LadyBug66

Today is day 30. I still have thoughts about drinking but they seem to not be as strong but they are consistent.

ScottFromWI

That's positive progress in my book Ladybug, congrats on 30 days!

Dee74

congrats LadyBug

I dunno bout you but i drank for years - it took a ;little longer than 30 days to lose those thoughts of drinking, but lose them I did...

You will too

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Maudcat

30 days is great. Keep going.

NYCDoglvr

Congrats on 30 days! Most alcoholics don't get that so you're going in the right direction. Have a recovery program? I couldn't have done it on my own....

LadyBug66

SR is actually my only recovery program. I have no one other than you guys to talk about this with.

MaggieJ

Huge congrats! I’m at 48 days and 30 days by far felt like the biggest milestone. Good for you. Nice work!

Ken0331

I find that hard to believe. Do you live on an island in the middle of the Pacific?

There are people in your community you can talk to about this. Are you willing?


BTW, congrats on 30 days.

Lpg

Congrats on day 30, I'm day 75 and the thoughts are still there but less often than they where and less intense. It's worth it keep up the hard work
Lpg

Yad2LohoclaOn

Yay, LadyBug!!! A whole new year and a whole new you....for me too.

The way I look at it, I spent years forming the strong pathways in my alcoholic Zombie brain parts. Every time I have a regressive thought, I look at it as an opportunity to chip away at those pathways by not reinforcing them. Zombie will always be there, but it needs to lay the heck down and wait for its acting debut in the Walking Dead series, lol.

Congrats on 30 days!

Done4today

Congrats ladybug,

30 days is a great accomplishment, keep up the good work.

waynetheking

Keep up the good work ladybug. Never give in, never give in, never never never.
We're here for ya.

LadyBug66

I'm very private in my addiction. When I have been approached to drink I say I can't because of 1. medication or 2. I'm trying to lose weight. I treasure SR because I can be honest about what I'm going thru and I get support and no judgement. I feel if I went public I would be judged.

Ken0331

I was private in mine, too. For me, keeping it private and trying "Ken's plan" kept me drunk.

Best thing I ever did was to get honest with my doctors what I was doing to myself. Then reach out for help from people who actually knew what would have success at getting me sober, rather than what Ken thought would. Ken's plan sucked & had no chance of success, so it failed.

You don't have to broadcast to the world you have a problem with alcohol. Not a good idea . . . But I do encourage you to find the right people to open up to about it, and get help from those who know what has a better chance of working and what doesn't.