Originally Posted by
Mizzuno 
Okay, so you had a little fantasy about hanging out at your favorite sushi spot and decompressing. This does not equate to a relapse. We all have our ideas about alcohol, the daydreaming and what not. This is normal. You will need to find a new "decompressing" strategy and implement it into your routine. Replacing what you took away with a healthy activity will let your brain know that you are still "decompressing" just in a different way. You have a void in your life at the moment. So, a bath, walk, yoga, different place to eat, etc....
Thansk Mizzuno - you are absolutely right. I will have to come up with some creative ways to do this. I am going to keep my eye out for a different place to eat - or I will find a sushi place that I can go to that doesn't have a liquor license!!!
I guess I was just thrown by how it so naturally slipped in. Also - people on these boards talk a lot about the fact that relapse actually happens before you actually pick up the drink. I am going to make sure that this scenario does not become part of a relapse.