Help! I've got a tenner!!!
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Help! I've got a tenner!!!
Hello everyone, as the title says! I'm 7 days sober today but got 10 pounds cash for Easter. Can hear the frosty jack cider calling. Help. I'm sick of this repetitive cycle of killing myself softly. Any advise is welcome please kind regards
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Yeah. I am sat in my PJ's to stop me going out. I could quite happily rip the dam thing up seriously. What a weird feeling. I will stay on line here and learn about the site as new to this. Hey congratulations on your fight for normality and many thanks for your words. Lifeline for me. Thank you again.
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Originally Posted by Frostyjack2017 
I will stay on line here and learn about the site as new to this.
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Put it on your electric key or gas card (if applicable) Buy ice cream (Ben n Jerry's)
Buy Chocolate (So hard for me to say that I'm on a Ketogenic diet)
Try this
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...e-surfing.html
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-cravings.html
And don't forget to play the tape
Buy Chocolate (So hard for me to say that I'm on a Ketogenic diet)
Try this
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...e-surfing.html
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-cravings.html
And don't forget to play the tape
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Originally Posted by RetiredGuy
Don't blow it now with 7 days under your belt. It will get easier soon. After two months, I am just starting to realize what is meant by "giving yourself the gift of sobriety"
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Originally Posted by doggonecarl
Buy something else, or give it to someone who needs something more than you need to drink.
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Congrats on 7 days of sobriety and welcome to SR.
Think about how you will feel tomorrow morning if you cave!
Eat, stay hydrated, read here, take a walk...do anything but drink...you will thank yourself in the morning.
Every time I resist the urge to drink, I feel stronger and more committed to my sobriety. The next time I feel myself begin to weaken, I think of how I moved through it the last time...and so on and so on...
Trust me...the urge will pass! It's just one day... You can do this!!!
Think about how you will feel tomorrow morning if you cave!
Eat, stay hydrated, read here, take a walk...do anything but drink...you will thank yourself in the morning.
Every time I resist the urge to drink, I feel stronger and more committed to my sobriety. The next time I feel myself begin to weaken, I think of how I moved through it the last time...and so on and so on...
Trust me...the urge will pass! It's just one day... You can do this!!!
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Originally Posted by Frostyjack2017
I'm 7 days sober today...
I'm sick of this repetitive cycle of killing myself softly.
I'm sick of this repetitive cycle of killing myself softly.
If it's that much of a problem for you to have free cash, find something else to do with it. Use the money for something you need, or turn the money into say, a gift card for a store that doesn't sell alcohol? Give it to someone to hold for you?
Just don't throw away 7 days of sobriety for a lousy 10 quid, buddy.
You can do it!
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Originally Posted by Soberwolf
Put it on your electric key or gas card (if applicable) Buy ice cream (Ben n Jerry's)
Buy Chocolate (So hard for me to say that I'm on a Ketogenic diet)
Try this
And don't forget to play the tape
Buy Chocolate (So hard for me to say that I'm on a Ketogenic diet)
Try this
And don't forget to play the tape
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Originally Posted by CreativeThinker
Congrats on 7 days of sobriety and welcome to SR.
Think about how you will feel tomorrow morning if you cave!
Eat, stay hydrated, read here, take a walk...do anything but drink...you will thank yourself in the morning.
Every time I resist the urge to drink, I feel stronger and more committed to my sobriety. The next time I feel myself begin to weaken, I think of how I moved through it the last time...and so on and so on...
Trust me...the urge will pass! It's just one day... You can do this!!!
Think about how you will feel tomorrow morning if you cave!
Eat, stay hydrated, read here, take a walk...do anything but drink...you will thank yourself in the morning.
Every time I resist the urge to drink, I feel stronger and more committed to my sobriety. The next time I feel myself begin to weaken, I think of how I moved through it the last time...and so on and so on...
Trust me...the urge will pass! It's just one day... You can do this!!!
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Originally Posted by Frostyjack2017
Hi and thanks for your heart felt advice. I hear what you are saying. I will set myself back 7 days probable plus more. The drink keeps chipping away after you lift the stuff more and more and more. So yes. If yous can all do it it I will try to. Thank you so much people
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Hang on to those days, you are doing so well. In my opinion (and I'm only on day 1 but for what it's worth) it's not really about the tenner. If you wanted to drink you would find a way, tenner or no tenner. You're gonna have to get use to having money around at some point. You could give it away or quickly spend it on something nice for yourself but ultimately you will have to get use to having cash. Triggers are everywhere in this game I find. Sometimes they are obvious like having spare cash, sometimes not so obvious like dealing with an emotion. I look forward to reading that you won the battle. Well done on 7 days, I hope to be there soon.
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Originally Posted by DesertDawg
Read back your own words, Frostyjack.
If it's that much of a problem for you to have free cash, find something else to do with it. Use the money for something you need, or turn the money into say, a gift card for a store that doesn't sell alcohol? Give it to someone to hold for you?
Just don't throw away 7 days of sobriety for a lousy 10 quid, buddy.
You can do it!
If it's that much of a problem for you to have free cash, find something else to do with it. Use the money for something you need, or turn the money into say, a gift card for a store that doesn't sell alcohol? Give it to someone to hold for you?
Just don't throw away 7 days of sobriety for a lousy 10 quid, buddy.
You can do it!
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Originally Posted by Funtimefranky
Hang on to those days, you are doing so well. In my opinion (and I'm only on day 1 but for what it's worth) it's not really about the tenner. If you wanted to drink you would find a way, tenner or no tenner. You're gonna have to get use to having money around at some point. You could give it away or quickly spend it on something nice for yourself but ultimately you will have to get use to having cash. Triggers are everywhere in this game I find. Sometimes they are obvious like having spare cash, sometimes not so obvious like dealing with an emotion. I look forward to reading that you won the battle. Well done on 7 days, I hope to be there soon.
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