Originally Posted by
tiffanyeagle 
i'm again with weekend sober plans and family and friends who know will be around me at this time. i need to take it really one day at a time. a previous poster mentioned this but i was out last weekend food shopping when the craving hit, i was in the liquor store 10 minutes later. i think if i had been home, it would have passed. i think i need to stay home for a while. or sober meetings, church. i'll order groceries on line perhaps.....
Excellent ideas! I stayed close to home and pretty much only around my parents when I was out of the house, for a number of weeks (5 or 6, about). I didn't go into the grocery alone- or one of my parents was in the car for when I got done, since they drove me around- so by only taking my wallet in I had nowhere to hide wine, for example....I went to about 82 mtgs in 90 days since I chose AA as my program....I took care of myself and read a lot, slept a lot, watched TV (realized later I half-concentrated on lots of shows when I re-watched! that's fine).
You can do this. Whatever it takes- you need to want to be sober more than you want to drink- I promise you it is so much better if you stay on this side. Really. I'd trade my worst day now (at 340 days) for my "best" day drinking.
Good luck.