Goldcoastgirl

Hi Violetflame, I so admire you coming back. It's just not worth the chaos it throws our life into. I am back after slipping up too. I find guided meditation helps me. If you google "guided healing meditations" you will come up with heaps on YouTube. I find it helps occupy my thoughts and calms me too. I suffer with anxiety and drinking helps mask all those feelings. When you stop they all start rearing their ugly head and are overwhelming and scary, I know the feeling!

If you want to pm me I can give you a link for a guy who does free guided healing meditations which I find really helpful. He even has ones for addictions and anxiety. Hang in there!

Goldcoastgirl

PS. We are planning on going to Italy next year for our wedding anniversary! Something definitely to work towards x

flavinho

Hardest days to stay way from alcohol are weekends. I feel so lonely on weekends without alcohol, but I know I did the right choice.

waynetheking

For me I bought a bicycle. I road it almost every day. 2 or 3 hours at a time. In circles even. It was something other than drinking. By the time I would get off of it I was to tired to think about drinking. Plus I live in the south so I drank a lot of water while riding. I think you have to take action. Anything to keep from being bored. After a while those cravings will subside and less intense. But you have to take action. TV won't work. By my own experience, I can guarantee that.

Westy2

Hey Wayne! a fellow rider here. I had saved my beer money ($$ I would have spent on beer) and bought myself a nice cyclocross bike. It is an AWESOME way to spend an afternoon. I use it mostly on roads. I look forward to using it, enjoy riding it, and keep Gatorade in the fridge for after. It is such a nice way to spend an afternoon on Saturday or Sunday.

waynetheking

That's pretty cool westy, its amazing how much money we spent on this terrible affliction. I live in downtown so my riding mainly was spent here on sidewalks. But the diversion helped me those early months. I would recommend it to anyone. Be safe my friend and don't drink today!