Awwwe, Marty, thanks for keeping us updated. How lucky you had Chauncey and he filled your heart with love and affection! Losing pets is so hard………
Manta, hoping you are enjoying the new mattress and resting in it, and the neighbors are keeping their noise down for you.
My tool that I forgot all about is PERSPECTIVE.
Do I HAVE to quit drinking, or do I WANT to?
Do I ROMANTICIZE alcohol, or do I see it as it really is to me, POISON!
Am I looking forward in the long run, of the BENEFITS of being alcohol free, or am I RESENTFUL that my desire center of my brain is screaming like a three year old in a tantrum “waaaaaa, I need relieve NOW!”
Ahhh, the perspective of the desire MUST shift, or white knuckle will surely fail over the long run.
Most all the ‘elders’ (long term sober persons) here tout that shift in thought hence the shift in desire is necessary for successfully erasing this compulsion to use.
Just remembering, and shocked I’d forgotten to add that to my list.