Whoa Boy!! AV is SCREAMING at Me!!!
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Whoa Boy!! AV is SCREAMING at Me!!!
It’s Sunday, and work week is about to start. All the things that could go wrong are racing through my head. “Just one or two to calm your nerves. It won’t hurt. No one will know. C’mon!!”
A double scotch is screaming at me. Called my sponsor but he is on a plane and can’t be reached. Some words of strength would help. Thanks in advance.😖
A double scotch is screaming at me. Called my sponsor but he is on a plane and can’t be reached. Some words of strength would help. Thanks in advance.😖
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good time to go to a meeting,Horn.
pick up your big book and read. help someone. work in the yard. call someone else in recovery.
aslo, stop future trippin and making the outcome bad.
if you want to future trip, make a good ending.
pick up your big book and read. help someone. work in the yard. call someone else in recovery.
aslo, stop future trippin and making the outcome bad.
if you want to future trip, make a good ending.
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Thanks all. I have been feeling really well, then “bam!” I think it might have to do with so little sleep last night. I want to be sober way more than getting a buzz. But damn, i’ve Never had a craving this bad. I think it is starting to subside. I hope......
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I had a horrible craving right after work today. Ate a dark chocolate bar and rode it out. Hard, hard and hard, but I got through it. Feeling pretty good right now. We don't need that crap in our lives....
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Originally Posted by Awake61 
I had a horrible craving right after work today. Ate a dark chocolate bar and rode it out. Hard, hard and hard, but I got through it. Feeling pretty good right now. We don't need that crap in our lives....
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I can relate Horn. Sometimes I do a really good job anticipating the mental/emotional triggers and then get floored by the physical triggers like a lack of sleep or even a sugar craving? I don't see them coming somehow. Just go to bed and catch up on your sleep 
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye13
Cravings pass in about 20 minutes--the worst of it does anyway.
Distractions,distractions, distractions
Distractions,distractions, distractions
Thanks y’all. Y’all have really, really helped.
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Originally Posted by Ladysadie
Feeling like sh** in so many ways, telling you don't jump! It's not worth losing your self respect for starters....
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think of it this way....maybe that wasn't a "craving for alcohol" maybe it was just your body NEEDING something. like food. and rest. so next time you sense a craving, think over HALT first...
am i.....
Too Hungry
Too Angry
Too Lonely
Too Tired
in our drinking, we saw everything as a path to drinking.....every thought and emotion. now in recovery we can see that often we are simply missing some element of good self care.
am i.....
Too Hungry
Too Angry
Too Lonely
Too Tired
in our drinking, we saw everything as a path to drinking.....every thought and emotion. now in recovery we can see that often we are simply missing some element of good self care.
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Originally Posted by AnvilheadII
think of it this way....maybe that wasn't a "craving for alcohol" maybe it was just your body NEEDING something. like food. and rest. so next time you sense a craving, think over HALT first...
am i.....
Too Hungry
Too Angry
Too Lonely
Too Tired
in our drinking, we saw everything as a path to drinking.....every thought and emotion. now in recovery we can see that often we are simply missing some element of good self care.
am i.....
Too Hungry
Too Angry
Too Lonely
Too Tired
in our drinking, we saw everything as a path to drinking.....every thought and emotion. now in recovery we can see that often we are simply missing some element of good self care.
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