Day3
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They will come here and there. It is important early on to write down what time of day or under what circumstances your cravings come. If you are lucky enough to have a predictable window (mine is 4-6 p.m.), you can plan for that each day and it is far easier to manage. But it is an insidious thing. I'll have a momentary, nearly overwhelming craving at 9:30 at night out of the blue. Usually very brief but so unpredictable. Like NeoNew alluded to, once you get a week in, you will really start to feel good and your mind starts playing games with you about being well enough to drink and keep it under control and bs and bs an bs. Don't fall for it. Good luck SportsFan15 and welcome. You got this.
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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Great job on Day 3!! 
As I put more time between my last drink and my Sober days the memories of how bad things were started to fade, then once the thoughts of "just 1 drink won't hurt", "things will be different this time" and "you can control your drinking now, you're cured" began, they started to sound very plausible.
For me having support and using it to give me a second opinion on things was important as time went on, in isolation with my own thoughts it was easy for my mere good intentions and sheer willpower to come up short!!
You can do this!! Keep pushing through!!
As I put more time between my last drink and my Sober days the memories of how bad things were started to fade, then once the thoughts of "just 1 drink won't hurt", "things will be different this time" and "you can control your drinking now, you're cured" began, they started to sound very plausible.
For me having support and using it to give me a second opinion on things was important as time went on, in isolation with my own thoughts it was easy for my mere good intentions and sheer willpower to come up short!!
You can do this!! Keep pushing through!!
Your doing amazing on day 3
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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I was still pretty ill on day 3.
I established a routine where I came here every day. When I felt better and the cravings did return I was able to combat them by reading and posting here.
It's much harder to rationalise you weren't that bad when you have posts to prove that you were.
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I established a routine where I came here every day. When I felt better and the cravings did return I was able to combat them by reading and posting here.
It's much harder to rationalise you weren't that bad when you have posts to prove that you were.
D
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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Thank you all for the support and input! Dee I've read some of your replies to other people and have already learned a lot from you. Thank you. I was sober for 1.5 years. the relapse actually helped me realize that I cannot moderate and i shouldnt believe the addictive voice OR the voice of friends who say "there's no way you're an alcoholic! " I find its best for me not to even try to deal with the terminology but to simply say "i cannot moderate" or even more simply "i don't want alcohol in my life!" People have a hard time arguing with that!!! Did any of you have friends (even very close friends that are not necessarily drinking buddies) try to convince you that you didn't have a problem? What did you tell them?
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And thank you Broncosys for mentioning trigger times.....mine are 3pm then around 530 to sundown for some reason. And when I get stressed or sad. I keep HALT in mind....helps me remember not to get too hungry angry lonely or tired.
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