Day 5. Excited about sobriety :)
Guest
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 809
Day 5. Excited about sobriety :)
Well I've made it to day 5 without a drink. I'm headed into an all weekend Big Book Study, starting tonight from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. and then 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. It's gonna be an AA filled weekend so I'm pretty confident that I'll be celebrating my first full week on Sunday 
I'm feeling CAUTIOUSLY confident that I'm done with drinking. I've been practising some stuff I learned from AVRT and leaving the rest. For example, the whole thing about the "addictive voice" and recognizing it as not being "me" - it seems to be working for me. Any time negative/drinking thoughts creep into my head I recognize it as being the "addictive voice" or the "beast" and remind myself the I have made the decision not to drink again, and I have the control over picking up that first drink, not the addict voice in my head. Instead of thinking "I want to drink" I remind myself that "It wants to drink. Not me, I don't want to drink. It wants to drink."
Hope everyone has a wonderful sober friday and I'll take another 24! <3
I'm feeling CAUTIOUSLY confident that I'm done with drinking. I've been practising some stuff I learned from AVRT and leaving the rest. For example, the whole thing about the "addictive voice" and recognizing it as not being "me" - it seems to be working for me. Any time negative/drinking thoughts creep into my head I recognize it as being the "addictive voice" or the "beast" and remind myself the I have made the decision not to drink again, and I have the control over picking up that first drink, not the addict voice in my head. Instead of thinking "I want to drink" I remind myself that "It wants to drink. Not me, I don't want to drink. It wants to drink."
Hope everyone has a wonderful sober friday and I'll take another 24! <3
Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: London, UK
Posts: 32
Thanks Mrrryah1 - a very inspirational final thought of the working week, ready to take us into an alcohol-free weekend! I like that comment "It wants a drink" not "I want a drink" - I'll try and remember that as I'm going to be surrounded by friends drinking all weekend so I'm going to make it my mantra!
Enjoy your weekend and congratulations for reaching one week on Sunday - I know it's premature but I know you can make it!
Enjoy your weekend and congratulations for reaching one week on Sunday - I know it's premature but I know you can make it!
Friendly Folk
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Powers Lake, Wisconsin
Posts: 21,714
So excited
You should be excited!! I'm excited, too! It feels sooo good to hear from you! It feels good to know that you,as am I, feeling good about finally taking contol of my choice not to drink and not to give into that nasty AV. You are right...that voice is not what I want but what 'it' wants. And what 'it' wants is not good for me. So I tell 'it' that I am not listening anymore! 
Administrator
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Dancing in the Light
Posts: 61,492
Originally Posted by Mrrryah1 
For example, the whole thing about the "addictive voice" and recognizing it as not being "me" - it seems to be working for me.
Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 33
All-weekend Big book study to bookend your week!? Excellent - that will be all about Solution. I encourage you to share how your optimism feels after attending that - see if your load feels a bit lighter...
Currently Active Users Viewing this Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
