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09-03-2014, 06:01 PM

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gypsy78

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Hello.

New to this obviously- this evening at 10 I will have not had a drink for 2 full days. Simply hoping to learn some ways of coping the first few weeks, first few months, maybe.
Have a good evening.

09-03-2014, 06:07 PM

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justinJustQuit

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Congrats. Detoxing is crappy. I'm doing that now. Tools that have actually worked for me is this site, exercise, and hanging out with family.

HALT = Hungry Angry Lonely Tired. For some reason this stuck from AA. It seemed like one of these was the reason I drank.

This time it was the A. So we detox again and kick ass!

09-03-2014, 06:10 PM

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Ornithology

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Location: Eastern Shore of Maryland

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We are all different in this respect, but I found it helpful to walk outdoors in order to fight urges to drink during the first few months.
Simply recognizing that urges usually only last a few minutes was also helpful.
The Rational Recovery book has lots of good coping strategies as well.