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Old 03-18-2019, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by oldskoolraver View Post
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))
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