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CoalEater 05-20-2013 12:45 PM

I had a VERY bad craving today
 
I was working in my garden and all of a sudden I smelled something in the wind that smelled EXACTLY like beer. Instantly I had the worse craving. I haven't had a craving that bad since my first month of being sober.
Has anyone else experienced a phantom smell like that?

quitforme79 05-20-2013 12:59 PM

Yes, that has happened to me. Actually the other day I was drinking juice and i could have sworn there was alcohol in it (it was newly opened and I wasn't at a party with alcohol so that was impossible). Maybe our memories sometimes are triggered by who knows what...
I think it's great you are working in your garden, being in nature always calms me :)

Briar 05-20-2013 01:05 PM

Hand sanitizer smells like vodka and gets me every time. And lime makes me crave tequila big time!

artsoul 05-20-2013 01:51 PM

Some of my strongest cravings seemed to come out of nowhere and it was maddening.... Just hang in there and know that it WILL go away. Reading a few posts often helped me get grounded again (also, distraction helps a lot).

Happy gardening! (I need to do some of that myself).happyface:

neferkamichael 05-20-2013 02:17 PM

CoalEater, the smell could have come from your memory, but there is plenty of fermenting stuff going on in a garden that could have produced it. :egypt:


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