URGES PASS .... dont they????
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URGES PASS .... dont they????
.... have to push through have to push through...... do I want to feel depressed? NO!! ... do I want to feel sad? NO!! ...do I want to feel worthless
NO!!........ so URGES PASS!!! and so I CAN push through everytime I get one!!!
So now I will go and have bowl of hot home made soup
...me hitting the urge !!!!
NO!!........ so URGES PASS!!! and so I CAN push through everytime I get one!!!
So now I will go and have bowl of hot home made soup
...me hitting the urge !!!!
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All cravings and urges will pass without fail. Keep yourself busy with other activities knowing that such urges will dissipate and you will not take any action on those urges ! Hang in there !
All cravings and urges will pass without fail. Keep yourself busy with other activities knowing that such urges will dissipate and you will not take any action on those urges ! Hang in there !
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Thanks everyone ..... I'm hanging in there ... is bewitching hour at the moment
4.30 pm..... but i'm doing alright...
And Ted ... my dogs would live at the beach if they could Ha Ha..
You little one looks pretty cute as well
4.30 pm..... but i'm doing alright...
And Ted ... my dogs would live at the beach if they could Ha Ha..
You little one looks pretty cute as well
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Few months of 3 years stone cold sober and I can say YES the urges do pass .
Saturday just gone was at a restaurant in Kew London with family and friends , lots of drinking round me ,I just felt so uber comfortable in myself zero cravings zilch nada nothing ! My friend opposite me changed totally over the course of the evening due to alcoHELL , quite funny in a sad way . Coming out of the restaurant I felt high it was quite unreal , whispered to my wife thank F$)$$7$G god I do not have to drink anymore.
Face the urge and ride it out ,do not surrender ever or you are back in the rinse and repeat cycle of misery.
Saturday just gone was at a restaurant in Kew London with family and friends , lots of drinking round me ,I just felt so uber comfortable in myself zero cravings zilch nada nothing ! My friend opposite me changed totally over the course of the evening due to alcoHELL , quite funny in a sad way . Coming out of the restaurant I felt high it was quite unreal , whispered to my wife thank F$)$$7$G god I do not have to drink anymore.
Face the urge and ride it out ,do not surrender ever or you are back in the rinse and repeat cycle of misery.
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Originally Posted by DarkDays 
Few months of 3 years stone cold sober and I can say YES the urges do pass .
Saturday just gone was at a restaurant in Kew London with family and friends , lots of drinking round me ,I just felt so uber comfortable in myself zero cravings zilch nada nothing ! My friend opposite me changed totally over the course of the evening due to alcoHELL , quite funny in a sad way . Coming out of the restaurant I felt high it was quite unreal , whispered to my wife thank F$)$$7$G god I do not have to drink anymore.
Face the urge and ride it out ,do not surrender ever or you are back in the rinse and repeat cycle of misery.
Saturday just gone was at a restaurant in Kew London with family and friends , lots of drinking round me ,I just felt so uber comfortable in myself zero cravings zilch nada nothing ! My friend opposite me changed totally over the course of the evening due to alcoHELL , quite funny in a sad way . Coming out of the restaurant I felt high it was quite unreal , whispered to my wife thank F$)$$7$G god I do not have to drink anymore.
Face the urge and ride it out ,do not surrender ever or you are back in the rinse and repeat cycle of misery.
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Originally Posted by Julie59
so URGES PASS
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There was a breakthrough for me after a couple of weeks. My urges had been accompanied by this panicky feeling, if it doesn't pass, I don't know what I'm going to do, I'm just getting so anxious right now, oh no there's alcohol over there AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHH!!1!!!1!
The breakthrough came when I finally got it that I had had these urges before and didn't drink, and that I would probably have them again, and I still wouldn't drink. All because I had decided already about the drinking thing. NEVER. After that, the anxiety part of the urges went away, and I could step aside and look at them remotely without getting all twisted around the axle. I could recognize the urge and watch it, but remain detached from it.
The urges started getting shorter and shorter to the point that when they come, they only last for a second or two. They are more of a memory now than anything else. 'Oh ya, I used to do that, what a mess I was then, never going back there that's for sure'. and that's it. Phhhhhhhhhhht.
The breakthrough came when I finally got it that I had had these urges before and didn't drink, and that I would probably have them again, and I still wouldn't drink. All because I had decided already about the drinking thing. NEVER. After that, the anxiety part of the urges went away, and I could step aside and look at them remotely without getting all twisted around the axle. I could recognize the urge and watch it, but remain detached from it.
The urges started getting shorter and shorter to the point that when they come, they only last for a second or two. They are more of a memory now than anything else. 'Oh ya, I used to do that, what a mess I was then, never going back there that's for sure'. and that's it. Phhhhhhhhhhht.
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Originally Posted by freshstart57
There was a breakthrough for me after a couple of weeks. My urges had been accompanied by this panicky feeling, if it doesn't pass, I don't know what I'm going to do, I'm just getting so anxious right now, oh no there's alcohol over there AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHH!!1!!!1!
The breakthrough came when I finally got it that I had had these urges before and didn't drink, and that I would probably have them again, and I still wouldn't drink. All because I had decided already about the drinking thing. NEVER. After that, the anxiety part of the urges went away, and I could step aside and look at them remotely without getting all twisted around the axle. I could recognize the urge and watch it, but remain detached from it.
The urges started getting shorter and shorter to the point that when they come, they only last for a second or two. They are more of a memory now than anything else. 'Oh ya, I used to do that, what a mess I was then, never going back there that's for sure'. and that's it. Phhhhhhhhhhht.
The breakthrough came when I finally got it that I had had these urges before and didn't drink, and that I would probably have them again, and I still wouldn't drink. All because I had decided already about the drinking thing. NEVER. After that, the anxiety part of the urges went away, and I could step aside and look at them remotely without getting all twisted around the axle. I could recognize the urge and watch it, but remain detached from it.
The urges started getting shorter and shorter to the point that when they come, they only last for a second or two. They are more of a memory now than anything else. 'Oh ya, I used to do that, what a mess I was then, never going back there that's for sure'. and that's it. Phhhhhhhhhhht.
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.... have to push through have to push through...... do I want to feel depressed? NO!! ... do I want to feel sad? NO!! ...do I want to feel worthless
NO!!........ so URGES PASS!!! and so I CAN push through everytime I get one!!!
NO!!........ so URGES PASS!!! and so I CAN push through everytime I get one!!!
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Hi Julie - hang in there! You are doing the right thing posting about it. I had frequent and intense cravings almost daily in the first few months and some of them were very difficult to push through. They almost completely disappeared by the 4 month mark. I still have thoughts of drinking but nothing like those monster urges initially. From what I have seen, for some people the cravings are stronger and more frequent than others, but they definitely dissipate if we stay sober.
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Your all giving me the inspiration to push through every craving or urge I have. I think I already know deep down they will dissipate the longer I stay stronger..... so that is it what I am trying to do..... at this stage one day at a time or one urge at a time... I'll keep coming back and re-reading all your posts and keep posting myself.... 
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In the beginning, every time I fought craving there was new insight into my triggers. Identifying what I was thinking about, who I was with, where I was, helped me to avoid those triggers, or if I couldn't change them externally work on myself in those areas. It's growth, and while it might feel painful at times, know you're making progress!
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