So tempted to drink
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So tempted to drink
Day 19 and this is the first day I really want to drink. I have been dealing with these heart palpitations all day, skipped beats. They are driving me insane, ramping up my anxiety. I don't want to take a Librium (given to me in excess to get through the first days of withdrawal) because I don’t want to get hooked on that! What I really want is one drink. One drink to stop these things for the rest of the evening because it always worked in the past.
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Play that tape forward. How has “one drink” worked out for you in the past.
Get up and go take 1,000 steps. Think of the pain, shame and embarrassment you’ve endured at the hands of drinking then picture a life free of that anxiety and obsession. You can’t have that life if you drink every time you feel uncomfortable feelings. This anxiety is part of the price we pay for ignoring our feelings all of this time. It will pass!
Now go get active or else your AV will get you!
Get up and go take 1,000 steps. Think of the pain, shame and embarrassment you’ve endured at the hands of drinking then picture a life free of that anxiety and obsession. You can’t have that life if you drink every time you feel uncomfortable feelings. This anxiety is part of the price we pay for ignoring our feelings all of this time. It will pass!
Now go get active or else your AV will get you!
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Originally Posted by JazV36 
Day 19 and this is the first day I really want to drink. I have been dealing with these heart palpitations all day, skipped beats. They are driving me insane, ramping up my anxiety. I don't want to take a Librium (given to me in excess to get through the first days of withdrawal) because I don’t want to get hooked on that! What I really want is one drink. One drink to stop these things for the rest of the evening because it always worked in the past.
Drink doesn't help though. Yes it will temporarily relieve your anxiety, but tomorrow morning you will feel ten times worse for drinking. You need to rewire your brain to stop relying on alcohol to feel better. The only way to do that is to work through the uncomfortable feelings. The anxiety will pass, just don't drink.
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Please get yourself checked out by a Dr Jaz- it may turn out to be nothing but heart things need to be checked out.
Knowledge is the only real antidote to fear
Drinking would only make the problem worse in the long run and might mask a problem easily fixed now
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Knowledge is the only real antidote to fear
Drinking would only make the problem worse in the long run and might mask a problem easily fixed now
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Drinking won't help, it will make those heart palpitations worse. It seems to me when I had this (and the doctor did check my heart, which is acting a year younger than my body according to the EKG) it was my conscience playing a part by letting me know I had work to do.
Get a journal or a pad of paper and write down why you want to drink right now. Really think about it and write. Put down what you wrote and go eat something sweet or a piece of fruit. Read what you wrote. Do you still feel like drinking now?
Try it. Sobriety is action for me; it might help you, too!
Get a journal or a pad of paper and write down why you want to drink right now. Really think about it and write. Put down what you wrote and go eat something sweet or a piece of fruit. Read what you wrote. Do you still feel like drinking now?
Try it. Sobriety is action for me; it might help you, too!
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Originally Posted by JazV36
Day 19One drink to stop these things for the rest of the evening because it always worked in the past.
good luck and keep up the good work...
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Originally Posted by JazV36
Thank you all for the replies. Still day 19, I didn’t drink. I am exhausted from the stressful day so I am off to bed, sober. Praying for a better day tomorrow.
You can do this.
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