Originally Posted by
Programmer27 
17 days sober... yay...
I'm working on my sobriety, hard. Things are getting more difficult as my life improves. (WTF?!) Yeah, that's right, as things get better, the urge to drink increases.
I was one left turn away from the liquor store yesterday, but I ... I don't even know why I didn't go, but I just didn't. It freaking sucked, but once I got home and started playing xbox, I felt better almost instantly.
I keep wondering when I crossed the line. When I was... 20 or so I would drink occasionally and more often than not, I would turn it down because I loved working out etc. Where on earth did that guy go?! I'm almost 25 now and I have such a hard time having fun doing anything other than drinking.
I have got to figure out a way to change my mindset, but I just don't know how. How do you train yourself to think differently?
Hey Programmer , congrats on your sobriety , that's great . I was the same a few months ago , as my life improved my sobriety got tougher and I got complacent and thought I was free of this and bang , back to square one unfortunately . Here is a great link describing PAW and I hope it helps like it helped me . It can take a good while for us to start feeling like ourselves again .
Post Acute Withdrawl - Relapse Prevention Specialists - TLC The Living Center