Debbie329

Today is my 49th.....7 weeks.....it's a record....hand down. So its a nice day and a friend came over to help me w some home projects and told me about his hangover on Saturday from Friday night......cause Friday night he was shrugging off his bad day and got carried away. All the sudden I started thinking about beer.....I ended up taking this guy to the grocery store cause he doesn't have a car. I knew I was craving beer.....I decided to get some Canada diet raspberry ginger ale......thinking the carbonation will soothe me.......the grocery store sells it......I was debating whether or not I should go in .......I went in and got the soda......I waited in my car for my friend.....as soon as I got home I pop the bottle.......I'm going on my 3rd glass.......I've been thinking about how I could have handled this better.......next time I'm still going in that store but im getting regular soda .....because what is beer but liquid sugar? I'm gonna try the next I get thirsty. Thanks for reading.

Debbie329

I forgot to say....that the grocery store sells beer.....that was the challenge.

SDH73

Seems like you handled it just fine, Debbie. Good job on getting through that!

buk1000

You did great Debbie.

TorontoGuy28

Hi Debbie - what else are you doing to stay sober ? Did you speak with your doctor ? There are many medications that help with cravings etc., I know I needed them to supplement my recovery... Good luck and you did great !

Debbie329

Hi TG......I'm taking Prozac and a mood stabilizer..... I didn't know there were drugs to help w cravings until just this week.....I have an appt w my doctor on the 24th......I'm going to bring that up. To stay sober I come on here, I read, I'm working more, I have lunch w friends, I just planted flowers and made some interesting food ...... I need to exercise and socialize more .......I'm approaching my recovery as the only thing that really matters outside of shelter is staying sober. I did have a power craving today.......1st strong one actually......but I thought it through......I'd drink 3 beers....be wasted and sleepy.....take a nap and wake up dehydrated......that's not very much fun. As it turns out I made myself dinner and did some work. So I'm still sober thank god! I have this thought .....being sober helps me to face things I don't want to face.......as far as I know no one is gonna die.....so it's not so bad.