This is driving me mad!!
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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This is driving me mad!!
CRAVINGS!!!! Been having them all day, keep fantasizing about drinking, even started planning to drink tommorow. Ummm, hello!! Tommorow? Please tell me this gets easier!! 
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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It does get easier Dans 
Have you got any numbers to call, or techniques to use from IOP or from your meetings?
I just kept myself as occupied as possible, kept an eye on the ol' HALT thing (Hungry Angry Lonely Tired), sucked a hard candy, cleaned my teeth...reached out to someone if I felt I was really in trouble.
Basically I did whatever I could but go buy booze.
You can do this Dans
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Have you got any numbers to call, or techniques to use from IOP or from your meetings?
I just kept myself as occupied as possible, kept an eye on the ol' HALT thing (Hungry Angry Lonely Tired), sucked a hard candy, cleaned my teeth...reached out to someone if I felt I was really in trouble.
Basically I did whatever I could but go buy booze.
You can do this Dans
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
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Dans, I promise it gets easier, and I was a lifelong drinker. I never dreamed I could get through one day without it, even when I knew it was destroying me. The future looked empty and pointless. Now, I can't believe I ever thought that way. You have to give yourself time to get past the frustrating and miserable part. I almost caved when I was at that stage, yet I knew I had nothing to go back to but misery and chaos.
In my early days of trying to get well, I'd fantasize about how wonderful it was, how much fun, how relaxing. That may have been true for a very brief time, many years ago. In the end, it had dragged me down and destroyed so much of my life - I could never consider picking up again, knowing what I know. Be kind and patient with yourself. It will get better, and you'll have a whole new life.
In my early days of trying to get well, I'd fantasize about how wonderful it was, how much fun, how relaxing. That may have been true for a very brief time, many years ago. In the end, it had dragged me down and destroyed so much of my life - I could never consider picking up again, knowing what I know. Be kind and patient with yourself. It will get better, and you'll have a whole new life.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mississippi
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Hang in there, Dans - The cravings are maddening at first, but they slowly lose power. For me it took a couple months, but each day got a little easier to resist.
There were days when I lived on this site. Other days I felt extremely grateful. Each day is different in early sobriety (or so it was for me). At 6 months, I feel content most of the time (after all, life in itself isn't always easy).
One thing I know for sure: if I were still drinking during these 6 months, things would have only gotten worse.
There were days when I lived on this site. Other days I felt extremely grateful. Each day is different in early sobriety (or so it was for me). At 6 months, I feel content most of the time (after all, life in itself isn't always easy).
One thing I know for sure: if I were still drinking during these 6 months, things would have only gotten worse.
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