I'm sort of new to this quitting thing. Brand new, actually.
"It's a beautiful sunny day on the campus, the days where everyone sits on the green by the college bar and drinks in the sun."
So I'm learning lots of stuff and one thing I hear about is 'triggers'. Triggers for drinking of course.
For me, I swear every @!!*## thing is a trigger! Because I did everything when drinking. 'It's sunny, I really need a drink. It's raining, need a drink. Really warm outside today, need a drink. Too cold, need a drink.'
Loneliness is a huge one for me also. My wife will sometimes travel quite a bit. We don't have children at home, not even pets, so I'll be here by myself. I always used being alone here as an excuse to drink. Funny thing is, as soon as she would arrive home, I'd use that as an excuse to drink also because so glad to see her, I should celebrate. For a month. Or just all year.
Not sure how long the craving last. For me, they were awful the first week, but now it's only occasionally. Eating until I'm full helps me get rid of them, usually.