Freaking out
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Freaking out
Whats up fellows,
I am having a hard time right this minute. Some old friends are in town and it is pretty tempting to go out. I almost had a meltdown last night, but a friend I meet on here talked me through it. I keep playing that tape in my head about what could happen. Sometimes the urge is just to strong, I guess this is what being powerless over alcohol is about. I just need some help.
I am having a hard time right this minute. Some old friends are in town and it is pretty tempting to go out. I almost had a meltdown last night, but a friend I meet on here talked me through it. I keep playing that tape in my head about what could happen. Sometimes the urge is just to strong, I guess this is what being powerless over alcohol is about. I just need some help.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
timed my cravings. They were 5-7 minutes in duration.
Not too long too endure discomfort.
Soooo....I took action.
Walk around ... brush teeth...drink cold water...a Lifesaver
Within 2 weeks...the lessened in both time and intensity.
By 2 or so months .... they vanished.
Now...were they mental or physical?
Darn if I know. Nor do I care.
Not too long too endure discomfort.
Soooo....I took action.
Walk around ... brush teeth...drink cold water...a Lifesaver
Within 2 weeks...the lessened in both time and intensity.
By 2 or so months .... they vanished.
Now...were they mental or physical?
Darn if I know. Nor do I care.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Arizona
Posts: 872
Dude...
Are you in the AA fellowship? Can you get to a meeting? Call someone?
If you are so inclined, go outside, look up at the sky, and say the Serenity Prayer over and over.... sound too simple, but it's what worked for me...
Above all -- don't drink. DON'T DRINK! No matter what. Like Carol said, find something else to do, but get busy with your recovery.
Let me know if you don't have a phone list.
I will PM you my phone number. I am going to a hockey game tonight, but will have my phone with me.
Keep the faith!!!! one minute at a time...
Ken
Are you in the AA fellowship? Can you get to a meeting? Call someone?
If you are so inclined, go outside, look up at the sky, and say the Serenity Prayer over and over.... sound too simple, but it's what worked for me...
Above all -- don't drink. DON'T DRINK! No matter what. Like Carol said, find something else to do, but get busy with your recovery.
Let me know if you don't have a phone list.
I will PM you my phone number. I am going to a hockey game tonight, but will have my phone with me.
Keep the faith!!!! one minute at a time...
Ken
Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,002
If your in AA the answers are simple.
Call your sponsor.
Call your friends in the fellowship.
Go to a meeting.
Read the Big Book.
Read the 12 & 12.
Pray!!!
Do all the above.
Use the tools this fellowship has blessed us with.
Tom
Call your sponsor.
Call your friends in the fellowship.
Go to a meeting.
Read the Big Book.
Read the 12 & 12.
Pray!!!
Do all the above.
Use the tools this fellowship has blessed us with.
Tom
God is my benzo
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Charlotte, nc
Posts: 198
Point # 1
Here's something to note. Are they really your friends. Now maybe they are, but true friends support your recovery. You wouldn't have to risk that in order to spend time with them. I have found that only a couple people I used to hang out with meet this criteria, the rest were just people I knew.
The friends I have in AA are true friends, I am there for them, they are there for me.
Point # 2 (if you are in AA)
It says in the big book (paraphrase) that we can go anywhere we want as long as our spiritual condition is good. so not being able to go out is a temporary stop on the long road of recovery. I love music, I have went to bars to see bands. Prior to going I spoke with my sponsor about it, I prayed, and I took somebody from the program with me. I was fit spiritually and because of this I was safe.
We do not hide from alcohol when we are recovered. we can go where any man goes.
Here's something to note. Are they really your friends. Now maybe they are, but true friends support your recovery. You wouldn't have to risk that in order to spend time with them. I have found that only a couple people I used to hang out with meet this criteria, the rest were just people I knew.
The friends I have in AA are true friends, I am there for them, they are there for me.
Point # 2 (if you are in AA)
It says in the big book (paraphrase) that we can go anywhere we want as long as our spiritual condition is good. so not being able to go out is a temporary stop on the long road of recovery. I love music, I have went to bars to see bands. Prior to going I spoke with my sponsor about it, I prayed, and I took somebody from the program with me. I was fit spiritually and because of this I was safe.
We do not hide from alcohol when we are recovered. we can go where any man goes.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Western NC
Posts: 783
Cravings suck!!! The only way to get rid of them in this alkies mind is to go to meetings, get a sponcer, and work the steps. By working the steps I found out what the major driving forces were behind my drinking. After I knew that it made fighting the disease a lot easier. Hope you are doing better today.
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