Rough night, could use done advice...
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Rough night, could use done advice...
Hi im about to complete my second day sober ( in 2 hours ) im at work right now and all im thinking is how good a beer would taste, the demon in my head is speaking to me and is trying to make me change my mind...
Not even joking, i know i have a problem with alcohol and my other part is trying to call me to easy solutions like cmon man its not that bad we could have a few beers right!?!
This is driving me nuts how do i shut up that alcoholic in my head???
Thanks!!
Keep it up
Not even joking, i know i have a problem with alcohol and my other part is trying to call me to easy solutions like cmon man its not that bad we could have a few beers right!?!
This is driving me nuts how do i shut up that alcoholic in my head???
Thanks!!
Keep it up
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I spent a lot of nights on SR 
Basically you need to get away from thinking in the short term and that instant gratification thing we all get so good at.
Remind yourself of why you want to quit and what you're doing this for.
It's hard now, but it gets easier
There are some great craving tips here btw:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-cravings.html
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Basically you need to get away from thinking in the short term and that instant gratification thing we all get so good at.
Remind yourself of why you want to quit and what you're doing this for.
It's hard now, but it gets easier
There are some great craving tips here btw:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-cravings.html
D
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is it the sweats, passing out, saying bad things, doing bad things, the stress, the anxiety, all that your feeling now making you desperate is caused by the alcohol .
give yourself a chance , stay stopped for at least 90 days and see where you are with it , what you suffer from now won't be relieved by drinking but only put it off till next time , the only way to get through it is to get through it , it is sensible to only put yourself through it once .
Bestwishes, m
give yourself a chance , stay stopped for at least 90 days and see where you are with it , what you suffer from now won't be relieved by drinking but only put it off till next time , the only way to get through it is to get through it , it is sensible to only put yourself through it once .
Bestwishes, m
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HH, try to focus on staying sober now. Now can be the next jour, the next 30 minutes, the next 10 minutes. The key is to focus on the present and get through the cravings, step by step. Also try to be physically active, i.e., don't sit and ruminate ! HAng it there and post here as much as possible !
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Originally Posted by hellhammer 
This is driving me nuts how do i shut up that alcoholic in my head???
Soberlicious once posted something about this I found useful, so I will try to recreate it.
If you were at the grocery store and a person walked up to you and said, "Your clothes are on fire," then you looked down and your clothes were NOT on fire, would you stand there and have a debate with them about it? No! You'd probably say something like, "Get away, Clown!" and move on about your day.
When the alcoholic in your head is telling you something you know is complete bullshizz, don't have a debate with it. Snub it and move on about your day. So many better thoughts to think.
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Hell hammer, stick at it. We've all gone through that dumb voice in our head.
You will find a few here who say, "play the tape forward"....so you have a drink, then what??? Same bad feelings, same guilt, same late for work, whatever. After doing this for a while, I found it was actually the lead up to the buzz I craved. The buying on the way home, the first glass.
When I honestly played the tape forward, I found drinking itself was quite boring the way I liked to do it. The buzz itself was actually very short lived.
You will find a few here who say, "play the tape forward"....so you have a drink, then what??? Same bad feelings, same guilt, same late for work, whatever. After doing this for a while, I found it was actually the lead up to the buzz I craved. The buying on the way home, the first glass.
When I honestly played the tape forward, I found drinking itself was quite boring the way I liked to do it. The buzz itself was actually very short lived.
One Day At A Time
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Break it down to an hour at a time. I just told myself I wont drink for this hour" my first couple days. I also got as much support as I could as I know my head is out to get me. Id i dont share with others i know it will talk me into a drink to calm the anxiety. And then all the pain start again just as my head is beginning to clear and my body clearing all that poison out my system. Have you tried AA or another support group?
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