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Old 01-25-2021, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Robbie64 View Post
This is the problem, I don't have any anti drinking plans in place. Or at least ones that work. When I get the urge to drink I do try to distract the thoughts by doing things, either things that need doing in the house or going for a walk. The problem is I don't have an awful lot to do at the moment - the weather has been dreadful for the past fortnight so I can't even go for a long walk - so I sit and let the thoughts grow bigger until I cave in. I've read the urge surfing threads here and there are some very good suggestions but when something gets embedded in my head I find it hard to stop the constant thinking about it.
yeah I found that without anything concrete in place I'd fall back on the default - which was drinking.

Even posting here, instead of drinking, is a basic plan, Robbie?

these are really simple things to help with cravings
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...-cravings.html (CarolD's tips for cravings)

use the decorator period as a running start...get up a head of steam

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