Today is day 60!
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Today is day 60!
wow... sober 60 days! I feel good. I'm proud of myself that I've been able to do this. However, I wish I could say that I never think about drinking but I can't say that. I do think about it. I think about it less than I did, but I still think about alcohol and how great a glass of wine would be.... especially when I'm relaxing in the evening. I buzy myself with other things during those times, but those thoughts still occur.
Time was.... just 10 years ago before I started drinking that I didn't ever think about having a drink. Will I ever get back to that point? When I quit smoking I stopped thinking about cigarettes after only a few weeks... and nicotine is supposed to be one of the most addictive substances there is. But alcohol and thoughts about it seem more powerful.
Anyway... Here I am.. 60 days sober and looking forward to my 61st day tomorrow. Just one day at a time, right?
Time was.... just 10 years ago before I started drinking that I didn't ever think about having a drink. Will I ever get back to that point? When I quit smoking I stopped thinking about cigarettes after only a few weeks... and nicotine is supposed to be one of the most addictive substances there is. But alcohol and thoughts about it seem more powerful.
Anyway... Here I am.. 60 days sober and looking forward to my 61st day tomorrow. Just one day at a time, right?
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: California
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Congratulations!!
If you're like me you'll probably think about having that drink for more than just a couple months... The good news is our brains stop shoving it into highest or even high, priority. This part of sobriety is purely a brain thing. The longer we abstain the less and less frequent we think about it and when we do, it's becomes laughable.
I think alcohol withdrawal is way more difficult than nicotine. I'm gonna find out one of these days soon...
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Canada
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Wow - 60 days is amazing!! Good for you!! I desperately wish to hear that you don't keep thinking about it, but most people seem to post that they do. I think we need to hear this information, so that we can expect it and work against it.
Quitting cigarettes was very hard for me - but like you, after a while, not only did I not want to smoke, but found cigarette smoke repulsive. I pray, pray, pray that the same thing happens with booze.
Hugs,
Candy Scratch
Quitting cigarettes was very hard for me - but like you, after a while, not only did I not want to smoke, but found cigarette smoke repulsive. I pray, pray, pray that the same thing happens with booze.
Hugs,
Candy Scratch
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Orchard Lake, Michigan
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Hey congratulations! 60 days is awesome.
I still catch myself thinking that a glass of wine would be great... a glass of wine, as in one glass of wine... then I remind myself that there never was such a thing as one glass of wine in 25 years. Not worth it for this alcoholic.
I still catch myself thinking that a glass of wine would be great... a glass of wine, as in one glass of wine... then I remind myself that there never was such a thing as one glass of wine in 25 years. Not worth it for this alcoholic.
Fantastic!
WAY TO GO DOODLEBUG!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Massachusetts
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Doodlebug,
Congratulations! I have been clean and sober for 14 years, and I have to admit occasionly I think about it. But the thoughts are much farther apart, and my ability to dismiss them is ever so much better.
So hang in there.
Carol
Congratulations! I have been clean and sober for 14 years, and I have to admit occasionly I think about it. But the thoughts are much farther apart, and my ability to dismiss them is ever so much better.
So hang in there.
Carol
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