Hi Cow, glad to see you & to read your responses to FT & others. Sorry that you gave in to ice cream. For the entirety of 2013, cigarettes, caffeine, and ice cream were my first, second, and third tools to cope with cravings. It's amazing that you can't use anything. I don't know how I would have made it without them -- I guess I would have had to completely ramp up exercise. I'd be really fit by now!
Having relapsed briefly in January, I still use all 3 tools but am not dependent on them. Staying sober for me isn't a physical thing anymore, it's all mental. My newer tools are more like meditation. Also I'm occasionally digging the limericks thread on SR -- check it out, you might have something to add, and it's great to take your mind off an urge:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-part-7-a.html