getmeoffthisbus

When I go to bed sober, I wake up sober and I don't crave. If I go to bed drunk, I usually have some of the poison left to eye-open. I've decided that tonight, I will go to bed sober, and I'll get up and the desire will be zero. I don't know if this will work, but I'm trying. For those who want to naysay and mock, like a few on my last thread, please, if you can't say anything nice, don't say it at all. I don't need the mockery stating that you wish me 'luck' in sarcasm.

I'm in trouble here and I'm trying and I don't need to be drug down father.

hokey

great first step getme! One day at a time ... going to bed sober is a good plan

Hevyn

Yes, when I went to bed loaded I woke up craving - and started right in again (hair of the dog). So it's a logical and good thing to go to bed sober Getme.

MIRecovery

The plan that worked for me.

1. Seening a doctor for a baseline health assessment
2. Enrolling in intensive outpatient therapy
3. Removing all alcohol from my house
4. Not going to anywhere that alcohol was present
5. Regular attendance at AA meetings
6. Developing a network of sober friends
7. Getting a sponsor
8. Working the steps of AA
9. Willingness to change anything in my life if it kept me from drinking
10. Actively looking for things I enjoy doing sober

Staying sober for me was building a new life not trying to salvage the old