Originally Posted by
Purpleknight 
What's the plan other than not drinking?
I found the more I began to work on my life, new routines, new activities, new hobbies, meeting new people, the more there seemed to be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, but that took time.
Sobriety for me was more than abstinence, that simply created a whole lot of time on my hands with my own thoughts, and that meant thinking about alcohol, instead I needed to start carving out a new lifestyle for myself, one away from alcohol, and as a result the thoughts of alcohol slowly began to subside and make things easier!!
Hang in there!!
I have hobbies, I have a car im doing up from being rotten, I have a allotment, I watch dvds, but even while doing those I get thoughts of taking a drink.
my drinking thoughts are so intense, and so are my suicidal thoughts.
in aa people told me give it 6 months you will feel better, I use to only get about 3 or 4 weeks sober, I did do 3 months a few times too but they were awful, I don't know how I got to 10 months, but I do know it doesn't feel better I feel ****.