90 Days!
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90 Days!
And all i think about lately is drinking. I don't want to drink, but it seems to just be on my mind a lot.
Perhaps the pink cloud is over... perhaps it's a 90 day itch... I'd just like the constant urge to go away like it was last month.
This reassure to me that alcoholism is a thinking problem, not a drinking problem. A normal person wouldn't be thinking about drinking poison after finally getting it out of their system.
But, 90 days is the longest I've made it since I started drinking. 6 years of being drunk and 90 days clear headed. It's very nice.
Perhaps the pink cloud is over... perhaps it's a 90 day itch... I'd just like the constant urge to go away like it was last month.
This reassure to me that alcoholism is a thinking problem, not a drinking problem. A normal person wouldn't be thinking about drinking poison after finally getting it out of their system.
But, 90 days is the longest I've made it since I started drinking. 6 years of being drunk and 90 days clear headed. It's very nice.
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Originally Posted by FeenixxRising 
Congrats GbJ. Ride out the urges; hopefully, they will dissipate. Are you working any kind of recovery program?
Other than that, however, I'm just riding it out... changing habits and looking forward to an actual future.
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Congratulations, GoodbyeJose - 90 days is a huge milestone! 
The first six months for me were a bit of a roller coaster. I had good days and bad days and sometimes the urge to drink would hit me hard just out of the blue.....
I think PAWS has something to do with it, and it just takes time for that mental obsession to fade. (A lot of people feel a bit funky around milestones, too.... I know I did).
Things really do get better. Keep up the good work!
The first six months for me were a bit of a roller coaster. I had good days and bad days and sometimes the urge to drink would hit me hard just out of the blue.....
I think PAWS has something to do with it, and it just takes time for that mental obsession to fade. (A lot of people feel a bit funky around milestones, too.... I know I did).Things really do get better. Keep up the good work!
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Congratulations Jose 
I think a lot of us think that maybe after 90 days we'll be home free - it didn't work like that for me. My recovery was not necessarily a straight line.
I drank a lot of booze for a lot of years - it took a little bit of time and effort for me to deprogram myself from that abuse.
I'm not saying that life will always be a trial - it's not - but you may face moments when the old ideas resurface and sometimes they can sound pretty good.
If you feel shaky - look at what you're putting into your recovery - can you do more?
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I think a lot of us think that maybe after 90 days we'll be home free - it didn't work like that for me. My recovery was not necessarily a straight line.
I drank a lot of booze for a lot of years - it took a little bit of time and effort for me to deprogram myself from that abuse.
I'm not saying that life will always be a trial - it's not - but you may face moments when the old ideas resurface and sometimes they can sound pretty good.
If you feel shaky - look at what you're putting into your recovery - can you do more?
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Congrats on 90 days!
It would be great if there was a magic time frame for the obsession to go away but alas there is none. It is different for each of us. I think Dee is on the right track though. I know the more effort I put it to my recovery the more I get out of it.
It would be great if there was a magic time frame for the obsession to go away but alas there is none. It is different for each of us. I think Dee is on the right track though. I know the more effort I put it to my recovery the more I get out of it.
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Originally Posted by lorelei
90 days is fantastic believe me you really don't want to give up your sobriety and go back to day 1 again... keep fighting that av xx
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It took me longer than 90 days to recover completely, but I did. The fear went away at two years. Now I don't need to count but do so the noobs to sobriety can see many of us make it. I know I felt like I made it at 90 days and felt I wasn't making progress fast enough. I decided to wait until I had been sober as long as I was an alcoholic, and see if it gets better. I have 10 more years to that point but am already as healed as I'd hoped, even more so. Give yourself time. Only you can.
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