igottobesober

I have been sober 27 days, the last couple days have been hard. I have been thinking about drinking and have fought some pretty hard temptations. I am staying strong and praying alot. some encouraging words would be appreciated.

IndaMiricale

Keep praying and talk to someone, if you cant come here I spent a lot time fighting off the tempations here. I would stay on till the next day if thats what it took. I think that is the hardest time is just when we really start to feel better. Our minds have a wonderful way of washing out all the bad.

Hang in there it does get easier. Try things you never do also new hobbies ect.

Look forward to hearing about your progress.

Anna

Hi,

Be proud of your accomplishment.

Each time you get through a temptation like this, it will get a bit easier for you. Hang in there!

igottobesober

I have been feeling great, but the last few days have been rough. I am going to get through this. Thanks

desertsong

Doing the tough work of getting through the temptation feels so much better than giving in to the drink. Tomorrow will look much brighter through the clear head of sobriety than through the foggy brain of a hangover. You can do this - you've done it so far. Nothing is worth how you will feel if you let that nagging voice win.

Firehazard

Hi I gotta, Drinking will only make what you are feeling worse and we have to face all of that sooner or later.

Suggestion: Do Not Drink Even if Your Ass Falls Off
It gets better and what you are experiencing is normal

sugarbear1

every 30 days our bodies change, but our neurons remember....

stay strong!

artsoul

A lot of people go through a funky time around 30, 60 and 90 days. I don't think anyone knows why, but it seems to be pretty common. You may also want to check out PAWS (Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome)...... I read that it can come and go for a while.

It took me a couple months to just feel comfortable being sober or even start enjoying things again. I think it just takes time; I drank for years and years, so my thinking was conditioned around alcohol. For a while, it took some mental effort not to buy into the old thoughts, but it really does get easier.

Better days ahead - hang in there!

seanie1888

Hang in there bud, I'm on 55 days and am thinkin on a drink also, but I'm goin to mass here to pray the feelings away. Interesting about the 30, 60, 90 day cycles artsoul.90 is my big goal this time

2granddaughters

Are you going to AA meetings?

Wishing you the best.

Bob R

least

Each time you get thru a temptation successfully you get stronger. Don't give in. You can do this.

aasharon90

As long as I didnt have alcohol in my reach
then not drinking it was possible. Not in reach
means not having anything with alcohol in it
where I lived. All the alcohol was removed from
my home while I was in rehab for 28 days back
in 1990. Since then, I have live in an alcohol
free enviroment.

I also changed going to places that serve alcohol.
I only went to bars and clubs because I wanted
to be around others that drank like me. After rehab
I didnt need those so called friends who may possibly
still be at those bars.

As a mom and wife, i had both those duties to help
keep me focused on my responsibilities as well as
incoperating meetings, steps, principles, tools of recovery,
fellowship, Faith, sernity, and peace of mind to help me
stay sober for 21 yrs now.

All I did was live in the day and nite, not looking back
nor forward to ahead of myself. As long as I lived in
the moment, the days, months then years accummulated
to where I am today.

Being grateful for each day I am sober is a blessing
and gift in recovery which I will not forget.

So can you.

Dee74

SR got me through some pretty tough times
lean on your support igotobesober - there's no need to do this alone

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Purplecatlover

Keep reading & posting. Every person here who has posted about relapsing says how awful it is. They wish they hadn't. I've learned alot from them.
I never got past a month on my own. White knuckled & was miserable.
This last time, I have 9 weeks. It gets better man. I thought I wouldnt ever get off the merry go round. Now, I know too much to back to that prison. You can do this. The urges will come & the best part , they WILL go. Be strong.

Tippingpoint

When had you been planning on drinking again? If not at 27 days...then when?

The answer really needs to be ..."Never again in this lifetime"!

Otherwise you're just postponing the inevitable.

Squizz

I think it's perfectly normal to think about drinking at this stage. I myself am only on day 23. I still think about drinking, I won't even lie. I just worry about making in through the next two hours and twenty minutes. Then I'll be on day 24. I guess the motto I go by would be: "Think before you drink."

And I should preface: I haven't had drink in over a month, but I smoked some weed thinking that it wasn't my problem. Don't fall victim to this train of thought! Replacing drugs with alcohol usually brings me back to drinking, and it does many other people I have met as well!

Hopefully you make it through this day, and can live to fight another day. It isn't always easy, but it IS doable. Take care!