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Old 04-07-2015, 01:45 PM
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firstymer
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H.A.L.T. was big for me. It accounted for a majority of my strong urges in the early weeks of sobriety. If you are able to review each of those 4 issues each time you get an urge, you will be able to deal with many of the urges more easily.

Also, recognize that the urges will come. No matter what you do. You just gotta bear down and ride them out. One by one. With each urge you survive, you will grow a little bit stronger.

The good news is that all urges pass eventually. And, over time, the urges will occur less and less frequently.

Good luck. I hope you will post often and let us know how you are doing.
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