Day 2 - how long until the urges pass?
 

Ok so day 2 for me now, felt so down yesterday I knew I had to change. Sticking to it this time as I have a lovely guy in my life now and feel as though I'm strong enough to do this.

I just wondered how long the 'strong' urges last? Ive not got past day 2 in so long and always cave (know this is sort of in my head as I used to think I couldn't do any longer.)

Thanks

Rach

Hi Rach everybody is diffrent but the first 3-5 days were the worst

Well done on day 2

I think Im like 6 ish weeks... and I still gwt urges. As time passes I learn to deal with them better so they dont seem as bad...

I semi caved at 10 days and got a non alcoholic drink. Only in the last couple of weeks have I been tapering off those.... Something has been different the last few weeks not sure but the cravings have subsided. I hope it lasts for me and I hope you see yourself through to the bigger picture good luck!

Rach, Everyone is different. Everyday day will get a little easier.
There is a great download called 30 Great Reasons to Quit Drinking Alcohol on stopdrinkingalcohol.com. It helps me to read it daily to put the the withdrawal discomforts in perspective.

Took a good few weeks before I saw a noticeable difference, the body wants what it has always had, breaking that link will take time!!

Hang in there!! :)

Thanks guys and morning of day three and I'm feeling good about it (then again always do in a morning!)
Thanks for all the support! Your all awesome!! Xxxx

It varies for everyone., I drank for a long time so for me the first 30 days were fairly rough sailing...

There's a lot of good ideas here tho:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-cravings.html

I can honestly say that at seven months I have no urge to drink. It took awhile though. The holidays were hard.

I never thought I would get to a point where I wouldn't even think about it. I used to salivate, literally, at the thought of drinking.

Think every day that passes makes it a little easier, Rach.

Think it helps to know how you are going to deal with those urges when they come. I shouted at the voice in my head that was telling me to drink, that worked for me. And ice cream. Lots of that.

You're doing great !