Originally Posted by
Solarion Stuck on item #1, of course.
Me, too, and I've been working on this darned list for quite a while now.
I think it's a great exercise to get the head on right. I never
think I should drink, but I sometimes
feel like drinking. That feeling has been powerful and overwhelming at times. It has made me anxious and feeling like if I don't get a drink something horrible could happen. It sometimes feels like I'm about to panic.
OhmygodOhmygodOhmygod...
So one day I decided I should make a list - the 5 worst things that could happen if I don't drink. For me this simple exercise exposes that anxiety and sense of impending doom for what it is - irrational and absurd. It always calms me down. Allows my thinking to override my feeling.