Originally Posted by
faith823 
My aunt has been sober since 12/23/00 almost 18 years and I asked her how she does it and she responded I never ever want to feel the pain again when I first got sober
My fourth time reaching the two month mark put that exact realization in my head. It sucks and getting past it is the only thing you can do. I had cravings bad, there were two 2 months stints separated by a day where the cravings pretty much never stopped. Realizing how long two months actually was helped me keep trucking on the fourth time I passed it (hopefully the last, I'm coming up on a year.