14-2011, 04:38 AM
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SSIL75
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hey - cry! Have a good cry and go to bed at 8pm. Good for the soul, short term IMO.

All those feelings... "life is boring without alcohol", "maybe I don't have a problem afterall", "One won't hurt", "everything goes with alcohol"... those are all alcoholic thoughts. . That's what the alcoholic in you believes and needs to believe to feed your addiction.

Is it normal to feel a 2 week itch? IME all 'itches' are normal. You're an alcoholic, after all. Craving is what you do. But it changed my life to really isolate all those thoughts as being untrue. (if you google Rational Recovery's AVRT you'll find more detail).

Acknowledge the feelings, let them go and go DO something healthy. Take a walk, go get a cup of coffee, write... whatever floats your sober boat.

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