rl41

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

Soberwolf

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

Well done on day 2

jryan19982

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...

upminer

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!

dickensen

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.

PurpleKnight

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!!

rl41

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

Dee74

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

MelindaFlowers

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.

JanieJ

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 !