Eshgham

The last time I did this was about a year and a half ago.

It's definitely time again. I've had success with a weightlifting log, so hopefully it'll work for this too. This thread will be boring, with a check in each morning. I hope it's OK to post here. If not please move it to wherever is appropriate. 30 days is the goal, starting today.

If anyone's interested I'm 27, male with mild anxiety. I started drinking when I was about 14. It was really problematic for me from 20 - 24. I've had a handle on things since I was 25, but I can feel it slipping away a bit.

HeartsAfire

Good for you. You'll also find tons of support (& even some laughs) on the 24 hour thread. We're basically doing the same thing over there. Why don't you join us.

Eshgham

Thanks, I'll check it out

JasonNorth

Welcome & good luck Eshgam

kirstensmith

Welcome!

PurpleKnight

Welcome to the Forum!!

I'm looking forward to it!! You'll find loads of support here on SR!!

Dee74

Welcome Eshgham

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Eshgham

End of Day 2, a few temptations but all good. Great day at the gym ... The first 4 or 5 days are usually easy enough, around day 7 - 10 the novelty wears off and it gets really challenging.

Eshgham

Day 3.

I don't believe in God or spirit. I believe in habit. Our brains push us toward behaviors that it believes are rewarding. Unfortunately it often gets it wrong!

I try to build positive routines. I want my positive routines to become so ingrained that stopping them them give me anxiety, just like stopping drinking used to.

Dee74

You can call it a habit if you like, and in your case, who knows? you may be right...but in my experience it went a lot deeper than that.

They say a habit can be broken in 28 days...it took much longer than that for me to break the decades long alcoholic/addict thinking and behaviour I had.

Some of it was so ingrained it took me several months before I even realised how dysfunctional it was.

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Eshgham

Agreed, but for me creating realistic short term goals is more manageable. Eventually they string together

Eshgham

Day 4. Still easy mode, but the cravings are slowly building up.

Soberwolf

Keep up the fantastic work enhgham

AlexEmk

Dude... go ahead and wright things up in here, your feelings, your challenges...

I do exaclty the same with my first post here... I check in every 2-3 days and wright my feelings... INSTANTLY, you feel stronger afterwards!

Please do it!!

I will be the first one to read your story... and please feel free to read mine if interested:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ng-intake.html

Eshgham

^Thanks mate. Yep, coming on here at the same time each day and just letting out your thoughts helps massively.

Day 5. Easy mode now off. Felt a mini pink cloud this morning though. Lots of energy ... I'm gonna get outside and enjoy it

Eshgham

Day 6. First day without work, brother was having a drink. Challenge passed (Not exactly with flying colors, I ended up eating a block of chocolate instead ) But the lesser of 2 evils for sure.

Eshgham

Day 7. First week under my belt, feels good. The novelty of the challenge is starting to wear off though, so I need to be super vigilant and maintain my routine. The next goal is ... day 8!

Dee74

Well done on your milestone eshgham

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Eshgham

Thanks Dee.

Day 8. I feel much better. The only downside so far is that my sex drive seems to have gone down.

Eshgham

Day 9. One step at a time.