Idk what it is today
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Idk what it is today
Maybe the sun shining, Easter weekend, or just the weekend in general but quite a bit today I have been thinking a lot of the thought of walking into a bar and drinking an ice cold beer. I keep telling myself no, those days are over but there is a part of my brain that tells me that I miss having that feeling. Idk why today but seems like its the worst out of the 3+ months that I've been sober now. How do you all deal with these thoughts when and if they occur?
Click this link and watch the video BEFORE you drink that beer:
Pleasure Unwoven Full Movie Documentary by Kevin McCauley - YouTube
Pleasure Unwoven Full Movie Documentary by Kevin McCauley - YouTube
What helped me the most was playing the whole tape through to the end, because our AV/addiction only focuses on the fantasy of what a drink could do for us - it's just a false image in our heads. So play the real story about what happens after the first drink.
There's also urge surfing, mindfulness, breathing through cravings, distracting yourself, reading here, etc. etc..... lots of choices! Remember that cravings don't last forever - that always helped me, too.
There's also urge surfing, mindfulness, breathing through cravings, distracting yourself, reading here, etc. etc..... lots of choices! Remember that cravings don't last forever - that always helped me, too.
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yeah, the improving weather is going to be a bit of a 'trigger' for me, so to speak. add to that I will be traveling all spring and hopefully will find work somewhere, so both traveling and settling in a new place will probably make me want to got o a bar for 'a few beers', but basically I'm just going to continue choosing not to do that.
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Maybe the sun shining, Easter weekend, or just the weekend in general but quite a bit today I have been thinking a lot of the thought of walking into a bar and drinking an ice cold beer. I keep telling myself no, those days are over but there is a part of my brain that tells me that I miss having that feeling. Idk why today but seems like its the worst out of the 3+ months that I've been sober now. How do you all deal with these thoughts when and if they occur?
I too tell my addiction voice to **** off, go away, that I DO NOT drink anymore and that's it!!! It took some time for that to sink in but I rarely get drinking thoughts anymore.
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Click this link and watch the video BEFORE you drink that beer:
Pleasure Unwoven Full Movie Documentary by Kevin McCauley - YouTube
Pleasure Unwoven Full Movie Documentary by Kevin McCauley - YouTube
I agree that the key to remaining quit is to remember the reasons why we quit and the bad things that it did to us in many aspects. Some days are difficult, however, like yesterday. I think it is because you tend to think that you can maybe go out and have a few beers and not overdo it this time and perhaps a little hangover will be the worst thing that comes about it, and that it would be worth the good times at the bar. Maybe I can moderate my drinking this time is the common thought.
I tell myself over and over that I am a non-drinker so drinking wouldn't be logical. The consequences of drinking wouldn't be worth it; nothing tastes that good. I also think about all I would lose if I did drink.
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