still battling.
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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still battling.
I posted here a week ago on my first day of sobriety I'm now on day 8 I've managed to last a whole week I'm starting to feel a lot better psychically but because of that I'm forgetting how ill alcohol made me and it's making me want to pick up where i left off, im still positive for the future even though I've been tempted i haven't cracked and that's the main thing, hope you are all doing okay.
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Hi and congratulations on 8 days sober! Terrific!
It might help to remember that stopping drinking is the first step, but there are usually other life changes that we need to make in early recovery. I was very depressed and negative so I needed to do a lot of work on those things.
It might help to remember that stopping drinking is the first step, but there are usually other life changes that we need to make in early recovery. I was very depressed and negative so I needed to do a lot of work on those things.
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: PA
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A lot of us forgot/forget just how sick alcohol made us......that I don't miss....nor the embarrassment it created. Alcohol shrinks our lives and we are better off using our time and money on something that enhances our lives. Lately I've been wrapped up in the concept of self care.....and not self destruction.
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Join Date: Jun 2015
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Hi MistaT, Welcome and congratulations on 8 days sober!!!
Something I have learned here is to "play the tape to the end".
If I am fighting an urge to drink I imagine how it will go, right through to the end. I use all the crappy memories I have of doing stupid, dangerous things, fighting with people for no reason, embarrassing myself, blacking out, waking up feeling like death warmed over; sick, sweating, head pounding, filled with dread and anxiety as I try to piece together the night before and knowing how upset I will feel about having to start my sober count at day one.
By the time I get to the end of "the tape" of how my night will undoubtedly go if I give in to the urge, I am ready to run for the hills
Hang in there, it is so worth it
Something I have learned here is to "play the tape to the end".
If I am fighting an urge to drink I imagine how it will go, right through to the end. I use all the crappy memories I have of doing stupid, dangerous things, fighting with people for no reason, embarrassing myself, blacking out, waking up feeling like death warmed over; sick, sweating, head pounding, filled with dread and anxiety as I try to piece together the night before and knowing how upset I will feel about having to start my sober count at day one.
By the time I get to the end of "the tape" of how my night will undoubtedly go if I give in to the urge, I am ready to run for the hills
Hang in there, it is so worth it
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: US East Coast
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Congrats on 8 days sober!
I agree with what 2ndhandrose said - I did the same thing and by the time I got to the end, the craving was gone and if anything, I felt even stronger in my sobriety.
I agree with what 2ndhandrose said - I did the same thing and by the time I got to the end, the craving was gone and if anything, I felt even stronger in my sobriety.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Hey Mr T - congrats on your week 
if you're feeling a little wobbly, or scared of becoming that way why not join the 'Class of July' support thread and post daily?
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...2015-a-18.html
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if you're feeling a little wobbly, or scared of becoming that way why not join the 'Class of July' support thread and post daily?
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...2015-a-18.html
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