Originally Posted by
autan 
The thing that works for me is this.
8am - wake up
9am - take Son to nursery.
9:15 - drink a cup of coffee and 2 slices of buttered toast.
10am - drink a cup of nettle tea while working from home.
10-am - 1pm work then have some chips for lunch.
2pm until 5pm work and come on SR.
5pm pick up Son from Nursery.
5pm - Eat evening meal.
6pm - Go to Gym and run for about 30mins. Sit in Sauna and talk to friends made at the gym there. (No drinking at all).
10pm - Come home and spend an hour talking to Wife, seeing how her days has done, maybe have cuddle.
11pm - Come on SR and read and post.
1am (Watch the news and drink a cup of Jasmine Green Tea).
1:30 Go to bed.
Repeat as necessary. No Alcohol involved. Obviously adapt as necessary.
I found sitting around trying not to think about drinking, wasn't benefiting me much, doing things, where alcohol isn't part of the equation was the key.
Generally, people who go to gyms, tend not to drink and so they talk about anything, but you never or rarely here them talking about getting destroyed or having a cigarette. You need to a find a workable solution, that you can live with.
Agreed, exercise helps but I trained for a marathon during my active alcoholic days. The bottom line is that we all need to want to quit for it to happen. My wife wanted me to quit for a long time, but it took until I was sick of being sick and tired for me to quit. Now I look forward to getting back to the exercise and see some positive results, sans alcohol
