That Dude

I kind of feel a drink creeping up, its been 16 days since my last. I have a lot of things going on right now, but its hard for me to recognize stress. I guess I am just trying to tell on my disease. Its really hard to ask for help, I was raised to believe asking for help is a sign of weakness. I keep thinking to myself that maybe I can drink one more time and then I'll quit. I have to convince myself that I just can't drink today.

Thanks,
Dude

collinsmi

I've been saying that about cigarettes since I can remember!

Rimmy

When I stopped drinking, I didn't know what feeling hungry was. At least in the morning. I drank breakfast. All the new feelings are simply new feelings... the wanting a drink is the old feeling you are trying to get rid of.

Don't pick up the first one... it ain't worth it.

Hope ya feel better

Tazman53

That dude is the ticket, just do not drink today! That and working on changing yourself from that person who used to drink to deal with life..... aka hide from life behind the bottle to a person who knows how to live life on lifes terms without drinking.

It is a process that takes time and sdaly time takes time! The secret I found was to spend as much time working on my recovery as I did drinking.

Astro

I try to keep it as simple as possible. We've all heard it said that "AA is a simple program for complicated people". That being said, here's a few simple things that I share often on SR......

1. Assuming they've done a safe detox, nobody has ever died from not taking another drink.

2. My worst day sober is still better than my best day drinking.

3. There's nothing I've gone through in sobriety that drinking would improve.

My point? Abstinence can work until you get ahold of recovery. But nothing will work if you decide to drink again.

29a

I was raised with same "manly" upbringing. You don't ask for help because it shows weakness. it's cowboy bull@#$

It takes strength to admit you can't handle something, to give in to booze would be the easy way out.

reed

time for F.E.A.R., meaning f*ck everything and recover. NOT f*ck everything and run.

Boater62

This too shall pass.

Find something to do, keep busy, go to bed early (the intense cravings always hit me at night), go to the library, get out of your drinking environment.

Hang in there.

Cheers - JR

Toomutch

Hey Dude,

Stay strong and don't drink. You've got the right attitude telling yourself you wont drink today. I have been sober for 4 days and am still telling myself I wont drink this hour.

Toomutch

lovingseren

Remember, a thought is just a thought, we need not act on a thought.

Seren

ps. Eat often, every few hours, small snacks of protein and carbs, peanut butter and crackers, tuna or eggs on toast........this will keep you blood sugar levels on an even keel, and keep cravings down to a dull roar in the early days of sobriety.