myluckyday

It was a tough one tonight. Driving home from work and the thoughts going through my head of how much I wanted to drink. I started to bargain with myself yet again. I'll just drink on the weekend, but then to my horror it's only Tues!! It was such a beautiful night and I've worked so hard and I had a stressful day! Blah, blah, blah!!! I pushed through it and now I'm in bed sober and so glad I had the strength!

least

Stay sober and it will get easier, I promise.

Dee74

I'm glad you won the struggle myluckyday -like least says it gets easier

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myluckyday

Thanks guys. When I'm going through those cravings, I remind myself how awesome I feel when I get up in the morning. My day is great until around 4 PM when I remember that there won't be any drinking tonight. My mood plummets and life gets dark. That is when the power struggle happens. If only I could bottle that morning feeling and take a swig of that when my AV comes a calling.

Newbeginning421

Congrats on making decision to stay sober. The feeling of not waking up feeling like crap and having to go to work is amazing!

freshout

Great job! It's worth it. Tomorrow morning will be sublime. Something that helped me the first week is "playing the tape forward". This is where, when a craving hits, you imagine how the night (and next morning) will go and how you would feel each step of the way. It helped me because I was able to look past the buzz of those first two drinks and remember the regret that comes with the next 6+.
Might help you!

Daisybelle

Well done on getting through the night and like others have said above, it really does get easier. It's such a good feeling to wake up sober. xx

Dee74

Maybe changing your routine around 4pm could help?

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myluckyday

Just went to bed sober again by the way.

Dee74

glad to hear it myluckyday

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Bathbomb

I totally agree with Dee and can vouch that it makes a huge difference. We eat dinner earlier and also go to bed earlier now. I still want a drink in the afternoons and it helps me to just sip on something non alcoholic of course.