Originally Posted by
oldskoolraver I have tried the normal tools. Distraction doing things different. Cooking cleaning etc. I don't feel comfortable in meetings. I get to a certain point in and think ahh it's ok to drink again nd it's not. I think I have control then when I start I can't stop. I am a weekend binge drinker where 1 drink is just never enough. I don't want to be like this anymore
Distraction in itself is not a recovery plan. Most of us needed some kind of formal method/procedure/theory to follow. Every recovery plan also teaches us that we cannot control our drinking, ever...so you learn repetitively to accept that and reinforce it.
This thread is a great read if you've never done so:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...at-we-did.html (Recovery Programs & What to Expect (What We Did))