Originally Posted by
Unwound 
I know drinking won't solve anything and it's one day at a time. I'm not expecting to go back to a completely normal life, my experience quitting smoking showed me that. I haven't smoked for twenty years but when some a$$ blows their smoke in my face I still get a pang because I'll always be an addict.
However I did find around 2 months the "gotta", push I used to feel daily gradually faded away and it became easier just to maintain.
I've really got to watch for transferance, I've caught subconscious thoughts looking for other avenues and have shut them down because starting a new addiction is the last thing I need. I just want this intensive bit to be over.
I am doing the excerise, my dog has never been so happy or well walked, I wish it helped more.
Sorry rambling again, I am all over the place today.
naaaaah- not all over the place from this end. seems youre right where you need to be.
early on. for about 6+ months, when I had something to deal with and needed a solution, the 1st thought that would pop into my head would be drink. I used alcohol as a solution for many years, and it didn't work, so it was going to take T.I.M.E. for me to get a new thought process. gradually, as I worked on finding solutions- learned about causes and conditions that alcohol was a symptom for, and learned new ways of living life on lifes terms-the thought of alcohol as a solution stopped happening.