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Nearly Day 9 and Getting Serious Cravings

Old 05-15-2014, 12:26 PM
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Nearly Day 9 and Getting Serious Cravings

It's been suspiciously easy so far, but today the cravings are back with a vengeance...
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Hi james186, well done on 9 days.
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Old 05-15-2014, 12:50 PM
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It's been suspiciously easy so far, but today the cravings are back with a vengeance...
James,
You got this. Breathe, know that it is normal to have these cravings, but know that as you keep fighting against them, YOU win, NOT the cravings. You will feel that much stronger once the cravings pass & the next time they come up, they will feel even less intense.

GREAT work at 9 days. Hang tight & push to 10 days!
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Day9 is big! Woop, wool.

My suggestion is to get out of the house and get some physical activity of any sort around the time that you might be feeling the cravings.

Or time it like someone suggested to me. Count and breathe. It will pass.

I mostly miss shooting the sheet at local haunts so now I do it whenever I can wherever I am.

You are doing great James. Stay strong!
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Well it passed without incident. I went out for a walk and bought some snacks...Yesterday was the worst day so far.
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Good to hear James - congratulations on your progress

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Way to go James, just think everytime you say "NO" it gets that much easier!!!
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Thanks for the replies everybody, good to know I can come on here for support. The sun is out and people are planning thier boozy BBQs etc. so it's going to get harder socially, but I'm not giving in. Will have to say no thanks to tonight's party...
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Old 05-16-2014, 03:53 AM
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Cravings go away in the end. They are unpleasant but are temporary and can be relatively predictable. I used to get 'hallucinations' of tastes of wine as well- typically at around my usual drinking times
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Cravings go away in the end. They are unpleasant but are temporary and can be relatively predictable. I used to get 'hallucinations' of tastes of wine as well- typically at around my usual drinking times
Strange you should say that, I woke up this morning woth the taste of Jim & Coke in my mouth...obviously I hadn't drank any.
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I'm not sure what advise to give seeing as I haven't been sober that long yet nor have I been in that situation. Just keep your head up, avoid the stress if you can and distract yourself. You CAN overcome it. Just remember all the reasons you want to be sober or need to be sober. Alcohol is not worth it. Weekends have always been my downfall but I'm going to fight it. Let's fight it together
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To make sure I remained sober day in
and day out I had to have a toolbox filled
with recovery tools to help me build a strong,
solid foundation in recovery to live upon.

I learned in those first months sober that
I was powerless over alcohol and that my
life had become unmanageable. That I couldn't
stay sober on my own without help. Help from
using a program of recovery and the fellowship
of others in recovery like me.

I first had to have people teach me about my
addiction to alcohol. It wasn't just knowing that
I couldn't drink successfully, but needed to know
why. Then needed to know how it affected my
mind, body, soul and those around me.

What made me so different from the normal
drinker.

They taught me how my insides were wired
and how they were affected when a mind
altering drug, poison was injested and flowed
thru out my system and was affected by it.

That poison was eating my inside up, destroying
everything inside me that use to be healthy and
eventually began to rot. That poison was making
me sick that I couldn't function properly, healthy.

Once the poison was removed out of my
system then I had to learn how to keep
myself from lifting poison back to my lips.
Poison that would have killed me 23 yrs ago.

Those tools I have in my tool box is knowledge.
Useful knowledge taught to me by many others
who learned themselves to stay sober a day at
a time.

In life we have rules to live by which many
are familiar with called the Ten Commandments.
In recovery there are 12 Steps and principles
set down for those to follow and guide us to
help us remain sober each day.

To make my recovery life successfully, I
keep an openmind to suggestions by others,
willingness to go that extra mile to do whatever
I need to do to remain sober, and learn to be
honest in all my affairs.

We can have an arsenal of supplies in our
tool boxes to reach for at anytime we need
them to stay sober for a many one days at
a time down the road.
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